Divine Absence: Justin Jones’s Endless Vacation from Vanderbilt Divinity
Academic deans promised to look into the freshman state rep’s alleged role in covering up sexual assaults. Now, the university seems to be running cover for him.
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Tax Cuts, Summits, and Business Trips
💰 BBB tax cuts incoming · Gov. Lee goes to Asia · One Battle After Another · 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, 10/13 🪕 Kyle Tuttle's Bluegrass Monday @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🪕 Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry
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No. 668: Density, Density, Density
🗺️ Density Galore, Derrick Henry's legacy, Nolensville Town Square, and much more!
Derrick Henry’s Legacy
Beyond stats, Henry’s impact on the Nashville community will resonate for decades to come
No. 667: Justin Jones is bad at his job
🗓️ Today, we catch up on the weekend, look at how good Justin Jones is at his job, and get you prepped for the presidential primary election.
Justin Jones is Bad at His Job
Aside from garnering national attention, what has Jones done for his constituents in District 52?
No. 665: Cold Beer on the Rocks
🍻 Where there's warm beer, there's fire · a review of The Sweet East · Hale's Toxicology report · Much more!
Tripping through Tocqueville
With The Sweet East, Sean Price Williams proves himself an unlikely defender of America’s social fabric.
No. 664: For the Greater Good
🗓️ Today, Davis talks about the greater good, Megan gets specific about the mayor's transit referendum announcement, and Jerod furnishes his weekly film rundown.
No. 663: Phoning In
🗓️ Today, Davis phones in, Megan talks transit referendum, AG’s case against NCAA, and a new mayoral appointee.
No. 662: The Looming Transit Referendum
📅 Today, Davis looks ahead briefly, and Megan reviews some bills flying through the state legislature that stick out for different reasons.
No. 661: Testing the Water
📅 Today, Davis takes the cultural temperature, and Megan reviews the mayor's first capital spending plan.
No. 660: You're forgetting something, mayor
📅 Today, Davis talks priorities, Jerod reviews American Fiction, Megan reviews a hospital visitation bill and recaps today's mayoral roundtable, and we furnish our weekly film rundown.
American Fiction(s)
The year’s most literary Oscar contender is unafraid to take aim at white liberal guilt.
No. 659: Fighting the Law
📅 Today, Davis debunks a talking point about gun laws, and Megan wonders if Justin Jones is good or bad at his job.
No. 658: What is a housing crisis?
📅 Today, we download last night's council meeting. Davis talks about the zoning bills, and Megan, the rest.