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‘Swifties for Kamala’ think Harris is the 1 to beat Trump. And they want to help.

By Elena Moore, NPR

September 5, 2024

By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.

Filed Under: NPR News, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Democratic Party, democrats, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris, NPR, Taylor Swift

Folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland’

By A Martínez, NPR

September 4, 2024

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The folk music duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland,” four years after a tornado destroyed their home and studio.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NPR News, WPLN News Tagged With: Folk music, music, Super Tuesday Tornado, tornado

The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters.

By Jude Joffe-Block, NPR

September 4, 2024

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As the election nears, false rhetoric about noncitizen voting is having a real impact as some GOP officials are scrutinizing voter rolls and questioning some voters’ registrations.

Filed Under: NPR News, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2024, GOP, immigrants, NPR, republicans

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

By Magnolia McKay

August 1, 2024

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It was a breakout moment in the evangelical purity movement — a movement that impacts sex education in the United States to this day. Jill Dender was one of the first teens to sign the pledge while traveling with her youth group from Tulip Grove Baptist in Nashville

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, NPR News, WPLN News Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, evangelical, NPR, purity culture, religion, sex ed

Nashville’s Parthenon Museum considers repatriating pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico

By Scott Detrow

June 3, 2024

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NPR’s Scott Detrow talks to assistant curator at Nashville’s Parthenon Museum about her idea to repatriate hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts back to Mexico.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, NPR News, Race & Equity Tagged With: artifacts, NPR, Parthenon

Victor Wooten, Bach, & Gospel Marching Band

By NPR Staff

June 2, 2024

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Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins “From the Top” for our exciting musical journey out of Nashville, and we meet the drum major from Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NPR News Tagged With: Classical Music, From the Top, music, NPR, podcasts

After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers

By Blaise Gainey

May 7, 2024

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Tennessee passed a bill package expanding gun access, including a measure allowing teachers to carry firearms in schools — despite calls for gun safety legislation after the Covenant school shooting.

Filed Under: Education, NPR News, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: arming teachers, guns, guns in schools, guns on campus, NPR

Here are our 10 best college podcasts in America

By Janet W. Lee~https://www.npr.org/people/1006770203/janet-w-lee?ft=nprml&f=1235364602|Steve Drummond~https://www.npr.org/people/6576424/steve-drummond?ft=nprml&f=1235364602

March 11, 2024

In its third year, NPR’s College Podcast challenge received more than 500 entries from all around the U.S. We’ve listened to them all and narrowed it down to 10 finalists.

Filed Under: NPR News Tagged With: NPR, podcasts, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Tech University

Ayesha Rascoe on ‘HBCU Made’ — and some good old college memories

By Brittany Luse~https://www.npr.org/people/1123917129/brittany-luse?ft=nprml&f=1197954671|Liam McBain~https://www.npr.org/people/959668312/liam-mcbain?ft=nprml&f=1197954671|Jessica Placzek~https://www.npr.org/people/1115896513/jessica-placzek?ft=nprml&f=1197954671|Veralyn Williams~https://www.npr.org/people/1114050806/veralyn-williams?ft=nprml&f=1197954671

February 4, 2024

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There are around a hundred HBCUs in the US, and they’ve had a big impact on both graduates and American culture writ large. Ayesha has edited a book of essays all about that impact, called “HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience.” Brittany chats with her about the book and what makes HBCUs special — they also trade tales from their own time as students.

Filed Under: Education, NPR News, Race & Equity Tagged With: HBCU, It's Been A Minute

Tennessee laws denied Allie Phillips an abortion. Now she’s running for office.

By Here & Now

February 1, 2024

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Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Allie Phillips, who is running for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives after she was impacted by the state’s abortion restrictions. She’s running for Tennessee’s 75th district, northwest of Nashville.

Filed Under: Abortion In Depth, NPR News, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Allie Phillips, Here & Now, tennessee house, tnpol, WBUR

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