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- Hot Budget Summer: Fight Night Part Deux
It's Hot Budget Summer and controversy is everywhere. Funding for TIRRC has caught the eye of powerful Tennessee Republicans while yet another fight breaks out at the Metro Council. meeting. Then, how did America get so soft? Betsy and Braden talk Nashville news and culture.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 14 min - Trying to Talk About Affordability (with Bart!)
While Braden is off being mysterious, Betsy’s brother, Bart, steps in to co-host. The siblings talk about how hard it is to afford Nashville. Bart wants bridges and trains to help ease commute times. Betsy conducts a brief interview with a local park enthusiast, and Bart learns about the so-called “murder McDonald’s,” but the team decides not to specify its location in town.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr - Super Bowl halftime strategy, the death penalty, and other regrettable things
Braden and Betsy talk Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Then they feel bad for kids today who are entering a tough labor market dominated by AI worries. They talk about the death penalty and Betsy gets bummed about her grandma. Braden tries to lift the mood of the podcast by pretending he doesn’t know who Lizzie Borden was.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 10 min - Banning official state books and anti-establishment vibes
Braden took a Waymo and has a review as young people everywhere are revolting against AI. Betsy wrote about an official state book being banned in Knoxville. The state is set to continue the horrific practice of lethal injection. And will the national anti-establishment vibes enter Tennessee?
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 9 min - Dems only response to redistricting + Defining Nashville Outlaw Country
Now that Tennessee officially has new maps, there should be only one proper response from Democrats state wide. How can Tennesseans channel their anger and energy? Betsy has a historical week ahead and we debate how to define Nashville Outlaw Country as a music genre.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 7 min - What is the logical end of gerry-mandering?
Gov. Bill Lee has called yet another special session - this time to gerry-mander the final Democratic Congressional district in Tennessee. What is the logical conclusion of gerry-mandering or should we simply expect it to get worse? Plus, what was Betsy's reaction to the State of Metro speech by Mayor Freddie O'Connell.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 13 min - Freedom: Just another word for Betsy and Braden to argue about
Betsy and Braden talk about assassination attempts and whether this level of violence is just the price of freedom. Betsy is then forced, yet again, to talk about Mark Twain. Braden shares about Andy Ogles’s trip to Belmont and admits his fear of young people. Betsy wonders if Starbucks is okay.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 7 min - United Nations secret plan to destroy American families
June has become "Nuclear Family" Month and it's all the United Nation's fault. A near midair collision at BNA headlines a huge week of airplane news. And we try to tell the difference between Nashville Apartments and world-famous EDM artists.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 1 min - Choose How You Groove
Braden and Betsy ask, could Nashville make a public transit musical? Betsy reveals her secret agenda for writing about the people Nashville enslaved. The duo contemplate trees and tries to balance our love of tree canopy and our disdain for NES' mismanagement of our trees. Then, like typical liberals, they argue about a thing they agree on — medical privacy for transgender people.
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
1 hr 12 min - TPAC, Live Nation and Property Taxes
Betsy remembers the late Scene editor Jim Ridley because TPAC is going to look like cargo shorts while Braden tries to convince her to leave her car at home. Why does a federal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation mean so much to Nashville? And sadly, why are people surprised by the property tax increase?
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Produced by: 440 Media, LLC
Music by: Goodbye June
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About The Aunt B Radio Hour
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Nashville culture, music, news, history and hilarity with Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall. We complain about national politics and try to survive together.