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NashVillager Podcast: Solar vs. Coal

NashVillager Podcast: Solar vs. Coal

Nina Cardona

April 25, 2025

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Will Tennessee ever embrace renewable energy? Plus, the local news for April 25, 2025.

Filed Under: Environment, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: renewable energy

Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder

NPR Staff

April 25, 2025

In a volatile music industry, some musicians are gravitating towards OnlyFans, a social media platform that has garnered a reputation for hosting sexual content.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Kate Nash, Live Nation, Lizzie No, music industry, OnlyFans, The Black Keys

RFK stumps for overdose prevention in Nashville as Tennessee’s death rate declines

Catherine Sweeney

April 25, 2025

Before his appointment as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cast doubt on drugs like methadone, which help opioid use disorder patients stave off withdrawal and cravings. He touted them at the RX and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: harm reduction, opioid use disorder, opioids, Ralph Alvarado, Syringe Service Programs

Liquor stores and LED crosses

Rose Gilbert

April 25, 2025

I spent my first few mornings in Erbil taking long walks, trying to explore my new neighborhood before the full heat of the day.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue Tagged With: Ankawa, Christianity, Erbil, Kurdistan, Nashville Kurds, religion

Three years after making camping a felony, Tennessee lawmakers add more homelessness penalties

Cynthia Abrams

April 25, 2025

Nashville campsite
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In 2022, Tennessee became the first state to make camping on public land a felony crime. A slate of new legislation will further impact people without stable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, felony conviction, homeless, homelessness, metro, Metro Homelessness Commission, state legislature, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature, unhoused

The Titans hope top NFL draft pick Cam Ward can lead them back to winning

Terry McCormick, AP

April 24, 2025

The Tennessee Titans are placing their bets, yet again, on picking a first-round quarterback. Third time’s the charm?

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: NFL, NFL Draft, Tennessee Titans, Titans

NashVillager Podcast: Nashville’s big start

Nina Cardona

April 24, 2025

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When is our city’s birthday?  Plus, the local news for April 24, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

Study: Rural Tennessee hospitals could lose additional labor and delivery wings

Catherine Sweeney

April 24, 2025

Rural Tennesseans already have limited access to labor and delivery services, and a recent study shows the problem could get worse.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: maternal health, rural health, rural hospitals

Tennessee foreign exchange programs worry about impact of student visa revocations

Camellia Burris

April 24, 2025

Foreign exchange programs in Tennessee are worried that Trump Administration policies could have a chilling effect on students looking to travel to the U.S.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, international students, Trump Administration

Older adults find community, activity and longevity at Fifty Forward

LaTonya Turner

April 23, 2025

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Our daily show, This is Nashville, is exploring longevity and how aging is being reframed in a new series once a month, called NEXT AGE.

Filed Under: Features, Programs

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