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Episode Archive

40 episodes of Stories Behind Tennessee Tourism since the first episode, which aired on October 7th, 2019.
  • Episode 9: Kellye Murphy, Visit Columbia Tourism & Marketing Director

    November 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  15 mins 52 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Columbia!

  • Episode 10: Susan Gulley, Rutherford County CVB Director of Cultural & Heritage Tourism

    November 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  15 mins 49 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Rutherford County!

  • Episode 5: Marty Marbry, West Tennessee Division Manager TDTD

    October 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  12 mins 42 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... TDTD.

    Our journey with Tennessee Department of Tourist Development continues with West Division Manager Marty Marbry.

    (https://industry.tnvacation.com/industry/marketing/about-tdtd)

  • Episode 4: Zach Ledbetter, Director of Outreach & Engagement for theTN Deptartment of Tourist Development

    October 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  16 mins 5 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Outreach and Engagement.

    Zach Ledbetter joins the podcast. He talks with Joseph about his marketing journey and his passion for Tennessee.

    (https://industry.tnvacation.com/industry/marketing/about-tdtd)

  • Episode 3: Mark Ezell, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

    October 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  14 mins 30 secs
    agency, agency life, best behavior, brad carpenter, branding, business, creative, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, fun, funny, gatlinburg, gov con, happy, joseph nother, makers, mark ezell, marketing, marketing podcasts, media, pigeon forge nashville, research, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

    Time to hear from the Commish himself. Mark Ezell stops by the podcast booth to talk about the state of tourism through these last two years of unforeseen opportunities and challenges.

    (https://industry.tnvacation.com/industry/marketing/about-tdtd)

  • Episode 2: Carol Agee and Dollywood

    October 11th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  14 mins 45 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind ... Dollywood

    Carol Agee sits down Brad and Mary to talk about Dollywood past, present, and future.
    (https://www.dollywood.com)

  • Episode 1: Mark Adams | Gatlinburg CVB

    October 11th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  15 mins 22 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Gatlinburg!

    Mark Adams sits down with Joseph to talk all things Gatlinburg.
    (https://www.gatlinburg.com)

  • Lee Curtis | Tennessee State Museum

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 50 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Lee Curtis tells stories behind the exhibits at the Tennessee State Museum, and schools Chris & Brad with her knowledge and expertise of all things Tennessee History.

  • Jessica Doppelt | Pigeonforge.com

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  13 mins 40 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Jessica Doppelt stops by to talk about how she came to own and operate a massively popular and important website in the tourism world... Pigeonforge.com.

  • Veronica Byrd | Morgan County Part 2

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  12 mins 9 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Veronica Byrd stops by to talk about outdoor recreation and creating attractions in rural counties like her own Morgan County, TN.

  • Linda Brooks Jones | Morgan County Part 1

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  17 mins 6 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Linda Brooks Jones recounts many amazing stories about Morgan County... including one involving a former President of the United States...

  • Kate Barido | Ober Gatlinburg

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 57 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Kate Barido talks about life and her experiences at Ober Gatlinburg, a popular ski resort nestled in the peaks of the smoky mountains.