The Sidebar with Eric Barnes

Ekundayo Bandele, CEO of Hattiloo Theatre, talks about the history and future of the theater he founded. 

Ten years after its rebirth, Natalie Wilson, the executive director of The Levitt Shell, talks about how free music remains possible at The Shell.

Gina Sweat is a life long firefighter and not only the first female fire chief in Memphis, but one of less than ten nationwide.

Eric Robertson, President of Community Lift, talks about the many ways – some complicated, some simple – that economic development can be brought to neighborhoods all across Memphis.

Darrell Cobbins of 100 Black Men of Memphis joins The Extra Podcast to talk about the progress – and impediments – to improving the lives of African-Americans in Memphis.

The Brooks’ executive director walks through the decision to move the museum to the riverfront – and gives a progress report on the new building.

Henry Turley, legendary developer in Memphis, renovated buildings Downtown when everyone else thought he was crazy. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” he says. “And I was scared to death.”

Playhouse on the Square is more than just one building in Midtown, it’s a series of theaters and theater groups, as well as a business that has to be run successfully. Mike Detroit talks about all that and more on the Extra Podcast with Eric Barnes.

Tigers beat reporters Drew Hill and Jonah Jordan discuss the best moments from ESPN's College Game Day in Memphis and James Wiseman's Tigers debut.

Soulsville CEO Richard Greenwald discusses how Justin Timberlake came to visit Soulville and tapped into the musical and cultural legacy of Stax Records, plus what it takes to run a museum, a charter school and a music academy.