This episode we talk with a number of democratic party leaders across the state about incidents they have experienced in regards to voter intimidation and about the Voter Protections allowed around polling locations. If you see something, say s

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates: Bob Freeman (TN State House District 56)

Oct 15th, 2020 26m 39s

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates is a series from the Tennessee Democratic Party where we talk with candidates across the State of Tennessee to find out who they are, what they stand for and how we can help them win. This episode we're joi

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates: Gabby Salinas (TN District 97)

Oct 8th, 2020 36m 17s

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates: Marquita Bradshaw (U.S. Senate)

Sep 21st, 2020 34m 6s

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates: Torrey Harris (District 90)

Sep 8th, 2020 31m 54s

Cocktails & Questions with Candidates: Kelly Rowland (District 16)

Jul 16th, 2020 42m 42s

Now You Know Permit-Less Gun Carry

Mar 13th, 2020 37m 30s

Governor Bill Lee and Republicans in the legislature are putting Tennessee lives at risk by pushing their permit-less gun carry legislation. With mass shootings at an all time high and Tennessee gun deaths rising every single day, it is a time

Now You Know The Road To the Convention

Feb 21st, 2020 34m 7s

Mary walks through the TN Democratic Primary Process with Maria Brewer, TNDP Director of Party Affairs, including how the primary results affect the TNDP Delegation that will go to the DNC convention in Milwaukee this summer. They ask answer th

Now You Know Women's Reproductive Rights

Feb 14th, 2020 32m 51s

Governor Bill Lee is attempting to ban abortion in Tennessee by proposing the most extreme, comprehensive anti-abortion legislation that the state has ever seen, along with a slough of legislation to limit women’s rights and harm families. In t

Now You Know Tennessee Educators Association

Jan 31st, 2020 40m 29s

The Tennessee Educators Association (TEA) is an organization that works to advance public education by advocating for educators and students across the entire state of TN. In this episode, Mary Mancini sits down with Beth Brown - a career teac

Now You Know Right To Work

Jan 24th, 2020 21m 51s

The same week Senator Brian Kelsey (R) of Shelby County celebrated the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. by tweeting the MLK quote “The time is always right to do what is right." he introduced legislation that would cement Tennessee as a

Now You Know Medicaid Block Grants

Sep 20th, 2019 19m 7s

Randall Rice is a long time health care advocate and volunteer, and a Certified Application Counselor for Affordable Care Act enrollees. He joins the LEAD 2020 Podcast to discuss the harm posed by the extreme and unprecedented block grant plan

Democrats are the party of Tennessee's proud working families

Aug 28th, 2019 19m 59s

Tennessee AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer AJ Starling joins the LEAD 2020 Podcast to discuss the rich history and partnership between organized labor and the Democratic Party, and the future of the labor movement in Tennessee! AJ also serves as a D

Now You Know Enough Is Enough Tennessee

Jul 25th, 2019 29m 27s

Kristina Richardson is a mother of four, a veteran, a volunteer with Enough Is Enough Tennessee, founder of Indivisible Hardin County, a community volunteer with the Red Cross and WRAP, a local organization for sexual and domestic abuse survivo

Now You Know A Young Progressive Leader, Pt. 2

Jul 16th, 2019 29m 43s

Feroza Freeland is a Memphis native who has worked on various progressive electoral and issue-based campaigns across Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2018 and currently works in policy advocacy in Nashville

Now You Know DNC Chair Tom Perez

Jun 6th, 2019 19m 42s

DNC Chair Tom Perez discusses the talented 2020 Democratic presidential field, changes to the DNC debate rules, leading with our values, the Tennessee GOP's latest voter suppression law and more on the LEAD 2020 Podcast!

Now You Know Julian Castro

May 23rd, 2019 14m 35s

Former Obama HUD Secretary and 2020 Democratic Presidential hopeful Julian Castro joins the TNDP Podcast!

Now You Know Rural Organizing

May 13th, 2019 29m 13s

Our guest today is Matthew Hildreth, Director of New Initiatives at America’s Voice and founder and Board-Chair of RuralOrganizing.org Matt began his career working in television before jumping into national political communications over a deca

Now You Know James Mackler

May 3rd, 2019 20m 19s

2020 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Mackler joins the LEAD 2020 Podcast and discusses why he's running, how he got to this point, and the challenges facing Tennessee and the United States.

Now You Know A Young Progressive Leader, Pt. 1

Apr 1st, 2019 23m 5s

State Rep. London Lamar joins the LEAD 2020 TNDP Podcast to share her path to the Tennessee House of Representatives and discuss the need for bold young leadership within the ranks of the Tennessee Democratic Party and how you can make it happe

Now You Know County Party Leadership Elections

Mar 20th, 2019 11m 48s

In 2019 and 2020, there is only one way forward for all those who share our values: we must join together with people from all walks of life to fight for our future. The LEAD 2020: TNDP Podcast will address the party's path forward into 2020 an

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