A weekly podcast exploring the culture and community of Chattanooga.
Marcus Shaw is the new Executive Director of The Company Lab, or as it is more commonly known, the Co Lab. The Co Lab has been at the center of Chattanooga entrepreneurial ecosystem for years now and…
Ed Johnson was the last African American man to be lynched on Walnut Street bridge in 1906. His story is a tragedy and one of the darkest moments in Chattanooga's history. Today, a group of citizen…
Dr. Bryan Johnson is the new Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools. In this episode we discuss the challenges and opportunities of one of our most critical public institutions and by the end of …
The Levitt Amp Concert Series is coming to Chattanooga this fall! The series will begin on August 24th and take place every Thursday through October on the Bessie Smith Lawn. My guest, Shane Morrow…
While we have talked about Glass House Collective events on the podcast before, we have never really heard their story. In this episode we sit down with Executive Director Teal Thibaud about how it …
"How can we use creativity to increase civic engagement?" That is the latest Causeway Challenge question! In this episode we sit down with Causeway's Abby Garrison to discuss this challenge as well…
Our final episode in this special series introducing you to Chattanooga's newly elected City Council members features District 7's Erskine Oglesby. Councilman Oglesby has an extensive professional b…
In this special episode we take a break from our series on the new Chattanooga City Council members to keep you updated on the Hamilton County budget that will affect the funding of our schools. We …
Part three of our series introducing you to Chattanooga's newly elected city council members features District 8's Anthony Byrd. In this episode Anthony shares his experience growing up in east Chat…
In this interview, City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod shares her story of growing up in Chattanooga, the path that led her to prison, and the redemption of turning her life around over the past ten y…
In this new series we sit down with our newly elected officials to hear their story and their calling to public service. Our series kicks off with District 4's Councilman Darrin Ledford.
Councilman …
Last week Hamilton County Department of Education School Board passed a budget to send on to the Hamilton County Commission, but they did so along with a significant request. In this interview with …
April is unofficially Chattanooga's Arts & Culture month! In this episode Glass House Collective's Whitni McDonald joins us to preview the Highlight Festival in East Chattanooga. The Festival is a t…
Kristen Pavlik McCallie is the interim Director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, a non-profit organization housed in the new Family Justice Center that serves and protects some o…
Part two of our discussion on Chattanooga's music economy with Mary Howard Ade, Candace Davis, and Stratton Tingle. In this episode we focus on the work of SoundCorps, a non-profit organization focu…
From the legacy of the Big Nine to the creation of one of the earliest music festivals, Chattanooga has always had a rich music heritage. But recently there has been increasing focus to expand on th…
Jazzanooga is dedicated to promoting jazz in Chattanooga through education and performance. In this episode we talk with Shane Morrow, the director and co-founder of Jazzanooga, to talk about Chatta…
The electric guitar isn't just any ordinary musical instrument. It was the catalyst for an entire shift in music and culture. Since Leo Fender's invention hit the stage in the 1950s music has never…
Over that past few years Chattanooga has been recognized worldwide as the city with the fastest internet. Indeed, we have reinvented ourselves as the Gig City. But we all know that not everyone is …
Robert Winslow's dive into documentary filmmaking began with the polarization he saw sweeping the country a few years ago. In 2014 he returned to his native southern roots to explore the stories in …