Leaders of the Memphis Literacy Conference join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about using science, teachers and constant effort to help people of all ages learn to read.

Marvell L. Terry II joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about his advocacy for the LGBTQ community, his work to support people with HIV/AIDS and what it means to be a Black gay man.

The head of Crosstown Arts’ artist-in-residence programs talks opportunities for artists, the role of the arts in Memphis, and her near 10-year-history with the Crosstown project.

Molly Quinn, executive director of OutMemphis, talks about the organization’s work with homeless LGBTQ+ youth and the group’s upcoming Queer Prom.

The Daily Memphian’s food and dining editor joins Eric Barnes on this week’s edition of the Sidebar.

Emmy-award-winning film composer Scott Bomar joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

On the Sidebar, Eric talks to Patty Daigle, the associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

If there was an award for having the best — or at least the most extremely online — fans, there’s no question that would belong to the Grizzlies.

The emphasis on creative thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and engaging with the real world is one of the things that differentiates XTH from other high schools throughout Shelby County and around the country. 

Paul McCoy and Steven Fox, both from Humanities Tennessee, joined Eric Barnes to talk about how the organization has worked with arts and culture organizations in Memphis — and all over the state — during COVID.

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. 

When the Overton Park Shell changed its name recently, it was about more than just the name.

Ernest Strickland of the Black Business Association joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

Cyrena Wages joins host Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to discuss life as a musician.

Eric Barnes interviews Dr. Stewart Burgess, executive director of the Children’s Museum of 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. 

The photographer joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to discuss how the project came to life.

The reasons people volunteer, the reasons companies organize their employees for volunteer efforts, and the ways organizations can best utilize volunteers vary greatly.

Kerry Hayes, former special assistant to Memphis Mayor AC Wharton Jr., joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar.

Nearly 10 years after founding Choose901, John Carroll joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

Kate Teague, singer, songwriter and WYXR staffer, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

Tonya Dyson, executive director of Memphis Slim Collaboratory, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

Music producer, DJ and instructor Jeff Cohran joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

Elle Perry of The Daily Memphian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

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.