Podcast appearances and mentions of Phil Bredesen

Tommy Thomas: Today we continue our dialogue with Larry O'Nan that we began last week. Before delving into that conversation, I'd like to share some reflections that have emerged after revisiting our episode a few times. As the one handling post-production duties for this podcast, I typically listen during the edit for technical nuances and formatting concerns, rather than immersing myself in the content. However, I get a second chance to absorb the discussions when I tune in via my podcast app. This usually occurs on Saturday mornings during my long bicycle rides. Alongside other favorite podcasts like Alan Alda's Clear and Vivid, previous Tennessee governor's Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam's You Might Be Right, Tia Brown's One Question Leadership Podcast, Far East Broadcasting Company's weekly update and other enriching podcasts. During one such ride last week as Larry recounted the early days of Fund Development with Cru, my mind traveled back to 1974 to those nascent beginnings. As a young 23-year-old joining the Crusade staff, my prior fundraising experience had been limited to helping a friend with a critical medical procedure. While this endeavor proved fruitful, it primarily relied on contributions from close acquaintances. Under Larry's guidance, alongside a small team of field reps, I unwittingly became a part of Campus Crusade's foundational efforts in Fund Development. Back then, not only were we tasked with raising our own personal support, but we were instrumental in pioneering the organization's approach to securing substantial funding for specific projects. My tenure with Larry proved to be a master class in various aspects of life and fundraising. From time management strategies to maximizing air travel budgets. And even cultivating relationships with affluent donors predominantly in their senior years. Those lessons were invaluable. Little did we know that we would be trailblazers in Campus Crusade's fundraising efforts, contributing to the trajectory of Larry's enduring career. Looking back, I'm deeply grateful for those formative years and the profound insights into both fundraising in life that Larry had parted to me. Let's pick up where we left off last week. [00:02:40] Tommy Thomas: Take me into your new book, Intentional Living and Giving. What was the genesis of that? [00:02:48] Larry O'Nan: The genesis came back from this study when I was assigned the job of writing to come up with Stewardship Theology. I did another book in the mid 80s called Giving Yourself Away, and in many respects, this is a revision of that, although it's a totally different package, but it was still basically all the same core theology. And a few years ago, I was in Ireland for an event, And some people in Britain were saying there's nothing that's really distinctive that we know about this, simple to understand about what stewardship's about, because there's a lot of misconceptions out there. And there's a lot of traditions that would get in their way. [00:03:30] Larry O'Nan: In Great Britain, years ago there was a guy there that started orphanages. And he had about 300 kids in the orphanages in Bristol. And as he was working with these kids, he was a great marketer, but he was known for praying things in. So, he'd go into his closet and pray. And then people decided that his style of raising funds was the way they would adapt. So, they would say we're not going to ask for money. We're going to go pray for it. What they don't tell you is the story of how well he was at marketing where the kids were living. And everybody knew where he was located, and he was out all the time talking about the kids in need. [00:04:13] Larry O'Nan: So, you'll find that story. And there are some people who say we should never ask for anything. God is the one that provides. We're not going to go that route. So, there's a lot of skewed ideas of what this all means. The book itself, Intentional Living and Giving, is a recap of everything. So, the first nine chapters are the Theology of Stewardship, and then the latter nine chapters are how do you practically apply this in your life. So, we unpack what God's role for man was and what we do, how we respond, how we act, what we should be doing. And then the latter part is here's some very practical things that will help you be successful. And out of the whole book, there's one chapter because everybody expects a book on stewardship to be about money. [00:05:01] Larry O'Nan:  I dedicated one chapter to talk about what money is and how it works and what tithing is and some of those things. But that's one chapter out of 17 chapters. And I really say this is one thing you can give, but there's a hundred other things you can give as well. What are you doing in stewardship? Not what are you doing with your money? And so the book itself is, what I discovered, there's people out there, Tommy, I remember a lady about a decade ago, she was probably in her 60s, maybe 65, and she had tears in her eyes. The context was she'd been married to a pastor, and they'd gone through a divorce, so that was a mess up. [00:05:40] Larry O'Nan: They had been in ministry for years and years. She raised a family of a couple of kids. And her tears in her eyes was I never have figured out my purpose in life. Why did God put me here in the first place? And I thought for 65, you just missed some of the great joy because he was very clear giving you assignments and work. You just didn't know what day you were a steward. So, she really was fulfilling a stewardship, and everybody knew about it, but she was miserable because it wasn't articulated to her that you are doing what God called you to do.  I think of that lady every once in a while, and I think, boy, if more people understood how they could be a steward and practically implement stewardship in their life, they could go from confusion and fear to thriving and abundant contentment. [00:06:30] Larry O'Nan: And that's what I'm really trying to help people get is I'm trying to help you free yourself up from the confusion and the fear that you probably are living with to wonder if you're doing what God led you to do. Why am I here in the first place? What's all about a life that says I'm thriving? I have an abundance. Nothing about money there, just the abundance of life, and I can be content. So, the book is really unpacking that for the average Christian. I wrote it as much for the international side as I did the American side, but it's a universal challenge that's out there, and that's why the book is you know, on its way out the door. I'm just trying to help people get free so they can thrive. That's what it's all about. +++++++++++++++++++ [00:07:15] Tommy Thomas: Early in your career, and then you took a break from it, and I think now you're back at it, but tell our listeners a little bit about your Andy Ant series. [00:07:24] Larry O'Nan:  I'm a dad. I have two daughters. My oldest daughter was three years of age, and the other one was just coming along. She's about three years younger. One night, Carrie, I read her stories every night when I was home, and I would put her to bed after reading her a kid story. And one night she said, Daddy, I don't want you to read me a story. And I did. I thought this is weird. She says, I want you to tell me a story. [00:07:53] Larry O'Nan: And so I laid down her book that I was going to read to her, and I laid there in bed for a minute, and I said, once upon a time, there was an ant, because I was remembering the book of Proverbs, it said, watch the ant, learn of his ways, my definition is, though he's tiny, he's mighty in many ways, we can learn a lot from ants, how they store, how they work. The diligence, the way they work together in cooperation. I've got a 300-page book on ants, believe it or not. I didn't write it, but the guy did his doctoral thesis on ants. And I thought that's an interesting one. But anyway, I started telling my daughter stories and they were really just stories about her and the life she lived about this little character. [00:08:34] Larry O'Nan: And I named him Andy. And she liked Andy Ant. So many nights it would be tell me an Andy Ant story. Now, the Andy Ant stories that are out today, my brother is the author of all the books. We did collaborate on the concept, but he's an attorney in Denver. And I said if you will work on the storylines the way you see him, I'll try to work on the marketing and getting the stories out there and their books for three- to 10-year-old kids. They are the day in the life of a little boy that I didn't create. My brother is basically Joseph Tyler Johnson, the main character. But I, in my world of Andy Ant, it was what Carrie was doing outside and how the ants interrupted her life. And then Jessica came along, and the same thing happened. So, the environment there was learning from the ants and learning principles of daily living in a fun way without being religious. [00:09:32] Larry O'Nan: I wasn't trying to make him memorize verses at that time of day. What did I learn? Andy would play baseball because Carrie had a baseball bat and she played out in the backyard and tried to hit the ball. Andy started hitting the balls in the grass. So, it was crazy. It made no sense. And if for 10 years, Andy existed between Jessica and Carrie and myself, the life came when my brother got involved and created it. We eventually got a former Disney artist who had worked for 21 years for Walt Disney personally, and he did all of the illustrations. So, if you see the Andy Ant work today, there's eight books in the series. [00:10:13] Larry O'Nan: It looks like what you would call Disney evergreen art because it was created by one of the Disney evergreen artists, and he did that. He spent two years of his life working with us on the entire series. He's no longer living, but that's the story of how we got the stories going. So that is out there for kids that really, there's a stewardship element to it because I have trouble giving up on Andy because I'm a steward of Andy. So, I got to take care of this crazy ant. Because that's a responsibility that God gave me. But it's incidental to the other story of really helping people thrive. I'm much more motivated to help you and other people that you might know or other adults. God's really got a purpose. I want you to thrive and do all that God led you to do. [00:11:07] Larry O'Nan: And if I'm doing that and you're doing that, we're going to get along fine. Life will be better for both of us. Yeah. ++++++++++++++++ [00:11:13] Tommy Thomas: You mentioned you just returned from Spain. Are there cultural differences in the way a Latin population would see stewardship or an Eastern European population or does it transcend? [00:11:29] Larry O'Nan: It transcends. I started working with the guy that created this environment that I was a part of. It was the guy that I've mentored for 40 years. And I started training him. He picked up on it. There's another guy in Switzerland that has taken it even further. One of them got into helping missionaries raise their own personal support called Ministry Partner Development. And this conference was centered around helping missionaries do that. Now, I probably met less than a half a dozen Americans there. Everybody else was European. There were 20 countries involved. I met four people from Ukraine. There were people from the Baltic states, across France, Spain, everywhere else. [00:12:13] Larry O'Nan: Some of them were with organizations that you would recognize, but they were the European expression. So Young Life and Navigators and Operation Mobilization and Youth of the Mission were all there. So was Agape Europe, which is the Cru expression of Campus Crusade. But I'd say two thirds of the organizations, I couldn't even figure out how to pronounce their names. They were unique organizations to the culture. Some of them were humanitarian, camping, evangelism, church planting, church growth. And they were all equipped with how they could raise financial support as missionaries within their culture with nobody ever leaving their culture to raise the funding that they need because they're raising money in Spain, in France, in Germany, in Switzerland, in the Netherlands, in Great Britain, in Ukraine, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Poland. [00:13:10] Larry O'Nan: They're racing the same kind of a thing that you and I would have done, in the seventies with Cru is being done over and over again. And it's not a Cru thing. It's their own unique thing. Everybody that was at that conference was volunteering their time to help others. It was not sponsored by an organization. It was sponsored by a network. And they came together to help, and they keep on training people how to do it. And they're helping the nationals be successful in it. Spain's a unique country. Years ago, when I first went there, probably 40 years ago, I was told over and over again, you can never raise money in the country of Spain. [00:13:53] Larry O'Nan: It's impossible because we don't have the money here. And this guy that was telling me that over and over was making sure that we weren't going to mess up his plan. The Lord took him home. He's probably been gone about five or six years. The generation that came after him learned about what we're talking about in terms of fund development and just said we do not want to be dependent on money from outside of Europe. [00:14:20] Larry O'Nan: We don't want to be dependent on money outside of Spain. And so, this ministry is 100 percent funded now by Spanish funds, and comes in through the Spanish structure. They rarely get any money outside of Spain and rarely any from the United States. That doesn't mean that we don't encourage that when it's available. But it's very unhealthy when an organization becomes codependent on somebody else just to make them work. And the entire European structure is trying to say we do not need funding from the West, i.e. the United States. I say if people want to be generous and help you, accept it.  [00:15:01] Larry O'Nan: But to say that we cannot survive as an organization because we don't have funding from the U.S. They think it is wrong and they need to be responsible. The principle is that every place in the world, God's landed his people and he's got money everywhere. And it's all his. So, let's go find it and let's work with the partners that are there. And if you look at any part of scripture, in fact, the principles that we teach on stewardship came out of the Middle East. They didn't come out of America. These are all biblical principles that came out of a period of time of the Old and New Testament. So, it works as well there. It takes some time, and it takes, I find that sometimes leadership of their organizations is the number one liability to doing it right because they're assigning somebody else to go raise it, but they don't want to go through the pain or the refocus of their attention to do it right. [00:15:58] Larry O'Nan: When I was over in Spain last week, I was saying, get you copies of Intentional Living and Giving, get the dialogue going with your leadership and your board. Because if they're with you, you can thrive as an organization. If they're not with you in this philosophy or theology you're going to be having struggles all the time because they're going to want money faster than the development process will get it to them. Even there, and the book will work there, and it's all in English right now, that's the way the books start typically, if an English person writes it. But I would anticipate in the next two or three years, we'll be in half a dozen languages that will be relevant to the mainstream. You can have about eight languages in the world and be into the marketplace, any place in the world. [00:16:44] Larry O'Nan: Yeah, there's 2000 languages, but those are heart languages. And the economy works in about eight languages. The world economy is there. That's where we're at. And these people, yes, the entire conference in Spain was English. But when they read scripture, they would read it in five languages because somebody in that room knew one of those five languages. So, that's what it was. And it was the generation Z and maybe millennials that were leading the conference. I never spoke once. I just spent a lot of time interacting with the participants there.  And I didn't need to speak because they were doing a better job at doing that than I could ever have done. And it is universal. It can work any place. Some of the largest funding for Christian enterprises currently happens in Asia, not in the United States. +++++++++++++++++ [00:17:37] Tommy Thomas: Let's try to bring this thing to a close. I want to ask you. I don't know that I like the word lightning round because you might want to take longer to answer than a lightning round might incur, but so I'll start with, if you could give a younger version of yourself, a piece of advice, what would it be? [00:17:56] Larry O'Nan: Don't be afraid to fail, work a plan or develop a plan and work the plan. Don't give up. [00:18:06] Tommy Thomas: If you could get a do over in life, what would it be? [00:18:13] Larry O'Nan: If I could do a do over? I probably would have gained understanding of stewardship earlier. I totally tripped over it. I think my life would have been a lot more fulfilled if I'd just known it a couple of decades earlier. [00:18:31] Tommy Thomas: How have you changed in the last five years? [00:18:36] Larry O'Nan: You got to go backoalmost 10 years on my change.  My wife died 10 years ago, and about nine years into that, I said, Okay, I'm very much alive and well and healthy. And I said, instead of retiring, I'm going to reboot and keep on going. That's been the radical changes to my fault. I take on more than I should. But if you have got a responsible bone in your body, you'll probably do that. And yeah, I think that people that quit on anything lose life. I see people retired, but I also see 40-year-olds that quit on a marriage or quit on their kids or quit on something else. I just think stick with it. That I was going to write a book some years back. I may still do something someday with it called The Curve. [00:19:33] Larry O'Nan: Because the only time you really grow is when you're in a crisis situation. And the book, The Curve, was about how you navigate the curves of life. And it's in the curve when you think it's the worst that you're probably going to grow the most. So, embrace the curve and realize that what comes out of the backside of it is going to make you a better person. [00:19:55] Tommy Thomas: What's the best piece of advice anybody ever gave you? [00:20:00] Larry O'Nan: You have the freedom to fail.  I don't think I ever would have done what I did in my years that God gave me here so far if I did not embrace that and just go for it over and over again. I write it down every once in a while when I'm up against the wall. Larry, you have the freedom to fail. Go try it. [00:20:26] Tommy Thomas: It's been a wonderful conversation, Larry.  Thank you. It's good to catch up and we shouldn't wait this long to do it again. [00:20:34] Larry O'Nan: I should come out and someday we have to go out and see what's in your part of the world together. I have fond memories of working with you, Tommy. Fond memories. [00:20:42] Tommy Thomas: You're welcome on the Gulf Coast anytime you can catch an airplane ride down this way. ++++++++++++++++++ [00:20:47] Tommy Thomas: Thank you for joining us today. If you are a first-time listener, I hope you will subscribe and become a regular. You can find links to all the episodes at our website: www.jobfitmatters.com/podcast. If there are topics you'd like for me to explore, my email address is tthomas@jobfitmatters.com.  Word of mouth has been identified as the most valuable form of marketing. Surveys tell us that consumers believe recommendations from friends and family over all other forms of advertising. If you've heard something today that's worth passing on, please share it with others. You're already helping me make something special for the next generation of nonprofit leaders. I'll be back next week with a new episode. Until then, stay the course on our journey to help make the nonprofit sector more effective and sustainable. ​​Links & Resources JobfitMatters Website Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas The Perfect Search – What every board needs to know about hiring their next CEO Larry O'Nan's Website  Larry O'Nan's Email: Larry@LarryONan.com  Intentional Living and Giving: Discovering Purpose, Igniting Abundance, and Thriving as a Steward of God's Blessing by Larry O'Nan The Adventures of Andy Ant: Lawn Mower On The Loose (MJ Kids; Adventure of Andy Ant) by Gerald O'Nan Connect tthomas@jobfitmatters.com  Follow Tommy on LinkedIn Listen to Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

In Season 2, hosts and former Tennessee Governors Bill Haslam and Phil Bredesen hit the road, recording live episodes from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and from Mount Vernon outside of Washington D.C. Taking on topics including term limits, teaching history, crime, the media, and education disparities, the Governors and their guests demonstrate that thoughtful civil discourse is possible.

The makeup of Tennessee Supreme Court is set to change this year. Justice Sharon Lee will retire from the state's highest court after 14 years on the bench. In 2008, Gov. Phil Bredesen appointed Lee to the court, and her departure means that all of the five justices will have been appointed by a Republican governor. In this episode, we take a look at the process for selecting a new justice. We also talk with legal experts about the history of the court, its influence and what makes Tennessee's judiciary unique. Guests: Erik Schelzig, editor of The Tennessee Journal William Koch, dean of Nashville Law School and retired Tennessee State Supreme Court justice Andy Bennett, Court of Appeals judge David Raybin, attorney and partner at Raybin & Weissman, P.C. Resources and additional reading:  The Tennessee Journal: 5 apply for Tennessee Supreme Court vacancy The Tennessean: Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee to retire WPLN: The Tennessee Supreme Court rules against mandatory life sentences for minors Justia: Tennessee Supreme Court decisions by year Tennessee Judiciary Museum

Jason Martin, the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee, discusses his favorite music, his position on guns, grits and God and why he believes he will be the first Democratic Governor elected in the State of Tennessee since Phil Bredesen was re-elected in 2006.    https://martinfortn.com/  

First, United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss sits down with Jake Tapper for her exclusive first US interview. Jake asks the new British leader about her view of the state of the “special relationship” between the UK and US, as well as how the West should respond to any escalation by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Jake also presses Truss on her controversial new tax plan and tensions with Europe and the Biden administration over her approach to Northern Ireland. Then, Rep. Adam Schiff tells Jake that he believes the Justice Department's investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol “has been very slow.” Then, former Democratic Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and former Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam join Jake to discuss why they're working to find common ground in a politically divided America. Finally, Jake calls on the leaders of the Western world to stand with Iranian women and protesters after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

On this episode of BPC Weekly, former Tennessee Governors Bill Haslam, a Republican, and Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, stop by to discuss their new podcast, "You Might Be Right." Later, BPC's Director of Energy Policy and Carbon Management, examines Senator Joe Manchin's permitting reform proposal. 

In this episode you'll learn aboutThe Ripple Center, a new program to educate future sustainable business leaders.How social entrepreneurs will disrupt and reshape our economy.What it takes to be a successful  social entrepreneur.Ripple Center curriculum and timeframe.What it's like to be acquired as a young social entrepreneur.Why Silicon Ranch acquired Clearloop, and what CEO Reagan Farr saw in Laura that was special.Related article:  Silicon Ranch Corp. buys Clearloop solar energy company, weighs new investor backingRelated article:  ESG proponents push for legislation addressing retirement investingRelated podcast:  Investing in the Energy Transition with Salim SamahaThe Ripple CenterClearloopSilicon RanchGuest BiosA longtime educator and entrepreneur, Mike Chodroff is the founder and CEO of The Ripple Center.  He was an educator for 20 years and launched his own publishing company.  Laura Zapata is CEO and a co-founder of Clearloop, which aims to make renewable energies available to all. She is a former communications director for Phil Bredesen and head of global communications for Uber Eats. As co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of Silicon Ranch, Reagan Farr is responsible for ongoing operations and execution of the company's strategic growth plan. Under his leadership, Silicon Ranch has transacted in excess of $1.5 billion of project financing with regional and global financial institutions, while successfully commissioning every project the company has contracted since it began operations in 2011. From developing the initial ambitious plan for Silicon Ranch to growing a company that has earned a global reputation as one of the premier solar energy providers in the industry, Reagan has been instrumental to the company's growth. Reagan also serves on Silicon Ranch's Board of Directors.

A conversation about the Tennessee-Japan commercial relationship. Let's put the Tennessee-Japan commercial relationship in numbers. Statewide FDI statistics 1,021 FDI establishments 156,439 employees Approximately $40B in capital investment Japan is the largest FDI nation 190 establishments in the state with a Japanese parent company 54,080 employees Nearly $20B in capital investment The 54,080 Tennesseans employed by Japanese-owned companies is more than the employment totals of the next four nations combined (Germany – 20,897; UK-11,600; France – 10,440; Canada – 8,807). Japan's investment includes pioneering companies like Nissan, Toshiba, Sharp and Denso along with new investment like Advanex Americas that recently announced a spring manufacturing facility in White House (Robertson County). The new companies get the big press, but Japanese companies continue to reinvest in communities all across Tennessee … several for over 30 years. Matt Kisber Former Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Chairman of the Board, Silicon Ranch Matt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman, Matt works closely with the company's executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. Under his leadership, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest-growing developers, owners, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S., with a portfolio that includes more than 1.6 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted, under construction, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Philip Bredesen 48th Governor of Tennessee (2003-2011), Founding Chairman, Silicon Ranch Philip Bredesen served as Tennessee's Governor from 2003 until 2011 and Mayor of Nashville from 1991 until 1999. He is known for his bipartisan approach to problem-solving and his careful fiscal management. Among those who have served in senior elected positions, Governor Bredesen has a unique depth of healthcare experience in both the private and public sectors. Prior to entering public service, Bredesen worked in the healthcare industry. Between research trips to the public library, he drafted a business plan at his kitchen table that led to the creation of HealthAmerica Corp. in 1980, a Nashville-based healthcare management company. The company eventually grew to more than 6,000 employees and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company was sold in 1986. Additionally, Gov. Bredesen is considered a serial entrepreneur, having helped start and mentor several successful companies, many of which subsequently became publicly traded on various stock exchanges.

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Governor Phil Bredesen has always been a problem-solver, from his time as a physics student to his leadership at Health America, to his term in office and now as the leader of two sustainable energy companies. But it hasn't always been an easy road. Listen to the first episode of Circle Back to hear his story.

The Honorable Phil Bredesen went from Tennessee governor to Southern solar tycoon. Now his new startup Clearloop is helping smaller business sponsor solar to offset their carbon emissions. Also: Host Jared Downing, a southerner himself, explores the geography of America's solar power and discovers that the South is not doing so poorly. (Interview at minute 1:50. Commentary at 20:20.)

Today we are joined by Phil Bredesen, Founder and CEO of Clearloop Corporation to talk about how they help smaller companies reduce their carbon footprint with solar energy. This is episode 28 of 30 on our 45 day odyssey to bring you local stories about the many environmental solutions taking place across the country in the lead up to Election Day. Subscribe via the podcast platform of your choice by searching Electric Election Roadtrip!

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Phil Bredesen Jr. was born in 1943 and lived most of his childhood years in the small town of Shortsville in Ontario County. He graduated from Red Jacket in 1961, and served as mayor of Nashville, and governor of Tennessee in the 1990s and 2000s. He recently joined Brendan Harrington on his Across the Hall podcast. The full-interview is available here, but during part of that conversation — Bredesen talked frankly about the challenges that government has accounting for low-probability events — like a global pandemic. He also talked about the things people expect out of leadership, as well as the flaws of rural healthcare.

In the second hour of the show, Robby Stanley and Joe Rexrode breaks down each region in the station's Nashville Sports Bracket. - Phil Bredesen region - David Poile region (13:08) - Tim Corbin region (23:32) - Jeff Fisher region (35:40)

Our #WhoWeElect series continues with a focus on school boards. School boards set the vision of your local school district, hire and evaluate the school superintendent, approve the budget, set spending priorities, approve vendor contracts and can even make decisions on curriculum or the textbooks schools will use. L. Joy brings Tomeka Hart to the front of the class to discuss her previous role as an elected school board member in Memphis and more. #FirsCivicActionOut guest, Tomeka Hart shares her #FirstCivicAction as a high school senior. She decided she would, with no experience, run for senior class treasurer. Our Guest Tomka Hart serves as a Senior Program Officer, US Policy, Advocacy and Communications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leading grant making to civil rights and equity organizations. She previously served as the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Advancement for the Southern Education Foundation (SEF), leading and supporting SEF’s work to improve student outcomes from early childhood to adulthood, helping the CEO and staff to implement a broad range of advocacy, research, and coalition building activities across the Southern region. Prior to SEF, she served as the Vice President of African American Community Partnerships for Teach for America, where she was responsible for building alliances within the African American community, including civil rights groups, policy organizations, HBCUs, and media outlets. Prior to joining Teach For America, Hart served as the president and CEO of the Memphis Urban League. She is a former middle/high school teacher, and a former labor/employment lawyer. Hart served two terms on the elected Memphis City Schools Board of Education, serving 2005-2013. She served as Board President 2008-2009. In 2010, Hart joined with a colleague and led the efforts to merge the Memphis City and Shelby County school systems. In 2011 Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam appointed Hart as a Commissioner of the Education Commission of the States, a national non-partisan organization that helps states develop education policies. Former Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, selected her for Tennessee’s Race to the Top team, and he appointed her to the state’s Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee, and the First to the Top Advisory Council. Hart is an Aspen Institute Rodel-Fellowship in Public Leadership fellow and a Pahara-Aspen Institute Education Fellow, and has served on several non-profit boards. Tomeka Hart holds a B.S. degree in Marketing Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; an M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University; and a J.D. from the University of Memphis. Reading List School Boards and School Board Elections - Ballotpedia Books The Governance Core: School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together The Essential School Board Book: Better Governance in the Age of Accountability The Art of School Boarding: What School Board Members Need to Know Articles What Does a School Board Do? What Every Parent Should Know About Their School Board Demystifying School Boards

On this episode, we chat with former House speaker Jimmy Naifeh, Matt Kisber, who served in the legislature for 20 years before joining former Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration, and Billy Stair, who served as senior policy adviser to former Gov. Ned Ray McWhorter. Naifeh, Kisber and Stair share their thoughts on modern day politics and reminisce about the Capitol Hill Press Corps during their days in office. They also swap stories of yesteryear, including about the times President Ronald Reagan came to Tennessee.

On this episode, we chat with former House speaker Jimmy Naifeh, Matt Kisber, who served in the legislature for 20 years before joining former Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration, and Billy Stair, who served as senior policy adviser to former Gov. Ned Ray McWhorter. Naifeh, Kisber and Stair share their thoughts on modern day politics and reminisce about the Capitol Hill Press Corps during their days in office. They also swap stories of yesteryear, including about the times President Ronald Reagan came to Tennessee.

We get into all the nitty gritty details of the midterms, what the next two years might have in store, and why Freddie Mercury might be the greatest frontman of all time.

Jackie and Dunlap on the midterm elections results: Ted Cruz beats Beto in Texas, Marsha Blackburn beats Phil Bredesen in Tennessee. Kemp beats Abrams in Georgia? Plus Florida, weed, Scott Walker. Also: Trump has an unhinged press conference and then fires Jeff Sessions. Is Mueller's investigation doomed? Sponsors: Turkey Mustard & GoFundPiedmont Thanks to everybody who Patreons us at http://patreon.com/redstateupdate "The Magic Cowboy" courtesy Seth Timbs.  Red State Update theme "Tasty Sorghum Biscuit" by William Sherry Jr. 

The race for Senate between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen has seen record spending. We sit down with Dr. Katie Cahill from the University of Tennessee Howard Baker Center and political strategist Tom Ingram to talk about if more money affects votes.

As Election Day nears, protesters and a caravan of immigrants spark debate in Tennessee's U.S. Senate race between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen that appears to be down to the wire. On this episode of Grand Divisions we discuss the impact the protests may have on the Senate race, as well as the latest news in the Bredesen-Blackburn campaign and the gubernatorial election.Our guests include Scott Golden and Mary Mancini, the heads of the Tennessee Republican Party and Democratic Party, respectively, for their perspective and predictions on the various races. 

As Election Day nears, protesters and a caravan of immigrants spark debate in Tennessee's U.S. Senate race between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen that appears to be down to the wire. On this episode of Grand Divisions we discuss the impact the protests may have on the Senate race, as well as the latest news in the Bredesen-Blackburn campaign and the gubernatorial election.Our guests include Scott Golden and Mary Mancini, the heads of the Tennessee Republican Party and Democratic Party, respectively, for their perspective and predictions on the various races. 

Former Governor Phil Bredesen wants to be the next US Senator representing the State of TN. He joined Hallerin this afternoon to discuss the campaign. He also answered questions and raised in negative ads aimed at him and his campaign.

It's celebrity week on The Liberty Cast! This week we talk about Kanye West and his epic visit to the oval office, Taylor Swift and her flawed reasoning for endorsing Phil Bredesen, Trump's winning streak and much much more! Check it out!

It's celebrity week on The Liberty Cast! This week we talk about Kanye West and his epic visit to the oval office, Taylor Swift and her flawed reasoning for endorsing Phil Bredesen, Trump's winning streak and much much more! Check it out!

In this special edition of Grand Divisions, we will discuss the highlights and memorable moments from the latest debates. On Tuesday, Williamson County businessman Bill Lee and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean squared off in a debate in Kingsport, where the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates shared their visions of the state. Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen met in Knoxville Wednesday where they made their respective cases for becoming Tennessee's next U.S. Senator.

In this special edition of Grand Divisions, we will discuss the highlights and memorable moments from the latest debates. On Tuesday, Williamson County businessman Bill Lee and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean squared off in a debate in Kingsport, where the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates shared their visions of the state. Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen met in Knoxville Wednesday where they made their respective cases for becoming Tennessee's next U.S. Senator.

This week we drill down on a couple of Senate races in Tennessee and Missouri. Then we look at Dana Rohrabacher's chances in California, and catch up on a House race in coal country.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Rodham Thoughts profiles Tennessee's Senate race. Democratic candidate and former two-term Governor, Phil Bredesen, is running against Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and self-described 'wing nut'. All eyes are on this race as Bredesen hopes to pull off a massive political feat, turning Tennessee from deep red to true blue.

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen squared off Tuesday in a fiery debate at Cumberland University. In between barbs against one another, the candidates answered a host of questions, ranging from how to address the ongoing opioid epidemic to their views on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. We'll recap the highlights and lowlights from the first debate and whether either candidate came out a clear winner. 

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen squared off Tuesday in a fiery debate at Cumberland University. In between barbs against one another, the candidates answered a host of questions, ranging from how to address the ongoing opioid epidemic to their views on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. We'll recap the highlights and lowlights from the first debate and whether either candidate came out a clear winner. 

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America cheer Tennessee Democratic Senate hopeful Phil Bredesen for bucking the talking points from Washington Democrats and saying the Senate should move forward on the Kavanaugh nomination if Christine Ford refuses to testify.  They also roll their eyes as California Rep. Anna Eshoo claims Ford does not have a political bone in her body, which is patently false, and another California congressman mocks the threats liberals are making against Maine Sen. Susan Collins over this issue.  And they have fun with the news that many college students request and fill out absentee ballots but never mail them in because they have no idea where to get a stamp.

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee in the race, joins the podcast to share her views on Russia, North Korea, Iran, presidential war powers and much more. We also share a few policy stances from the campaign of Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen. Plus, a look at a big new poll in the race, scrutiny over both candidates' personal properties, another debate that wasn't and a sneak peek of coverage coming soon from the Tennessean politics team. 

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee in the race, joins the podcast to share her views on Russia, North Korea, Iran, presidential war powers and much more. We also share a few policy stances from the campaign of Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen. Plus, a look at a big new poll in the race, scrutiny over both candidates' personal properties, another debate that wasn't and a sneak peek of coverage coming soon from the Tennessean politics team. 

More than 3,000 Tennesseans died from overdoses in the last two years. That figure does not include the tens of thousands of non-fatal overdoses in the state in the last decade. Williamson County reporter Elaina Sauber discusses a recent interview she had with the parents of a man who died from his addiction last year. We also talk with Dr. Manny Sethi, an orthopedic trauma surgeon in Nashville and president of non-profit Healthy Tennessee, about the genesis of the epidemic, what proposals are working and what more politicians can do to help communities. Plus, we hear from both U.S. Senate candidates on their attempts to show they are not always tied to their respective parties, take a look at new ads and discuss possible future debates.------02:58 - Excerpts from U.S. Senate candidates Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn from a business forum at Lipscomb University08:30 - Interview with Williamson County reporter Elaina Sauber 13:48 - Interview with Nashville orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Manny Sethi

More than 3,000 Tennesseans died from overdoses in the last two years. That figure does not include the tens of thousands of non-fatal overdoses in the state in the last decade. Williamson County reporter Elaina Sauber discusses a recent interview she had with the parents of a man who died from his addiction last year. We also talk with Dr. Manny Sethi, an orthopedic trauma surgeon in Nashville and president of non-profit Healthy Tennessee, about the genesis of the epidemic, what proposals are working and what more politicians can do to help communities. Plus, we hear from both U.S. Senate candidates on their attempts to show they are not always tied to their respective parties, take a look at new ads and discuss possible future debates.------02:58 - Excerpts from U.S. Senate candidates Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn from a business forum at Lipscomb University08:30 - Interview with Williamson County reporter Elaina Sauber 13:48 - Interview with Nashville orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Manny Sethi

Former Governor Phil Bredesen talks changing the landscape of sports in the Mid-South, changing downtown Nashville and the future of sports in Middle Tennessee.

UPSET ALERT: Democrats with another opportunity to zero in on US Senate seat. Phil Bredesen (D) 43% Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R) 37% ...also new polls on Republican & Democratic primaries for Governor of Tennessee as well as Trump statewide approval ratings and other misc. issues such as education and marijuana. Subscribe to Emerson College Polling Weekly on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/emerson-college-polling-weekly-weekly-podcast-for-nationally/id1268636453) , Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/clns-radio-online-sports-talk-radio/emerson-college-polling-weekly) and the CLNS Media Network mobile app. Twitter: @EmersonPolling

I den siste episoden av AMPOLCAST før vi tar sommerferie snakker vi om innvandringsstriden i USA og Donald Trumps parti, og om hvordan Trump har tatt over Det republikanske partiet. Vi tar også turen til Tennessee, hvor norskættede Phil Bredesen har siktet seg inn på Senatet. Med AmerikanskPolitikk.nos Henrik Østensen Heldahl (@HenrikHeldahl) og Are Tågvold Flaten (@AreFlaten). Følg gjerne AMPOLCAST på Facebook, Twitter og Instagram, og så snakkes vi i august! Booking og annonsering: Moderne Media.

Americans are trying to decide the best way to regulate who can have a gun, how they can have a gun, and where they can find guns. Tennessee's next governor has huge power over deciding the course of gun laws in the state.This week on Grand Divisions, Jordan Buie speaks with the gubernatorial candidates to find out their positions and where they want to see gun laws go.Also, Williamson County reporter Emily West speaks with Senate candidate Phil Bredesen.

Americans are trying to decide the best way to regulate who can have a gun, how they can have a gun, and where they can find guns. Tennessee's next governor has huge power over deciding the course of gun laws in the state.This week on Grand Divisions, Jordan Buie speaks with the gubernatorial candidates to find out their positions and where they want to see gun laws go.Also, Williamson County reporter Emily West speaks with Senate candidate Phil Bredesen.

President Donald Trump railed against former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen during a rally to support Rep. Marsha Blackburn's GOP bid to become the state's next U.S. senator. What impact will his presence have on the U.S. Senate race? Will the president endorse any GOP gubernatorial candidates ahead of the August primary election? We tackle that and more in this episode of Grand Divisions. John Geer, Vanderbilt University professor and co-director of the Vanderbilt poll, analyzes both races and the role Trump will play in each. 

President Donald Trump railed against former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen during a rally to support Rep. Marsha Blackburn's GOP bid to become the state's next U.S. senator. What impact will his presence have on the U.S. Senate race? Will the president endorse any GOP gubernatorial candidates ahead of the August primary election? We tackle that and more in this episode of Grand Divisions. John Geer, Vanderbilt University professor and co-director of the Vanderbilt poll, analyzes both races and the role Trump will play in each. 

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Nashville and Country Music News that includes Trace adkins, Craig Morgan, Garth Brooks, Phil Bredesen, Karl Dean, CMA Awards, People's Choice Awards, Kenney Chesney, Taylor Swift, miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown, Keith Urban, The American Music Awards, Lady Antebellum, Eminem, Jason Aldean, American Country Awards, Las Vegas, Easton Corbin, ACA, AMA, PCA, CMA, We go Inside The SOng with Carrie Underwood as she tells us about the third single of her Play On Album "Undo It."