Willy Bearden: Filmmaker, storyteller and limo-rider
Willy Bearden, who has been making movies and documentaries, writing scripts and stories and producing events of all kinds all over the world, is on this week’s edition of The Sidebar.
Eric Barnes
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Eric Barnes is CEO of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
There are 291 articles by Eric Barnes :
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May 2022
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
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April 2022
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Elections Our election coverage is free for the Shelby County primaries
Starting today, April 25, and through election day for the Shelby county primaries, May 3, we’ll be making all of our extensive election coverage free to readers.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Overton Park Shell to open stage to Memphis creatives
When the Overton Park Shell changed its name recently, it was about more than just the name.
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Podcasts Listen to how more Black-owned businesses can thrive
Ernest Strickland of the Black Business Association joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the thrill, realities, heartbreak of life as a musician
Cyrena Wages joins host Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to discuss life as a musician.
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March 2022
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how power of play can change kids’ lives
Eric Barnes interviews Dr. Stewart Burgess, executive director of the Children’s Museum of Memphis.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the history of lynching sites in Memphis
“I think it’s really important to memorialize these events because human nature is to try to cover up painful parts of our history,” Lynching Sites Project of Memphis board member Laura Faith Kebede tells Eric Barnes.
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Opinion A note to readers from Eric Barnes and Andy Cates
As The Daily Memphian enters its fourth full year covering the Memphis area, we wanted to take a moment to thank you, our readers and supporters.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Jamie Harmon developed Memphis Quarantine
The photographer joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to discuss how the project came to life.
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February 2022
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Kate Teague on WYXR, the life of a musician and Thacker Mountain Radio
Kate Teague, singer, songwriter and WYXR staffer, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the difference between volunteering and being ‘voluntold’
The reasons people volunteer, the reasons companies organize their employees for volunteer efforts, and the ways organizations can best utilize volunteers vary greatly.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Memphis has — and has not — changed over the last 15 years
Kerry Hayes, former special assistant to Memphis Mayor AC Wharton Jr., joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Choose901 came to be
Nearly 10 years after founding Choose901, John Carroll joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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January 2022
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the impact of Memphis Slim on music and performers in Memphis
Tonya Dyson, executive director of Memphis Slim Collaboratory, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Jeff Cohran went from church drummer to music producer
Music producer, DJ and instructor Jeff Cohran joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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December 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the new head of the Memphis Association of Black Journalists
Elle Perry of The Daily Memphian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Bishop Phoebe Roaf on our divisions, connections
Bishop Phoebe Roaf talks about the coarseness of our national discourse, the disconnections COVID brought on all of us, and her journey to become the first Black, female Bishop in Tennessee on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to what inspires people to take on lost causes
Eric Barnes talked to Marvin Stockwell, co-founder of the group that has for years tried to bring life back to the Mid-South Coliseum and now also the host of the Champions of the Lost Causes podcast.
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November 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Joe Royer talk about the evolution of Memphis’ outdoor spaces
The co-founder of Outdoors Inc. joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to TFA Memphis director talk about how teachers can change lives
The head of Teach for America in Memphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how music can help people heal
Zak Ozmo, the host of Music & Medicine, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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October 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to an insider’s preview of The Bigfoot Festival in Memphis
It’s a whole lot of fun to talk about Bigfoot and the festival, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 30, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Memphis Made’s taproom in Cooper-Young.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their Kit Kat chit chat
Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their talks and tastings of Kit Kats on this week’s Sidebar podcast.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how scooters can change people’s lives in Memphis
Andy Nix of MyCityRides joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Robby Grant and Jared Boyd discuss the one-year anniversary of WYXR
Robby Grant and Jared Boyd of WYXR join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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