With football ongoing and basketball season getting underway, we're talking Tigers
Release Date: 09/30/2026
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The U.S. ambulatory surgical center market is estimated to be almost $50 billion this year, and it’s projected to grow to $84 billion by 2035. Today, business reporter Steve Bohnel joins us to talk about . Plus:
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This week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like. We then follow that up with the start of the Memphis Grizzlies 2026-2027 season.. Grizzlies writer Drew Hill is here to help us Plus:
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If you love Memphis artists or artisans, this is for you. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us to discuss it all. Plus:
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Today, commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about h with new pop-up locations. Plus:
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In Shelby County, early voting for the midterm elections begins today. Longtime political reporter Bill Dries joins us to walk us through some of the ballot highlights. Plus:
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In May, , a full docket of preliminary hearings to handle mostly procedural matters. Joining us today to talk about that — and how the Memphis Safe Task Force is impacting local prosecutors — is new Daily Memphian public safety reporter Mary Evans. Plus:
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One can tell we’re firmly in fall by the reappearance of local public schools’ fall break and Memphis Madness, the annual University of Memphis event where fans meet this season’s basketball teams. And this year, the Tigers will also be hanging out with the tigers as Memphis Madness heads to the Memphis Zoo. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about all of that as well as new baseball fields at Tobey Park, the Grizzlies preseason finale and the ribbon-cutting for Gussied Up.
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This weekend ups the ante on music — all kinds — in a music town. There are two music festivals plus even more shows. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to walk, or dance, us through the weekend.
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Adam Queen, the cutting gardens manager at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, is part of a community of people interested in native plants. Today, digital producer Nick Lingerfelt joins us to talk about as well as the whys and hows of growing native plants. Plus:
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30 years after Hershey arrived in Memphis, many people still don’t know the factory exists. But one of the factory’s leaders is hoping to change that. Today, features writer John Klyce is here to talk about his time inside the factory, what they make there and .
info_outlineThe University of Memphis is in an interesting moment in athletics. Today, Frank Bonner II joins us to talk about more conference realignment, new/old coaches, the basketball team’s predilection for 3-pointers and what it would take to get season ticket-holders back into seats.
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- The IKEA building has sold
- Judges deny the state's request to throw out Chattanooga's lawsuit over the airport board takeover
- The Belmont Grill building owner buys the property next door
- CBU is approved to join the NAIA
- The Memphis Land Bank fires its CEO after questionable credit card spending
- The historic Brunswick building gets new life as Brunswick Rail Yard restaurant
- FedEx brings panda-monium to Atlanta