Charles Cook Podcast

Charles Cook Podcast

The Charles Cook Podcast is focused on local and state issues in Tennessee.

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November 24, 2025 17 mins

On November 20, 2025 the Hamblen County Election Commission voted to stay with the precinct voting system they already have in place instead of moving to a Convenient Voting Center System.

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Morristown City Mayor Gary Chesney told me to produce the video of him saying we may get people elected like this guy if we let the voters vote by wards. I produced the video again in this podcast.

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Morristown City Mayor Gary Chesney and some of the other council members are trying one last time to take away the ward / district voters ability to choose who will represent their community on the city council. One more time to get around the 2023 state law. 

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Big Al Martin the owner of Big Al`s Bent Creek BBQ & Catering joined me in studio to talk about how local government regulations can put the food truck industry out of business in a matter of weeks.


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November 2, 2025 37 mins

Good people do not have to vote for the lesser of two evils. We are not bound to vote for the party candidates when they are evil candidates. Our votes belong to us and not a party.

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On October 7, 2025, the Morristown City Council voted to spend $438,000 for kitchen renovations at a two and a half year old recreation and event center. All funded and paid for by citizen tax dollars.

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Tennessee Governor Candidate Monty Fritts made a stop at Colley Hill Farm in Dandridge Tennessee on Tuesday evening October 21, 2025. He covered many issues facing Tennesseans today.

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The new Hamblen County Justice Center is up to 100 million dollars plus in cost and still is not open. The citizens of Hamblen County keep seeing their taxes go up and up, but no one seems to want to ask questions, why?

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Elliott Schuchardt is the author of a book titled America`s Achilles Heel. Elliott also plans to seek the District 18 Tennessee House seat in the 2026 election.

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October 6, 2025 26 mins

Freedom Fest 2025 was held Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Loudon, Tennessee. I had the chance to do a few interviews with Susan Baugh from East Tennessee Conservatives, Geary Boedeker from Empowered Jefferson and Dennis Walsh from Roane for Liberty.

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Dakota Carmichael is a local historian from Hamblen County. You can follow Dakota`s work on Facebook and YouTube at The Old History Project.

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Today I talked with Sam Maner with the Tennessee Sons of the Revolution. 

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It has been reported by people like Todd Starnes and others that the City of Morristown ban a Prayer Vigil for Charlie Kirk. Were those reports true?

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Over the last few weeks, months and years we have seen the evil in the country. Many cheer the evil when it benefits them and denounce it when it hurts their cause. 

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Danny Blitz is a Constitutional Speaker, President of the Republican Women of White County, and the White County leader of Tennessee Citizen for State Sovereignty. 

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September 11, 2025 25 mins

Yesterday two small children was left without their father. A wife lost her husband. A family lost a son and brother. He was gunned down for being willing to let people talk and to have a conversation about issues with them.

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September 8, 2025 3 mins

Freedom Fest will be held on Oct. 4, 2025. Don`t miss the great line-up of speakers and music artists.

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State Rep. Todd Warner joined me on the podcast today to discussed issues important to the voters in District 92. 

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As of now, there are 19 candidates running for the US House seat from District 7. Many of the candidates hold a seat in the Tennessee Legislature and have a proven voting record. The voters need take a look at those proven voting records before voting in the special election.


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How did our members of the Tennessee General Assembly and U.S. Congress score when voting to support to Constitution. They solemnly swore in their Oath of Office they would support the Constitution. Their score tells a different story.

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