What About Us?
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What About Us?
What About Us is a discussion about policies that impact rural Tennesseans. We dive into a variety of topics like healthcare, small businesses, employment, education and the environment. Tennessee is 93% rural with over 1.5 million residents, but resources and attention are often directed to urban a...
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59 эпизодRural Tennessee, Taxed to the Max!
The poor make life good for the wealthy in a regressive tax structure. Tennessee has the worst in the country! Carol Abney, CPA returns to tell us how...
Let’s make it easier to vote! HR-1 with CHRIS HALE
Getting to the polls to exercise our right to vote and participate in Democracy should not be so difficult. Former Congressional candidate Chris Hale...
Poverty & Programs In A Rural County (GRUNDY)
Despite the state's rural initiative in 2018, Tennessee is home to 9 distressed counties where poverty has become persistent and generational. 30 more...
TNDP Political Advisor TAMARA BATES
Tamara Bates (political advisor of the TNDP) and Sandy discuss voter suppression that already exists in our state. Other red states try to go as low a...
More Justice and Peace!
Executive Director of the Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace Lisa Rung talks about her organization's activism and outreach.
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A Trip to Montgomery
Sandy summarizes her trip to the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and “lynching memorial” and searches for signs of its mission in our state.<...
Tennessee Can Do Better for Women
Adrienne Pakis-Gillon knows about women in politics, from the passage of the 19th amendment to her disappointment with the representation of women in...
What Would Jesus Do?
Elizabeth Madeira, an organizer for the Southern Christian Coalition, discusses recent Tennessee legislation and her views on the intersections betwee...
The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion
We need more diversity and inclusion in our national and state discussions. Tullahoma City Alderman Rupa Blackwell joins the show to discuss how she i...
Dental Care for the Uninsured
Bruce Baird DDS joins to talk about the patients he volunteers to care for twice a month in Beersheba Springs, Tennessee. Dental care is a basic need...
Rosa Parks and Tennessee
For Black History Month and in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday (February 4th!), we take a look at her life, including the importance the Highlander Folk...
Food Insecurity in Tennessee and the Nation
"Why can't we feed everyone? This is the United States!" You’ve donated or received food assistance during the pandemic, will the need ever end? In th...
South Africa and the US: Similarities in Epidemic Response
How are the responses to AIDS in South Africa and COVID in the US similar and how do we stop denialism before it kills us? Renee Schatteman, Associate...
How Small Farmers Have Handled the Pandemic
Jess Wilson joins again to talk about local food farming programs during the Covid pandemic as well as issues our farmers continue to face as they try...
The Many Facets of Voter Suppression
Perceived problems with the 2020 election are historical but many things like government IDs, long lines, limited hours, closed polling places, intimi...
The Science Behind the Coronavirus Vaccine
Dr. John Palisano, former Professor at the University of the South, joins again to talk about the Coronavirus and why it has proven to be so deadly, b...
Rural TN is RED!
All of our great Rural Caucus candidates were defeated. TNDP Rural Caucus Chair Anne Quillen tells us why Democrats struggle to win in Tennessee. In...
REBROADCAST: A More Democratic System with Dr. Andrea Hatcher
This is a rebroadcast of the August 27, 2020 episode of with Dr. Andrea Hatcher. This election we DO have a clear winner in both the electoral colle...
A Confederate General's Descendant on Reckoning with Monuments
We hear "Erasing history" and "destroying our heritage” but what does one family member raised in the South and great-grandson of a revered Confederat...
Opening Our Perspectives with Jenn Foley, Candidate for HD65
We conclude our interviews with Tennessee state candidates with Dr. Jenn Foley running for House District 65. She summarizes issues and concerns expre...
What About Us and Government Transparency?
Elizabeth Madiera, House Candidate for District 63, discusses the murkiness surrounding the passage of the voucher bill under her opponent Glen Casada...
What About Broadband?
Robyn Deck, candidate for Tennessee's State House District 25, needs better broadband service. It is vital for rural health services, business, and ed...
Who Does "Right to Work" Really Serve? with Mariah Phillips
Mariah Phillips, candidate for State House Rep in District 37, joins Sandy to talk about what it means to be a “Right to Work” state. They both urge...
What About Medical Marijuana in Tennessee?
Candidate Jarvus Turnley for State House District 66 and I talk about legalizing medical marijuana. A Vanderbilt study reports that 80% of Tennessean...
How a Former Railway is Helping Ecotourism in Rural Tennessee
Executive Director of the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Patrick Dean discusses the amazing success of this multi-use former rail bed. Currently stretc...
Rural Democrats with Anne Ferrell Quillen
Anne Ferrell Quillen is the President of the recently formed and awesome TNDP rural caucus. Although rural areas are represented by elected officials...
The Electoral College with Dr. Andrea Hatcher
Who chooses the President, the people, or the Electoral College? “It’s complicated,” says my guest Dr. Andrea Hatcher, professor of politics and pre-...
Distressed Rural Counties with Carol Abney
Carol Abney, candidate for TN House District 38, knows about distressed counties and closed rural hospitals. Fentress and 3 other TN counties were rem...
Why All Democrats Support Medicaid Expansion with Sheila Younglove
Senate Candidate District 16, Sheila Younglove, joins us again to answer the question: Why Medicaid Expansion is supported by every Democrat running f...
Our Schools Reopening Amidst a Pandemic with Civil Miller-Watkins
Civil Miller-Watkins is running for State Senate District 26 and joins me to discuss TN’s plan for students to return to school amid a pandemic. She...
Unity and A High School Mascot
Franklin High School’s mascot is a colonel and if you wonder if he is a Confederate - the school colors of blue and grey, fight song “Dixie” and the d...
How About Our History?
What if we studied a truer version of history, with all its failed and bloody battles, gruesome beatings, lynching, slavery and theft of land from Nat...
What About Our Teachers and Schools?
The TN budget was cut by $1 billion in June due to reduced revenue from the COVID 19 and financial crises. The rainy day fund and Gov Lee's pet vouch...
Women and Mothers in Tennessee
Candidate for State Senate District 16 Sheila Younglove talks about how TN policies affect the lives of mothers and women in the state. From unspent f...
What About Us and COVID19?
Dr. Susan Andrews, Medical Director of Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic in underserved Grundy County laments the sluggish national and state responses...
Confederate Symbols, What Do They Mean Now?
A Black American died under a policeman's knee on May 25 and the country said "enough". Will we as rural Tennesseans say enough as well? For over 15...
Are We Pro-Life?
Are we anti-abortion, pro-choice, or pro-life? It's an issue we have debated, fought over with cruelty and violence, and divided ourselves over at lea...
How Will Coronavirus Affect Us?
What is a virus, why is hand washing so important, and aren't vaccines dangerous too? You've heard what to do to prevent coronavirus but why? Dr. Joh...
How About Us and Clean Water?
Dr. Jon Evans, Botanist at the University of the South reminds us that we need to know about science in order to demand legislation that reflects our...