Latest Knoxvillepolitics Podcast Episodes

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Ep. 180 Sherri Garrett

Almost in Agreement - February 16, 2022 21:19 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sherri is seeking Seat 7 for Knox County School Board.  Learn more about her on her Facebook page and Website.    Get with us on Facebook or our website and don't forget to check out my '22 Voter Guide.    Production note... I have removed episode 179 due to the low quality.  I am going ...

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Ep. 178 Steve Weiner

Almost in Agreement - February 11, 2022 21:19 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Steve Weiner is running for Seat 10 Knox County Election Commission at Large.  Learn more on his website and Facebook page.  Check out our website and election guide. 

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Ep. 177 Sherry Witt

Almost in Agreement - February 11, 2022 19:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sherry is the current Clerk and is seeking re-election for Knox County Clerk.  You can go to her Knox County page here.  Go to our website and check out my '22 election guide.

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Ep. 176 Steve Triplett

Almost in Agreement - February 09, 2022 21:19 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Steve Triplett is a candidate for Knox County School Board.  You can learn more about him on his website or Facebook Page.  Don't for get to follow us on Facebook and visit our '22 Voter Guide

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Ep. 175 Dylan Earley

Almost in Agreement - February 08, 2022 21:10 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Dylan is seeking seat 10 on County Commission. That is an at Large seat meaning it covers and is elected by the entire county.  Learn more about him on his website and Facebook page. Learn more about us on our website and my county 22 election guide.  Please give us a follow and subscribe and ...

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Ep. 174 Sovereign Citzens Unite

Almost in Agreement - February 06, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I go a little too deep into the bottle and go super long on this episode.  We explore all the madness what we could think of from the last week or so.  KPD is watching you, Loudon County wants you to rat out your ex for valentines day, a Mayoral candidate calls it quits and the restorati...

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Ep. 173 Eric Lutton

Almost in Agreement - February 06, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Eric Lutton is the current Public Defender seeking reelection for that seat. He was elected in a 2020 special election after being appointed to the seat when his predecessor "retired" Go to his election website if you'd like to learn more.  Check out our job descriptions page and '22 voter guid...

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Ep. 172 Vivian Shipe

Almost in Agreement - February 04, 2022 19:21 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Vivian Shipe is seeking Seat 11 County Commission at Large learn more about her through her Facebook Page and be on the look out for her website launching soon. Or email her at [email protected] Check out the Job Descriptions page as well as our '22 voter guide. 

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Ep. 171 Devin Driscoll

Almost in Agreement - February 02, 2022 21:21 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Devin Driscoll is seeking County Commission seat 11 at Large.  Feel free to learn more about him at his website or Facebook page. 865-789-2830  Please check out the job descriptions page on our  website and follow us on Facebook. 

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Ep. 170 Dominique Oakley

Almost in Agreement - February 01, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Dominique and I chat about Knox County School board.  She is running for District 7 north/north east Knox County.  She is running as an independent so she gets to bypass the primary in May and is going strait to the August General election.  You can go to her website or Facebook page to learn m...

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Ep. 169 Seth Settling Scores

Almost in Agreement - January 30, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
It's official, I am now 100% debt free to the group.  For now...We discuss the current bill to redirect TWRA funds out of TWRA activities into the general fund. We try to understand how the government relationship with big banks helps you and I as citizens, a review of possibly the best football...

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Ep. 168 Reginald M Jackson

Almost in Agreement - January 28, 2022 19:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Reginald is seeking Seat 1 for Knox County School Board an Army Vet and former school security officer.  I personally had not considered the School Boards duty to oversee school security as a major part of the job before speaking with Mr. Jackson.   Find him on Facebook. 

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Ep. 167 Kim Frazier

Almost in Agreement - January 24, 2022 20:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Kim zooms in for a quick chat about her campaign.  She is seeking seat 11, County Commission at Large.  We had a great chat and learned a few things about her and her goals for Knox County.   Find her website here or you can email her [email protected] or you can call her 865-805-1739

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Ep. 166 Can the Mayor defund schools

Almost in Agreement - January 23, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I sit down with special Guest lil'E. Not enough teachers and subs so we took a week off and maybe another...Sam and I continue and I go off on parties and politicians running outside their lane, random multi-use baseball stadium project update, a bad take on Unions and much more...had a ...

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Ep. 165 Breyauna Holloway

Almost in Agreement - January 22, 2022 00:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
So excited to have had the chance to meet Ms. Holloway.  We chat about her past that lead her to her run for Knox County School Board D1.  I have a link to her neighborhood council page that she is currently updated for her campaign.  If you get a chance check out her cool boutique as well.   ...

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Ep. 164 R. Deno Cole

Almost in Agreement - January 19, 2022 20:16 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
R. Deno Cole is running for Chancellor for Knox County Part 2.  We take a few minutes to get to know him as well as what a Chancellor even is...so thats fun. Very interesting and informative conversation as well as the introduction of our "OFFICIAL 5 Questions" for all the candidates we talk to ...

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Ep. 163 All the Lords

Almost in Agreement - January 16, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Finally! I get to give out my Christmas Present, AC gets to be the first in the new space...Sam and Max are in over the phone...and we are off to the races...we plan our hunting trip to our new land in Scotland...we discuss how little real difference there is in politicians...and a new run at Sa...

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Ep. 162 Arrested at a meeting

Almost in Agreement - January 09, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I share our thoughts on the David Hayes arrest, Planned Parenthood Arson, as well as, we go into my job descriptions guide for the offices up for election and ponder on how much autonomy some offices actually have...suffice to say I don't know.  Stay tuned, I am scheduling candidates as ...

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Ep. 161 We survived 21

Almost in Agreement - January 02, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I take a quick look back at some of the big stories from 2021, and I'll be damned if 2021 didn't take a few more big swings before that bell rang in 2022...Betty White!?!?!? DAMN IT...Planned Parenthood here in Knox County burned, crazy hot holiday, tornadoes on New Years day, and much m...

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Ep. 160 Matt Shears

Almost in Agreement - December 26, 2021 01:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Matt and I check in on the state of Knoxville Politics and the future on the Knox County Democratic Party as we move in to a huge 2022 election...shots fired as he responds to some of the claims of Erik Wiatr and I respond to some of the claims that I am an irresponsible journalist.  Spoiler ale...

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Ep. 159 Lazy equals EVIL?

Almost in Agreement - December 19, 2021 16:52 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I sit down to chat about evil laziness and soft censorship. We talk about upcoming elections, some crazy iceberg and much much more...

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Ep. 158 Erik Wiatr

Almost in Agreement - December 13, 2021 20:18 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik is the head of the Scruffy Little City PAC and an active political player in Knoxville, Knox County, and Tennessee races.  He was a major part of this most recent City Council race and is working on the 2022 races right now.  We chat some history and some future. Check it out...also an unso...

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Ep. 158 Erik Waitr

Almost in Agreement - December 13, 2021 20:18 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Erik is the head of the Scruffy Little City PAC and an active political player in Knoxville, Knox County, and Tennessee races.  He was a major part of this most recent City Council race and is working on the 2022 races right now.  We chat some history and some future. Check it out...also an unso...

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Ep. 157 Other Podcasts

Almost in Agreement - December 12, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Sam and I catch up and we are all over the place...we chat Maxwell case, school text books, age of consent and so much more.... keep eyes out for the Job Listings page on our website...

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Ep. 156 Championship Weekend

Almost in Agreement - December 05, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
First off Im sorry we skipped a week...we'll try to at least warn you next time.  We are hot and bothered and excited to start looking at the insane ballot coming up in '22.  We're talking almost 30 primaries in May, 65+ ballot items in August, and less than 20 in November including no less than...

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Ep. 155 Chris Davis

Almost in Agreement - December 03, 2021 21:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Chris Davis administrator of Knox County Election Commission and I sit down to catch up.  We chat a little bit about the '21 city races, redistricting, and the insanely large '22 ballot we are about to see. 60+ items on three different dates.  It's gonna be a busy year.  I will be building a che...

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Ep. 154 Opening Weekend 21

Almost in Agreement - November 23, 2021 01:17 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Big weekend, always a great time...but this year we got a little on tape.  Great time great conversation and a few deer to the processor.  We apologize for the late release...but we'll get back to normal soon.  We hope you have great holidays coming up and don't forget to tell your friends about...

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Ep. 154 A few stories from the woods

Almost in Agreement - November 14, 2021 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is a little different than our normal episodes...this episode is 2 clips from 2 different hunting trips.  We start out with Max, AC, and I in the camper talking about Braves baseball and the WOKE issues surrounding the use of Native American imagery in branding.   Clip 2 is from Sam and I t...

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Ep. 153 Stadium Project Update

Almost in Agreement - November 10, 2021 03:36 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
A stadium this way comes...Mark Mamantov, Stephanie Welch, and Chris 'birthday boy' Caldwell sit down with me to chat about all the developments and current status of the "multi-use stadium" project.  This is a Presentation Link  for the information we reference in the show.   Also we reference...

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Ep. 152 City Recap Hunt

Almost in Agreement - November 07, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
City elections come and go and nothing changes...voter turn out is up and still a dismal total...Braves win the world series and AC finds away to sneak it in...annual hunting trip preview and much more...check out the website for more information.  

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