Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus presidential debates

Every Thursday we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk! 

Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is in the studio to take your calls and answer your questions. Plus, it’s political debate season, and Tennessee State University professor Josh Shapiro is with us to discuss their efficacy and importance, and answer all your presidential debate-related questions. Are decisions at the ballot box impacted by debate performance? Are post-debate spin rooms effective? Why do some candidates refuse to debate? Is there one form of debate that works better than others? Join us!

Guests:

• Freddie O’Connell | Mayor, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
• Dr. Ian Shapiro | Professor, Tennessee State University

Listen to previous Ask the Mayor episodes:

• Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 29, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Metro Legal Director with Freddie O’Connell and Wally Dietz (July 25, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Benton McDonough (June 18, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Ken Moore (May 30, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Taking Cover (April 17, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Votes For Women (March 28, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus photographer Jeff Fasano (Feb. 15, 2024