cityCURRENT Nashville Radio Show
Our cityCURRENT Radio Show airs across all five Cumulus Media Nashville radio stations each Sunday from 5-6 AM on 104.5 The Zone, 95.5 NASH ICON, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, NASH FM 103.3, and 4-5 AM on 92Q.
The show is focused on positives and features interviews with a mix of business and community leaders who discuss important efforts, trends, lessons learned, and ways to get engaged across Middle Tennessee.
Friends Life Community
Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Waverly Ann Harris, President and CEO of Friends Life Community, who highlights the Nashville, Tennessee-based nonprofit organization and their efforts and mission “to provide adults with developmental disabilities the opportunities to grow personally, develop socially, and enjoy community as they experience life together.” Waverly Ann explains that Friends Life Community was founded in 2008 by four families and a community advocate who were concerned about what would happen to their loved ones with disabilities after high school graduation. She discusses how the organization has evolved and grown to now have its own headquarters located at
How Business Owners Can Better Protect Their Assets & Cash Flow
In this episode of the cityCURRENT Show, Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Candace Jenkins, CEO and Risk Management Advisor at Onyx Risk Management, to discuss how individuals, families, and business owners can approach insurance more strategically. At Onyx Risk Management, the focus goes beyond simply selling policies. Candace and her team help clients create intentional protection strategies designed to reduce risk, close coverage gaps, and align insurance decisions with long-term financial goals. In this conversation, we discuss: • Why insurance should never be treated like a commodity • Common coverage gaps homeowners and business owners overlook • How commercial insurance
How Austermiller Roofing Became a Trusted Name in Tennessee
In this episode of the cityCURRENT Show, Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Penny Austermiller, Founder and CEO of Austermiller Roofing, to discuss leadership, entrepreneurship, customer trust, and the evolution of the roofing industry. As one of Tennessee’s leading women-owned roofing companies, Austermiller Roofing has spent more than 30 years serving residential and commercial clients across Middle Tennessee with a commitment to quality, relationships, and what Penny calls “Raising the Standard in Roofing.” In this conversation, Penny shares: • The story behind Austermiller Roofing and how the company has grown • Why trust and customer education are essential in the roofing
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
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
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
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
A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee, celebrating 10 years of work
Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Jenny Matthews, Executive Director of A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee, who discusses the nonprofit organization’s 10-year anniversary and mission to prevent unplanned pregnancies by providing education and access to free long-acting reversible contraception. Jenny explains how the foundation has served nearly 7,000 clients by breaking down barriers like cost and transportation through partnerships with over 120 community organizations and medical clinics, offering services like a well woman exam, STI testing, the cost of the device, and removal at any time. She highlights common questions from clients about eligibility and menstrual cycles, shares success
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