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S7E28: How the Hotel Pontotoc went from bordello to boutique hotel

2026-09-1625:20

For more than 20 years, Joey Lewis loved the Hotel Pontotoc, the former Downtown Memphis bordello that is now a hotel - and much more. Lewis bought the Hotel Pontotoc in 2022, then embarked on a three and a half year process of renovating the building. Lewis talks about the first year of the hotel's new life as a boutique hotel, a bar (The Dame), and a music venue.

S7E27: Pulitzer Prize winner to speak about homelessness at MIFA event

2026-09-1029:37

Brian Goldstone wrote a book about the millions of homeless people in the U.S., "There is No Place For us: Working and Homeless in America," which won the Pulitzer Price for nonfiction.

S7E26: WYXR on the bands who'll perform at this year's Raised by Sound Fest

2026-09-0228:11

With a lineup that includes the band Soccer Mommy and a show at the new Satellite Music Hall, WYXR's Raised by Sound Fest announced the bands that will be playing at the radio station's annual festival.

S7E25: New owner talks about the bright future for Memphis Flyer and Memphis Magazine

2026-08-2529:45

Brady Walkinshaw joins Eric Barnes to talk about the importance of local media, the network of local alt weeklies he's creating, and how print publications can be an antidote to the problems of AI.

S7E24: Tim Disney on his new book, the global elite and Oliver & Company

2026-08-1329:46

Tim Disney, who'll be at Novel on August 29, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about his dark satire of a culture of lying, misinformation and the global elite -- plus his life as the grandnephew of Walt Disney.

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