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On The Record is the interviews that become Daily Memphian stories by Bill Dries. Read the stories and listen to the interviews for a combination that gives you a fuller context of the stories and iss... more
FAQs about The Daily Memphian On the Record:How many episodes does The Daily Memphian On the Record have?The podcast currently has 211 episodes available.
December 05, 2019S2E11: Bringing back Orange MoundShelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess and Ken Washington, over residential appraisals in the assessor’s office talk about the Orange Mound Initiative that starts with a bid to increase property value in a part of town where the median home value is under $30,000....more30minPlay
November 25, 2019S2E10: City council member elect J.B. Smiley Jr.The new city council that takes office in January and the transition from candidate to elected official along with Smiley’s views on residency requirements, MLGW rate hikes and “scare tactics.”...more27minPlay
November 15, 2019S2E9: City Council chairman Kemp ConradConrad talks about the new council that takes office in January with six new members, the current council’s end of term agenda, why the new CLERB proposal can wait and a sobering moment during his recent trip to Hungary....more36minPlay
November 08, 2019S2E8: Climate change in MemphisPlanning and Development director John Zeanah talks about carbon emissions goals for the city, why the bus rapid transit corridor to come will be a different kind of bus ride and the climate change debate....more31minPlay
October 31, 2019S2E7: MLGW’s rate hike proposal and a cost-cutting plan for the utilityMemphis Light Gas and Water Division president CEO J.T. Young talks about the report recommending a cut in more than 300 employees, other savings and the rate hike proposal he is about to take to City Hall....more28minPlay
October 24, 2019S2E6: Interpreting the October Memphis electionsSijuwola Crawford and Earle Fisher of Up The Vote 901 and the Peoples Convention talk about what voters were saying in city elections, voices outside the polling places and the return of the People’s Convention....more33minPlay
October 17, 2019S2E5: Political consultant Steven ReidMayor Jim Strickland’s campaign consultant talks about what happened behind the scenes of the race for Memphis Mayor, a critical change in the polling and the fallacy of a split black vote in the election results....more33minPlay
October 11, 2019S2E4: Is there a better way to conduct elections?Carlos Ochoa of Ranked Choice Tennessee talks about ranked choice voting and the group’s push to have it implemented in Memphis elections over the last decade. Why the group expects state election officials to again rule that ranked-choice can’t be used in the state. Also the debate over the terms suffragists and suffragettes in the Memphis 200....more30minPlay
October 04, 2019S2E3: The Memphis electionsA review of Memphis election results and a few new steps beyond the election. Also Shelby County Election Commissioner Bennie Smith talks about what voters were saying with the turnout and the Strickland re-election effort as well as lots of talk about new voting machines....more30minPlay
September 27, 2019S2E2: Shelby County Mayor Lee HarrisThe pitch for a third car sustainability fee to fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority....more32minPlay
FAQs about The Daily Memphian On the Record:How many episodes does The Daily Memphian On the Record have?The podcast currently has 211 episodes available.