Memphis House District 97 Forum

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Memphis House District 97 Candidates go head to head in an issues forum on The Holler. Listen to the visions that Gabby Salinas, Clifford Stockton III, Ruby Powell-Dennis, and Allan Creasy have for their community in Memphis.

FLOODS OF JUSTICE PODCAST

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FLOODS OF JUSTICE is back again with a new episode! Pastor Kevin Riggs and Kevin Sage discuss the immorality of the death penalty within the context of what it truly means to make peace and combat injustice.

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

“Rocky Top Sunrise” – A Better World with Matthew Park

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Hosts Isabella Killius and Cassie Jackson interview Matthew Park in a special episode! Matthew is a candidate for State House running in District 15 in Knoxville. Sunrise believes he is one of the most thoughtful and inspirational candidates running in Tennessee right now, and he’s the only candidate to be endorsed by Sunrise Tennessee’s statewide coalition because of his strong stances on climate and his progressive, moral vision for what Tennessee could be.

Sunrise Tennessee Interest Form

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

INTRODUCING “What About Us?” by Sandra Rice

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The first episode of “What About Us?” as part of The Tennessee Holler Podcast Network is LIVE!

What About Us? is a discussion about policies that impact rural Tennesseans. We dive into a variety of topics like healthcare, small businesses, employment, education and the environment. Tennessee is 93% rural with over 1.5 million residents, but resources and attention are often directed to urban areas. The rural way of life is valuable and we want to preserve it. We hope you’ll join us, and that you’ll keep thinking about us out here in rural Tennessee.

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

FLOODS OF JUSTICE PODCAST

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FLOODS OF JUSTICE is out with a new episode! Pastor Kevin Riggs and Kevin Sage chat with Mike Washington about his incredible journey of cycling nearly 3000 miles across the country in memory of his late wife.

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

Carol Swain Insanity

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This past Sunday morning, The Holler’s Kanew joined FOX 17’s “Nashville in Focus” political panel along with the infamous Carol Swain. Swain is known for spewing top-notch GOP propaganda, and her talking points on this panel were no different. From downplaying the COVID19 pandemic to claiming that teachers shouldn’t be paid as much to teach remotely, Swain is in rare form on this panel.

Swain on Masks:

Swain on schools re-opening during COVID19:

Watch the full panel here.

STANDING TALL PODCAST – Community Schools

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Gloria Johnson’s STANDING TALL podcast dropped a new episode today!

In this episode, Representative Johnson talks with Dr. Bob Kronick from the University of Tennessee and University Assisted Community Schools about how the community school model got started in Knoxville and how these schools could make a huge difference in underserved communities around our state.

Learn more about University Assisted Community Schools and donate.

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

GRITS – “High School Grits”

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A new episode of  GRITS with Aftyn Behn and Anna Walton on The Tennessee Holler Podcast Network is LIVE!

Aftyn and Anna are joined by Aftyn’s middle and high school classmate Tre Waters as he shares his experiences as a mixed-race kid at the private, predominantly white, prep school Webb School of Knoxville located in East Tennessee.
This episode is dedicated to all the people of color that attended Webb School in Knoxville. If you would like to sign the petition “Webb Alumni Call for Commitment to Anti-Racism Action,” please click this link.
FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you like to listen.
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Listen to Tre on his podcast Segway to Logic
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ROCKY TOP SUNRISE – “Why Abolition is an Environmental Justice Issue”

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A new episode of  ROCKY TOP SUNRISE with Sunrise Tennessee on The Tennessee Holler Podcast Network is LIVE!

Hosts Isabella Killius and Hale Masaki explore the intersections of racial justice and environmentalism within the context of slavery and how slavery was never eradicated, it simply evolved. In the second half of the episode, lifelong organizer Taz Gaines joins as our special guest to dive deep into these issues and to establish why abolition and the fight for justice are crucial to winning a Green New Deal. ?
Check out Taz’s Podcast!
A Dose of Healing
Sources and further reading:
Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
A Green New Deal for Decarceration
What’s happening with polling places in Kentucky?
Transform Harm

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

HOLLER PODCAST – History of the UDC with Dr. Karen Cox

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Kanew interviews Dr. Karen Cox, author of Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture, about the political and social influence The UDC had on the South and how we’re still fighting against their racist ideology today.

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