Before taking you down a fever dreamy rabbit hole of 1980s Nashville, Alex delves into the legend of the Nashville Flame—a friend of other-worldly humanoids and foe to [...]
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020
We talk Tony Alamo, the children of his cult, the horrible act befallen to his wife, Susan Alamo through a conversation with author Debby Schriver.
Posted: Fri July 17, 2020
Tristen Gaspadarek talks with Alex Steed about the origins of Please Vote Nashville how being a DIY musician overlaps with civic engagement.
Posted: Fri July 17, 2020
Marlene Twitty-Fargo is the drag persona of Tim White, leader of the band The Twat Biscuits and is a ton of fun.
Posted: Wed July 8, 2020
As a teenager in 1920s Birmingham, Alabama, Nick Gulas left his job at a bakery to learn the ropes (pun intended) of working in the wrestling business. Once he knew a thing or [...]
Posted: Wed July 1, 2020
A Spanish Flu adjacent episode in which pieces from the Tennessean from that time are visited.
Posted: Wed May 6, 2020
I took a break from heavy stuff this week to talk sex in the isolation age with Tessa Lowe of Primrose Path Boutique.
Posted: Thu April 2, 2020
A piece about the day of the 1998 tornado itself. K-Ci & JoJo were huge and the winds were catastrophic.
Posted: Thu March 19, 2020
Part 1 of a three part miniseries about the 1998 Nashville tornadoes.
Posted: Thu March 12, 2020
How did Lower Broad manage to ascend into a tourist destination in the later half of the Reagan Era? Also, a few words about that fucking tornado.
Posted: Thu March 5, 2020
A bit about sex work during the Civil War and some unbelievable tales about The Classic Cat II, Nashville’s longest running, and probably most storied, strip clubs.
Posted: Wed February 26, 2020
How Lower Broad went from being the sort of place most folks didn’t engage with after dark to becoming a budding tourist destination.
Posted: Thu February 20, 2020