Our Flagship podcast features interviews with key figures and policy makers all across Tennessee, as well as sounds from the front lines.

INTERVIEW: Rep. Justin Jones & D.L. Hughley

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Rep. Justin Jones and D.L. Hughley join to talk to Kanew about Tennessee Republicans stripping representation from majority-Black Memphis and drowning it out with white power with an absurd new 9-0 map.

INTERVIEW: REP. BOB FREEMAN

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Rep. Bob Freeman (D) on a Wired report linking DHS/ICE to a property owned by his NASHVILLE real estate company.

“GSA was intentionally unclear and vague on who the end user would be… It makes me sick to my stomach we’ve been looped into this.”

 

INTERVIEW: Speaker Cameron Sexton Finally Talks to Us

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INTERVIEW: David Hogg (Leaders We Dess

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David Hogg joins Kanew to talk about why gun safety laws work, and why his organization Leaders We Deserve is backing Rep. Justin J. Pearson’s effort to replace Congressman Steve Cohen, who equated Pearson’s challenge with “Pearl Harbor”.

The Case for MEDICARE FOR ALL (with a former Insurance company exec)

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Wendell Potter was an insurance company executive for 20 years, until he had a crisis of conscience (in Tennessee) and now is a MEDICARE FOR ALL advocate. “The work I was doing was to mislead people.” Our health care system is expensive, cruel, and broken. The time for Medicare for All is now. 

ROUNDTABLE: Clarksville Republican School Board Member Stays On Despite Nude ‘Gigolos’ Video

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NEW ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Clarksville Republican School Board Member Teresa Crosslin Withdraws Resignation and Stays On Despite Nude ‘Gigolos’ Reality Show Sex Video

INTERVIEW: Mayor Chaz Molder, TN- 5 Candidate for Congress

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“It seems like Andy Ogles embarrasses us every time he opens his mouth. We need a congressman who will focus on the issues that matter.”

INTERVIEW: Rep. John Ray Clemmons on Gov. Lee Letting Tennesseans Go Hungry

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Dems are asking Lee to step in as food assistance dries up. The money is there. Yet Lee won’t do it, even as other Republican states do. Clemmons says it’s about priorities.

INTERVIEW: GEOFF DUNCAN

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NEW INTERVIEW: GEOFF DUNCAN, Ex Republican Lt. Gov. of Georgia, now running for governor… as a Democrat

(:17) – “What made you a Republican?” (1:40) -Trump’s election lies & Republicans going along with them (3:00) – Trump’s failed promises (4:06) – His conversion a bridge for others (5:18) – Dems have embraced him (6:13) – Changed his mind on guns/abortion (7:09) – Yes you can be a Dem & a Christian (8:12) – “Has the GOP changed forever?” (9:33) – Confidence in Georgia’s elections (11:30) – Republicans ignoring corruption (12:20) –  persuadable Republicans (12:57) – How screwed are we?