 This week, Alexandra and Taylor talk about the big de-annexation issue for Tennessee, a fundraiser by new Memphis mayor Jim Strickland, a Mississippi man and woman who allegedly tried to join ISIS, and more.Help support OTR by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

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Episode 21: Legal to Drink

 This week, Alexandra and Taylor talk about MPD's Crisis Intervention Team, a new director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Jerry Lawler's new Beale Street business, and more.Help support Off the Record by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/oam

Episode 20: Unhinged

 This week, Alexandra and Taylor cover wine in grocery stores hitting the July opening day, new Memphis mayor Jim Strickland staying quiet on cell phone surveillance, the Serenity Towers bedbug ordeal, and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 19: New Mayor, Old Mayor

 Alexandra and Taylor talk about updates to security at the University of Memphis, the search for MPD's police director, the pressing need for 911 dispatchers, MATA's budget crisis, and more.Help support this show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 18: Home-icide

 Alexandra and Taylor talk about the the Crosstown Concourse construction, Supervalu's interest in an Uptown location, possible changes to how Shelby County spends contract dollars, federal shutdown of the Warren and Tulane apartment complexes and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 17: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

 Alexandra and Taylor cover the latest in Memphis news, including an update on Artspace, a new grocery store in Binghampton, District Attorney Amy Weirich's possible censure, CBU's interest in developing a Crosstown high school, the upcoming filming of a CMT series in the 901 and more.Help support the show with any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 16: Foodie Foodie Foodie Foodie Rocking E'rywhere

 Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the week with a considerable amount of news, including FedEx's tax breaks in Collierville, the Memphis Zoo and Overton Park Conservancy lawsuit, Mud Island redevelopments, Uber and Lyft versus cabs (again), and more.Help support the show by making any regular purchase @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 15: Zoo vs. Overton Park Showdown

 Alexandra and Taylor catch up on Memphis news after the holidays with stories about a local food mission's GoFundMe, MPD Director Toney Armstrong's retirement, FedEx's request for more tax breaks in Collierville, and more.Help support the show by shopping @ theoamnetwork.com/amazon

Episode 14: Episode 16

 This week, Taylor and Alexandra get you caught up on the appointees by Mayor-Elect Jim Strickland, the Darrius Stewart court ruling, the Memphis Zoo's new penguins, Strickland's Star Wars hype, and more.

Episode 13: Friend Fiction

 Alexandra and Taylor are back from their holiday break to get you caught up on the Central Station redevelopment; U of M getting its own board; the state autopsy of Troy Goode; a possible water rate increase by MLGW; IKEA's in the clear; and more.

Episode 12: Post Weinergate Coverage

 Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news and talk about Tennessee's public accountability rating, unions suing over the city pension, the Fairgrounds, the Raleigh Springs Mall project, the trolleys on Main Street, and more.

Episode 11: Polynesian Cheetos

 Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news this week, talking about MPD Director Toney Armstrong's upcoming retirement, City Council passing CLERB, update on the Darrius Stewart case, tax issues impeding Ikea's progress, and more.

Episode 10: Callbacks and Tattoos

 Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the news this week, talking about Memphis Animal Services, the Rape Kit Summit, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the New Daisy, and more.

Episode 9: Cheese Please

 Alexandra and Taylor talk election results, some updates to past developing stories, teen birth control, Collierville's new $95 million school, and more.

Episode 8: Catfisting

 Alexandra and Taylor get you caught up on the all the latest Memphis news, including the conclusion of the controversial PR contract between Deidre Malone and Taser; Lakeland Commisioner Clark Plunk's anti-gay social media rant; Cooper-Young's short-lived squabble with Dollar Tree; Shelby County adding a mental health court; $1 million bond for a 17-year-old in Germantown; and more.

Episode 7: The Sh*t Show

Off the Record with The New Southern is a weekly podcast, hosted by Alexandra Pusateri and Taylor Smith, about Memphis news miscellany, including poking fun at local media and filling you in on big stories in the Bluff City.

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