S7E17: John Zeanah wants city planning to be smarter - so he wrote a book
Release Date: 06/17/2026
S7E24: Tim Disney on his new book, the global elite and Oliver & Company
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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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S7E23: Pat Mitchell Worley on the legacy of Stax in Memphis
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Pat Mitchell Worley, the president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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S7E22: How art, place and Memphis come together for the Hyde Foundation
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Rachel Knox, senior program officer for arts & culture for the Hyde Family Foundation, talks not just about the arts organizations that the foundation has supported, but the entire landscape of the arts in Memphis.
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S7E21: How the Sterick Building hopes to transform a neighborhood Downtown
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The principal of Constellation Properties, Stuart Harris, and the executive director of HiFi Memphis, Mersadies Burch, join Eric Barnes to talk about the scope and scale of the Downtown project.
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S7E20: What makes a great music city?
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Elizabeth Cawein, who founded Memphis Export Memphis ten years ago to promote Memphis musicians and help them in their careers, talks about the organization’s birthday celebration concerts on July 25, the realities of making money as a musician, and what Memphis does right - and could do better - in being a music city.
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S7E19: Paris comes to Memphis in "Cafe Society"
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International exhibition “Café Society” at Dixon Gallery and Gardens centers on Belle Époque Paris and explores how Parisian cafés shaped the city’s culture from 1855-1914. Julie Pierotti, the Martha R. Robinson Curator of the Dixon, was the primary organizer of the exhibition. She joins us today to discuss the exhibition, as well as with the process of coordination it requires.
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S7E18: Robby Grant from WYXR
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Robby, who is the executive director of WYXR, joined this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about how the station has evolved in its six years, the range of program and events WYXR supports, and the station’s growth into a full-blown arts and community organization.
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S7E17: John Zeanah wants city planning to be smarter - so he wrote a book
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
John Zeanah has written a book: , which he describes as the book he wished he’d had when he started a project as big as . Zeanah joined Eric Barnes on to talk about the book, his history of planning in Memphis, and more. They touched on around Memphis 3.0 and focused on the differences between the smart and dumb ways cities have planned for their growth.
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S7E16: Songwriters, music and beer flood South Main
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Two music festivals are coming to South Main this weekend, as the Ghost River Brewing Co.’s . Organizers from both festivals - Tori Keskey with Ghost River Brewing and Mike Mielenhausen with the South Main Songwriter Festival - joined this week’s episode to talk about events, the music, and - of course - the beer at Ghost River.
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S7E15: A look at the 2026 Live at the Garden line up
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Olivia Wall, director of marketing and communications for Memphis Botanic Garden, joined this week’s episode to talk about Live at the Garden’s 2026 line up, including the first show featuring the band Alabama on June 13. The full line up and ticket information is .
info_outlineJohn Zeanah has written a book: Today’s Comprehensive Plan: An Adaptive Approach, which he describes as the book he wished he’d had when he started a project as big as Memphis 3.0.
Zeanah joined Eric Barnes on “The Sidebar” to talk about the book, his history of planning in Memphis, and more. They touched on some of the controversies around Memphis 3.0 and focused on the differences between the smart and dumb ways cities have planned for their growth.