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Off the Record with The New Southern is a weekly podcast, hosted by Alexandra Pusateri and Taylor Smith, about Memphis news miscellany, including poking fun at local media and filling you in on big stories in the Bluff City.

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  • Apr 7, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 21 EPISODES


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Episode 21: Legal to Drink

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2016


This week, Alexandra and Taylor talk about the big de-annexation issue for Tennessee, a fundraiser by new Memphis mayor Jim Strickland, a Mississippi man and woman who allegedly tried to join ISIS, and more.Help support OTR by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 20: Unhinged

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2016


This week, Alexandra and Taylor talk about MPD's Crisis Intervention Team, a new director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Jerry Lawler's new Beale Street business, and more.Help support Off the Record by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/oam

Episode 19: New Mayor, Old Mayor

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2016


This week, Alexandra and Taylor cover wine in grocery stores hitting the July opening day, new Memphis mayor Jim Strickland staying quiet on cell phone surveillance, the Serenity Towers bedbug ordeal, and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 18: Home-icide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016


Alexandra and Taylor talk about updates to security at the University of Memphis, the search for MPD's police director, the pressing need for 911 dispatchers, MATA's budget crisis, and more.Help support this show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 17: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2016


Alexandra and Taylor talk about the the Crosstown Concourse construction, Supervalu's interest in an Uptown location, possible changes to how Shelby County spends contract dollars, federal shutdown of the Warren and Tulane apartment complexes and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 16: Foodie Foodie Foodie Foodie Rocking E'rywhere

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2016


Alexandra and Taylor cover the latest in Memphis news, including an update on Artspace, a new grocery store in Binghampton, District Attorney Amy Weirich's possible censure, CBU's interest in developing a Crosstown high school, the upcoming filming of a CMT series in the 901 and more.Help support the show with any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 15: Zoo vs. Overton Park Showdown

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2016


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the week with a considerable amount of news, including FedEx's tax breaks in Collierville, the Memphis Zoo and Overton Park Conservancy lawsuit, Mud Island redevelopments, Uber and Lyft versus cabs (again), and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 14: Episode 16

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2016


Alexandra and Taylor catch up on Memphis news after the holidays with stories about a local food mission's GoFundMe, MPD Director Toney Armstrong's retirement, FedEx's request for more tax breaks in Collierville, and more.Help support the show by shopping @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 13: Friend Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2015


This week, Taylor and Alexandra get you caught up on the appointees by Mayor-Elect Jim Strickland, the Darrius Stewart court ruling, the Memphis Zoo's new penguins, Strickland's Star Wars hype, and more.

Episode 12: Post Weinergate Coverage

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor are back from their holiday break to get you caught up on the Central Station redevelopment; U of M getting its own board; the state autopsy of Troy Goode; a possible water rate increase by MLGW; IKEA's in the clear; and more.

Episode 11: Polynesian Cheetos

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news and talk about Tennessee's public accountability rating, unions suing over the city pension, the Fairgrounds, the Raleigh Springs Mall project, the trolleys on Main Street, and more.

Episode 10: Callbacks and Tattoos

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news this week, talking about MPD Director Toney Armstrong's upcoming retirement, City Council passing CLERB, update on the Darrius Stewart case, tax issues impeding Ikea's progress, and more.

Episode 9: Cheese Please

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news this week, talking about Memphis Animal Services, the Rape Kit Summit, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the New Daisy, and more.

Episode 8: Catfisting

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor talk election results, some updates to past developing stories, teen birth control, Collierville's new $95 million school, and more.

Episode 7: The Sh*t Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the all the latest Memphis news, including the conclusion of the controversial PR contract between Deidre Malone and Taser; Lakeland Commisioner Clark Plunk's anti-gay social media rant; Cooper-Young's short-lived squabble with Dollar Tree; Shelby County adding a mental health court; $1 million bond for a 17-year-old in Germantown; and more.

Episode 6: Trader Hoes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the all the latest Memphis news, including updates on the Lipscomb scandal; controversy involving the PR contract with the company providing MPD body cameras; Christian Brothers High School's suspension of a gay student; Trader Joe's recent commitment to contruction in Germantown and more.

Episode 5: Summer Avenue Patty Melt

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the Commercial Appeal's new website; breakfast foods; the One Beale project; Cooper Young Fest; Cloud901; and more.

Episode 4: A New Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on including a recent poll from the Commercial Appeal; the city's new grant for rape kits; a suspended Germantown police officer; the Calipari social media shitstorm; University of Memphis green fees; additions to Buster’s Liquors and Wines; and more.

Episode 3: Docking

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor catch up on Memphis news, including Chisca apartment openings, additions to Graceland, updates to the Tennessee Brewery, details of the Robert Lipscomb scandal and more.

Episode 2: Sexy Nathan Bedford Forrest

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the mayoral debates; Dave Brown’s retirement; boxing trials; potential Trader Joe’s; a hot new bar; student athletes; topless protests; and more. Oh, and Halloween is coming.

Episode 1: Monkeys and Sex Clubs

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2015


Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news surrounding Zimm, the monkey that escaped from the Memphis Zoo; Chiwawa; Memphis in May’s country pick; crackdowns on a sex club; and more. Oh, and Memphis made Buzzfeed.

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