There are 33 article(s) tagged The Extra Podcast:

• September 2020

  • Geoff Calkins talks about unwelcome opinions during a pandemic

    The sports columnist joins Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast.

    By Eric Barnes September 23, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: Andy Cates and Eric Barnes on how The Daily Memphian came to be

    This week on The Extra Podcast, Andy Cates joins Eric Barnes to talk about the years of planning that preceded The Daily Memphian.

    By Eric Barnes September 16, 2020

• August 2020

  • How Choose901 was born - and the future of 901 Day

    In this week’s edition of The Extra Podcast, John Carroll talks with Eric Barnes about how he set about trying to find ways to talk to people about all the good things in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes August 31, 2020

  • What ArtsMemphis is doing to support Memphis artists and institutions

    Elizabeth Rouse, President & CEO of ArtsMemphis, joined Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast this week to talk about the myriad number of ways that artists are trying to connect with people during the shutdown.

    By Eric Barnes August 19, 2020

  • How Memphis musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown

    This week on The Extra Podcast, Elizabeth Cawein, executive director of Music Export Memphis, joins Eric Barnes to talk about how local musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown.

    By Eric Barnes August 12, 2020

  • The future of radio on WYXR

    Contrary to early rumors, University of Memphis radio station WYXR – formerly WUMR – will still play jazz, there will be lots of Memphis music but other music as well, and U of M students will continue to be involved in the station.

    By Eric Barnes August 05, 2020

• July 2020

  • How the Brooks Museum is adapting to life under coronavirus

    The Brooks Museum is on a "soft pause" as it adapts to the new realities of restrictions on public spaces and an economic downturn. 

    By Eric Barnes July 30, 2020

  • The impact of the $40 million gift to LeMoyne-Owen College

    Carol Johnson-Dean, president of LeMoyne-Owen College, discusses how the $40 million gift came to be.

    By Eric Barnes July 23, 2020

  • The challenge of reopening schools

    The issues facing schools as they look to reopen with some semblance of normalcy is almost overwhelming. A bit scary. And in some ways heartbreaking.

    By Eric Barnes July 08, 2020

• June 2020

  • How the Federal Reserve works to support Memphis

    Douglas Scarboro joins The Extra Podcast to talk about the Memphis branch, but also to give his views on the economic losses associated with systemic racism.

    By Eric Barnes June 17, 2020

  • News coverage in the time of COVID, protests and bubble sports

    Executive Editor Ronnie Ramos talks about how The Daily Memphian has approached coverage of so many different stories at once on this week’s Extra Podcast with Eric Barnes.

    By Eric Barnes June 11, 2020

  • How the Memphis Medical District is coping during the shutdown

    MMDC’s President Tommy Pacello talks about the group’s effort to support small businesses, residents in need, and future development on this week’s Extra Podcast.

    By Eric Barnes June 04, 2020

• May 2020

  • How Stax Museum will reopen – Executive Director Jeff Kollath joins Eric Barnes on the Extra Podcast

    The head of the Stax Museum talks about plans for reopening — and contemplates when live music and events will happen again.

    By Eric Barnes May 26, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How coronavirus shines a light on inequality

    The National Civil Rights Museum’s Terri Freeman talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequality, as well as the financial impact the shutdown has had on the museum.

    By Eric Barnes May 12, 2020

• March 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: Dr. Jon McCullers on the hard choices we might have to make during a pandemic

    If the notion of a dystopian society picking who should live and who should die during a viral pandemic upsets you, you really shouldn’t listen to this week’s edition of The Extra Podcast.

    By Eric Barnes March 27, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How Opera Memphis continues to work outside the opera house

    Ned Canty of Opera Memphis talks about the Ramones, how opera became a "tool of social exclusion," and the evolution of opera globally and in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes March 14, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: The local media landscape in Memphis and beyond

    Eric Barnes talks with Mark Fleischer, publisher and founder of Storyboard Memphis, about how he got started, the role of Storyboard and what it means to connect to local readers.

    By Eric Barnes March 07, 2020

• February 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: Talking about race, bias and discrimination

    How Facing History and Ourselves shapes some of the most difficult conversations we can have – and does it with children and teens in schools throughout Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes February 14, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How The Daily Memphian will expand free community access

    Kesha Whitaker talks with Eric Barnes about how The Daily Memphian will expand free access.

    By Eric Barnes February 06, 2020

• January 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: False alarms, fighting fires and the first female fire chief in Memphis

    Gina Sweat is a lifelong firefighter and not only the first female fire chief in Memphis, but one of less than ten nationwide.

    By Eric Barnes January 29, 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: New executive editor tells why he joined The Daily Memphian

    Ronnie Ramos joins The Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast to talk about his prior work at the Indianapolis Star, the USA Gymnastics investigation, and the future of local journalism.

    By Eric Barnes January 28, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Extra Podcast: Free music, historic preservation and the future of The Levitt Shell

    Natalie Wilson, the executive director of The Levitt Shell, walked me through The Shell's economics, as well as some of the lesser known history of The Shell, and the role The Shell’s revitalization played in the wave of historic preservation and renewal that’s come to Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes December 31, 2019

  • New e-book embargo by Macmillan on libraries starts Friday

    The embargo limits Memphis Public Libraries to buying only one copy of a new Macmillan title for the first eight weeks the book is out. MPL director Keenon McCloy says the policy by one of the nation's big five publishers limits access and in turn the reach of such books.

    By Bill Dries December 30, 2019

  • Bringing equity, effort (and, yes, incentives) to neighborhood development

    Eric Robertson talks about the many ways – some complicated, some simple – that economic development can be brought to neighborhoods all across Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes December 06, 2019

• November 2019

  • The Extra Podcast: ‘We come in peace’

    Business and civic leader Darrell Cobbins of 100 Black Men of Memphis joins The Extra Podcast to talk about the progress – and impediments – to improving the lives of African-Americans in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes November 28, 2019