S4E1: On The Record podcast debuts
The podcast debut sets the stage for the interviews that are an integral part of The Daily Memphian's coverage of politics and government.
22 Jan 20228min
S3E40: Jones discusses City Council redistricting process
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Martavius Jones says he intends to propose doing away with council super districts and also will call for partisan primaries in advance of c...
29 Aug 202125min
S3E39: Feds could get involved in state conflict over mask mandates
The state's executive order banning mask mandates is taking fire from President Joe Biden as well as Biden's education secretary Miguel Cardona, who this past week specifically questioned the legality...
22 Aug 202111min
S3E38: Former County Commissioner sees bipartisan agreement on voting concerns
One of the county's most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn't part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump...
14 Aug 202132min
S3E37: Carlisle looks for votes to get consolidation charter drafted
City Council member Chase Carlisle distinguishes between the case for consolidation and the case for drafting a consolidation charter. He also acknowledges getting the votes to form a charter commissi...
6 Aug 202133min
S3E36: Shelby County Election Chairman says Democrats want 'cloudy elections'
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor went partisan in the dispute with the Shelby County Commission over a new voting system for the 2022 ele...
1 Aug 202139min
S3E35: Cohen meets with Hagerty, says Olympic drug testing rules 'don't match the world'
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Cohen also described the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as "Snow White and the six Democrats." But he said the panel is necessary to ...
24 Jul 202134min
S3E34: Ida B. Wells returns to city with new statue
The author of the definitive 2008 biography of the anti-lynching crusader and NAACP cofounder says the statue of Wells defines the city as well as honors her in a city whose leaders once talked of kil...
16 Jul 202135min
