Episodes

  • Transit, Trump and "School Choice"

    Transit, Trump and "School Choice"
    Nov 11 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news and politics. Voters resoundingly said yes to transit, so what are the next steps and what does it tell us about Nashville? Sam Stockard of the Tennessee Lookout joins to recap state elections and offer the latest on school vouchers. What are the right questions to ask after Donald Trump's electoral victory? 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • BONUS: Election Night in Nashville

    BONUS: Election Night in Nashville
    Nov 9 2024
    You can listen to the full breakdown of Election Night in Nashville with Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall on the Lamestream podcast feed. Here are the first few minutes of that conversation. For more Nashville sports, media and business talk, be sure to listen to Lamestream Sports. 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    12 mins
  • Election Day Anxiety (and predictions) with David Plazas

    Election Day Anxiety (and predictions) with David Plazas
    Nov 3 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news and politics with David Plazas of The Tennessean.com Voter turnout, transit implications, Tennessee's federal elections, anxiety over the Presidential race, building lines of communication, state house races, disconnects with younger voters and defining modern masculinity. 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Transit Stakes with Freddie O'Connell

    Transit Stakes with Freddie O'Connell
    Nov 1 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk transit with Mayor Freddie O'Connell just days before the Election on a special bonus episode. Early voting, the changing electorates, his closing argument, what happens if we don't pass transit and more. 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    25 mins
  • Building a Tennessee Voting Machine

    Building a Tennessee Voting Machine
    Oct 28 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news and politics. Can we learn anything about transit or the election writ large because of early voting numbers? How have the top of the ballot elections impacted the down ballot races? How would someone go about building a voting turnout machine in Tennessee? Jamie hung out at a zoning meeting. Braden has a sports-ball prediction about Nashville's future. And why is the Tennessee AG talking about things that never happened? 👉🏼 Early voting dates and locations 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • TIRRC's Work: Immigration in Tennessee

    TIRRC's Work: Immigration in Tennessee
    Oct 21 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news. Early voting is underway so how should transit campaign close? The Nashville Scene's "Best Of" awards are out and some shouts are warranted. Then we visit with TIRRC's Executive Director Lisa Sherman-Luna to talk about immigrations in Tennessee, including the biggest issues facing our immigrant communities. 👉🏼 Early voting dates and locations 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Missing Middle Reaction

    Missing Middle Reaction
    Oct 14 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news, including a huge story in the Nashville Scene about the missing middle in Nashville's housing crisis. What did we learn? What's new? How can we fix the problem? Do the powers that be already know all of this stuff? 👉🏼 Early voting dates and locations 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast & Shotgun Willie's BBQ. Music by William Tyler
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    52 mins
  • WeGo's Steve Bland: Regional Transit Dynamics

    WeGo's Steve Bland: Regional Transit Dynamics
    Oct 7 2024
    Jamie and Braden talk Nashville news, including the latest with the East Bank and what Nashville can do to help with the flooding in North Carolina. A Metro hat tip and an announcement! Then we visit with WeGo CEO Steve Bland to discuss our current bus system as well as our regional transportation dynamics. 👉🏼 Support Marissa and buy a copy of "Her Country" 👉🏼 Register to Vote here 👉🏼 Early voting dates and locations 👉🏼 Email your council member Brought to you by 8th & Roast Music by William Tyler
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    1 hr and 11 mins