The Tennessee Holler Podcast

Lisa Quigley, former chief of staff to Rep. Jim Cooper, joins to talk about the circus that is the speaker of the house vote - where Mccarthy has been unable to secure the votes thus far.

Justin J. Pearson, who helped lead the fight against the Byhalia Pipeline in MEMPHIS, talks about his candidacy in the HD-86 special election for the state house seat left behind by the late Barbara Cooper. He says the same energy that helped defeat the pipeline is powering his campaign to become the latest young progressive voice to make it to Nashville.

Rep. Gloria Johnson and Knoxville Attorney Chloe Akers join to talk about the new recordings showing Republicans in Tennessee have been lying about their "NO EXCEPTIONS" abortion ban all along.

Senator Heidi Campbell joins to talk about her TN-5 race against MAGA extremist Andy Ogles, and why democracy is on the line and young folks need to turn out.

Fox Schweiger received gender affirming healthcare here in Knoxville and at Vanderbilt as a minor from grades 9-12 with the full support of his parents. He is now a 20 year old college junior in Oregon and bravely shared with us what it’s really like to get life saving treatment as a minor in Tennessee.

Rep. Mike Stewart tells us why he knocked doors for Cheney despite disagreeing with her on pretty much every issue - because we're in a crisis of democracy, and without a democratic system we won't make progress on anything.

Rep. Bob Ramsey becomes the first Republican legislator to come on the Holler as he talks about getting primaried for standing up to Governor Lee's privatization agenda. He says Lee does in fact want to end public schools.

Kanew discusses the reaction from Tennessee Republicans (Blackburn, Fleischmann, Jacobs, Zachary, Harshbarger) showed they don't actually care about the rule of law.

Charles Siler used to work for the privatizers. Now he fights against them. He joins us to explain why he changed, why CRT is just the latest boogeyman, and how the real goal of Governor Lee and the privatizers here in Tennessee is to eradicate public schools.

Cindy Schueman, who was once the chair of the Putnam County Republican Party, penned a letter in the Herald-Citizen in COOKEVILLE warning people current Republican Party leaders in Putnam County are "Racist" "Hate-filled" "Bottom-Feeders". She joins us to explain why, in a conversation we were glad to be able to have.

Jessie Mckinney from Everytown (Tennessee) joins to explain why we need the bipartisan gun law reform deal to pass congress. "It will save lives."

The funny & talented Nick Lutsko joins us LIVE to play some songs. He'll be at Exit/In in Nashville June 25th, check him out!

Tennessee political mind Aftyn Behn joins to discuss takeaways from last night's elections around the country - Cawthorn, Fetterman, Summer Lee and more.

Francie Hunt of TN Advocates Planned Parenthood joins to walk through a leaked Republican messaging doc on abortion, and tell us the truth about what reproductive rights advocates really believe.

Rep. Gloria Johnson, Aftyn Behn, and TN-7 Candidate Odessa Kelly join to talk about the news that SCOTUS is set to overturn Roe vs. Wade, which would trigger an abortion ban in Tennessee. Welcome to the Handmaid's Tale.

We spoke with Rep. Tom Leatherwood, sponsor of the controversial special marriage license for straight people that made waves for also maybe legalizing child marriage. It died.  He spoke with us about his motivation, marriage equality and more.   Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

We spoke with Rep. Mark White for 10 minutes about charter schools and Governor Lee's potentially poisonous ed funding overhaul "TISA".

Majority Black, Black-led city Mason, TN is being told by TN comptroller Jason Mumpower that it needs to give up being a city or have its finances taken over... right as Ford opens a new multi-billion dollar plant 4 miles away. Something doesn't smell right about it.

REP. MIKE STEWART, former TN Dems Caucus Chair, joins us to announce he won't be running again, and will instead be focusing on the "extraordinary threat" Trump poses to our democracy.

Former OHIO Democratic party chair DAVID PEPPER On Why We Need to Focus on State Capitols to Save Democracy, and why we all need to do our part to lift it up. CHECK OUT HIS BOOK.

Senator Katrina Robinson just became the first Senator in Tennessee history to be ousted by her colleagues. That she's a Black female Dem from Memphis seems to not be a coincidence, since many white male Republicans have behave wildly unethically and faced no consequences from the Senate. Her case had been 99% dismissed, and was not yet finished. An injustice.

"MAUS" CREATOR ART SPIEGELMAN joins to talk about Mcminn County Banning his Book. He says "TRUST THE KIDS."

REP. JIM COOPER joined us the day he announced his decision not to run again in 2022, citing the TN GOP's "cruel" redistricting maps.

LISTEN as the Bureau of Ethics & Campaign Finance votes to subpoena disgraced ex-speaker Glen Casada and his racist chief of staff Cade Cothren for their involvement in a shady PAC that funneled money into various races, after a young woman testifies Cothren conned her into opening it for him because she was in love with him.   ARTICLE for context.  Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoll...

Knoxville Fire has declared it arson. Ashley joins us to discuss what that means, and their determination to rebuild even after this right-wing terrorist attack.