About the show

Designsensory is proud to present over twenty amazing conversations with tourism leaders from all across Tennessee. Recorded live from the Music City Center in Nashville in a little less than 48 hours, Chris McAdoo and Brad Carpenter learn what (and more importantly...who!) makes Tennessee tourism tick.

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Episodes

  • 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!

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    Episode 8: Molly Brown, Cookeville-Putnam County CVB

    November 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  14 mins 9 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Stories Behind... Cookeville-Putnam County

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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

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    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.

  • 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...

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    Mark Adams & Chad Netherland | Gatlinburg CVB

    October 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 25 secs
    branding, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, tennessee, tourism

    Mark Adams & Chad Netherland stop by to talk the economical and sociological impact of tourism and the power of community.

  • 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.