Behind the Headlines Podcast

The new president of Rhodes College says on “Behind The Headlines” a capital campaign is among her priorities.

MISO CEO John Bear says savings for MLGW from switching its electric power supplier from TVA to the rival power network are at least $100 million a year, which is nearly double the estimate of the power consultant MLGW is using. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris went on the offense in the race for county mayor in a face-to-face clash Thursday, July 21, with Republican challenger Worth Morgan. Harris, on “Behind the Headlines,” said Morgan favors poverty wages and has investments in private prisons. Morgan said Harris has been an absent on major issues like crime and doesn’t understand how to grow the economy.

Outgoing Greater Memphis Chamber Beverly Robertson talks on “Behind The Headlines” about the chamber’s ongoing push for a recovery from the pandemic and the threat of a recession beyond the pandemic.

The president and CEO of Memphis River Parks Partnership says on “Behind The Headlines” that Tom Lee Park’s new look will debut next year and the Memphis In May International Festival will return to the new park.  But they won’t be at the same time.

The two contenders for Shelby County District Attorney met on “Behind The Headlines” for a discussion on local enforcement of the state’s abortion trigger law, balancing reform with accountability, murder convictions overturned on appeal and dueling campaign ads.

The major countywide races to be decided in the August elections reflect moves for change in three different countywide offices and change that would take the offices in different directions. A reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines” discusses the nature of that change.

Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon is challenging Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael in the August race for the court. On “Behind The Headlines,” Sugarmon said Michael’s appearance on the show a week earlier looks like a change in Michael’s attitude toward juvenile justice reform but isn’t.

Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael makes the case for reform of the court on Behind The Headlines. It’s a very different view than the one he took five years ago on the same program.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, on “Behind The Headlines” says he sees no reason by ban AR-15 weapons in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting. Sexton said the focus should be on more mental health services and rejected the idea that there should be limits on rapid fire ammunition.