A weekly podcast from the pages and people of the Memphis Flyer, the alternative newsweekly based in Memphis, Tennessee. Mane.
Chris McCoy has our cover story this week. In "It's OK to Not Be OK" Chris explores what health officials across the globe are calling a mental health "crisis" and how that is playing out in Memphis. Josh Spickler, executive director of Just City, talks about what we can expect in the first few months of Steve Mulroy's term as DA. From our state desk, a Black man in Giles County was convicted recently by a jury sitting in the "Confederate Room." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Frank Murtaugh says the Redbirds have sent a lot of talent north to St. Louis this year. A collaborative art fund is keeping Memphis artists going through the pandemic recovery. Sam cicci says 901FC just keeps winning. MEMernet. Calendar. And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
This week's cover is all about tlate night dining in Memphis. It's been in a sort of limbo after Covid but our reporters Sam Cicci and Michael Donahue scoped the scene for us for this week's cover. Sam joins in the show to talk about it. Jackson Baker fills us in on the countywide political races. It'll be the last update on this we'll get before the August 4th election next week. Bruce VanWayngarden weighs in on this new Republican idea of Christian Nationalism and how the GOP has turned Christianity into something it's not. Finally, Chris McCoy saw the new Jordan Peele horror thriller Nope. And he gives is a big old yep. Find out why later. We'll some news and the MEMErnet And we'll have those choice from our calendar — the finest events calendar in all of Memphiana — to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
This week's cover is all about burgers. It's Memphis Flyer Burger Week, I'm happy to tell you. Ten restaurants all over town are offering up special deals — $6.99 for a burger — and some special burgers made just for this week. To get ready for Burger Week our intrepid reporters fanned out to all of our Burger Week restaurants and tried a little somethin'-somethin' to give you a taste of what you can expect. We have some of our reviews for you in the show this week. Chris McCoy our film and TV editor talks about "The Gray Man," that new Netflix movie starring our little buddy Ryan Gosling. It only cost $200 million to make but that's fine because it's based on a book written by a Memphian. We'll also talk about why there's so much Guns and Roses int he new Thor movie. Bruce VanWyngarden talks about education, why teachers matter, and about Bill Lee's big gaffe with his big buddy, Larry Arnn from those Hillsdale schools. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jackson Baker fills us in on the upcoming election. Abigail Morici talks about the roach business. Michael Donahue has the latest from the Arbo's Cheese Dips. Also, we har voices from Memphis City Hall about backing up a loan for the One Beale project. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Our cover story is all about beer this week. It's a fun one. Don't miss it. Brett Healy, a competitive eater now living in Memphis, is heading to Coney Island for the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Fourth of July Eating Challenge. Jackson Baker fills us in on the political races for District Attorney office (especially after the Roe decision) and the county mayor's office. Michael Donahue has a new restaurant you need to try — Magnolia and May. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Chris McCoy talks about the new Elvis movie. Bruce VanWyngarden has a think about cities with all those empty skyscrapers in the work-from-home era. And we have our calendar — the finest events calendar in all of Memphiana — to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jackson Baker talks about these bogus lists of political endorsees that have been flying around and what's being done about them. Chris McCoy our film and TV editor went to see the new Jurassic Park movie and he didn't love it. I'l talk about our cover story this week all about solar power opportunities in Memphis and throughout Tennessee. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Michael Donahues gives us the "Saga of Sushi Jimmi." Sam Cicci talks soccer. Chris McCoy talks about new docs about George Carlin and The Kids in the Hall. Bruce VanWyngarden says we may need a new "Freedom Summer" to get out the vote. News. MEMernet. And our calendar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jon Sparks has a our cover story this week and it's crazy fascinating. He spoke with military medic Tim Sclaita, a Memphian, who found his way to Ukraine to treat those injured in the ongoing war there. Our editor Jessie Davis took a walk and had a think about what the Flyer is. And we talk with a social worker who extolls the virtues of psychedelics as a treatment for an array of mental and emotional issues. She's also the founder of Memphis Mushroom Festival which is coming up next week end at Shelby Forest. We'll have news and the MEMernet And we'll have those choice cuts from our calendar — the finest events calendar in all of Memphiana — to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We'll hear from Memphis business leaders who want to re-kindle the push for a third bridge over the Mississippi River. Bruce VanWyngarden talks about the GOP in the wake of the leaked opinion that will probably overturn Roe V Wade. Chris McCoy gives a rare thumbs up to a Marvel movie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jackson Baker tells us who won the recent Shelby County primary races and what it means for the future. Ashley Cofield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and Mississippi, talks about what overturning Roe vs. Wade would mean for patients in our area. And I take you up to the roof of the Cotton Exchange Building for our company pizza party. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Our film and TV editor Chris McCoy talks about the Oscars and why "The Slap" was such a distraction. He also talks about the new action comedy "The Lost City." Reform is coming for laws regulating your Delta 8 gummies you take for sleep and anxiety. The Tennessee River gets an innovative clean-up solution. And we ride out the March Storm That Wasn't. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Our editor Jessie Davis talks about the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Bruce VanWyngarden talks about the ongoing war in Ukraine and its affect on families and why its time to unify as a country. Sam ciccii talks 901 FC, whose brand new soccer season is under way. And Chris McCoy, or film and TV editor, talks about his important cover about redpeoductive rights and how they are under attack now more than almost any time in history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Blues guitarist Kenny Brown is nominated for a Grammy. Michael Donahue heads to Calvary for the Waffle Shop. Bruce VanWyngarden wants to know just who in heck is charge of social media for Mighty Lights. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jesse Davis, our editor, talks about his cats, unconditional love, and why we need more of all of them these days. Bruce VanWyngarden talks about a new approach to sisal media that may just but a little gratefulness in your heart. Protect Our Aquifer teams up with NASA. MEMernet and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We talk Olympics and Beijing with Frank Murtaugh, our sports writer. Bruce VanWyngarden talks "covhefe" and "gazpacho" and why they distract from bigger issues. News. MEMernet. And we have some choice cuts form our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Ice storm. Gerrymandering. The Peanut Shoppe We talk politics with Jackson Baker. And we talk food with Michale Donahue. State lawmakers target the LGBTQ community (again). And a new bill would legalize cannabis in Tennessee. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We talk about the ice storm, of course. Jessee Davis talks about the banning of the book "Maus." Chris MCoy talks about several films that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last week. News. MEMernet. And some cuts from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Midtown's premiere hippie law firm Cooper and Young sponsors this episode. Environment news about climate change and the TVA. MEMernet. and some choice cuts form our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Donuts! Sam Cicci ate donuts and got paid to write about it. So did other Flyer staffers for our fun cover story this week called Donut Look Up. Jon Sparks talks about his Christmas-time gig playing Santa Clause (and about playing the big man in a couple of movies). We have cannabis news this week and news about plans to build a mosque in Mississippi that can now move ahead thanks to a federal court order. MEMernet, of course, and we'll have some choice cuts from our calendar ot help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
A restaurateur bought two restaurants in 2021. A hawk flew into Cash Saver. Another Memphis politician leaves for Nashville. An art show at the Brooks focuses on the trans community. News. MEMernet. More. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
BEER! We have a look inside our fall beer guide. Jesse Davis talks about how a Hi Tone memory reminds him of why Memphis really is a special place to live. News. MEMernet. And some cuts from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Frank Murtaugh talks sports! He says there's reasons for fans to be hopeful as the Tigers and Grizzlies begin their new seasons. Jackson Baker talks about a new memoir from Memphis politician Carol Chumney. Michael Donahue talks turkey legs from Fresol! News. MEMernet. And some cuts from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Indie Memphis returns to theaters! Our film and TV editor Chris McCoy tells us what films you might want to check out this weekend. Bruce VanWyngarden keeps tabs on Donald J. Trump. Jesse Davis talks about protest and what the word really means (especially when it comes to those Vols fans trashing their own field last week). News. MEMernet. And our calendar is here to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jesse Davis talks good news/bad news. Bruce VanWyngarden took a bot trip and got more than he bargained for. Bruce also talks about his new book, "Everything That Is True." News. MEMernet. More! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Our film and TV editor Chris McCoy tells us about Reno My Rental, a new Discovery+ show featuring Memphis designed Carmeon Hamilton. Michael Donahue talks about Miss Butter Roll. We have have news, of course, and the MEMernet, and choice cuts from our calendar to help you get you weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jesse Davis talks slasher movies (and a novel about slasher movies). Bruce VanWyngarden talks Covid deniers, anti-maskers, and anti-vaxxers. Toby Sells has our cover story updating the Memphis area's Covid situation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
News. MEMernet. Flyer editor Jesse Davis talks about moving back into his old neighborhood. Chris McCoy tells us about "Anette," streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. (It's weird but he likes it.) He also talk about the new Ryan Reynold film "Free Guy." This week we welcome back Maya Smith, our senior editor, who talks about what she's been up to (a Masters program in journalism!) and what she's been writing about since she's been back. We serve up some cuts from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We're back! News. MEMernet. Our editor Jessee Davis talks about Tennessee's vaccine mess. Our politics editor Jackson Baker talks about redistricting for some Memphis political districts after the latest census. And we have some sweet cuts from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Memphis Flyer Burger Week! Jesse Davis tells us why he does not think the Chinese military is moving into Canada. Our Griz writer, Amiee Stiegemeyer, talks about the new Space Jam movie. News. MEMernet. More! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
A special back-to-the-office episode of the show in which the Flyer staff takes the world's first "audio selfie." (Just listen. You'll get it.) Black arts. Vaccine pushback. A new vegetarian cookbook. Julie Ray talks about how she picks stuff for our calendar. The Marsha Blackburn/Taylor Swift internet beef. And now that the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust can now legally be removed, state lawmakers it gone quickly. Chris McCoy talks about why the new Black Widow movie should've been made five years ago. Sounds by zaplsplat.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Jesse Davis thanks all those who help to defeat the Byhalia Connection Pipeline project. Michael Donahue talks about Savannah Food Co., the so-called "Olympics of food." We talk about those gross foot billboards all over town. A Tennessee woman sues the state for the right to keep her vanity license plate, which reads "69PWNDU." The National Civil Rights Museum get a new president. Local leaders worry about the constitutional carry law. And the Memphis Bridge Crack keeps the comedy flowing like the river in the MEMernet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
It's summertime in Memphis and the flyer staff knows exactly what you should do. From kayaking, tending your lawn, playing in the streets, eating frozen treats, to drinking beer, we have the answers. News. MEMernet. Selections from our calendar to help you get your weekend together. ("In the Summertime" played by our own Michael Donahue. Be the first to report this Easter egg to me, Toby Sells (toby@memphisflyer.com), and you'll win a sweet Memphis Flyer t-shirt! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Brice VanWyngarden thinks we need another bridge over the Mississippi River. Jackson Baker says election season is already heating up. Chris McCoy tells you what you should go see at the movies this weekend. Grizz Gaming tops the Eastern Conference. Big federal grants fuel an innovative to level health inequities in Memphis. News. MEMernet. And more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife, Mary, have left Shelby County. We get perspectives on the move from our editor, Jesse Davis, and our political editor, Jackson Baker. Leaders look for a developer to bring the long-vacant 100 N. Main Street building — the tallest in Memphis — back to life. The Memphian Hotel has some strange hat rules we examine in the MEMernet. We have more news and our calendar to help you get your weekend together. For Father's Day we have dad jokes from a few Memphis dads who know a good/bad joke when they hear one. And we bring on Dad Joke-ologist and Memphis Parent columnist (and musician and writer and everything else) Jeff Hulett to tell us just what makes a "good" dad joke. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Tennessee unemployment benefits cut and Medicaid not expanded (again). 901 FC. Memphis Redbirds. MEMernet. Our calendar and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Chris McCoy brings one of Memphis' favorite urban legends out of the darkness. The crystal skull is real. He also talks about his cover story called The New Normal. It's about how the pandemic changed the way people work and how some of those changes might stick. Our editor, Jesse Davis, tells us access to technology should be considered infrastructure. We have news, the MEMernet, and selections from our calendar to help you get your long Memorial Day weekend together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We catch up with our editor Jesse Davis. Alex Green talks about gardening in Memphis, and the possibility for gardening tourism here. We have MEMernet and some news. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
We sit down with our new editor, Jesse Davis. Toby Sells has an appreciation of the weekly columns from Bruce VanWyngarden. No "soul" sign for Mud Island but a ton of upgrades headed there this summer. An environmental group pushes TVA toward a carbon-free future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
The Questions Issue! What's up with the blue statues on the V&E Greenline? Should I be worried about all the copperheads in Overton Park? We dug deep to answer questions from our readers this week. Jesse Davis talks about two new books about Mississippi. Bruce VanWyngarden reminds us Republicans are still out there loving Trump. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Strickland's piece for a new chief of the Memphis Police Department. Eletric cars. MEMernet and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
MEMernet: Loki and the TVA? New protections against COVID-19 for those in jail. Porchfest heads to Cooper-Young. A long look at the ever-changing Riverside Drive. Grizzlies. And a new grocery store — South Point Grocery — heads to South Main. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Wingin' it! Our cover this week is all about chicken wings. Frank Murtaugh talks about the University of Memphis winning the NIT and the upcoming Redbirds season. Jackson Baker talks about the name change coming for the federal courthouse Downtown. MEMernert. News. And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Good news on the vaccine front. Bruce VanWyngarden talks about that Vanity Fair article that had everyone in a tizzy last week. Chris McCoy tells us about the Oxford Film Festival and 5,000 Space Aliens. Sam Cicci gets us caught up on the ever-building roster over at Memphis 901 FC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Chris McCoy goes behind the scenes of the new Coming 2 America film, directed by Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer. Bruce VanWyngarden talks springs renewal and why folks should get the COVID-19 vaccine. We talk the coming mosquito season with a Shelby County Health Department official. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Michael Donahue talks about FreSol and Papi's Tennessee Pepper Sauce. Jackson Baker describes his six-hour journey through the COVID-19 vaccination line to get to the Pipkin Building. Chris McCoy tells us about a new Netflix show — Buried by the Bernards — that is based on a Memphis family's funeral home business. In news, the Memphis City Council wants to know if any city employees were at the U.S. Capitol riot last month. A local group — Psilo — pushes the county to decriminalize psilocybin, the magic ingredient in magic mushrooms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
A very Presidential episode of Radio Flyer. Our staff discusses Joe Biden's inauguration and what may come next in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. News, MEMernet, and picks from our calendar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
Flyer editor Bruce VanWyngarden talks about the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the final days of the Trump Adminstration, and magical thinking. Poltics editor Jackson Baker talks about Bob Corker's "I told you so tour," his own experience inside the Tennessee State Capitol when it came under attack by an angry mob in the 1990s, and why it took so long for so many in the GOP to get off the Trump Train. Christen Hill talks about the difference in the Capitol attack and the Black Lives Matter protests there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/memphis-flyer/message
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