Megan Lee Podsiedlik
Staff · Senior Reporter · 145 stories
Megan Lee Podsiedlik is a news writer, radio programmer, and a freelance contributor and speechwriter residing in Nashville, TN.


Politics in Everything and Everything in Politics
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikOpinion
The CMAs are back in full swing tonight, live audience and all, but with a Covid protocol in place. The protocol requires all of the audience members to be…

⏎ Bend the Ear
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
Who do Tennessee lawmakers really represent?

✻ Three Takeaways from Special Session
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
Tennessee Republicans draw a new line against federal overreach in Tennessee’s most recent special session

Grave Markers, Fraternal Orders, & Ghosts of the Past
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikCulture
What ghosts of our past can teach us about our future

Another Day, Another Session
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
What to expect from Tennessee's Covid-19 Special Session this week

Redraw the County Lines, Please Sir
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikMetro
Redistricting for state Senate, State House, and U.S. House districts is upon us and you don’t need census data to know that Tennessee has changed immensely…

Hast Thou Seen the Flu?
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikHealth
Health officials around the country warn of a rough flu season this winter, but questions still remain about what happened to the flu last year.
The Good, the Bad, the Monoclonal Antibodies
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikHealth
Misinformation! Anti-vaxxers! Expensive! Loud Noises! Why are there all these frustrated-sounding, local articles revolving around monoclonal antibodies? You…
Leaders in a Media-less World
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikOpinion
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were down for more than five hours yesterday and here’s the question I pose to you: If there was no media, none what-so-ever…
Filling in the Gaps
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikOpinion
How one Tennessean is picking up where the government left off in Afghanistan

Restaurants Grasping at Straws
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikFood & Drink
“We’re just trying to survive through the pandemic, give everyone who’s here jobs, and be here for the community,” said Nick, a restaurant manager at Noble’s…

The Man Who Sued the World
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikOpinion
...and lived to tell the tale.