Rocky Top Sunrise

Hale and Cassie are joined by Justin Pearson, one of the co-founders of grassroots movement Memphis Community Against The Pipeline (MCAP). They dig into the movement's fight against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline and the ongoing environmental injustices happening right now in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Hale, Isabella, Owen, and Cassie join forces for a regrounding episode where we talk about what we are doing as a Movement here in Tennessee and what the larger fight looks like within the context of the Biden Administration. We also preview our next episode which will be on the fight against the Byhalia Pipeline in Memphis. (+ some ridiculous outtakes on the big dumb boat and the Kentucky Creation Museum)

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The Tennessee State Legislature has been up to no good, so we decided to give y'all a bit of an update...with a twist. Cassie updates us on a few highlights (or lowlights) of what they've been up to while Hale puts everything into the context of a broader, approachable, Marxist perspective. Sunrise Movement isn't just pushing for progress on climate change, we are trying to realign the nation to a place where people are culturally receptive to the socialist(ish) underpinnings of the Green New Deal, which is why understanding what's underneath the actions of the status quo Republicans are doing is so crucial.

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Rick Herron, climate guru and Hub Coordinator for Sunrise Nashville, joins Owen and Cassie to help us grade how the Biden Administration has done so far, and what we would still like to see. We are cautiously optimistic but still have a long...LONG way to go.

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Hosts Isabella and Hale speak with Osub Ahmed, a senior analyst at the Center for American Progress, on the intersection between the climate crisis and reproductive rights. This is often an overlooked subject both in media and day-to-day conversations. That's why we decided to dig deep and dissect the important relationship between the two.

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Journalists Abby Lee Hood and Matt Bastin join to talk about Tennesseans' involvement in the undemocratic coup attempt by MAGA insurrectionists that took place at our Capitol last week. We explore the moment we are in and where to go from here, including how it is more important now than ever to include antifascism into everything we do. Not only is supporting antifascism the right thing to do, but we will never pass a Green New Deal or any other progressive legislation if we don't both practice antifascism and push for democratic reforms.

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Matthew Park, Co-Executive Director of Change TN, joins Cassie and Owen to talk about how the Left should be engaging with the upcoming race for the Chair of the Democratic Party and all the local races across the state in 2021. As Matthew says, local municipalities are the true labs of democracy - that's where we need to be building the bench so that we can truly change Tennessee for the better.

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Hosts Owen and Cassie talk about how to talk about climate change and why it matters. The media often frames human-caused climate change as a “belief” instead of asserting it as truth and attempts to provide balance to an issue in which only one side is based in fact. We cut through the bullshit and talk about how to frame climate change in ways that will actually bring solutions.

We also want to urge anyone who has not voted yet to make a plan to get to the polls on Tuesday, our climate and our democracy depend on it. Check govotetn.com for polling information.

Sources and Recommended Reading/Media:

The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media

A Decade of Discourse on Environmental Politics

Why You Still Don't Understand The Green New Deal

Media Attention for Climate Change Around the World

End Climate Silence

Media Coverage of the Greenhouse Effect

Michael Mann - Trump Would Be 'Game Over' for the Climate

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Hosts Hale Masaki and Isabella Killius talk TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), the largest energy provider in the country, and a government agency born out of the New Deal that was once an admirable public program, but is now tied too closely to corporate interests and has little input from the people it is supposed to serve. They are joined by two guests, both strong advocates for a more democratized and sustainable TVA: Bri Knisley, the campaign coordinator for Appalachian Voices and co-convener of the Tennessee Valley Energy Democracy Movement, and Jason Carney, owner of Energy Electives and President of the Tennessee Solar Energy Association.

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Rocky Top Sunrise is a proud member of The Tennessee Holler Podcast Network. Visit tnholler.com to keep up with The Tennessee Holler's relentless coverage that seeks to lift up progressive voices and shine a light on injustices throughout Tennessee.