Second Life Tennessee, a Chattanooga nonprofit that fights human trafficking and slavery, met with lawmakers to discuss the fact that such problems exist here in East Tennessee—even though they’re often perceived as existing elsewhere. Research shows 85% of Tennessee counties have seen some level of adult trafficking. Jerry Redmon, CEO and co-founder of Second Life, met with Senator Bob Corker and Representative Marsha Blackburn in Chattanooga on Friday to talk about the importance of awareness

Tia Capps and Allison Wolfe from the Company Lab join us to talk about Chattanooga’s Startup Week 2018, which runs from October 20 to October 27.

The nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization Think Tennessee is evaluating the state’s digital divide: Think Tennessee says thousands of residents are missing out on the economic, health and educational benefits of having broadband Internet service. In some areas, it’s simply unavailable; in others, it’s unaffordable for low-income families. (EBP, the Chattanooga-owned electric utility that provided ultra-fast broadband to local residents , has expressed interest in expanding service to

Mick Cornett, the former mayor of Oklahoma City, has co-authored The Next American City: The Big Promise of Our Midsize Metros. It features success stories of cities on the rise; ones that are attracting new residents, new businesses, and innovation. Chattanooga is lauded along with Louisville, Sacramento, and other up-and-coming metros. Cornett joins us to talk about what Chattanooga has in common with other midsize metros experiencing revitalization.

As a journalist myself, I'm glad many U.S. Senators have responded strongly to Saudi reporter Jamal Khashoggi vanishing in Turkey--Senators are pressuring President Trump to investigate the incident and (if it turns out Khashoggi was murdered by the Saudi regime) enact sanctions. "Killing journalists, if it occurred," says Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, "is something that, as a nation, we just don't abide by." Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was in his hometown of

Three candidates are on the November ballot for Tennessee State House District 30, and one of them has received an unusual endorsement. Joda Thongnopnua, the Democratic candidate, gathered with reporters outside the Hamilton County Election Commission building to announce why J. Michael Holloway, an independent competing in the same race, has decided to endorse Thongnopnua.

The Chattanooga Theatre Centre is presenting Disney’s musical Newsies through October 14. Guest director Katherine Michelle Tanner joins us.

“The legend of my grandfather was quite well known among our family,” says Clay Bonnyman Evans. His grandfather was U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr., who grew up in Knoxville, died in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa and posthumously received the Medal of Honor. “But what's sort of interesting is that we didn't know much else,” Evans says. “There wasn't a lot of detail. Even my mother and her living sister couldn't tell me very much about his life… my mother told me he had been buried

Monday night at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Phil Bredesen held a townhall-style meeting. The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Tennessee answered questions on a wide range of topics, including the Affordable Care Act and last week’s acrimonious Congressional hearing regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and allegations Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford. Bredesen said he was embarrassed watching last week’s hearings: “I think both parties have a lot to

The first woman from Tennessee elected to a full term in Congress has died at age 89. A personal tragedy put Chattanooga Democrat Marilyn Lloyd into the race for the U.S. House in 1974. Originally, her husband was the Democratic nominee for East Tennessee in that election. After he died in a plane accident, she replaced him and won, beating the Republican incumbent. In a 1994 C-SPAN interview , she said when she was elected, women in Congress had to work hard to prove they were as effective as