E01: Justin Kanew: Always Yell the Truth

Air date: 07/21/2026

Host:

Gloria Johnson: Tennessee State Representative, District 90

Guest:

Justin Kanew: Founder, The Tennessee Holler

Episode Summary

Gloria Johnson talks with Justin Kanew, founder of the progressive news outlet The Tennessee Holler, about the state of Tennessee media and politics. Kanew traces his path from a 2016 congressional run against Marsha Blackburn's seat to founding the Holler, and the two dig into press access at the Capitol, the 2023 expulsion of the "Tennessee Three," the erosion of floor debate under recent House speakers, corruption in the legislature (with a focus on school vouchers and a troubling judicial confirmation story), and what gives them hope, includi ...