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Mack Linebaugh

Mack is the VP of Audience Engagement for WPLN News — but what does that even mean? In the past, this might have been called "programming." But with all due respect for the term, "programming" sounds a bit one-directional for today's world. We no longer simply program shows for our audience to consume. We engage with our audience across the platforms they use. We strive to have reciprocal dialog and reflect our community. Previously, Mack was the station's digital director, and he's worn a few other hats in his 20-year public radio career. Mack's a Nashville native, a musician, dad, tinkerer and explorer of too many disparate hobbies.

Why Did So Many Kids Born In North Nashville In The ’80s Go To Prison?

Mack Linebaugh

March 15, 2018

A new study on the relationship between childhood poverty and how likely someone is to be imprisoned later contains an eyebrow-raising statistic about one Nashville neighborhood. 

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: News

Curious Nashville: The Construction Boom Puppet Show

Mack Linebaugh

November 10, 2017

What happens when you adapt a podcast episode into a puppet show? Curious Nashville magic, that’s what. In May, we hosted a celebration of Nashville Public Radio’s podcasts — called Podcast Party (fittingly) — at the Nashville Children’s Theater. We teamed up with local puppeteers to produce a live animated version of one of our […]

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville

Americana Artist Rhiannon Giddens Wins $625,000 MacArthur Grant

Mack Linebaugh

October 11, 2017

Musician and actress Rhiannon Giddens has been awarded one of the MacArthur “genius grants” for her work “reclaiming African-American contributions to folk and country,” the institution says.

Filed Under: WPLN News

Versify #4: It Is Not What Is Written On Your Tombstone

Mack Linebaugh

September 7, 2017

For much of her life, Ali Russell has been uncertain about religion. Even as a little girl, she’d ask her parents, “How do we know we’re worshiping the right God?” She even had a Jesus dream that still lingers with her today. In this episode, Ali shares her story to her longtime friend and Nashville […]

Filed Under: Versify

How The Insides Of Col. Tom Parker’s House Became A Stunning Portrait Of Elvis

Mack Linebaugh

August 18, 2017

In a portrait of a young Elvis Presley, painted by Nashville-area artist Wayne Brezinka, there’s something odd going on in that trademark pompadour — 40 years after the superstar’s death. The three-dimensional hair is striped with green, yellow, blue, red and white wires. Those wires were ripped from a 1950s-era phone system in the home and office […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts

Remembering Jo Walker-Meador, The Matriarch Of The CMA

Mack Linebaugh

August 16, 2017

The Nashville business legend known as country music’s matriarch has died at the age of 93. As the director of the Country Music Association for nearly three decades, Jo Walker-Meador was critical in the founding of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the creation of the CMA Music Festival and the CMA awards […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: CMA Music Festival, obituary

Movers & Thinkers #12: The Poet In The Family

Mack Linebaugh

July 27, 2017

We interview Tiana Clark, a poet from Nashville. Tiana has been tackling uncomfortable truths for years, ever since she wrote in her diary as a child that she hated her mom (who then discovered the writing). Now, she’s is a nationally lauded poet from Nashville who is the author of Equilibrium, a book of poetry […]

Filed Under: Movers & Thinkers

Democratic Party Response To President Trump’s Address, Annotated

Mack Linebaugh

March 1, 2017

Former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear delivered the Democratic Response to President Trump’s address. Beshear was chosen by Democratic Party leaders for his record, expanding affordable health care. Below is a transcript of his remarks, annotated by journalists across the NPR newsroom. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Politics

Curious Nashville: Where Famed ‘Outsider’ Artist William Edmondson Lived And What’s There Now

Mack Linebaugh

February 17, 2017

WPLN listener Hart Armstrong asked the following question to Curious Nashville: Where in Nashville did the artist William Edmondson live? Is there a…

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News

Curious Nashville: How A Mosaic Dragon Became A Neighborhood Mascot Near Vanderbilt

Mack Linebaugh

January 27, 2017

One of our listeners sent the following to Curious Nashville: What’s the story behind the mosaic dragon in the park in Hillsboro Village? This is one of…

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News

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