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Anatomy of a Scandal
🏛️ The Council Halvening · Brent Taylor weathers a scandal · TIRRC files another lawsuit · Much more!
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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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Local Man Falls Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole and Lives to Tell the Tale
🟧 Down the orange brick path · Nashville keeps forty seats · Tennessean agitprop · This week in streaming · Much more!
Through the Orange-Bitcoin-Glass
H.D. Miller falls down the Bitcoin Conference rabbit hole and tries and fails to learn something
The Counter-Counter Culture
🖼️ Nashville as the home of a new cultural movement · Crowded housing · Kash-Kountry Koalition · Much more!
No Further West
🏇 The reinvigoration of the Western · Eat dirt and kick rocks · Early voting coming to an end · Much more!
The Western’s Grand Reversion
Horizon: An American Saga and Twisters shift the western beyond its well-trodden apologist territory.
Is the transit plan even about transit?
🚦 Where transport starts and transit ends · The Law · Meta · Kinds of Kindness · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Review: Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Gen Z hates the salacious. It’s become a truism with Hollywood sex scenes declining 40% since the pre-9/11 days. Blame #MeToo or the psychol
Teed Up for an American Week
📆 What's going on this week · Back to school · Dazed and Confused · West from the Fallen Wall · Much more!
Review: West from the Fallen Wall
West from the Fallen Wall, Short Stories from the Pax Americana in Europe, is an impressive debut. Author Ryan Henderson’s unembellished yet
Q&A with Rep. Andy Ogles
🗳️ Andy Ogles talks about his policy priorities · Hate for me, but not for thee · This week in streaming · Much more!
One-on-one with Rep. Andy Ogles
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Nashvillians in the Olympics
🏊♂️ The Walsh sisters take to Paris · Ch-ch-changes · If You Like Pina Kamalas · Much more!
Lessons from an Old Marvel Movie
💥 What Punisher tells us about the country · Best Fish Sandwich in America · Country Clubbers · Much more!
The Populist Warning of Punisher: War Zone
How a 16-year-old Marvel flop predicted our current political moment.
Q&A with Courtney Johnston
🗳️ Johnston's top priorities · Affordable Housing · New Authority · Crumb Catcher review · Much more!