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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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No. 649: Constitutional Crisis?!
📅 Today, Davis talks about the border, Hamilton joins us to talk about the promise of nuclear energy in a small Middle Tennessee town, Megan thinks about transit, and we furnish our weekly film rundown.
Atomic Hartsville
A small Tennessee town's forgotten history as a nuclear leader
No. 648: Nothing to See Here
🏛 Business as usual, nothing to see here, at this week's Metro Council meeting.
No. 647: Decolonizing the Arts
🎨 How Metro Arts is seeking to use anti-racism to decolonize the arts and what to expect from the new commissioners.
EXCLUSIVE: Metro Arts launches initiative to 'return land, money, and resources' to 'Indigenous, African, and Asian peoples'
Executive Director Daniel Singh has surrounded himself with a cadre of radical consultants and has pledged to re-envision Metro Arts as an anti-racist organization committed to decolonization
No. 646: The Metro Labyrinth
🗓 Today, Miles discusses men’s basketball at UT and the prospect of their reaching the Final Four for the first time in program history, and Megan breaks down the labyrinth-like stormwater fee snafu.
Vols Basketball On Collision Course With Destiny?
Tennessee Men’s Hoops continue surge towards March
No. 645: Engineering Outcomes to Attract More Snow to Middle Tennessee
🗓 Today, Davis talks about the weather, Jerod reviews the new Wonka movie, Megan talks about the loophole keeping violent criminals on the streets, and we furnish our weekly film rundown.
The Bureaucratic Force of Wonka
The latest iteration of Roald Dahl’s classic is a deeply felt ode to entrepreneurship
No. 644: What's An American?
📅 Today, Davis talks about America and Americans, and Megan talks about politics and politicians.
No. 643: The Great School Choice Debate
📅 Today, Davis gets ready for his conversation with Corey DeAngelis, and Megan rounds up some news about the pending transit referendum, TVA, and gun legislation.
No. 642: Country Music Doesn't Have a Diversity Problem
📅 Today, Davis talks about country music again, and Megan talks about the winter storm we've witnessed this week.
No. 641: The Youth Are Alright
📅 Today, Davis talks about the politics of young people, Jerod reviews Alexander Payne's new movie The Holdovers, and Megan breaks down the ELVIS Act.
Ornamental Ivies
The Holdovers is the ultimate fable of academic populism.
No. 640: Beyond Compliance
🇺🇸 There's more to life than complying · The AG takes on Meta · Rejecting federal education funds · Much more!