Tennessee Voices video podcast engages state leaders, thinkers and innovators | Plazas
The state and municipal stay-at-home orders of 2020 meant there were no in-person debates to moderate, events to attend or community meetings.
That is a significant part of my role as an engagement editor, but just like so many other people living through the COVID-19 pandemic, I had to adapt to doing my job from home using technology.
The time and tools gave me the opportunity finally to launch a project that I have been thinking about for some time: A video conversation series with interesting people across the state who are leaders, creators, thinkers and innovators.
Thus, on March 24, 2020, the Tennessee Voices videocast launched, building on the name The Tennessean historically gave guest columns, also known as op-eds.
We publish an average of 100 op-eds a month. So, why not tap into this archive of material? Why not ask the authors via video conferencing to tell us for about 20 minutes what they are working on and thinking about?
Meanwhile, I also ask them to talk about how they are coping in this era and what new books, shows or movies they are watching and recommend to viewers.
Patrick Ryan, a retired Naval intelligence officer and the president of the Tennessee World Affairs Council, agreed to be my first guest and he offered his expertise on how nations are handling the pandemic.
Other guests have included conservative U.S. senators, reproductive rights advocates, educators, business leaders and health care entrepreneurs.
On April 11, 2024, we published our 400th episode, featuring a conversation with Rebecca Price, public historian at the Nashville Public Library.
Find the full programming guide at this link by guest, date and link or scroll below to watch the most recent episodes.
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Tennessee Voices, Episode 406: Hytch CEO Mark Cleveland discusses solutions to Middle Tennessee transportation challenges
Tennessee Voices, Episode 405: Amy Bunton speaks about lending to and investing in the community and women entrepreneurs
Tennessee Voices, Episode 404: Diana Alarcon, director of the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure
Tennessee Voices, Episode 403: Erica Pahua, Clarksville health entrepreneur, seeks to serve the growing Latino community
Tennessee Voices, Episode 402: Chloe Akers explains how The Best of Tennessee will help cure the disease ailing democracy
Tennessee Voices, Episode 401: Nashville council member Terry Vo describes her path to become a local and global leader
Tennessee Voices, Episode 400: Nashville Public Library's Rebecca Price shares the story of the 'Votes for Women' room
Tennessee Voices, Episode 399: Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall discusses societal impacts of incarceration
Tennessee Voices, Episode 398: Diane Janbakhsh, Hispanic Family Foundation leader, was inspired to lead by her mother
Tennessee Voices, Episode 397: Centro Hispano de East Tennessee CEO Claudia Caballero discusses nonprofit leadership
Tennessee Voices, Episode 396: How to heal child and family intergenerational trauma: A conversation with Susan Galeas
Tennessee Voices, Episode 395: Nashville CARES has fought to end HIV for 40 years: CEO Amna Osman talks about the fight
Tennessee Voices, Episode 394: Alfred Degrafinreid II, Leadership Tennessee CEO, discusses state issues and engagement
Tennessee Voices, Episode 393: New Center for Nonprofit Management CEO Meagan Flippin lays out her vision
Tennessee Voices, Episode 392: Dr. James Hildreth and Dr. Richard Piper on Dry January making Meharry Medical College its official home
Tennessee Voices, Episode 391: Andrea Prince, executive director, Rebuilding Together Nashville on affordable housing
Tennessee Voices, Episode 390: FEMA federal coordinator Yolanda Jackson on the recent tornado recovery efforts
Tennessee Voices, Episode 389: Jefferson Street Sound Museum urges visitors to learn about Nashville's music heritage
Tennessee Voices, Episode 388: Education Trust leader warns about effects of expanding Tennessee school voucher program
Tennessee Voices, Episode 387: 'Tennessee Three' Rep. Gloria Johnson wants to follow the rules, but she won't be silenced
Tennessee Voices, Episode 386: School choice advocate Shaka Mitchell: Voucher expansion will disrupt traditional public education
Tennessee Voices, Episode 385: Pinnacle Financial Partners' Dale Mitchell talks about affordable housing in Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 384: Cumberland University President Paul Stumb talks enrollment, degree ROI and free speech
Tennessee Voices, Episode 383: Grandparent caregivers need more community and financial support to raise children
Tennessee Voices, Episode 382: Katina Beard, Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center CEO, bridges health inequities
Tennessee Voices, Episode 381: 'Flaming Moderate' author Bo Roberts fights for democracy and honors Howard Baker's legacy
Tennessee Voices, Episode 380: How Tennessee pharmacy professionals and students can get help for substance use disorder
Tennessee Voices, Episode 379: 'Great wealth transfer' has changed the way financial advisers are advising clients
Tennessee Voices, Episode 378: Meet Howard Kittell, CEO of The Andrew Jackson Foundation and The Hermitage
Tennessee Voices, Episode 377: Meet the museum curator digitizing Grammy Award-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers' archives
Tennessee Voices, Episode 376: Kristen Gilliland helps teens struggling with addiction and honors her son's memory
Tennessee Voice, Episode 375: Nashville Ballet CEO Nick Mullikin shares his journey from dancer to director
Tennessee Voices, Episode 374: Jenadi Talbot, co-founder, Breast Cancer Recovery in Action
Tennessee Voices, Episode 373: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti: 'If I don't step up, who's going to?'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 372: LaTanya Channel, Metro Nashville economic development chief
Tennessee Voices, Episode 371: Dwayne Tucker, CEO, LEAD Public Schools
Tennessee Voices, Episode 370: Joshua Mundy and Daren Swenson, education and recidivism
Tennessee Voices, Episode 369: Sammie Mosier, chief nurse executive, HCA Healthcare
Tennessee Voices, Episode 368: John Griffin, AkzoNobel North America
Tennessee Voices, Episode 367: Paul Lawson and Herbert Brown, Turner Construction
Tennessee Voices, Episode 366: Angela Sutton, director, Fort Negley Descendants Project
Tennessee Voices, Episode 365: Matia Powell, executive director, CivicTN
Tennessee Voices, Episode 364: Alisha Haddock and Jill Fitcheard, Community Oversight Board
Tennessee Voices, Episode 363: Bradford Vieira, ServisFirst Bank Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 362: Laurel Creech, state director of The Nature Conservancy
Tennessee Voices, Episode 361: David Whitfield and Trisha Elcan, Ensworth School
Tennessee Voices, Episode 360: Beth DeBauche, commissioner, Ohio Valley Conference
Tennessee Voices, Episode 359: Andrea Conte, founder, You Have the Power
Tennessee Voices, Episode 358: Rudy Kalis, prison ministry volunteer and former journalist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 357: Ashley Shelley, owner, Melanin & Mindfulness
Tennessee Voices, Episode 356: Kyle Bush, CEO at Cumberland Creative
Tennessee Voices, Episode 355: Sheri Lynn and Brenda Kay, 'The Jugg Sisters'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 354: Teresa Broyles-Aplin, CEO, Nashville Electric Service
Tennessee Voices, Episode 353: Erin Vilardi, founder and CEO, Vote Run Lead,
Tennessee Voices, Episode 352: Andrea Willis and Sherri Zink, BlueCross BlueShield TN
Tennessee Voices, Episode 351 Rebecca Ozols Goss and Wesley Stith on SDBX
Tennessee Voices, Episode 350: Tim Ozgener, Oz Arts and Ozgener Family Cigars
Tennessee Voices, Episode 349: DarKenya Waller, Legal Aid Society of Middle TN/Cumberlands
Tennessee Voices, Episode 348: Kevin Cowherd, senior managing director, Ankura
Tennessee Voices, Episode 347: Sherri Neal, chief diversity officer, HCA Healthcare
Tennessee Voices, Episode 346: Panel discussion on public golf courses in Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 345: Caoimhe Ní Chonchúir, Irish Consul General
Tennessee Voices, Episode 344: Clifton Harris, Urban League of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 343: Saraí Ovalle and Scherly Gómez, Equal Chance for Education
Tennessee Voices, Episode 342: Pat Shea, nonprofit leader and entrepreneur
Tennessee Voices, Episode 341: Iván Murcia, CEO, Sanitas Health Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 340: Julia Bonner, Pierce Public Relations
Tennessee Voices, Episode 339: Marshall Crawford, Terri Skipper, Mark Wright, affordable housing
Tennessee Voices, Episode 338: Jacob Aparicio, Oasis Center, MLK Day Youth Committee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 337: James Hill, consul general of Canada to the Southeast U.S.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 336: Randy Kinnard, attorney and founder of RESPECT Contest
Tennessee Voices, Episode 335: Jake Smith, executive director, Blood:Water
Tennessee Voices, Episode 334: William Cooper, attorney and opinion contributor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 333 Shari Day, president and majority owner at bohan
Tennessee Voices, Episode 332: Brett Goldstein, special adviser to Vanderbilt's chancellor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 331: Irma Herrera, civil rights attorney and playwright
Tennessee Voices, Episode 330: Dr. James Hildreth and Dr. Andre Churchwell
Tennessee Voices, Episode 329: Gerry Andrady and Adam Peebles, Hatch
Tennessee Voices, Episode 328: Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, young adult book author
Tennessee Voices, Episode 327: Rachel Galloway, U.K. consul general to the Southeast U.S.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 326: Anthony Pudlo, exec. director, TN Pharmacists Association
Tennessee Voices, Episode 325: Alice Faye Duncan, children's author, educator, librarian
Tennessee Voices, Episode 324 Sean Hosman, founder, Persevere
Tennessee Voices, Episode 323 Eddie Latimer, CEO, Affordable Housing Resources
More: Tennessee Voices, Episode 322: Alex Danza, founder and CEO, Vonlane
Tennessee Voices, Episode 321 Mark Yancy, chief executive officer, NashvilleHealth
Tennessee Voices, Episode 320 Bess McWherter and Brad Bishop, TN Business Forum
Tennessee Voices, Episode 319: Ali Drescher, Alive senior director, mission based services
Tennessee Voices, Episode 318: Darrell Hawks, executive director, Friends of Mill Ridge Park
Tennessee Voices, Episode 317 Marcus Williams, community banking director, First Farmers
Tennessee Voices, Episode 316: Heidi Campbell, Democratic nominee for Congress
Tennessee Voices, Episode 315: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Highlander Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 314: State Sen. Kerry Roberts of Springfield
Tennessee Voices, Episode 313: David Wyley Long, author, activist and Real Love Tennis owner
Tennessee Voices, Episode 312: Burke Nihill, president and CEO, Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Voices, Episode 311: Ascension's Shubhada Jagasia, Nicole Schlechter and Kristen Toth
Tennessee Voices, Episode 310: Alex Jahangir, author, 'Hot Spot' on first year of COVID
Tennessee Voices, Episode 309: Daniel Strobel, Nashville Shores
Tennessee Voices, Episode 308: Matt Kleinman, founder and CEO, KIT Plugins
Tennessee Voices, Episode 307: Glenda Glover, president, Tennessee State University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 306: Matthew Martin, CEO, Dalamar Homes
Tennessee Voices, Episode 305: Shana Berkeley, executive director, Corner to Corner
Tennessee Voices, Episode 304: Ron Snitker, chief diversity officer, Waller
Tennessee Voices, Episode 303: David Frazier, Hardaway Construction and Brigada de Oro
Tennessee Voices, Episode 302: Grace Smith and Ashley Hunter address elder abuse
Tennessee Voices, Episode 301: Peter Buckley, chancellor, UT Health Science Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 300: Alora Young, poet and author of 'WALKING GENTRY HOME'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 299: Sara Figal, executive director, Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 298: Brad Leon, executive director, BlueSky Tennessee Institute
Tennessee Voices, Episode 297: Phil Cobucci, founder/board president, inclusion tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 296: Sal Giorgianni and Mike Leventhal, Men's Health Network
Tennessee Voices, Episode 295: Harry Allen, Studio Bank co-founder and chief relationship officer
Tennessee Voices, Episode 294: Gretchen Funk, chief program officer, FiftyForward
Tennessee Voices, Episode 293: Brian Belser and Curt Campbell, Men of Valor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 292: Sunny Bray, founder and CEO, Catalyst Collective
Tennessee Voices, Episode 291: Joshua Schrecker, Aegis Sciences Corporation
Tennessee Voices, Episode 290: Robin Kimbrough Hayes, unopposed Nashville judge candidate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 289: Marcus Whitney, entrepreneur and Nashville SC minority owner
Tennessee Voices, Episode 288: Tony Parker, former Department of Correction commissioner
Tennessee Voices, Episode 287: Gray Sasser and John Geer, Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 286: Memphis Councilman JB Smiley, Democratic candidate for governor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 285: Rachel Attarian, COO, Nashville Apartment Locators
Tennessee Voices, Episode 284: Evan Holladay, founder and CEO, Holladay Ventures
Tennessee Voices, Episode 283: Amy Crownover and Adam Caplan, Greenways for Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 282: Jessica Moore, interim executive director, Autism Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 281: Jackie Sims, executive director, PATHE
Tennessee Voices, Episode 280: Jason Martin, physician, Democratic candidate for governor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 279: James Blumstein, Vanderbilt Law School professor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 278:: Nashville area real estate industry expert roundtable
Tennessee Voices, Episode 277: Teresa Bailey, senior wealth strategist, Waddell and Associates
Tennessee Voices, Episode 276: Ben Goad, news director, The Tennessean
Tennessee Voices, Episode 275: Martha Silva and Tara Lentz, Conexión Américas
Tennessee Voices, Episode 274: Patricia P. Asp, principal and founder, Aspire
Tennessee Voices, Episode 273: José González, co-founder, Conexión Américas
Tennessee Voices, Episode 272: Ricki Gibbs and Ali Jenkins, The Warner Exchange
Tennessee Voices, Episode 271: Jenny Barker, president, Junior League of Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 270: Matt Cheek, Lindsey Hamilton and Holly Tilden, Nashville Teacher Residency
Tennessee Voices, Episode 269: Brenda Salas Freeman, former mayor and county official
Tennessee Voices, Episode 268: Dan Hunter, entrepreneur, founder of Navorian and Workzinga
Tennessee Voices, Episode 267: Lisa Swift-Young and Kia Jarmon on Black philanthropy
Tennessee Voices, Episode 266: Julie Hamm, president, Tennessee Nurses Association
Tennessee Voices, Episode 265: Verna Wyatt, co-founder, Tennessee Voices for Victims
Tennessee Voices, Episode 264: Vann Newkirk, president of Fisk University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 263: Solving homelessness crisis with key Nashville leaders
Tennessee Voices, Episode 262: Ebonee Davis-Ifeobu, Bridgestone Americas DEI vice president
Tennessee Voices, Episode 261: Diana Sanchez-Vega, interpreter trainer in education and health care
Tennessee Voices, Episode 260: LeBron Hill, columnist and curator of Black TN Voices
Tennessee Voices, Episode 259: T.A.M. McDonald, neurology researcher, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 258: Daniel Smith, Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU
Tennessee Voices, Episode 257: Lillian Beretta of the Joe Beretta Foundation and HOLA
Tennessee Voices, Episode 256: Heather Burwell, author of 'Grief Doesn't Do Math'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 255: Faye DiMassimo, transportation adviser to municipalities
Tennessee Voices, Episode 254: Reed Omary, Nashville radiologist on climate change resolutions
Tennessee Voices, Episode 253: Kyra Watts, columnist and HBCU graduate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 252: Dawne Bunn, Maegan Martin and Martin Penny on serving aging and disabled citizens
Tennessee Voices, Episode 251: Jeff Mitchell, head of school, Currey Ingram Academy
Tennessee Voices, Episode 250: Bowman Richards, CEO, Richards & Richards Secure Shredding in Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 249: Larry T. Robinson, founder and CEO, KUDZUKIAN
Tennessee Voices, Episode 248: Victor Evans, executive director, TennesseeCAN
Tennessee Voices, Episode 247: Robby Starbuck, Republican congressional candidate, District 5
Tennessee Voices, Episode 246: Pamela Madison, CEO, Monroe Harding
Tennessee Voices, Episode 245: Daniel Alholm, vaccine injury attorney
Tennessee Voices, Episode 244: Tyler Stallings, documentary filmmaker, 'Carlos: Being of Light'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 243: Candice McQueen, president, Lipscomb University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 242: Muna Muday, senior program manager, The Addis Clinic
Tennessee Voices, Episode 241: Spring Miller, Karla McKanders and Scott Jeffrey, Vanderbilt Law School
Tennessee Voices, Episode 240: Zulfat Suara, Metro Nashville Council member
Tennessee Voices, Episode 239: Beverly Watts, executive director, state Human Rights Commission
Tennessee Voices, Episode 238: Cameron Smith, columnist for USA TODAY Network Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 237: Yancy Villa, Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow in Memphis
Tennessee Voices, Episode 236: Bettie Kirkland, CEO, Project Return
Tennessee Voices, Episode 235: La Comunidad at Middle Tennessee State University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 234: Ravi Atreya and Pedro Teixeira, founders, PredictionHealth
Tennessee Voices, Episode 233: Mario Ramos, immigration attorney
Tennessee Voices, Episode 232: Lisa C. Uhrik, author of 'America Becoming'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 231: Lynn Walker Gendusa, author of 'Southern Comfort'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 230: Sam Quinones, author of 'Dreamland' and 'The Least of Us'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 229: Eden Murrie, Operation Stand Down Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 228: Tyler Cauble, Founder and Owner of The Cauble Group
Tennessee Voices, Episode 227: Matthew Hardison, lab operations senior VP, Aegis Science Corp.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 226: Enrico Lopez-Ya?ez, principal pops conductor Nashville Symphony
Tennessee Voices, Episode 225: Andrea Flores, professor and author of 'The Succeeders'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 224: Jordan Sromek, Gibson Garage Retail Director
Tennessee Voices, Episode 223: David Perez, lead minister, Spero Dei
Tennessee Voices, Episode 222: Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, author of "For Brown Girls"
Tennessee Voices, Episode 221: David Waddell, CEO of Waddell and Associates
Tennessee Voices, Episode 220: Celso Castilho, Vanderbilt Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Tennessee Voices, Episode 219: Greg Jones, president, Belmont University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 218: Dan Pomeroy, retired curator, Tennessee State Museum
Tennessee Voices, Episode 217: Entrepreneurs Mark Deutschmann and Sherry Stewart Deutschmann
Tennessee Voices, Episode 216: Stephani Ryan, vice president at BlueCare Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 215: Russell Wigginton, president, National Civil Rights Museum
Tennessee Voices, Episode 214: Lindsay Bertelli, owner and president of REACH
Tennessee Voices, Episode 213: David Ewing, Nashville History On Tour
Tennessee Voices, Episode 212: Buzz Thomas, retired minister, attorney and educator
Tennessee Voices, Episode 211: Gail Peace, founder and CEO, Ludi, Inc.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 210: John Wark, founder and CEO, Nashville Software School
Tennessee Voices, Episode 209: Jessica Dauphin, Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 208: Eddie Bailey, Memphis-born documentary filmmaker
Tennessee Voices, Episode 207: Randy Lowry, president, Lipscomb University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 206: Joseph Murray, educator, on critical race theory
Tennessee Voices, Episode 205: Erin Richardson, president, All-American Pest Control
Tennessee Voices, Episode 204: Tara Scarlett, CEO, Scarlett Family Foundation
Tennessee Voices, Episode 203: Carlton Boleyjack, Excellence in Motion Inc.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 202: Jan Berry, Citizens' Climate Lobby
Tennessee Voices, Episode 201: Adam Lister, Tennesseans for Student Success
Tennessee Voices, Episode 200: Monique Horton Odom, Metro Nashville Parks director
Tennessee Voices, Episode 199: Liz Veyhl, founder and executive director, Small World Yoga
Tennessee Voices, Episode 198: Malcolm Getz, economics professor emeritus, Vanderbilt
Tennessee Voices, Episode 197: Maryam Abolfazli, writer and social impact consultant
Tennessee Voices, Episode 196: Wanda Lyle, UBS Nashville Business Solutions Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 195: Daniel Diermeier, chancellor, Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 194: Sheila Calloway, juvenile court judge, Nashville-Davidson County
Tennessee Voices, Episode 193: Kristen Knowles, CEO, Brave Leaders Group
Tennessee Voices, Episode 192: John G. Stewart, former aide to Sens. Humphrey and JFK
Tennessee Voices, Episode 191: Amanda Bracht, Mental Health Cooperative of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 190: Stuart Brotman, professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 189: Brian Barnes, president, Blakeford
Tennessee Voices, Episode 188: Joy Styles of Antioch, Metro Nashville council member
Tennessee Voices, Episode 187: Glynn Dowdle, principal, Dowdle Construction Group
Tennessee Voices, Episode 186: Beth Malow, Common Ground Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 185: Weston Wamp, founder, Millennial Debt Foundation
Tennessee Voices, Episode 184: Craig Fitzhugh, Ripley mayor and ex Democratic House leader
Tennessee Voices, Episode 183: Tre Hargett and Chuck Sherrill on State Library and Archives
Tennessee Voices, Episode 182: Celeste Krenz, owner, The Urban Juicer
Tennessee Voices, Episode 181: Bob Fisher, president, Belmont University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 180: Jeff Moseley, board president, 21st District Recovery Court
Tennessee Voices, Episode 179: Kimberly Goessele, president and CEO, Alive Hospice
Tennessee Voices, Episode 178: Ben Middleton, Regional CEO, Centerstone
Tennessee Voices, Episode 177: Trent Klingensmith, Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 176: Melissa Hudson-Gant, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 175: Paul Stumb, president of Cumberland University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 174: Mehreen Butt, science/computer science dean, RePublic High
Tennessee Voices, Episode 173: Tim Adams and Gordon Ferguson of Ascension Saint Thomas
Tennessee Voices, Episode 172: Netta Dobbins, CEO of Mimconnect
Tennessee Voices, Episode 171: Bishop Joseph Walker, Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 170: Marisa Richmond, Metro Human Relations Commission chair
Tennessee Voices, Episode 169: Ashley Coffield, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi
Tennessee Voices, Episode 168: Christie Berger, executive leadership coach
Tennessee Voices, Episode 167: Todd Campbell and Reggie Ford on mentorship and empowerment
Tennessee Voices, Episode 166: Deborah Fisher, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Tennessee Voices, Episode 165: Andrew Maraniss, New York Times bestselling author
Tennessee Voices, Episode 164: Ryan Gallagher, CEO of InfoWorks
Tennessee Voices, Episode 163: Erik Moses, president, Nashville Superspeedway
Tennessee Voices, Episode 162: Revival Memphis on bringing downtown back to life
Tennessee Voices, Episode 161: Scott Golden, chairman, Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Voices, Episode 160: Grace Sutherland Smith, AgeWell Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 159: Kimberly Estep, regional vice president and chancellor, WGU
Tennessee Voices, Episode 158: Hendrell Remus, chair, Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Voices, Episode 157: Sister Pam Nosbusch, hospice chaplain in Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 156: Vonda McDaniel, Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 155: Joe Woolley, CEO, Nashville LGBT Chamber
Tennessee Voices, Episode 154: Renata Soto, Harvard fellow and founder, Mosaic Changemakers
Tennessee Voices, Episode 153: Brenda Gadd, president, Rethink Public Strategies
Tennessee Voices, Episode 152: Nashville Mayor John Cooper
Tennessee Voices, Episode 151: Tina Doniger and Alisha Haddock on Nashville tornado recovery
Tennessee Voices, Episode 150: Secretary of State Tre Hargett
Tennessee Voices, Episode 149: Lt. Gen. John Castellaw, US Marine Corps (retired)
Tennessee Voices, Episode 148: Gini-Pupo-Walker, State director for The Education Trust
Tennessee Voices, Episode 147: Kevin Johnson and Ray Vaughns, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 146: Marcel Hernandez, executive director, Be About Change
Tennessee Voices, Episode 145: Molly Secours, author, 'White Privilege Pop Quiz'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 144: Brittany Cole, speaker, author and CEO of Career Thrivers
Tennessee Voices, Episode 143: H. Beecher Hicks, National Museum of African American Music
Tennessee Voices, Episode 142: Sandra Dawn Long Weaver, journalist and NABJ co-founder
Tennessee Voices, Episode 141: Chris Simonsen, president, Economic Club of Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 140: Glenda Glover of TSU and Tyson Moore of Bank of America
Tennessee Voices, Episode 139: Henry O. 'Chip' Arnold III, actor and author
Tennessee Voices, Episode 138: Ron Harris, diversity VP, BlueCross Blue Shield Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 137: Jim Brown, lobbyist and author of 'Ending our Uncivil War'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 136: Colin Reed, chairman and CEO, Ryman Hospitality Properties
Tennessee Voices, Episode 135: Fabian Bedne, first Nashville Latino immigrant elected official
Tennessee Voices, Episode 134: DeWayne Stallworth, professor, American Baptist College
Tennessee Voices, Episode 133: Sekou Franklin, political science professor, MTSU
Tennessee Voices, Episode 132: Yuri Cunza, Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Voices, Episode 131: Odessa Kelly, executive director, Stand Up Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 130: David Mansouri, State Collaborative on Reforming Education
Tennessee Voices, Episode 129: Dr. Andy Walker, emergency medicine physician
Tennessee Voices, Episode 128: Claude Pressnell, Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association
Tennessee Voices, Episode 127: Karen Camper, House Democratic leader
Tennessee Voices, Episode 126: Michele Johnson, Tennessee Justice Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 125: John Vile, political science professor, MTSU
Tennessee Voices, Episode 124: Herbert Slatery III, attorney general of the state
Tennessee Voices, Episode 123: Spencer Wiggins on building relationships and seeking hope
Tennessee Voices, Episode 122: Patrick Grzanka, UT psychology professor and WGS program chair
Tennessee Voices, Episode 121: Albert Bender, Native American author and activist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 120: Brandie Jones, marriage and family counselor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 119: Alex Jahangir, Metro Nashville Coronavirus Task Force
Tennessee Voices, Episode 118: Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project
Tennessee Voices, Episode 117: Eric Brown, author of 'Weekend Reflections'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 116: Dr. Manoj Jain, Memphis-Shelby COVID task force member
Tennessee Voices, Episode 115: Maya Bugg, CEO, Tennessee Charter School Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 114: Nancy Keil, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 113: Dr. Stephen Patrick, neonatologist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 112: Dwayne Logan, filmmaker, 'Black Thoughts'
Tennessee Voices, Episode 111: Dr. Ming Wang, co-founder of the Common Ground Network
Tennessee Voices, Episode 110: Ralph Schulz, CEO, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Voices, Episode 109: Shan Foster, AMEND Together and YWCA
Tennessee Voices, Episode 108: State Rep. Jeremy Faison, House Republican Caucus chair
Tennessee Voices, Episode 107: State Sen. Steve Dickerson, Republican nominee, District 20
Tennessee Voices, Episode 106: Raul Lopez, executive director, Men of Valor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 105: Erin Calipari, Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research
Tennessee Voices, Episode 104: Joni Bryan, founder, 917 Society
Tennessee Voices, Episode 103: 'OK Boomer!' Watch me vote' youth vote discussion
Tennessee Voices, Episode 102: Heidi Campbell, Democratic nominee, state Senate District 20
Tennessee Voices, Episode 101: Cathy Cate and Patrick McAnally of Leadership Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 100: Carol Hudler, retired publisher and nonprofit leader
Tennessee Voices, Episode 99: Brian McVey, rector, Church of the Advent Episcopal
Tennessee Voices, Episode 98: Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Tennessee Voices, Episode 97: Marquita Bradshaw, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 96: Alex Redmond and Tyler Redmon, Belmont University students
Tennessee Voices, Episode 95: Laura Berlind, executive director, The Sycamore Institute
Tennessee Voices, Episode 94: Shindana L. Feagins, chair, Metro Hospital Authority board
Tennessee Voices, Episode 93: Donde Plowman, chancellor, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 92: Wayne Lewis, education school dean, Belmont University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 91: Andrew Staunton and John Scannapieco on U.S.-U.K. relations
Tennessee Voices, Episode 90: Buddy Teaster, president and CEO, Soles4Souls
Tennessee Voices, Episode 89: Ken Paulson, director, The Free Speech Center at MTSU
Tennessee Voices, Episode 88: Beverly Keel, MTSU College of Media and Entertainment dean
Tennessee Voices, Episode 87: Ashley Northington of DENOR discusses acting on equity
Tennessee Voices, Episode 86: Tash Weddle, TNB Fitness and The New Beginnings Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 85: Samuel E. Kirk, Creating an Environment of Success Inc.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 84: Keel Hunt, author and columnist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 83: Cecilia Prado, Worker's Dignity
Tennessee Voices, Episode 82: State Rep. Mark White, education committee chair
Tennessee Voices, Episode 81: Dr. Andrea Willis, BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 80: Carol Westlake, Tennessee Disability Coalition
Tennessee Voices, Episode 79: Dimitris Agrafiotis, Tennessee Smoke Free Association
Tennessee Voices, Episode 78: Yvonne Wood, president, Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument board
Tennessee Voices, Episode 77: Rebecca Hammel, school superintendent, Diocese of Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 76: Dwight Lewis, retired Tennessean reporter and columnist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 75: Hedy Weinberg, executive director, ACLU of Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 74: David Raybin, criminal defense and civil rights attorney
Tennessee Voices, Episode 73: Tim Henderson, executive director, Humanities Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 72: Sallie Hussey, executive director, FiftyForward
Tennessee Voices, Episode 71: Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt political philosophy professor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 70: Chase Cole, founder and chairman of BriteHeart
Tennessee Voices, Episode 69: Kristen Davis, president and CEO, Nurture the Next
Tennessee Voices, Episode 68: Hannah Cox, libertarian conservative commentator
Tennessee Voices, Episode 67: Shaka Mitchell, Tennessee state director, American Federation for Children
Tennessee Voices, Episode 66: Charlane Oliver and Tequila Johnson of The Equity Alliance
Tennessee Voices, Episode 65: Joshua Rawlings, businessman and congressional candidate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 64: Keeda Haynes, attorney and congressional candidate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 63: Brian Hassett, CEO, United Way of Greater Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 62: U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper
Tennessee Voices, Episode 61: Jeff Bates, managing partner of TA Staffing and Talntly
Tennessee Voices, Episode 60: Jacky Akbari, founder, National Organization for Workforce Diversity
Tennessee Voices, Episode 59: US Sen. Lamar Alexander
Tennessee Voices, Episode 58: Sabina Mohyuddin, executive director, Muslim Advisory Council
Tennessee Voices, Episode 57: Manny Sethi, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 56: John Dyke, founder and CEO, The Turnip Truck
Tennessee Voices, Episode 55: Samar Ali, founder and CEO of Millions of Conversations
Tennessee Voices, Episode 54: Panel discussion on virtual learning
Tennessee Voices, Episode 53: Kent Oliver, Nashville Public Library director
Tennessee Voices, Episode 52: Isaac Addae, Tennessee State University business professor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 51: Cherisse Scott, founder and CEO of SisterReach
Tennessee Voices, Episode 50: Robin Gallaher Branch, Fulbright scholar and religion professor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 49: Susan Edwards, executive director and CEO, Frist Art Museum
Tennessee Voices, Episode 48: Attorney Raquel Oluyemo on the census, DACA and racism
Tennessee Voices, Episode 47: US Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee Voices, Episode 46: Jim Shulman, Nashville vice mayor and Tennessee state agency head
Tennessee Voices, Episode 45: Patsy Writesman, owner of ManageHealthCareCosts.com
Tennessee Voices, Episode 44: William Lyons, Knoxville political columnist and University of Tennessee professor
Tennessee Voices, Episode 43: Elizabeth Moss, founder, Caregivers by WholeCare
Tennessee Voices, Episode 42: Fallon Wilson, CEO, Black in Tech Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 41: Billy Dycus, president, Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council
Tennessee Voices, Episode 40: Mark Chalos, civil law trial attorney
Tennessee Voices, Episode 39: Alexandra Hudson, Novak fellow and writer on civic renewal
Tennessee Voices, Episode 38: Jeff Bradford, CEO of the Bradford Group
Tennessee Voices, Episode 37: James Mackler, candidate for US Senate
Tennessee Voices, Episode 36: Jeff Zander, CEO, Zander Insurance
Tennessee Voices, Episode 35: Matt Largen, president and CEO, Williamson Inc.
Tennessee Voices, Episode 34: Morgan Wills, president and CEO of Siloam Health
Tennessee Voices, Episode 33: Ashford Hughes, diversity, equity and inclusion consultant
Tennessee Voices, Episode 32: Steven Lewis, curator, National Museum of African American Music
Tennessee Voices, Episode 31: Jim Schmitz, Nashville area market leader for Elliott Davis
Tennessee Voices, Episode 30: Lynn Heady, co-coordinator of Braver Angels
Tennessee Voices, Episode 29: Rod Berger, CEO of MindRocket Media Group
Tennessee Voices, Episode 28: Juliana Ospina Cano, executive director of Conexión Américas
Tennessee Voices, Episode 27: Shanna L. Jackson, president of Nashville State Community College
Tennessee Voices, Episode 26: Bob Vero, regional CEO of Centerstone in Tennessee and Georgia
Tennessee Voices, Episode 25: Brenda Gilmore, Tennessee state senator
Tennessee Voices, Episode 24: Rachel Freeman, president of the Sexual Assault Center
Tennessee Voices, Episode 23: Rick Herron, co-coordinator of Sunrise Movement Nashville
Tennessee Voices, Episode 22: Linda Peek Schacht on leadership and truth
Tennessee Voices, Episode 21: Angie Adams, president and CEO of PENCIL
Tennessee Voices, Episode 20: Bob Mendes, Metro Nashville Council budget chair
Tennessee Voices, Episode 19: James Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College
Tennessee Voices, Episode 18: Lynn Norment, Memphis Commercial Appeal columnist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 17: Dr. Bill Frist, former U.S. Senate majority leader
Tennessee Voices, Episode 16: Adrienne Battle, director of Metro Nashville Public Schools
Tennessee Voices, Episode 15: Bill Spitz, noted financial adviser and author
Tennessee Voices, Episode 14: Justin Owen, president of the Beacon Center of Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 13: Sidney McPhee, president of Middle Tennessee University
Tennessee Voices, Episode 12: Mary Beth Covert, licensed clinical psychologist
Tennessee Voices, Episode 11: Shanna Hughey, president of ThinkTennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 10: Zac Oswald, a lead attorney for Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 9: Alissa Drescher, grief center director of Alive Hospice
Tennessee Voices, Episode 8: Tari Hughes, CEO of the Center for Nonprofit Management
Tennessee Voices, Episode 7: Ellen Lehman, president of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 6: Tina Gerardi, executive director of the Tennessee Nurses Association
Tennessee Voices, Episode 5: Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms
Tennessee Voices, Episode 4:Amad Amedy, Nashville resident who was evacuated from Spain
Tennessee Voices, Episode 3: Ginny Welsch, Metro Nashville Council member
Tennessee Voices, Episode 2: Sharon Roberson, CEO of YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Voices, Episode 1: Patrick Ryan, president of Tennessee World Affairs Council
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David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee and an editorial board member of The Tennessean. Tweet to him at @davidplazas.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee Voices podcast engages leaders, thinkers and innovators
