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
1544: DA Steve Mulroy on crime reduction and bail reform
May 01, 2025
1543: Just City on the state comptroller’s report
Apr 25, 2025
1542: The path of court cases through the criminal justice system
Apr 17, 2025
1541: Church Health emphasizes local ties through Washington transition
Apr 10, 2025
1540: Busy week for public education includes new school construction, new leader's contract
Apr 04, 2025
1539: Dining pros discuss the state of the Memphis restaurant scene
Mar 28, 2025
1538: School takeover terms still taking shape in legislature
Mar 20, 2025
1537: City's group violence intervention program still a work in progress
Mar 13, 2025
1535: Regional One Health
Feb 28, 2025
1534: New local party chairs share concern at low voter turnout, clash on Trump impact
Feb 21, 2025
1533: Trump's 'largest deportation in American history' comes to Memphis
Feb 15, 2025
1532: Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?
Feb 07, 2025
1531: Reporters weigh in on next steps in MSCS shake-up
Jan 31, 2025
1530: Harris, Sugarmon say they have plan to take over juvenile detention center from Sheriff
Jan 24, 2025
1529: Commissioner says MSCS board members need to 'pump their brakes'
Jan 17, 2025
1528: Building a Memphis gun control ordinance could leave out some measures approved by voters
Jan 10, 2025
1527: Journalist Roundtable
Jan 02, 2025
1526: Taylor touts nine-point case for Mulroy ouster
Dec 26, 2024
1525: Mulroy weighs possible criminal prosecutions due to DOJ report
Dec 19, 2024
1524: Memphis mayor plans task force to address police reform
Dec 13, 2024
1523: Steps beyond Justice Department report on MPD unclear
Dec 06, 2024
1522: Access to legal services
Nov 27, 2024
1521: Main Street Trolley unlikely to restart till next summer
Nov 22, 2024
1520: Workforce initiatives at U of M expand their reach
Nov 15, 2024
1519: Analyzing the results of the 2024 elections
Nov 08, 2024
1518: MLGW launching lead water pipe notice campaign
Nov 01, 2024
1517: Chronic absenteeism
Oct 25, 2024
1516: The future of Memphis' gun-control question
Oct 18, 2024
1514: Planned Parenthood leader says 'stakes could not be higher' on state's abortion politics
Oct 11, 2024
1513: Young says Sheraton hotel’s impact worth risk despite hotel’s volatile past
Oct 04, 2024
1512: Gun-control referendum will be on November ballot
Sep 19, 2024
1511: MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins
Sep 12, 2024
1510: How should MSCS grade its superintendent? New board members weigh in
Sep 06, 2024
1509: Aquifer concerns prompted by xAI's arrival
Aug 30, 2024
1508: County Commission leaders talk new schools, Regional One
Aug 26, 2024
1507: Overton Park Conservancy director discusses greensward changes
Aug 16, 2024
1506: Tennessee Republican DA defends Steve Mulroy
Aug 09, 2024
1505: Germantown and Collierville administrators discuss growth, overcoming challenges
Aug 02, 2024
1504: Reporters Roundtable
Jul 26, 2024
1503: CBU continues recovery as new academic year nears
Jul 19, 2024
1502: Two very different views of bail from Spickler and Taylor
Jul 11, 2024
1501: Juvenile Court Judge Sugarmon talks perceptions versus reality
Jul 08, 2024
1452: ‘River of Time’ will be an immersive tech playground
Jun 28, 2024
1451: Suburban schools mark 10 years
Jun 21, 2024
1450: Leaders of nonprofit youth organization address impact of violence
Jun 15, 2024
1449: What we don't know about xAI, what we know about Elon Musk and the space between the two
Jun 12, 2024
1448: Mulroy talks bail, gun reform and city subpoena
May 31, 2024
1447: Church Health founder discusses complexity of organization's goal
May 24, 2024
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