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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Niceley gets back to farming
🚜 Out of politics and back on the farm · Cinderall Drag Bill · Memphis Arms Race · Week in streaming · Much more!
Niceley Returns to the Farm
Historian, Farmer, & Former State Senator Frank Niceley retrospects & looks forward
This Week In Streaming (September 24th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Whose City Is It?
🌇 City growing pains · New Health Director · Lobbying spend · Futuristic stoplights · Much more!
Review: American Refugees
Roger Simon is one of those California transplants to Tennessee we’ve heard so much about. The mystery novelist and former columnist for The
Speaking of migrants...
📦 American Exodus · What WeGot · When life gives you linens · Film rundown · Much more!
The Plight of the Modern Urbanite
🎞️ A movie about apartment dwellers in NYC · Spreading anti-hate · Reagan review · Much more!
The French Italian and the Urbanite’s Plight
Filmmaker Rachel Wolther brings her dynamite study of diminished millennial prospects to the Nashville Film Festival
Review: Reagan (2024)
Reagan’s Propaganda Is A Good Thing, Actually
The Watchman Watchers Do Some Watching
📑 Last night at the Metro Council · Tennessee refugees · Bodies in the river · Roads · Much more!
All Kinds of People Are Moving Here
🔊 This one makes noise · Tying up loose ends · Bloomberg · Week in streaming · Much more!
A Sound Transplant
Audio Engineer James Price brings his expertise from the North—no yankeeisms included
This Week in Streaming (September 17th)
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Threnody for Clown Car
🤡 A wheel falls off the Titans' bus · When you have a hammer · Bumbling on the ballot · Much more!
Are you racist, or am I?
✏️ Matt Walsh's new documentary on race · Transparency for me, but not for thee · Film rundown · Much more!