The Sidebar, hosted by Eric Barnes from The Daily Memphian, focuses on arts, culture and everything in between in Memphis, including interviews with people shaping the city and sometimes an exploration of topics stranger, funnier and more surprising than you might expect to hear.
Jun, 17 2026
S7E16: John Zeanah wants city planning to be smarter – so he wrote a book
John Zeanah has written a book: Today’s Comprehensive Plan: An Adaptive Approach, which he describes as the book he wished he’d had when he started a project as big as Memphis 3.0. Zeanah joined Eric Barnes on “The Sidebar” to talk about the book, his history of planning in Memphis, and more. They touched on some of the controversies around Memphis 3.0 and focused on the differences between the smart and dumb ways cities have planned for their growth.
