cityCURRENT Memphis Radio Show

Our cityCURRENT Radio Show airs each Sunday from 7-8 AM across all four Cumulus Media Memphis radio stations, which reach more than 750,000 listeners each week: Kix 106, 98.1 The Max, 98.9 The Roar, and 103.5 WRBO.

The show focuses on positives and features interviews with a mix of business and community leaders who discuss trends, efforts, lessons learned, and ways to get engaged and make an impact in the Mid-South.

 

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How SongwritingWith:Soldiers Uses Music to Help Veterans Heal

In this episode of the cityCURRENT Show, Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Jordyn Hay, Program Director and Lead Facilitator at SongwritingWith:Soldiers, to explore the powerful connection between storytelling, music, and healing. SongwritingWith:Soldiers hosts nationwide retreats for veterans, active-duty service members, first responders, and their families, pairing participants with professional songwriters to help transform personal experiences into songs. Through creative expression, mindfulness, peer support, and community, the organization is helping people process trauma, build connection, and rediscover hope. A Harvard University pilot study found participants experienced a 77% increase in hope and optimism following retreats, and in 2024 alone, more than

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Inside The Hope Line | Supporting Students & Young Adults Through Mental Health Struggles

In this episode of the cityCURRENT Show, Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Tim Altman, President and CEO of The Hope Line, to discuss how the organization has become one of the nation’s leading resources for students and young adults facing crisis, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and emotional struggles. What began as a way to support listeners of the Dawson McAllister Live radio show has grown into a global nonprofit outreach providing free resources including live chat with Hope Coaches, email mentors, podcasts, blogs, eBooks, and crisis support tools designed to help people feel seen, heard, and supported. In this conversation, Tim

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From Vera Wang to Reinventing Manufacturing | Maria Intscher-Owrang of Simplifyber

In this episode of the cityCURRENT Show, Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Maria Intscher-Owrang, co-founder of Simplifyber, an advanced materials company redefining how products are made through innovative fiber technology. After spending more than two decades in luxury fashion — including serving as VP of Design at Vera Wang — Maria stepped away from the traditional fashion industry to help solve one of manufacturing’s biggest challenges: waste, inefficiency, and outdated production systems. Through Simplifyber’s groundbreaking liquid fiber molding technology, products can be created directly from cellulose-based materials like wood pulp and recycled fibers in a single step — dramatically reducing

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Kiley Butler discusses AV trends and highlights ProductionOne, launch of Principal AV Integration

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews cityCURRENT Memphis partner, Kiley Butler, Founder and CEO of ProductionOne and Principal AV Integration, who discusses how ProductionOne has evolved over the last 24 years and how the integration division has grown large enough to warrant its own identity and dedicated staff. Kiley details their approach to live event production with full service audio, video, lighting and staging services, and then how their focus on people and planning carry over to AV integration, emphasizing the importance of custom design work, having dedicated in-house designers, and creating seamless systems that work transparently behind the scenes. The

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Girls Inc. of Memphis, celebrating 80 years of empowering girls

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Sylvia Martinez, President and CEO of Girls Inc. of Memphis, who highlights the organization’s 80-year anniversary and how the nonprofit inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through direct service and advocacy. The organization provides year-round programming focused on STEM education, leadership development, and life skills, serving more than 1,500 girls across Memphis with a commitment to equity, opportunity, and long-term success. During the interview, Sylvia explains Girls Inc.’s mission of empowering girls through the “strong, smart, and bold” framework, which focuses on healthy living, education, and independence. She describes how the organization

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Cornelius Sanders and Ramsay Clark highlight new book focused on the lifelong power of showing up

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Cornelius Sanders and Ramsay Clark, co-authors of the book “Colorblind: One Coach, One Friendship, and The Lifelong Power of Showing Up,” which is set to be released in July 2026 by WestBow Publishing Company. During the interview, Cornelius and Ramsay each talk about their backgrounds as lifelong Memphians, how they met through basketball at a Boys Club in Memphis, and the evolution of their 50-year friendship. The discussion covers the book’s themes of mentoring, faith, community engagement, and the importance of consistency, with the authors sharing how their relationship began unintentionally through basketball coaching and

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The Sow Project, transforming culinary workforce development in Memphis

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews the award-winning chef, best-selling author, restaurateur, and featured television personality, Ben Vaughn, who shares his journey to becoming Founder and CEO of The Center of Culinary Cultivation and The Sow Project, and Culinary Director for Brewed to Serve Restaurant Group and Be Nice Hospitality Group. During the interview, Ben talks about his journey from a 30-year career as a chef to launching the nonprofit organization that is focused on transforming culinary workforce development through a no-cost, paid apprenticeship program that combines on-the-job training, industry mentorship, and job placements for individuals seeking a new path forward

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Doing Good, serving other nonprofits with free marketing, PR opportunities

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Megan McInnis, Founder and Executive Director of Doing Good, a 501(c)3 B2B nonprofit that serves other agencies by providing marketing and PR tools and opportunities. She describes how the organization started when she was looking for positive information about nonprofits in Nashville, eventually speaking with over 300 people about their experiences with nonprofits. Megan outlines their current monthly process of celebrating one organization through podcast episodes, blog posts, social media, and press releases, while also serving as a matchmaker to connect nonprofits with other potential media and marketing partners. She explains that Doing Good is

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Cecily Berry, Miss Shelby County 2026: Championing Financial Literacy with Junior Achievement

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Cecily Berry, Miss Shelby County 2026 and financial advisor with First Horizon Advisors, who discusses her journey in the Miss America organization and her work promoting financial literacy through Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South. Cecily talks about her ties to and passion for Memphis, her recent graduation from Union University with degrees in economics and executive leadership, and how her mother’s previous competition 30 years ago inspired her to join, describing the organization’s focus on developing professional leadership skills in women while serving their communities. The program involves various components including interviews, public

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