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

INTERVIEW: ASHLEY PEREIRA (survivor of “Alabama pastor who raped teen gets probation” story)

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ASHLEY PEREIRA was raped by ex-Jason Greathouse in Alabama at 14, and her parents pushed her to marry him. They are now divorced. He just was let off with no jail time. They both now live in Tennessee (him in HENDERSONVILLE) and she’s forced to share custody of their child with him, while he doesn’t pay any child support.

PODCAST. FULL EPISODE.

INTERVIEW: REP. GLORIA JOHNSON On the anti-mask backlash closing schools

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REP. GLORIA JOHNSON joins us to discuss the threats to block schools and the overall Anti-Mask backlash that got Knox Schools closed today.

PODCAST

INTERVIEW: JB SMILEY JR., CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

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We’re joined LIVE by JB Smiley Jr., a Memphis councilman running for governor of Tennessee as a Democrat.

Watch the FULL INTERVIEW below. CLIP HERE. Listen to the PODCAST HERE.

INTERVIEW: ANTI-CRT VICTIM COACH HAWN & KYLA JENEE LACEY

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We spoke with fired teacher Matthew Hawn & Poet Kyla Jenee Lacey. Hawn is popular with students, a victim of anti-CRT furor. It’s under review, and would be Sullivan County’s loss.

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INTERVIEW: ADAM BRODY

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Adam Brody joins Kanew to talk about politics and the state of the country, why AOC, Rep. Bush and other women of color are heroes, and why the consciousness-shift we’re seeing is exciting.

PODCAST

FULL VIDEO

REP. GLORIA JOHNSON ON “UNHINGED” SPEAKER SEXTON’S THREATS

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Watch the FULL INTERVIEW with Rep. Gloria Johnson about Speaker Sexton’s “unhinged” presser threatening to call a special session to punish school districts that take measures to keep their students safe.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

INTERVIEW: ASHLEY KING, KKK STATUE PROTESTOR

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Ashley King was a presence at the Capitol making legislators uncomfortable to get the KKK Grand Wizard Statue moved. Now it’s gone, and he’s here to tell us how it feels.

“WE HAVE OTHER WORK TO DO, BUT AT LEAST THAT’S ONE DOWN.”

PODCAST

FULL INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: COMEDIAN WALTER MASTERSON (Master of Trolling Right-Wing Extremists)

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Comedian Walter Masterson joins us to talk about trolling Rep. Greene & Rep. Gaetz in California, and a local school board in NY where anti-CRT parents had no idea he was making fun of them. (PODCAST)

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INTERVIEW: BISHOP WILLIAM J. BARBER II

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Reverend Dr. William J Barber II on Juneteenth, messaging to rural Tennessee, Critical Race Theory, and calling out hypocrites like Governor Lee to their faces when they act like they care about MLK while standing against everything he stood for.

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HOLLER LIVE: REPAINTING THE ALCOA BRIDGE

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After a wildly bigoted local lady went viral for harassing two gay teens in ALCOA, the community rallied around them to repaint the bridge. Watch our INTERVIEW.