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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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Radical Objectivity
A review of Jeff Fynn-Paul’s 'Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World'
No. 613: The Big Holiday Blob
📅 Today, Davis discusses Thanksgiving, Jerod reflects on an old episode of My Three Sons, and Megan discusses Blackburn and Haggerty's response to the Biden administration's hold on export licenses for firearms and looks at the latest with the Airport Authority.
Chip's Harvest
What a sixty-three-year-old sitcom can teach us about the folly of "land acknowledgments"
No. 612: The Edge of the World
📅 Today, Davis reflects on the West, Jerod offers up a defense of Taylor Swift, Megan recaps yesterday’s media roundtable with the mayor, and we furnish our weekly film rundown.
Nashville’s Taylor Era
Rediscovering the suburban roots of the world’s biggest popstar may be the city’s only way to stave off its decline.
No. 611: Trans-
📅 Today, Davis talks about transit and transhumanism, and Megan reviews the case made yesterday for rejecting federal education funding.
No. 610: Personality is Power
📅 Today, Davis praises people with personality, Jerod reviews David Fincher's latest movie, and Megan takes us through the MNPD’s latest developments.
David Fincher’s Violence as a Service
'The Killer' shows how expendable art makes for expendable lives.
No. 609: Pamphleteering Nashville's Future
📅 Today, Davis gives a pitch and Megan recaps some of Sen. Blackburn's subpoenas and more.
No. 608: Potemkin by the Bay
📅 Today, Davis talks about Potemkin San Francisco, Miles addresses the state of college and professional sports in the state, and Megan catches us up on the latest with the manifesto leak among other things.
Tennessee Sports Hit All-Time Low
Titans, Griz, Nashville SC, Preds, Dores, and Vols all in perennial sports purgatory
No. 607: The Revolving Door
🇺🇸 Veterans Day, the new Priscilla movie, reactions to the tragedy at Belmont, and weekly film rundown.
A Little Less Conversation
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla sidesteps the melodrama to depict the Presleys’ interior worlds.
No. 606: Priorities
📅 Today, Davis talks about the mayor's priorities, Jerod reviews Chadwick Moore's biography on Tucker Carlson, and Megan looks into the East Bank.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
A review of Tucker by Chadwick Moore