Texas is a Tossup?

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Four days before the election, Anna and Aftyn provide the state of play for those wondering, “Does my vote even matter?” And if you live in a key battleground state like Texas, the answer is an absolute and resounding yes. Even if all of Aftyn’s exes live in Texas, the girls uplift the work of southern states in the most important election of their lifetimes.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.

Academy Award Winner Callie Khouri on Money in Politics

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“We have a Congress that has been completely co-opted, bought and paid for by corporate interests.”
Academy Award Winner Callie Khouri joined #HollerHour to talk about how government is necessary to protect us from corporations.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.

Opening Our Perspectives with Jenn Foley

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We conclude our interviews with Tennessee state candidates with Dr. Jenn Foley running for House District 65. She summarizes issues and concerns expressed by constituents across the state and the need for relief from the GOP super-majority agenda.  We need more discussion, representation and balance, along with less arrogance and paternalism. Please go out and vote for a better Tennessee for all Tennesseans.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts here, and wherever else you like to listen here.

Christianity as a Compliment

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American Writer and Belmont Professor David Dark joins Pastor Kevin Riggs for a continuation of the conversation about Critical Race Theory.

Find David Dark on Twitter: @daviddark

And his books on Amazon.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.

Getting to Medicare for All with Biden

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Stephanie Kang, Health Policy Advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal lead sponsor of Medicare for All in the House, talks about how even though Biden’s plan isn’t where we need to be, it could lay the groundwork for #M4A…if people organize and push for it.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.

Former Cigna VP Turned Medicare for All Advocate

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“I was being paid more than my Dad could ever have imagined to bamboozle the public into believing things that simply were not true as part of my job to protect my company’s profits.”

Wendell Potter, a former Cigna VP turned #MedicareForAll advocate on a Medicare for All TN webinar on how an experience in Knoxville at a pop up clinic changed his perspective on American healthcare forever.

Full Webinar

 

Blount County Has a Choice

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Jay Clark for Tennessee House District 8 talks about the real choice District 8 voters have in the upcoming election on #ScrappyTime.

FULL SHOW

Coming Together with Zulfat Suara

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Councilwoman Zulfat Suara joins #HollerHour and shares her experiences living in both rural and urban Tennessee and how she hopes we can come together under a Biden Administration.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.

 

Ice Cube and Supporting Local Organizers

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Hosts Tequila Johnson and Charlane Oliver sit down with guests Leshuan Oliver and BlackPAC Executive Director Adrianne Shropshire to talk about the controversy surrounding Ice Cube, including what he got right and what he got wrong.
Porch Politics is recorded LIVE from our porch every other Thursday at 6 pm CT. You can stream it on The Tennessee Holler or wait for it to drop as a podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you like to listen.

Pushing Belmont to Divest from CoreCivic

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Safara Parrott of Be Better Belmont on how the ties between Belmont and CoreCivic were born out of a long history of profit and racist complicity.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.