Episode 34 - One Year Later, a Transit Referendum Postmortem with Zak Accuardi
On the one-year anniversary of the Let's Move Nashville referendum, Zak Accuardi and John Buntin look back and discuss lessons learned. Call...
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Nashville Sounding Board is an independent podcast dedicated to discussing social and political issues affecting Middle Tennessee. Nashville Sounding Board is produced by Benjamin Eagles.
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Episode 33 - Freeing Cyrus Wilson
In February 1994, Cyrus Wilson was convicted for the 1992 murder of Christopher Luckett. Wilson maintained his innocence at the time and has...
Episode 32 - Will Pinkston - School Board Exit Interview
For those of you who don't know anything about Will Pinkston, here is his twitter bio: @WillPinkston: Served on the Nashville School Board f...
Episode 31 - Gentlemen And Not Gangsters - Bishop Marcus Campbell
Bishop Marcus Campbell has a powerful personal story and his group Gentlemen And Not Gangsters does some of the most important work in Nashv...
Episode 30 - Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin on #MeTooSTEM and Vanderbilt tenure struggle
My guest on this episode is Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, a neuroscientist in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a faculty member in the...
Episode 29 - Joey Garrison's Exit Interview
After a decade of reporting in Nashville, Joey Garrison is off to Boston! Joey covered Metro Nashville government and local politics for The...
Episode 28 - Holly McCall on the state of the Tennessee Democratic Party
In January, Holly McCall challenged Mary Mancini in the election for Tennessee Democratic Party chair. Holly McCall is a longtime Democratic...
Episode 27 - Civility in the Age of Trump: a chat with David Plazas
David Plazas leads the Civility Tennessee campaign. Plazas is the opinion and engagement director for the USA Today Network Tennessee. He wr...
Episode 26 - Pull up a chair: TNDP Chair Mary Mancini talks lessons learned and plans for 2020
I sat down with Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Mary Mancini following her January 12th re-election to a third two-year term. See the below...
Episode 25 - Prof. Larry Bartels - What Political Science Can Teach Us About Politics Today
Trying something new for the final episode of 2018! Vanderbilt University Professor Larry Bartels discusses his book, Democracy for Realists...
Episode 24 - Homelessness in Nashville - Open Table Nashville's Lindsey Krinks
This episode features Lindsey Krinks, the Education and Street Chaplaincy Coordinator and co-founder of Open Table Nashville (http://opentab...
Episode 23 - Community Oversight Board - Amendment 1 follow-up
This episode is a follow-up conversation with Dr. Sekou Franklin and Theeda Murphy, two leaders of Community Oversight Now, a coalition push...
Episode 22 - Budget Woes and Police Oversight Pitfalls - Governing Magazine's John Buntin
Governing Magazine writer John Buntin talks about Nashville, police oversight, and the unintended consequences of recent local decisions. Th...
Episode 21 - Labor Day Edition: Organized Labor in Nashville
This episode features Vonda McDaniel and Ethan Link. Vonda McDaniel serves as the President of the Central Labor Council (CLC) of Nashville...
Episode 20 - Vice Mayor Runoff: Sheri Weiner and Jim Shulman
This episode features Metro Council members Sheri Weiner and Jim Shulman, the two candidates for Vice Mayor of Nashville. Election day is Se...
Episode 19 - "From 'It' City to Great City" - John Cooper talks finances with Alanna Autler
Alanna Autler guest hosted this interview with Councilman at-large John Cooper. Autler is an investigative reporter, formerly of WSMV News 4...
Episode 18 - Knocking 'Dores: First-time candidates Joseph Williams and Kyle Southern
Kyle Southern and Joseph Williams are both first-time candidates for the Tennessee House of Representatives. They're in different political...
Episode 17 - Regulating Bird Scooters in Nashville
In this episode, I spoke with Councilmembers Jeremy Elrod and Angie Henderson to discuss the status of e-scooters in Nashville. Councilman E...
Episode 16 - Police Community Oversight Board
In this episode I spoke with Dr. Sekou Franklin and Theeda Murphy. Both are members of Community Oversight Now, a coalition pushing for a po...
Episode 15 - Budget Discussion w/ Council Members Vercher and Mendes [Hosted by Steve Cavendish]
Steve Cavendish guest hosted this episode. He interviewed Councilman at-large Bob Mendes and Councilwoman Tanaka Vercher. Vercher represents...