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Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news, including a huge development on the East Bank. Our guest this week is author and Rolling Stone country music reporter Marissa Moss. How is Nashville treating it's country artists, in particular women? How has the industry changed over time and what challenges are we facing as a Music City?

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Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news and politics. Transit updates and movements, election coverage and storylines, the Nashville Film Fest with Steve Cavendish of the NashvilleBanner.com .

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Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news and politics. A Tennessee-based media company is at the middle of international controversy. Taylor Swift has made big news after a big debate. And Tennessee's AG is once again trying to do something about social media and our kids.

Then we visit with former US Attorney for Middle Tennessee Ed Yarbrough. Transparency in the judiciary, how politics has changed over time, serving in the Vietnam War, working on the Covenant public records case and Glen Casada case and much more.

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Mayor Freddie O'Connell sits down with Jamie and Braden to talk transit. Convincing swing voters, how this plan will help everyone, what concerns are being voiced, does this plan set up the city for future growth, appealing to young users and much more.

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Jamie and Braden visit with Chris Yow from Main Street Media to talk about the TSSAA. What does it do, what are it's goals, how does it help student athletes in the state and where could it be improved. We also talk youth sports and one potential ballot question about Shelby Co.

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Jamie and Braden are joined by reporter and auther Steven Hale from the Nashville Banner. We react to the DNC and dive into Nashville's relationship with alcohol and the dynamics of downtown. Additionally, what is the city doing about domestic violence?

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Jamie and Braden tell a transit story and try to celebrate some housing headlines. Then Jamie sits down with Nashville native Pastor David Tucker (29:00). We talk police accountability, why the Metro Arts saga is indicative of larger issues, emboldened Nazis and the racial nature of policy in Nashville.

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Jamie and Braden welcome Tennessee Lookout's Holly McCall to break down Election results, Gov. Bill Lee, the implications on the state level and look ahead to November. The Metro Council will stay at 40 members for now but is that the right thing for our city and what is sure to happen next? The deck has been cleared for the transit referendum but what about the campaign?

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By early 1958, the FBI gave the Nashville police a promising lead in the Hattie Cotton School bombing: a letter from a guy whose friend had confessed to the bombing. The Nashville police… well… they weren’t moved to action.

Buy the Book: Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control — Third Man Books

Pictures of the aftermath of the bombing: Desegregation of Nashville schools included a bombing, great bravery (tennessean.com)

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Narration by Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall, written by Betsy Phillips

Edited by Braden Gall, theme music by Anchor Thieves

Photo from the Dale Ernsberger Collection, courtesy of Metro Nashville Archives

In the wake of the Hattie Cotton School bombing, the Nashville police arrested a handful of guys. They were not the perpetrators and here’s how we know.

Buy the Book: Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control — Third Man Books

The Civil Rights Collection at the Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Collection | Nashville Public Library

Produced by 440 Media with the cooperation of Third Man Books

Narration by Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall, written by Betsy Phillips

Edited by Braden Gall, theme music by Anchor Thieves

Photo from the Dale Ernsberger Collection, courtesy of Metro Nashville Archives