The Extra Podcast: Henry Turley on how Downtown development began
The legendary developer renovated buildings Downtown when everyone else thought he was crazy. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” he says. “And I was scared to death.”
Eric Barnes
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Eric Barnes is CEO of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
There are 293 articles by Eric Barnes :
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Podcasts The history and future of Playhouse on the Square
Playhouse on the Square is more than just one building in Midtown, it’s a series of theaters and theater groups, as well as a business that has to be run successfully. Mike Detroit talks about all that and more on the Extra Podcast with Eric Barnes.
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Opinion ‘Why can’t I stay logged in?’
Too often we hear that subscribers can't stay logged in to the site. But a fix is on its way.
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October 2019
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Podcasts ‘The bond is the legacy of Stax Records’
How Justin Timberlake came to visit Soulsville and tapped into the musical and cultural legacy of Stax Records. Plus what it takes to run a museum, a charter school and a music academy.
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Podcasts The wildly unexpected reach of your local library
Keenon McCloy, the director of Memphis Public Libraries, talks about how the library remains relevant — and then some — in the digital age
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Podcasts The Extra Podcast: Eric Barnes talks to the Dixon’s Kevin Sharp about why art matters
A conversation with the director of the Dixon Gallery & Gardens about the museum's collection, its new education center and how the Dixon connects with the city – and its neighborhood.
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Podcasts The Extra Podcast: Terri Lee Freeman on the National Civil Rights Museum’s impact
Terri Freeman, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, talks about her five years in Memphis, the role of the museum locally and nationally, and the history of systemic racism in the country.
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Podcasts The Extra Podcast: Poverty and what can be done to address it
Memphis may be seeing more cranes on its skyline and more construction in the city, but poverty remains extremely high. In fact, poverty is increasing.
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September 2019
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Opinion The Extra Podcast: Singing and stonewalling with Geoff Calkins, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington
What happens when Geoff Calkins, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington join Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast? Singing, of course. (And a whole lot of not answering each others’ question.)
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Podcasts The Extra Podcast: Marc Perrusquia and David Waters on poverty, nuclear power and local journalism
With a combined 75 years of journalism experience, David Waters and Marc Perrusquia have been covering some of the hardest, most important and most complicated stories in Memphis.
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Opinion Happy Birthday
Long-time journalism veterans, talented young staff and promising interns – along with your support – made this possible.
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Opinion The Daily Memphian marks its first birthday
Our traffic has grown. Our subscriptions are double the original projection. We've added journalists and an app and obituaries and more. All because local journalism is under assault.
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Podcasts The Extra Podcast: The Community Foundation Turns 50
As the Community Foundation moves toward its 50-year anniversary this month, its top two executives sat down with Eric Barnes to talk about the foundation’s role in Memphis.
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August 2019
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Metro Phil Mudd loves Memphis
Philip Mudd, national security analyst on CNN, the former deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, and a man who dealt firsthand with CIA black sites in the post-9/11 world, absolutely loves Memphis.
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January 2019
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Metro And now we publish obituaries
Again and again, prior to the launch of The Daily Memphian, people would say to me, “You’ve got to have obituaries.”
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October 2018
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A variety of new features and enhancements are coming soon to The Daily Memphian
As The Daily Memphian enters its second month as a publication, we wanted to thank you for reading us and for subscribing to our email editions and the site. We appreciate it immensely.
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September 2018
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Opinion Barnes: Phil Trenary worked to make Memphis better. His work must continue.
Phil Trenary was a friend who I met through work. I think this was probably true of many of Phil’s friends. They met him through work. That’s because Phil’s work, his passion for so many years, was to make Memphis, this city he loved, a better place. -
From one Memphian to all the others: Welcome home
You’re reading the first issue of The Daily Memphian. This is no small thing. The people, the effort, the money and resources that had to come together to make this possible cannot be underestimated. But now we’re here.
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