On this week’s Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington pore over the week’s food news for items of particular interest, including the University District’s Belltower Coffeehouse taking over the empty snack-shop space at Shelby Farms, and the return of a south-of-Downtown dive bar. 

Steve Selvidge joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about the album he recorded with Luther Dickinson and Paul Taylor during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of the Brooks says on “Behind The Headlines” the controversy over the bluffwalk on the river side of the museum being built Downtown depends on your definition of the public walkway atop much of the riverbluff.

On this week’s Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington talk about some food stories they’ve each recently written and one recent Memphis food event they both missed. 

Brooks Lamb, who wrote “Overton Park: A History,” joins Eric Barnes to talk about his new book, “Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place.”

Memphis River Parks Partnership president and CEO Carol Coletta talks on “Behind The Headlines” about the road to the September opening of the redesigned Tom Lee Park. 

“Watching ‘The Bear’ has been the most simultaneously cathartic and traumatic television experience of my life.”

If you seek movie and show recommendations about food, cooking or chefs — this episode is for you.

This episode of Sound Bites serves as a pretty extensive vegan guide in the Memphis area, from plant-based comfort food and vegetarian delicacies to vegan food trucks and ghost kitchens, including Shroomlicious’ Korean “chicken” and waffles. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board let the former superintendent resign and receive a $480,000 payment after allegations of sexual misconduct. Details of the investigation were never released.

Opening event of FedEx Cup playoffs is two weeks away.

With only 30 minutes, this coffee-themed episode of Sound Bites does focus mostly on newer Memphis coffee shops in the loop.

Memphis mayoral contender J.W. Gibson talked on “Behind The Headlines” about crime, power outages, garbage pickup and the state of the city’s politics. The interview is the latest in a series of one-on-one conversations with contenders for mayor.

Carol Coletta talks about the recent Memphis in May events in the new Tom Lee Park — how they went, how they were received, and what they’ll be like in the future.

Mayoral contender Karen Camper says on “Behind The Headlines” the city’s public safety strategy is too focused on the “tactical” when it should include a longer-term approach to crime.

Ben Smith talks about how he got into the restaurant business, how the industry has changed after the COVID-19 pandemic and what the food chefs really eat back in the kitchen.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the summer league performances from Jake LaRavia, David Roddy and Kenneth Lofton Jr. 

Chris Herrington talks with Joshua Carlucci, a former chef and teacher who’s become a regular contributor to The Daily Memphian food section.

The Brooks Museum of Art has begun working on an exhibition dedicated the impact and legacy of the Memphis College of Art.

State Senator Brent Taylor says he plans to change the state law on bail conditions. But on “Behind The Headlines” with Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo, Taylor said don’t look for major changes in gun laws in an August special session of the Legislature.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington share their thoughts on the addition of Derrick Rose and Memphis’ start to summer league.

Geoff Calkins digs into his move away from sports, the changes to his radio show on 92.9, his friendship with Jennifer Biggs, and the upcoming fifth anniversary of The Daily Memphian on this week’s episode of The Sidebar. 

Take a listen and then sound off in the comments — which do you think are the best restaurants in town to take visitors?

“Some of those people who’ve reoffended ... there’s a small percentage of those that, I guess, maybe, we need to give up on and just talk about long-term incarceration,” Mulroy said. “But I think for a lot of them, there is a chance for rehabilitation.”

Colvett said he would appoint a “housing director” if elected to move more Memphians toward homeownership.