Nashville Public Radio listener Holden Penley sent this question to Curious Nashville: Why is Nashville Music City? Why here and not somewhere else?
Curious Nashville: ‘Water Witching’ And The Search For Unmarked Graves
This episode wanders into supernatural territory in the search for unmarked graves. It began innocently enough: A listener asked us about Nashville’s oldest structures. But as we visited some of the city’s oldest homes, we found family graveyards that date back 200 years or more — and some owners, it turns out, relied on a […]
Curious Nashville: We Try Rolling Up Warner Park’s ‘Gravity Hill’
Here’s an intriguing Curious Nashville question we received from Thais Carr: Exactly how does “Gravity Hill” in Warner Park work? Many times I went up…
Georgia Resident Runs In Tennessee Republican Primary, While Offering Donors Get-Rich Secrets
Listen An unusual candidate is running for Congress in East Tennessee. Allan Levene wants to upset Rep. Chuck Fleishmann in the Aug. 4 Republican primary. The catch? Levene lives in Georgia. And that’s not even the most unusual aspect of his campaign.
Curious Nashville: What’s Up With That Golden-Domed Bank On Charlotte Pike?
Anyone who’s driven through the intersection of Charlotte Pike and 51st Avenue in West Nashville has likely wondered some version of this Curious…
Jeremy Durham Suspends Campaign But Denies Sexual Contact Described In Report
Listen State Rep. Jeremy Durham is suspending his re-election campaign amid intense pressure from fellow lawmakers, following the release of a report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct. The Franklin Republican announced his decision Thursday in a two-minute statement at his attorney’s office. Durham refused to take questions. He says most allegations in the report from […]
Vanderbilt Leaders Balk At One Professor’s Attack On Black Lives Matter
Listen Vanderbilt University is — again — having to defend the comments of one of its most outspoken professors. This time, Carol Swain came out against the Black Lives Matter movement on CNN.
Seeing Something Majestic In Nashville’s Decaying Architecture — Via Drone
Brian Siskind is more artist than documentarian, but his latest pet project does a bit of both: exploring the essence of color and form as it captures for posterity some of old Nashville’s vanishing landscape.
Those ‘Made In Tennessee’ Tourism Ads You See Are Shattering Expectations, Officials Say
State officials say an ad campaign launched in 2014 to promote tourism in Tennessee is paying off. In a report unveiled today, the state Department of Tourist Development says that the “Made in Tennessee” campaign has generated more than $73 million in new state and local tax revenue.
Tennessee Lawmakers Suggest Losers Of Suits Against State Workers Should Pay Their Costs
Listen A bill in the Tennessee legislature would discourage lawsuits against state workers, by requiring losers to pay the workers’ legal costs. It’s getting criticism from Democrats. They say it’ll protect government officials who engage in misdeeds, such as sexual harassment.
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