Grab your earbuds — or make sure your Bluetooth is connecting in your car — because our fifth annual Nashville Public Radio podcast recommendations have arrived just in time for your Thanksgiving holiday and travels.
Fatal shooting by Nashville officers under investigation
A man is dead Saturday morning after a fatal shooting by Nashville police. MNPD has released excerpts from body camera footage of the incident.
After redistricting, some voters surprised to find polling place has changed
For some, the biggest Election Day revelation thus far has been that they’d arrived to the wrong polling place.
Tennessee votes today for governor, congressional seats, constitutional amendments and state legislature
The top race on the ballot is for governor: Republican incumbent Bill Lee faces Jason Martin, a Democratic doctor. Tennesseans are also voting on the state’s nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Watch live: House January 6 committee holds another public hearing on its investigation
The next public hearing is the panel’s ninth, and it will be held on October 13 at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT). Watch the hearing and follow along as NPR host Rachel Martin, the NPR Politics team and others cover it live.
Watch Live: Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral Service
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral service is taking place at Westminster Abbey in London, with President Biden and other world leaders attending. The queen died on Sept. 8 at age 96. She had served as queen since 1952. Watch the events honoring her reign live.
Watch live: Biden delivers a prime-time speech about democracy in Philadelphia
The president will address what the White House calls the “battle for the soul of the nation” outside Independence Hall. The speech is scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. Central).
Timeline: The rise and fall of Tennessee Rep. Glen Casada
Here are key dates in Glen Casada’s political career.
WPLN’s Paige Pfleger becomes newsroom’s criminal justice reporter
Paige Pfleger has been named the criminal justice reporter at WPLN News. Pfleger has been at WPLN News since February 2021, previously serving as WPLN’s arts and culture reporter. Before her time in Nashville, she worked in Central Ohio at WOSU News, covering criminal justice and the addiction crisis, and was named Ohio’s reporter of […]
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