Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor + Santas!

This is our last live broadcast of the year. We are grateful that you take the time to be with us for an hour out of your day. Thank you.

Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to take your calls. You can dial (615) 760-2000 to participate.

Plus, Niche to Meet You podcast producer and host Leslie Eiler Thompson joins us to talk about the history of Santa, the personal stories of some of the real-life Santas she’s met, and how for these folks, being Santa is more than just a hobby. And we end the show with a special reading of the most famous poem about Santa Claus ever written.

Guests

• Freddie O’Connell | Mayor, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
• Leslie Eiler Thompson | Producer and Host, Niche to Meet You

Further Reading and Listening

• You can listen to Leslie’s three-part podcast miniseries about being Santa Claus here.

Listen to previous Ask the Mayor episodes:

• Ask the Mayor plus Thanksgiving Traditions (Nov. 21, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Ask the Ghost Mayor (Oct. 31, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus presidential debates (Sept. 12, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 29, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Metro Legal Director with Freddie O’Connell and Wally Dietz (July 25, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Benton McDonough (June 18, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Ken Moore (May 30, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Taking Cover (April 17, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Votes For Women (March 28, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus photographer Jeff Fasano (Feb. 15, 2024)