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Decaf Episode 20: outrage culture, Nashville debate, LeBron James, and podcasts

Taylor and Justin talk about outrage culture in sports, the presidential debate that will be held at Belmont in 2020, LeBron James’s c...

Poverty to Prosperity: Reforming Tennessee’s Public Assistance Programs

Reform of public benefit systems is a perennial topic, but often seems too big to tackle. Before we can successfully reform public benefits...

Punching above our weight

This week, Beacon was selected as a “Smart Bet” for 2020 by the Atlas Network. Atlas is an international network of think tanks from all ove...

The Beacon Team: Small but Mighty

Want to work at Beacon? We don’t blame you. We were recently featured on Zippia’s blog. Read the article here to see what weR...

Decaf Episode 18: Low Fi Coffee, Bernie’s health, no tax money for MLB, and binge-watching

Taylor and Mark were in Memphis this week to conduct exit polling for the Memphis mayoral race. While they were in town, they went to Low Fi...

Decaf Episode 17: impeachment, Bluff City Law, climate change, and movie sequels.

Taylor and Mark talk about impeachment, Bluff City Law, climate change, and movie sequels.

Get to Know Joe Scarlett, Beacon Board Vice Chairman

For the second part of Beacon's series of posts to help you get to know our board members, we have an interview with Joe Scarlett, Beacon Bo...

Over-Caffeinated: Episode 7 with WWE Superstar and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs