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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
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Sound Bites
Sugar Avenue aims to make life a little sweeter
Ed Crenshaw didn’t mean to be a baker, but an accident here and an accident there can turn into a career if you’re not careful.
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State Government
Parkinson renews call to change marijuana laws
The chairman of the Shelby County legislative delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly talked about the issue on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
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Podcast City of Memphis
Harris pushes statewide mask rule, works on ways around refusal by state
The effort short of a statewide mask mandate includes a coalition of local leaders across West Tennessee. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he is also working on a long-term plan for the county to continue to deal with the pandemic through 2021 and after federal CARES Act funding runs out at the end of December.
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Grizzlies Podcast
Will the draft get interesting for the Grizzlies?
On the latest Daily Memphian Grizzlies podcast, Grizzlies beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discussed all the latest scenarios in frame for next week’s draft.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
Bigfoot, medical marijuana and the Radio Flyer
Toby Sells, news editor for The Memphis Flyer, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Podcast Food
Alex Grisanti opens his Southaven pizzeria
Come Friday, Alex Grisanti is back in the brick and mortar restaurant business. He talks to Jennifer Biggs about what Elfo Grisanti Northern Italian Cuisine will be like on this week’s edition of Sound Bites.
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Podcast Elections
Vote count continues in Shelby County without fanfare
While presidential battleground states continue to count votes, the count in Shelby County is quietly moving toward completion with a large number of provisional ballots.
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Video City of Memphis
Local GOP, Democratic chairmen differ on needs in Nashville
On Behind The Headlines, Republican Party Chairman Chris Tutor says “don’t vote Democrat” if you want to see Memphis have more power in the state capitol. Democratic Party Chairman Michael Harris says Republicans in state government are explicitly ignoring Memphis.
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Podcast The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
Music, Grizzlies, food, art, politics — how Chris Herrington writes about it all
Herrington explains on this week’s episode of The Sidebar podcast and radio show on WYXR.
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Podcast Food
‘Never Have I Ever’ sparks new Memphis food list
Jennifer Biggs, Kelly English and Sound Bites producer Natalie Van Gundy talk about the Memphis food list that shouldn’t exist, the popular foods many of us never get around to eating.
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Podcast Elections
Shelby County early and absentee voters mostly women, Memphians, over 50
A new voting app breaks down who the early voters were. The broader turnout numbers show more than half of the county’s registered voters have already cast their ballots.
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Video Behind The Headlines
Behind the Headlines: Lakeland, Millington school superintendents weigh pandemic impact on students
On “Behind The Headlines,” the leaders of the two suburban school systems also agreed with the recommendation of Gov. Bill Lee not to use the results of state achievement tests this year to evaluate teachers and students. Nevertheless, they are watching to gauge the impact of the pandemic on learning and the lives of students.
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Podcast Sound Bites
Sound Bites: French cooking with Eric Barnes
Eric Barnes joins Jennifer Biggs on Sound Bites and they talk about how COVID has sent them back to their kitchens; Eric shares one of his eight recipes.
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Podcast The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
That day during COVID when Jennifer Biggs and I had a drink at noon
On Tuesday, I started drinking at noon. But it’s not my fault. -
Podcast On the Record
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 The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
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 Public Safety
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 The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
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 Behind The Headlines
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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