The Tennessee Holler Podcast

Tennessee's progressive Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw joins the show to talk about her bold run for the United States Senate. Bradshaw is a working-class environmental justice activist and the first Black woman to be nominated for the Senate by a major party in Tennessee. The Tennessee Holler is powered by people - Subscribe and Support to help keep us hollerin.

State Representative Bob Freeman of Nashville joins to talk about his wild first term in office, his run for reelection, and his vision of how to center Tennesseans over political ideology. Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Justin Jones joins our Thursday #HollerHour in this special edition of The Tennessee Holler Live Show. Justin led a protest for 62 straight days in the plaza outside Tennessee's State Capitol. The protesters wanted to speak with Governor Lee; he never granted them that conversation, but what the protesters did was expose him and the rest of the Tennessee GOP for who they truly are. We the people h...

Elizabeth Madeira is running against one of the most corrupt Republicans in the history of the Tennessee State Legislature, and that's saying something. Disgraced former Speaker of the House Glen Casada has an ego so large that he decided it'd be a good idea to run for reelection, even though his tenure as Speaker was marred with scandals laced with racism, sexism, and corruption. Madeira, on the...

Derek Black , author of School House Burning, joins Kanew to talk about how Betsy DeVos' attack on our nation's commitment to public education threatens not just education, but democracy itself. Buy School House Burning. Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Lindsey and Whitney from Vote Early TN , a nonpartisan public information initiative designed to educate and excite people about early voting, join the show to explain the importance of voting early in this crucial election. Learn more about how to vote early . Register to vote and check your information here . Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Stuart Stevens , a career Republican operative, shares his thoughts with Kanew about how he feels the Republican Party has changed under Trump. Buy Stuart's book . Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Listen as Kanew talks to Clay County Election Commissioner Wanda Daniels, who is under fire for a Facebook Post that said Biden supporters can't believe in God. In an emotional call, she says she was hacked and pleads for forgiveness.  LISTEN to the call. Subscribe/support: www. TNHoller.com

Mariah Phillips joins The Holler to talk about her race for State House in one of the most flippable districts in the state - House District 37. They also dig into the failures of the Tennessee Republican Party to support Tennesseans during COVID19 and beyond. Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Justin Kanew talks with State Senator Jeff Yarbro about the Tennessee State Legislature's new draconian anti-protest laws that specifically target the protesters who have been occupying the plaza outside of the State Capital, and the far-reaching implications these laws will have on the citizens of Tennessee. Subscribe and Support: www. TNHoller.com

Candidate forum between all Democratic candidates running for Tennessee House District 97 in Memphis. Be sure to vote on August 6th for your preferred candidate, and click here if you have questions about how and where to vote. Learn more about each candidate: Ruby Powell-Dennis Gabby Salinas Allan Creasy Clifford Stockton III

In this special episode, Justin Kanew interviews Livingston Academy students in Overton County who speak out about their teacher Mark Lee. Lee has been accused of sexual harassment for decades and just served a 90-day suspension, but remains a teacher. Please note that there is some audio distortion, but this episode is well worth the listen. We have to keep up the pressure on the school board to...

Kanew interviews Dr. Karen Cox, author of Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture, about the political and social influence The UDC had on the South and how we're still fighting against their racist ideology today.

State Representatives London Lamar and Gloria Johnson join Munday and Kanew for a discussion on the decision to reopen schools amidst a worsening pandemic, the passing of the great John Lewis, and more.

Blair Walsingham, running for congress in East Tennessee, joins us to talk about her race. "Poverty is the original Pandemic." Visit Blair's Website for more info. Subscribe & Support The Holler: www. TNHoller.com

Tennessee State House candidate Brandon Thomas joins us to discuss his race in one of the most flippable districts in the state. He is running a progressive campaign against Republican incumbent Mike Sparks who was recently asked by The Holler whether or not the Civil War was fought over slavery, to which he responded "I haven't really studied it." Brandon is running in State House District 49 (Sm...

Wade Munday & the Holler's Kanew talk about the KKK Grand Wizard bust removal, why the 30-day Nashville Protest should be a national story, and why people are worried about sending our kids back to school with the pandemic spiking in Tennessee.   Subscribe & Support: www. TNHoller.com

The State Capitol Commission discusses whether they will move to remove Nathan Bedford Forrest's bust from the state Capitol or not. Their discussion precedes the vote, which is as the very end. Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK and a General in the Confederate Army.

Franklin's Dustin Koctar joins us to discuss why Williamson County must remove the Confederate flag from its seal. "Changing our county seal is not going to erase history." Subscribe & Support: www. TNHoller.com

Some highlights (or lowlights, depending how you look at it) from yesterday's Confederate Flag monument/flag discussion in COOKVILLE. They decided to put a sign on the cemetery saying Cookeville does not support the Confederate symbols, and ban the flag from city property. Foller the New COOKEVILLE HOLLER Subscribe & Support: www. TNHoller.com

TEENS FOR EQUALITY, who organized the largest Black Lives Matter march in Nashville yet, talk about their experience and give their perspective on the moment our country is in. Our future is in good hands with these kids! Subscribe/Support: www. TNHoller.com

Justin Kanew and Erik Heipt discuss the murder of Sterling Higgins, a Black man from West Tennessee who died at the hands of the cops in a case of police brutality. Warning to listeners that this episode contains descriptions of graphic content and racial violence. Watch the Incident HERE . (TRIGGER WARNING) Subscribe/Support: www. TNHoller.com

Justin Kanew and Stephanie Kelton talk deficits, and about how many in politics have fooled us into thinking that spending money on people-centric policies is bad. Stephanie is an American economist, a professor at Stony Brook University, and she also served as an advisor to Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. Subscribe/Support: www. TNHoller.com

Marquita Bradshaw, running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat, joins us to talk about why she's running, and tells us how she feels about the KKK GRAND WIZARD STATUE in our state capitol. Learn more about Marquita HERE. Subscribe/Support: www. TNHoller.com

Our Exclusive interview with Nashville Police Union President James Smallwood. Subscribe/Support: www. TNHoller.com