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Podcast Podcasts
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Podcast Metro
Growth in voters and voter turnout comes with questions
The founder of one of the get out the vote groups working locally says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that higher turnout is part of a national trend. But detailed numbers also show ongoing problems in access to the vote.
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Podcast Podcasts
DJ, radio host, program manager or all of the above?
Jared Boyd of WYXR joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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VIDEO City of Memphis
Strickland says rebuilding MPD will cost more money
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland also said on the WKNO program “Behind The Headlines” that police reform still means hiring more officers.
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Podcast Sound Bites
Karen Carrier, the unexpected restaurateur, talks about how it all happened
Jennifer Biggs talks with Karen Carrier about how she’s gotten through COVID, her winter plans, and how she ended up in the restaurant business.
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PODCAST Elections
Absentee votes will complicate election night returns
Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.
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Video Metro
Police reform discussion focuses on questions of what is real change
Former Memphis City Council member Harold Collins and Just City Director Josh Spickler said on “Behind The Headlines” that for all of the talk of changing police, MPD is still policing the way it has for decades.
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Podcast Podcasts
Pat Mitchell-Worley on Memphis music, how music can empower youths and a band called Saliva
Pat Mitchell-Worley, the executive director of Stax Music Academy and host of Beale Street Caravan, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Podcast Sound Bites
Food writers talk about how they cook at home these days
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about what they’ve been cooking, how recipes are little more than suggestions, and as it happens, about tacos and Asian food.
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Podcast City of Memphis
MLGW-TVA discussion must move faster, city council member says
Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast says there could still be an agreement on the next step in the MLGW-TVA issue. He also warns that the Tennessee Legislature could close the door on a possible MLGW exit from TVA if there isn’t a shorter timeline.
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video City of Memphis
Bartlett, Germantown school leaders see more students returning soon
Germantown Municipal Schools District Superintendent Jason Manuel and Bartlett City Schools Superintendent David Stephens talked on “Behind The Headlines” about changing local health department requirements that require students in schools to wear masks and be 6 feet apart at all times.
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Podcast The Sidebar
Robby Grant of WYXR on his life as a musician
Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes talks with musician and the executive director of WYXR about music, his career and the new radio station in The Extra podcast.
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Podcast News and Features
Nick Scott talks about his COVID closure and his new restaurant
Nick Scott talks with Jennifer Biggs on our new Sound Bites podcast/radio show about what it was like to have Alchemy closed for 11 weeks and about his plans for Salt | Soy, opening soon on Broad.
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Podcast Neighborhoods
Gibson outlines ‘front-loaded’ redevelopment plan for South Memphis
Business leader and developer J.W. Gibson talks about the South Memphis TIF taking in Soulsville, LeMoyne-Owen College and the old Metro Plaza on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
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Video Suburbs
Collierville, Arlington school leaders review summer of pandemic changes
The Arlington and Collierville school systems are using a similar mix of hybrid online and in person classes along with virtual options for elementary school students. The superintendents of the two suburban systems talked on “Behind The Headlines” about prospects for more change.
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Video Metro
Shelby County Schools’ return to in-person will be gradual, Joris Ray says
During an appearance on “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray also pushed back against the narrative that no high school football games for the state’s largest school system could limit the path to higher education for student athletes.
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Video Podcasts
Geoff Calkins talks about unwelcome opinions during a pandemic
The sports columnist joins Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast.
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Podcast Podcasts
City Council grants process evolves and adjusts for pandemic
Martavius Jones, the Memphis City Council budget committee chairman who oversaw pitches by more than 150 nonprofits seeking a share of $1.95 million, has problems with the way grants are awarded.
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Video Metro
Sheriff says Shelby County Jail implementing COVID-19 changes
On “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. also said he sees an “appetite” for reform among law enforcement in general but has some hesitation about trying to codify reform measures he’s taken to apply to future sheriffs.
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Podcast Metro
Van Turner: Reform vote ‘is not against law enforcement’
Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner has seen first hand the impact of violent crime on his commission district which includes Hickory Hill. But Turner says it’s possible to back law enforcement and be opposed to a militarization of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Memphis Police Department.
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Business
Watch: Small Business Seminar with City Tasting Tours, InsideOut founders
A panel of small business owners and advisers will discuss PPP loan requirements, family leave rules and how to navigate the new normal.
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Podcast City of Memphis
Mississippi Blvd. pastor calls for ‘clear, identifiable shifts’ in policing
The pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church thinks the first part of Mayor Jim Strickland’s effort to reform the Memphis Police Department didn’t go far enough.
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Video Metro
Schools open before Labor Day break with varying plans
The seven public school systems in Shelby County opened in one way or another before the Labor Day weekend with plans that vary to some degree.
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Video Podcasts
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.
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Podcast Elections
A political valley on the road to Nov. 3
The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps some events from the past week and some of the recently certified election results are cause to go looking through some numbers from the historic 1991 city elections.
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