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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 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.
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes is hosted by The Daily Memphian. The show has published 200 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S7E28: How the Hotel Pontotoc went from bordello to boutique hotel" (16 September 2026, 25 minutes), "S7E27: Pulitzer Prize winner to speak about homelessness at MIFA event" (10 September 2026, 30 minutes), and "S7E26: WYXR on the bands who'll perform at this year's Raised by Sound Fest" (2 September 2026, 28 minutes).
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 200 episodes.
Booking probability for The Sidebar with Eric Barnes is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Sidebar with Eric Barnes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Sidebar with Eric Barnes's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Daily Memphian hosts The Sidebar with Eric Barnes, a news podcast with 200 episodes published.
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The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
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...
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
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.
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
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.
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
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.
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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.
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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John 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...
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Two music festivals are coming to South Main this weekend, as the Ghost River Brewing Co.'s Made to Wander Music Festival and the South Main Songwriter Festival kick off . Organizers from both festivals - Tori Keskey...
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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...
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For the 30,000 children in Shelby County who get a book every month from Books from Birth, the benefits are innumberable. But getting those same books to the 30,000 kids in Shelby County who aren't in the Books from...
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New Memphis' president and CEO, Anna Mullins, joined this week's episode of "The Sidebar" to talk about the organization's mission in Memphis, how their role has evolved over time, and that the impact of COVID has...
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Restaurateur Karen Carrier joins Eric Barnes to talk about Legacy at the Table , a three-part dinner series where Carrier translates the history of Memphis College of Art into unique menus that take guests on a journey...
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Ramona Sonin is creative director of Memphis Art & Fashion Week, which starts May 4 at the Brooks Museum of Art, including a Met Gala watch party, a high tea, aperitifs and, of course, a runway show at the museum...
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Holly Whitfield sits in for Eric Barnes with Tennessee Ballet Theater interim director Ashley Hannah Davis. They discuss Tennessee Ballet Theater's upcoming show, 901 Stories: Down on Beale. They also discuss the local...
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Sylvia Martinez, President and CEO of Girls Inc. of Memphis, joins Eric Barnes to talk about the organizations evolution from its beginning as Girls Club of America. She also talks about the importance of the Girls Inc...
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Professor and Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Girls Inc. of Memphis
Emmy Award–winning investigative producer, Ballet Memphis
Doctor of Physical Therapy, YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South
Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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