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S7E28: How the Hotel Pontotoc went from bordello to boutique hotel

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S7E27: Pulitzer Prize winner to speak about homelessness at MIFA event

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S7E26: WYXR on the bands who'll perform at this year's Raised by Sound Fest

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S7E25: New owner talks about the bright future for Memphis Flyer and Memphis Magazine

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S7E24: Tim Disney on his new book, the global elite and Oliver & Company

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S7E23: Pat Mitchell Worley on the legacy of Stax in Memphis

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S7E22: How art, place and Memphis come together for the Hyde Foundation

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S7E21: How the Sterick Building hopes to transform a neighborhood Downtown

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S7E20: What makes a great music city?

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S7E19: Paris comes to Memphis in "Cafe Society"

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S7E18: Robby Grant from WYXR

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S7E17: John Zeanah wants city planning to be smarter - so he wrote a book

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S7E16: Songwriters, music and beer flood South Main

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S7E15: A look at the 2026 Live at the Garden line up

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S7E14: Books from Birth send books to 30,000 children a year - reaching the other 30,000 is the challenge

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S7E13: New Memphis Institute on recruiting and retaining talented people in Memphis

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S7E12: Karen Carrier and 'Legacy at the Table'

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S7E11: For local Fashion Week, 'Memphis is the host'

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S7E10: Tennessee Ballet Theater

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S7E9: Girls Inc. of Memphis

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S7E8: Ballet Memphis

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S7E7: The YMCA's impact on thousands of children in Memphis and the Midsouth

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S7E6: Museum to showcase legacy, history of Memphis College of Art

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S7E5: Bill Townsend on Annesdale Mansion, ghosts and Always Memphis

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S7E4: Memphis Youth Symphony Program approaches its 60th year

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S7E3: New leadership at Indie Memphis talks about the festival's future

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S7E2: Brantley Ellzey on intensity and relief he finds in his new art exhibit

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S7E1: What to expect as Baron Von Opperbean gets closer to opening on Mud Island

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S6E41: Why giving is essential to The Daily Memphian

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S6E40: How Merit Academy pursues excellence in literacy

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S6E39: Lauren Ready uses the skills of journalism in new ways

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S6E38: Everystory, formerly Playback Memphis

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S6E37: The plan to create an arts middle and high school in Memphis

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S6E36: How Grind City Amp plans to expand live music in Memphis

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S6E35: The federal task force's impact on Latino businesses in Memphis

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S6E34: Cequita Monique on how she was 'born into jazz'

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S6E33: The host of 'Nurses Unboxed' on the critical role of nurses

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S6E32: The hard, block-by-block work to improve Klondike and Smokey City

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S6E31: Barth House Episcopal Center

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S6E30: Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis

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S6E29: Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center

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S6E28: The new executive director of GPAC

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S6E27: David Lusk Gallery

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S6E26: The new president and CEO of Bridges

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S6E25: Overton Park Conservancy

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S6E24: ArtsMemphis reaches a meaningful milestone

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S6E23: CodeCrew's Hackathon

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S6E22: Young Avenue Sound

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S6E21: The Metal Museum's expansion to Overton Park

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S6E20: The Overton Park Shell

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S6E19: Live at the Garden 2025

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S6E18: SunAh Laybourn on Asian American culture and history in Memphis

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S6E17: Meet Me at the Library

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S6E16: Stax's Pat Mitchell Worley on the Power of Music Awards

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S6E15: Clap Three Times

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S6E14: Spanish Cultural Series Concerts

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S6E13: Sultana Disaster Museum

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S6E12: Lora Chilton on her novel titled "1666"

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S6E11: Tad Pierson on how the highway is his home

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S6E10: North American Bridge Championships

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S6E9: Shelby Farms Park

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S6E8: The Executive Director of Memphis Botanic Garden

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S6E7: Learn more about the work to improve Memphis' public spaces

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S6E6: The city's new head of the arts

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S6E5: The Brooks' Curator of African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora

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S6E4: The Daily Memphian Founder Andy Cates

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S6E3: Paul Chandler with Germantown Performing Arts Center

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S6E2: Memphis' Director of Creative and Cultural Economy

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S6E1: Kevin Sharp with Dixon Gallery and Gardens

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S5E43: What the Live Nation venue at Crosstown can bring to Memphis

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S5E42: Memphis' start-up ecosystem

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S5E41: Daily Memphian Director of Development Sarah Leach

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S5E40: Jeff Hulett on his new album and MTV (of course)

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S5E39: Memphis Botanic Garden's leader on greenspace, collaborations and Memphis

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S5E38: The importance of the 'civic commons'

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S5E37: How music can protect the aquifer

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S5E36: Batman tattoos, street art and a new lounge from David Yancy

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S5E35: WYXR on its 4th anniversary and the next Raised By Sound Fest

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S5E34: Lora Chilton on writing, violence and her history with the Patawomeck Indian Tribe

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Surprise! It's Sound Bites: How restaurants price your favorite meals

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S5E33: Musician Greg Cartwright on Reigning Sound, the Black Keys and music

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S5E32: How Josh Campbell helps people tell their stories

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S5E31: Facing History and Ourselves explores social justice

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S5E30:Craig Brewer on his Muhammad Ali series - and the challenges of being a creative

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S5E29: How Creative Aging engages seniors across Memphis

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S5E28: What's in store at the Mighty Roots Music Festival

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S5E27: Willy Bearden on his memoir 'Mississippi Hippie: A life in 49 pieces'

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S5E26: Jennifer Chandler on the state of restaurants in Memphis

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S5E25: The impact of photography at the Brooks

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S5E24: How a Bigfoot movie became a "paranormal gateway drug"

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S5E23: How The Overton Park Shell reaches an expanding audience

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S5E22: The next chapter for Volunteer Odyssey

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S5E21: How music and art can heal the brain

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S5E20: Kelly English and IMAKEMADBEATS on the new late night party at Le Bon Appetit

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S5E19: More with Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang

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S5E18: Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang on becoming a producer

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S5E17: A (very short) history of local beer in Memphis

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S5E16: How Beale Street influenced La Bohème at Opera Memphis

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S5E15: LifeDoc's journey providing health care in Memphis

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S5E14: Phillip Ashley on branded candy, cocoa shortages and shipping chocolate in the summer