Behind the Headlines Podcast

By WKNO/The Daily Memphian

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Each week host Eric Barnes discusses major stories in the Memphis area with business executives, community leaders and politicians, as well as local journalists. WKNO’s Behind the Headlines Podcast is powered by the Daily Memphian.

Episode Date
1446: County to add three new mental health diversion facilities
May 18, 2024
1445: Journalist Roundtable
May 10, 2024
1444: Regional One CEO talks about new terms of rebuild of ROH campus
May 02, 2024
1443: Memphis Public Works director Robert Knecht
Apr 26, 2024
1442: Journalist Roundtable
Apr 19, 2024
1440: University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave
Apr 05, 2024
1439: Police union leaders support new state law preventing limits on traffic stops
Apr 01, 2024
1438: Crime and Economic Development
Mar 21, 2024
1437: Downtown Memphis Commission president and CEO Chandell Ryan
Mar 14, 2024
1436: City Council members say fear of crime is as legitimate as crime stats in weighing solutions
Mar 08, 2024
1435: State Sens. London Lamar and Brent Taylor debate on bail reform and proposed laws
Mar 04, 2024
1434: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part Two
Feb 22, 2024
1433: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part One
Feb 15, 2024
1432: DA Mulroy talks bail bills, court backlogs and more
Feb 10, 2024
1431: Natalie McKinney and Cardell Orrin
Feb 01, 2024
1430: Investigation of MPD complicates things, US attorney says
Feb 01, 2024
1429: Northside Square developers take on barriers to affordable housing
Jan 19, 2024
1428: Journalist Round Table
Jan 12, 2024
1427: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris
Jan 04, 2024
1425: I-55 replacement bridge a better bet than a third one
Dec 22, 2023
1424: Crime, school vouchers and passenger rail
Dec 15, 2023
1423: MLGW has been ‘running to failure,’ CEO says
Dec 08, 2023
1422: Downtown Public Safety Plan emerges amid holiday season
Dec 01, 2023
1421: Strickland talks pandemic, reviews two terms as mayor
Nov 24, 2023
1420: Mayor Jim Strickland
Nov 17, 2023
1419: Memphis park leaders talk controversy, collaboration and more
Nov 10, 2023
1418: Memphis Mayor-elect Paul Young
Nov 03, 2023
1417: Howard and Beverly Robertson on Community Conversations
Oct 27, 2023
1416: Chase Carlisle says Memphis needs more state money for stadiums
Oct 20, 2023
1415: Mike Palazzolo says restoring Germantown water was 'Herculean task'
Oct 12, 2023
1414: Election results
Oct 06, 2023
1413: Education in Memphis
Sep 28, 2023
1412: Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner
Sep 21, 2023
1411: Former Mayor Willie Herenton
Sep 14, 2023
1410: Journalist roundtable
Sep 08, 2023
1409: Memphis mayoral candidate Paul Young
Aug 31, 2023
1408: Chamber takes over Memphis in May international activities
Aug 25, 2023
1407: Bluffwalk at new Brooks Museum can be in the eye of the beholder
Aug 18, 2023
1406: Van Turner says federal probe of MPD needed to 'rebuild trust'
Aug 11, 2023
1405: A Redesigned Tom Lee Park Opening in September
Aug 05, 2023
1404: McKissack defends school board handling of Joris Ray's MSCS exit
Jul 28, 2023
1403: Gibson says collaboration and compromise missing from city's politics
Jul 23, 2023
1402: Camper says crime approach should be more than 'tactical'
Jul 14, 2023
1401: State Senator Brent Taylor and Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo
Jul 07, 2023
1353: Mulroy says judicial commissioners should set unaffordable bail, in certain cases
Jun 29, 2023
1352: Colvett says he would be 'extraordinarily pro-development' mayor if elected
Jun 23, 2023
1349: Shelby County Commission chairman Mickell Lowery
Jun 02, 2023
1348: Journalist Roundtable
May 25, 2023
1347: A decade after Delta de-hub, Memphis airport becomes more strategic
May 19, 2023
1346: Memphis voters could choose gun control laws
May 12, 2023
1345: Strickland giving police traffic stop ordinance second look
May 04, 2023
1344: Bartlett mayor says Union Depot and BlueOval bringing more, diverse housing
Apr 28, 2023
1343: MATA CEO Gary Rosenfeld
Apr 21, 2023
1342: Juvenile court priorities include restorative justice and expanded educational opportunities
Apr 18, 2023
1341: Journalist Roundtable
Apr 11, 2023
1340: MLK 55
Mar 31, 2023
1339: Local advocates discuss crime and reform
Mar 28, 2023
1338: The gap in juvenile justice
Mar 17, 2023
1337: Libraries and literacy in Memphis
Mar 14, 2023
1336: Bill Gibbons and Buddy Chapman discuss policing and crime
Mar 08, 2023
1335: Affordable housing sustains families and neighborhoods, Memphis experts say
Feb 24, 2023
1334: Chamber confirms shift to advanced manufacturing, touts diversity
Feb 17, 2023
1333: Harris turns limits of county mayor's office into bully pulpit for national issues
Feb 10, 2023
1332: Protect Our Aquifer director says concerns remain as old Allen plant smokestacks come down
Feb 03, 2023
1331: Calls for reform in wake of Nichols' death have roots in George Floyd protests
Jan 27, 2023
1330: National Civil Rights Museum moves to digitize archives
Jan 20, 2023
1329: MLGW CEO McGowen says 'all hands on deck' to move infrastructure upgrades forward
Jan 13, 2023
1328: 2022 Year In Review
Jan 06, 2023
1325: DA Steve Mulroy discusses bail and juvenile reform
Dec 16, 2022
1324: New Cordova High School, state deadline and avoiding lawsuit drove talks and agreement on Germantown schools
Dec 09, 2022
1323: Ted Townsend, incoming president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber
Dec 02, 2022
1322: Is Shelby County ready for BlueOval City impact?
Nov 23, 2022
1321: Journalist round table
Nov 17, 2022
1320: MIFA and the Mid-South Food Bank
Nov 11, 2022
1319: Head of the Memphis Education Fund Terence Patterson
Nov 04, 2022
1317: Shelby County Commission
Oct 21, 2022
1316: Policing in Memphis
Oct 14, 2022
1315: Mulroy says crime labs are 'state responsibility' with focus on rape kits
Oct 07, 2022
1314: Greenlines, bike lanes, resiliency and the sea change in city planning
Sep 30, 2022
1313: Reporter's Roundtable
Sep 23, 2022
1312: Two weeks of violent crime trauma sees uneasy mix of calls for change
Sep 21, 2022
1311: City shaken by week of violence seeks comfort and answers
Sep 09, 2022
1310: Collierville administrator reflects on career
Sep 01, 2022
1309: Reporters Roundtable
Aug 26, 2022
1308: Shelby County Health Dept. Director
Aug 17, 2022
1307: MPD chief Davis says reaction to changes in DA's office and Juvenile Court in police ranks mix of optimism and concern
Aug 11, 2022
1306: Rhodes College president Jennifer Collins
Aug 05, 2022
1305: TVA rival says MLGW savings estimate too low, transmission estimate too high
Jul 28, 2022
1304: Harris goes on the offense in first face-to-face clash with Morgan in county mayor's race
Jul 21, 2022
1303: Beverly Robertson
Jul 08, 2022
1302: Coletta on Tom Lee
Jul 08, 2022
1301: Weirich, Mulroy clash on abortion prosecutions and focus of DA's race
Jul 01, 2022
1252: Election year in Shelby County about change
Jun 24, 2022
1251: Sugarmon says voters won't 'buy into' change in Michael's outlook on juvenile justice
Jun 17, 2022
1250: Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael
Jun 09, 2022
1249: House Speaker Cameron Sexton
Jun 02, 2022
1248: UTHSC chancellor says pandemic is 'paradox' for medical schools, research
May 27, 2022
1247: Luttrell calls for an end to 'insular' county primaries
May 20, 2022
1246: Strickland calls BS on critics of 'truth in sentencing' state law
May 13, 2022
1245: Bridging gaps in juvenile justice
May 06, 2022