On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, city parks director Nick Walker says community centers would remain free but with fees for specific programs that include equitable access for the community. He also talked about “open play areas” Memphians indicated in surveys they want to see more of, like David Carnes Park in Whitehaven.

On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member JB Smiley Jr. says the health department needs “boots on the ground” in Black communities to remedy a racial disparity in who is getting the COVID-19 vaccines.

One of those pushing for a joint discussion by city and county governments talks on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the goal of drawing back Memphians who leave the city during or after college for better paying jobs in other cities.

Before Shelby County Commissioners and Memphis City Council members get together to talk about changing the most used tax incentive in local economic development, they want to do more than watch Power Point presentations on PILOTs – payments in lieu of taxes. Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer joins the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

The new Tennessee Democratic Party chairman says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that challenging Republican majorities in the Tennessee Legislature will take longer. Hendrell Remus also talked about how different the city’s politics is from other parts of the state.

Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the map to winning Tennessee may have changed with some suburban areas turning purple. 

Former local Democratic party chairman Corey Strong, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the Georgia model of bringing activists and organizers into the state party machinery will take time -- probably six to 10 years to take Tennessee from red to purple.

The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast offers a review of the year 2020 centered on four major events. Three of the four were national in scope. The fourth is a local story that has broad implications for the gap between aspirations and the reality of governing.

Several dozens activists and organizers working for Democratic candidates in the 2020 elections have drafted a “roadmap to renewal” for the state party. A Memphis organizer talks about the roadmap on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. The recommendations come as the party prepares to elect a new statewide leader in January.

How a moratorium on gas stations, body shops and used tire places has brought to life the Memphis 3.0 plan in other areas of the city.