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  • Podcast: Tennessee’s strange pronunciations — explained!

    June 30, 2022
  • Curious Nashville: How to say ‘Demonbreun’ and 4 other unusual Tennessee pronunciations

    June 13, 2022
  • Podcast: Why isn’t Arabic available for Tennessee’s driving exam?

    June 6, 2022
  • Curious Nashville: Arabic is the third-most spoken language in Tennessee. So why isn’t it offered on the state’s driver exam?

    June 1, 2022
  • Curious Nashville: Who decides which ‘I Voted’ stickers are at my polling place?

    April 13, 2022
  • interstate 24 bell road nashville

    Curious Nashville: Will traffic ever improve at Bell Road, one of Nashville’s most baffling interstate exits?

    April 6, 2022
  • Crunching budgets and getting curious about Bell Road

    April 6, 2022
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    Curious Nashville: What you’ve taught us by asking great questions for six years

    March 29, 2022
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    Curious Nashville: Revisiting 5 stories that are relevant again right now

    March 14, 2022
  • Centennial Park concrete sculptures

    Curious Nashville: Those Sculptures You Wondered About In Centennial Park Are Finally On Track For Repairs

    July 28, 2021
  • Salahadeen Center vaccine event

    Listening Closely To Tennessee’s COVID Vaccine Holdouts

    May 5, 2021
  • Hartsville vaccinations

    Curious Nashville: Tell WPLN News Why You’re Holding Off On The COVID Vaccine

    April 20, 2021
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