Claiming the Moral High Ground
🌆 Nashville is a sanctuary city · Clapping back at the Trump administration · Lee's first veto · Stating the obvious about men in women's sports · Repeat offender all-star of the day · Much more!
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The Estes Family: A Culture of Artistic Excellence
🖼 Artistry Runs in the Family · Mayor unveils smart signals · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 12/8 🎸 OK Go @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, 8p, Info 🎙️ Erykah Badu @ The Pinnacle, 8p, $92+, Info
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Is it legal to enforce the law?
🚨 ICE comes to town · Mayor cools on public safety · Starbuck sues Meta · Local litigator tapped by Trump · Repeat Illegal Offender All Star · Much more!
Live Not By Lies
📺 Rod Dreher on his new documentary series · Budget snapshot · Not your ATM · Grants on a leash · Film rundown · Much more!
Rod Dreher Lives Not by Lies
The renowned conservative intellectual discusses his new documentary series and the unwavering threat of totalitarianism.
Ghosted by the Orange Man
🎙️ The mayor's State of Metro address · The mayor shuffles · Charters turned down · Repeat offender of the day · Sinners review · Much more!
Review: Sinners (2025)
The most exhausting aspect of Art in the Age of Trump is the tendency to boil down complex works to vapid lefty platitudes. But, for the pas
The Staged Battle for Nashville's Soul
🎙️ Chris Cobb stuck in a time loop · Stand Up Nashville isn't local · Bridgestone expansion · Home rule airport · Much more!
Chris Cobb Can’t Stop Reenacting “The Battle for Nashville’s Soul”
A new documentary deifies the former EXIT/IN owner, but the facts have been easily accessible for anyone curious enough to look.
Future Shock
🍔 McDonald's does the robot · Property tax protest · D-16 zoning battle · Unified housing strategy · Andy Kaufman in Memphis · Week in streaming · Much more!
Memphis, Andy Kaufman, & Inter-gender Sports
Step back fifty years in time with me if you will. A simpler time. You wake up in the house you could afford on a single income. Instead of
This Week in Streaming (April 29th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Densification On the Ropes in Woodbine
🏘️ District 16 shouts down upzoning proposal · New Youth Safety Director · Fusus on the fritz · Voucher voyage · Repeat offender of the day · Much more!
The Rise and Fall of Pants
👖 Civilizational decline and the rise of men's pants · Metro Sues RFK · Casada/Cothren Trial Update · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Cut 'Em Loose, Round 'Em Up, Then Do It All Over Again
👑 Old Tent City requests audience with king · Upzone ya · Bills that died · Future deported of the day award · Conclave review · Much more!
Review: Conclave (2024)
Back in early March, we thought this Oscar also-ran would be going the way of many of its prestige predecessors after Anora and The Brutalis