Listen American restaurants tend to serve only the kinds of seafood diners are most familiar with. But that is proving to be environmentally unsustainable, and the industry is responding. Restauranteurs are embracing a movement to serve sustainable seafood — steering clear of fish that are caught in a damaging way, taking depleted species off the […]
No Chilean Sea Bass Here: A Nashville Restaurant Commits To Sustainable Seafood
American restaurants tend to serve only the kinds of seafood diners are most familiar with. But that is proving to be environmentally unsustainable, and…
Parents Protest Metro Schools’ Decision To Charge At More Pre-K Classrooms
Listen Some parents are protesting Metro School’s decision to charge a fee for pre-kindergarten at locations that until now have been free. But Metro says for the quality of their program, public pre-K is still a good deal.
No Fake Flowers Here: All-Natural Burial Site Opening Soon In Sumner County
Funerals can be elaborate and costly, but there’s a movement toward simplicity. This spring, a nonprofit in Sumner County is opening a “green” burial…
How Drug Combos Are Making Tennessee’s Opioid Problem Even More Deadly
Listen The combining of powerful drugs — both purposeful and unintentional — is making Tennessee’s opioid epidemic even more deadly. The latest figures out this month show 2016 was another record year for overdoses in the state — more than 1,600 people died. And experts say risky drug cocktails are compounding the problem.
TPAC Bets On A Musical Of Songs From 1970s Soft Rocker Dan Fogelberg
Listen Theatergoers who walked out of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! singing Abba songs may be in for another good time. In the same way that show cleverly used familiar old songs to tell an original story, a new musical does the same, using well known songs of the late Dan Fogelberg.
How Nashville Has Beaten Bleak Predictions For Libraries
Listen At the Nashville Public Library, cardholders can check out packets of seeds to grow hot peppers and mustard greens. They can attend free yoga classes or a professional development book club for adult educators. Calling it a model for the nation and the world, Nashville’s public library was designated the 2017 Library of the […]
What 45 Black Teens Learned Going Through Nashville’s Police Academy
Listen In a city that is growing more racially diverse by the day, Nashville’s police force remains predominantly white. To fix the disparity, the Metro police department has solely focused its outreach efforts in minority communities.
Meet Nashville’s Fireworks Maestro, Syncing 60,000 Explosions With A Live Symphony
Listen Larry Trotter is a Knoxville pastor, and a former lead guitarist in a rock band. But on July 4th Trotter turns into the maestro of the downtown fireworks — the man who times the fireworks to the live music.
Nashville Salons Are Starting To Green Up, As Hair Recycling Becomes A Thing
Listen In an industry dedicated to beautifying, hair salons have been unwittingly degrading the environment. Chemicals are poured down the drain and enter the water supply, and waste bins are filled to the brim with bottles and tubes of hair products and foils, which end up in a landfill. Now, two hair salons in Nashville […]
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