The Sidebar with Eric Barnes

The Sidebar, hosted by Eric Barnes from The Daily Memphian, focuses on arts, culture and everything in between in Memphis, including interviews with people shaping the city and sometimes an exploration of topics stranger, funnier and more surprising than you might expect to hear.

S6E20: The Overton Park Shell 06/05/2025

S6E19: Live at the Garden 2025 06/02/2025

S6E18: SunAh Laybourn on Asian American culture and history in Memphis 05/23/2025

S6E17: Meet Me at the Library 05/13/2025

S6E16: Stax's Pat Mitchell Worley on the Power of Music Awards 05/03/2025

S6E15: Clap Three Times 05/03/2025

S6E14: Spanish Cultural Series Concerts 04/24/2025

S6E13: Sultana Disaster Museum 04/17/2025

S6E12: Lora Chilton on her novel titled "1666" 04/10/2025

S6E11: Tad Pierson on how the highway is his home 03/26/2025

S6E10: North American Bridge Championships 03/19/2025

S6E9: Shelby Farms Park 03/12/2025

S6E8: The Executive Director of Memphis Botanic Garden 03/05/2025

S6E7: Learn more about the work to improve Memphis’ public spaces 02/26/2025

S6E6: The city’s new head of the arts 02/19/2025

S6E5: The Brooks' Curator of African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora 02/13/2025

S6E4: The Daily Memphian Founder Andy Cates 02/07/2025

S6E3: Paul Chandler with Germantown Performing Arts Center 01/31/2025

S6E2: Memphis' Director of Creative and Cultural Economy 01/24/2025

S6E1: Kevin Sharp with Dixon Gallery and Gardens 01/16/2025

S5E43: What the Live Nation venue at Crosstown can bring to Memphis 01/11/2025

S5E42: Memphis' start-up ecosystem 12/23/2024

S5E41: Daily Memphian Director of Development Sarah Leach 12/23/2024

S5E40: Jeff Hulett on his new album and MTV (of course) 12/07/2024

S5E39: Memphis Botanic Garden's leader on greenspace, collaborations and Memphis 11/27/2024

S5E38: The importance of the 'civic commons' 11/27/2024

S5E37: How music can protect the aquifer 11/15/2024

S5E36: Batman tattoos, street art and a new lounge from David Yancy 10/31/2024

S5E35: WYXR on its 4th anniversary and the next Raised By Sound Fest 10/23/2024

S5E34: Lora Chilton on writing, violence and her history with the Patawomeck Indian Tribe 10/18/2024