Eli Roth’s Society of the Spectacle
With Thanksgiving, a titan of horror proves he’s also one of America’s most savage social critics.
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Democracy In Name Only
🚨 Head of Metro’s 911 Call Center on administrative leave · 8,800 TN CDL holders lack required citizenship records · Metropolis on the hook for $9 million in consumer protection violations · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 1/12 🪕 Bluegrass Monday Double-Header with Kyle Tuttle & Maddie Denton @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🪕 Val
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No. 617: Educating Everyone and No One
📅 Today, Davis talks about Bill Lee’s announcement yesterday and Megan digs deeper into the state’s issues with keeping repeat offenders off the streets.
No. 616: We Fixed Traffic
📅 Today Davis solves traffic, we revisit Jerod's piece on Hillsdale from last year in light of the pending school voucher push, and Megan takes another look at the sketchy rules around the city's participatory budgeting.
No. 615: Overserved
📅 Servings, College Football, School Boards, Much More!
College Football Regular Season Wrap-Up
Tennessee and Vanderbilt tie a bow on 2023 Conference Play as Vols prepare for Bowl Game
No. 614: Black Friday Looms
🦃 Black Friday, Metro Council, Thanksgiving, Not Stolen, Racetrack Plan, and Much More!
Radical Objectivity
A review of Jeff Fynn-Paul’s 'Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World'
No. 613: The Big Holiday Blob
📅 Today, Davis discusses Thanksgiving, Jerod reflects on an old episode of My Three Sons, and Megan discusses Blackburn and Haggerty's response to the Biden administration's hold on export licenses for firearms and looks at the latest with the Airport Authority.
Chip's Harvest
What a sixty-three-year-old sitcom can teach us about the folly of "land acknowledgments"
No. 612: The Edge of the World
📅 Today, Davis reflects on the West, Jerod offers up a defense of Taylor Swift, Megan recaps yesterday’s media roundtable with the mayor, and we furnish our weekly film rundown.
Nashville’s Taylor Era
Rediscovering the suburban roots of the world’s biggest popstar may be the city’s only way to stave off its decline.
No. 611: Trans-
📅 Today, Davis talks about transit and transhumanism, and Megan reviews the case made yesterday for rejecting federal education funding.
No. 610: Personality is Power
📅 Today, Davis praises people with personality, Jerod reviews David Fincher's latest movie, and Megan takes us through the MNPD’s latest developments.
David Fincher’s Violence as a Service
'The Killer' shows how expendable art makes for expendable lives.
No. 609: Pamphleteering Nashville's Future
📅 Today, Davis gives a pitch and Megan recaps some of Sen. Blackburn's subpoenas and more.