“Peer support” is a term you might hear in mental health, disease and addiction recovery work. The idea is really just what it sounds like: support provided by people who have been there, done that, and are still walking the walk. There’s one organization in Memphis that’s really leaning into this approach. It’s called A […]
Displaced purple martins struggle to find new Middle Tennessee roost
Since the symphony’s trees have been recently been removed or deeply pruned, the birds no longer find a resting spot there. But where did they go? That’s what Melinda and other local researchers are trying to find out.
After helping her husband through a mental health crisis, one Nashville woman wonders why help is so hard to find
We want to believe that there is going to be help when we need it. That when we call for help for a family member in an emergency, it’s all going to work out. But for Ellie Kane, it wasn’t so simple.
Volunteer clergy ensure Nashville’s unclaimed dead are buried with dignity
Northwest of downtown Nashville, Hills of Calvary is one of many local cemeteries. It also happens to be the home of our indigent burials. Since Aaron Smith is considered abandoned, Metro Social Services pays for his casket and burial. There’s no one to see him off — except for the men who crank his casket […]
Anti-death penalty protesters march, invoke the words of Jesus ahead of Oscar Smith’s execution
Common Hymnal kicked off the fourth March4Mercy on Easter Sunday with a piece about “about the dignity of life — what they love and what they fight for.”
Larkspur’s natural burial restores the land and returns the dead to their roots
Jason Zimmerman was just 42 years old when he died, and now his dad Mark is saying goodbye at Larkspur Conservation. “He’s a wonderful man,” he says. “Yeah, he was wonderful. He was a great guy. Oh man. He was full of life, full of beans, you know?” Larkspur Conservation is about an hour northeast […]
For baseball historian Skip Nipper, talking to lifelong fans inspires hope of a major league team coming to Nashville
It’s not enough to call Skip Nipper a baseball fan. He’s more like a baseball maestro, a historian, author and a collector of stories. It was his dad who first taught him to play, and he continues that legacy as a member of a handful of groups like the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association and […]
It’s tax season! Here’s what stumped ‘This Is Nashville’ listeners when filing their 2021 taxes
Budget Crunch panelists Lucia White, a former bank teller and personal budgeting enthusiast, and Chanon MacDonald, an associate planner at TrustCore pursuing her CFP license, answered listener-generated questions on This Is Nashville.
In its final days, The Little Pantry That Could continued to offer more than just groceries
After more than a decade in operation, The Little Pantry That Could had its last shopping day on Saturday. Its closure leaves a hole in the city because for North Nashville, it was more than just a free store.
Some unhoused people avoid shelters when temps drop — and one street chaplain delivers propane to help keep them alive
When Rev. Lisa Cook worked a corporate job downtown, she’d leave work and pass people sleeping on the streets. She says she was afraid, though she never talked to them. Now, the street chaplain says, she’s making up for lost time.
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