Calkins Podcast: Hot start by Grizzlies, a sex therapist on breast cancer and SpaceXAI has jobs for you

By , Daily Memphian Published: October 27, 2026 4:00 AM CT
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.

Who invented candy corn? And why exactly?

That’s among the topics Geoff Calkins and his guests take up on “The Geoff Calkins Podcast” this week.

Calkins talks to John Martin about both the Grizzlies and the Tiger basketball team getting off to surprising (and critically important) hot starts.


Calkins: The Grizzlies aim to win back the city. They got off to a sensational start.


Then, Jennifer Valli, a local sex therapist, discusses breast cancer — including her own diagnosis.

Finally, Charles Fishman takes up elections in Israel and the U.S., the impact of Elon Musk and SpaceXAI on Memphis and, yes, candy corn.

Watch on Youtube or listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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