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Banner & Company
Banner & Company Productions makes interview and narrative podcasts about Nashville life and the news that affects it.
Episodes
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Giancarlo Guerrero: music director, Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero has been the Nashville Symphony's music director since 2008. Under his direction, the symphony has risen in prominence and reputation…
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Marty Slutsky: audio pioneer and presidential debates producer
When you think of television, you probably think of the visual image first. But the sound quality — and the variety of sounds you're able to hear as you watch…
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Alisha Haddock: executive director, Neighbor 2 Neighbor
Alisha Haddock believes in the power of community. With a resume filled with service-oriented work, Alisha stays committed to the idea that Nashville can be…
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Joe West: musician and Nashville airport house band
A familiar face to many, Joe West is the "house band" at Nashville International Airport. In this role, he performs regularly for ever-changing crowds as they…
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Best of 2024: Books
As we wind down the year, we've been looking back at some of our best episodes, and we noticed one common thread between several of our favorite interviews…
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Best of 2024: Rose Palermo, divorce attorney to the stars
Attorney Rose Palermo still keeps an office on Music Row, where she got her start in the ’70s representing musicians. When some of those musicians started…
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Best of 2024: Frankie Staton: singer, songwriter, Black Country Music Association co-founder
Long before Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album re-ignited the conversation, Frankie Staton was booking showcases aimed at highlighting Nashville's Black country…
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Best of 2024: Elisheba Mrozik: tattooer, artist and organizer
Elisheba Mrozik is probably best known as a tattooer: She made an appearance on the TV show Inkmaster and owns her own shop in North Nashville. But she’s also…
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Best of 2024: A Look Back at the Old Banner — From People Who Were There
For our premiere episode, we broke from our usual one-on-one format to bring you an abbreviated — but nonetheless colorful and complicated — history of the…
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Hal Cato: CEO, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
From a young age, Hal Cato knew he wanted to help others — from a chance encounter with a senior in an assisted living center to recruiting friends to help him…
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Tessa Lemos Del Pino: executive director, Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors
President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations, raising questions about the feasibility of such an operation and, at the same time, causing fear…
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Nashville Election 2024: Analysis by Steve Cavendish, Stephen Elliott and Sarah Grace Taylor
The 2024 election in the books. At the city level, Mayor Freddie O'Connell's transit measure won big. What was different this time, as opposed to the failed…
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A Girl Has No President: anonymous Instagrammer
As of November 2024, the account A Girl Has No President has more than 820,000 followers on Instagram. That following includes scores of celebrities. But the…
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Rev. Charles Strobel, founder of Room In The Inn
On a cold night in 1985, the Rev. Charles Strobel, then pastor at Holy Name Catholic Church in East Nashville, invited the people who were trying to sleep in…
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Tyler Mahan Coe, creator of Cocaine & Rhinestones
In some ways, his upbringing helped prepare Tyler Mahan Coe for creating the breakout country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones. After all, his…
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Jared Sullivan, author of Valley So Low
A few days before Christmas in 2008, a six-story tall, 84-acre mound of coal ash — a byproduct of burning coal — collapsed at the Kingston Fossil Plant in…
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Anne Byrn, cookbook author
For Nashville native Anne Byrn, baking is an art, and everyone who mixes, measures and bakes is an artist in their own right — whether that means following a…
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Hazel Joyner-Smith: founder and CEO, International Black Film Festival
With no budget and no blueprint, Hazel Joyner-Smith programmed her first film festival in just two weeks. It was a whirlwind experience, but she got it done…
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Myles Maillie: painter and visual artist
With his brightly colored designs — everything from ears of corn to New York City skyscrapers — painter Myles Maillie has made a name for himself in…
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MaryAnne MacKenzie: teacher at Hattie Cotton during 1957 bombing
Sept. 9, 1957 was MaryAnne MacKenzie's first day teaching sixth grade at Hattie Cotton School in East Nashville. It was also the first day of Nashville's…
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Special Episode: We Are North Nashville
North Nashville is an important, historic area and home to some of the city's most significant institutions. But it's also a place that has seen disruption…
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Gerold Oliver: actor
When Smyrna native Gerold Oliver takes the stage, he has a way of winning over audiences. He's currently playing the role of Orlando in the Nashville…
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Morgan Price: Fisk University gymnast and first HBCU national champion
Five-star recruit Morgan Price made headlines in 2022 when she decided to de-commit from an SEC program in order to join Fisk University's brand-new gymnastics…
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Amanda Little: journalist, professor, founder of Kidizenship
As a journalist and author, Amanda Little has written about the environment, energy, technology and the future of food production — traveling to far-flung…
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Henry Martin: Nashville federal public defender
Henry Martin thought he might spend a few years as federal public defender, then return to private practice as a slightly older and much wiser attorney. That…
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Jeff Holmes: songwriter and frontman for The Floating Men
In the 1990s Jeff Holmes, and his college buddy Scot Evans started a band called The Floating Men, which quickly became one of Nashville’s most consistent live…
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María Magdalena Campos-Pons: artist, professor and curator
María Magdalena Campos-Pons was born in Cuba, and spent her formative years in Matanzas, known as the "Athens of Cuba." It is perhaps fitting that her journey…
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Dr. Sophie Bjork-James: scholar of white nationalism
With neo-Nazis demonstrating around Nashville, including at a Metro Council meeting from which they were eventually expelled, the city has been on edge. It's…
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Rose Palermo: divorce lawyer to the stars
Attorney Rose Palermo still keeps an office on Music Row, where she got her start in the ’70s representing musicians. When some of those musicians started…
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Betsy Phillips: author of Dynamite Nashville, on Civil Rights-era bombings
For the better part of a decade, historian Betsy Phillips has been trying to get the truth about three Civil Rights-era bombings in Nashville: Hattie Cotton…
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Valerie Meece: retired MNPD assistant chief
In the early 1970s, the Metro Nashville Police Department had no women working patrol. Valerie Meece was one of the first two women to step into that work —…
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Macon Kimbrough: former Warehouse 28 manager
A historical marker commemorating the storied dance club Warehouse 28 was unveiled this month. The Warehouse began as a gay disco but was an inclusive…
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Phil Williams: investigative reporter
In 2023, Phil Williams became the first Nashville reporter to receive the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University. It was…
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Ann Powers: NPR music critic and author of new Joni Mitchell book
Acclaimed music critic Ann Powers wasn't always sure this was the career path for her. In fact, she wasn't sure there was a path to making a living as a music…
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Richard Courtney: cancer survivor, Beatles superfan and real estate agent
When Richard Courtney was growing up in Columbia, Tenn., he went to visit a friend whose sister put "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles on the record…
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Frankie Staton: singer, songwriter, Black Country Music Association co-founder
Long before Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album re-ignited the conversation, Frankie Staton was booking showcases aimed at highlighting Nashville's Black country…
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Dr. Jon Roebuck: preacher behind 'A Moment That Matters'
Dr. Jon Roebuck comes from a family of preachers, and for 17 years he was the pastor at Woodmont Christian Church. That experience laid the groundwork for what…
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Eden Wilkinson: Romanian American adoptee
When Eden Wilkinson was less than two years old, she had a different name, and lived in an orphanage in Romania. At the time, the country, like many former…
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Mark Wynn: domestic violence survivor and former cop
Content warning: This episode contains discussion of intimate partner violence and child abuse. Like other survivors of domestic violence, Mark Wynn has never…
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Elisheba Mrozik: tattooer, artist and organizer
Elisheba Mrozik is probably best known as a tattooer: She made an appearance on the TV show Inkmaster and owns her own shop in North Nashville. But she’s also…
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A Girl Has No President: anonymous Instagrammer speaks
As of April 2024, the account A Girl Has No President has more than 760,000 followers on Instagram. That following includes scores of celebrities. But the…
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Bonus Episode: Steven Hale on Death Row Welcomes You
In his new book Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber, Steven Hale details the time he's spent getting to know some of…
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Sharon Ferrara: audio pioneer, songwriter and musician
Sharon Ferrara has lived a full and wildly interesting life. From Long Island to Nashville — with many stops in Texas along the way — she's rubbed shoulders…
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A Look Back at the Old Banner — From People Who Were There
For our premiere episode, we break from our one-on-one format to bring you an abbreviated — but nonetheless colorful and complicated — history of the Nashville…
Banner & CompanyTrailer
Coming soon! Banner & Company is a weekly interview podcast from the Nashville Banner hosted by Nashville media legend Demetria Kalodimos. Fresh episodes will…