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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Slings and Arrows and Nooses
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Box Office Kryptonite
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Superman Isn’t The Problem
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One Man's Trash, Another Man's Treasure
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Summer Spotlight: Liquor Lab
In a city of wayward pedal taverns and $12 PBRs, many a Nashvillian has vowed to drink more at home. But few have the type of innate Patters
Who's Parrotin' Who?
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Who's Afraid of a Little Old Organizing
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Week in Streaming: Special Edition
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Money in, money out
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Universal Ring County Rights
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The Case for Ring County Rights
Though their populations are stagnating, Tennessee’s Blue Dot cities have undue power over the entire state. It’s time to level that playing field.
The Great Mystery of Falling Crime Rates
🪄 And now for my next trick... Crime will vanish · Newsom comes to town · WeGo fixes food deserts · School choice poll results · Review of Materialists · Much more!
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Downsizing the Council
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