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The Sun Also Rises on Music City
☀️ Metro advances another solar initiative as it inches toward 2041 Green New Deal target · TN to investigate MNPS over academic dishonesty allegations · Vandy Muslim Student Association condemns TPUSA film screening · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
Good morning everyone! AMERICANAFEST will be taking over Nashville from Tuesday through Saturday this week. I've listed some recommendations for each day of the festival below, including several FREE events! Also, I listened to every band playing and collected some of the best acts onto one handy AMERICANAFEST
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No. 640: Beyond Compliance
🇺🇸 There's more to life than complying · The AG takes on Meta · Rejecting federal education funds · Much more!
No. 639: Racking Up Time
⏳ Who talks the most · Bret Easton Ellis' new novel · Epstein flight logs · Much more!
The Anti-Nostalgia of Bret Easton Ellis
A review of 'The Shards'
No. 638: Here's Your Sign
🪧 113th General Assembly begins · Signs as a fixation · Three bills that you'll hear about, but won't pass · Much more!
No. 637: Country Music Without the Country
📅 Today, Davis talks about country music, Miles recaps the Titans' finale, and Megan gets us ready for the start of the 113th General Assembly tomorrow.
Titans Play Kingmaker in AFC Playoff Race
Stunning victory over division rival sends Jags packing, Steelers, Bills clinch playoff berths
No. 636: Polls, Chesterton, Raw Eggs, Oh My!
📄 Fireworks on the horizon · Raw Egg Nationalist · Chesterton in Nashville · Push Polls · Much More!
What G.K. Chesterton Saw in Nashville
G.K. Chesterton's commentary on Nashville and the broader South from his 1921 tour of the US still resonates
No. 635: How the Right Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Arts
🖼 Enjoying ugly things isn't cool · Book review of Monsters · Beacon Poll results · Much More!
The Pleasures of Mob Rule
A review of Claire Dederer’s "Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma"
No. 634: Into the breach...
🎉 What to expect in 2024 · Political races · Transit push · Tourists vs. Residents · Much More!
The Pamphleteer's 2023 Holiday Streaming Guide
The best streaming has to offer for your holiday viewing needs.
Year in Review
🗓 Biggest stories of the year · Hidden gems · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
No. 633: Nearing the End
🗓 Nearing the end · The man who appears in your dreams · Six bills on the docket for next year · Much more!