Headliner: Journalist JP Olsen on his Nashville Scene cover story about missing immigrant labor. Newsmaker: Luthier Manuel Delgado on new incentives approved by the Metro Council for “legacy” small businesses. Tastemakers: Maestro Leonard Slatkin and classical music commentator Colleen Wheelahan on saving the Nashville Symphony. Further Reading: Long live the community of musicians [Classically Colleen] […]
Waymo and the acceleration of autonomous vehicles
The sightings are becoming more common — a Waymo out in the wild.
Anne-Marie Zanzal on coming out in middle age and helping others find their way
Part coach. Part minister. Part social strategist. Anne-Marie Zanzal is all of those things because it’s what she needed when she came out in middle age.
What’s keeping Tennesseans from voting? Plus, Jerri Green and a Christa Pike execution update
Why don’t Tennesseans vote at the same rates as people in other states?
Ask Mayor Freddie O’Connell and three women who knew Christa Pike on death row
Today, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us in the studio to take our questions—and yours.
Curious Nashville: Trivia Edition
It’s time for Curious Nashville. Typically, the Curious team assigns reporters to answer your questions. Today, though, we’re taking everything we’ve learned in the past decade and turning it into the Curious Nashville Quiz Show! And who better to stump than WPLN’s very own Blake Farmer and Nina Cardona — two of the most knowledgeable […]
Our last day in Nashville with Patrick Chappell
We could ask you what you love about Middle Tennessee, and you’d probably have an answer of some kind. But it might lack specificity. If you really want to know what someone values about this place we call home, ask what they would do on their last day in town. It says a lot about […]
Louder Than Guns: firearm use and ownership
We’re talking about one of the most divisive issues of our time: the rules around firearm use and ownership.
Chaz Molder’s run, MNPS grading practices, and a Dolly-themed poetry party
Audio and video will be posted after the live broadcast at noon. Headliners: WPLN education reporter Camellia Burris on MNPS grading practices and ProPublica’s Aliyya Swaby with an update on a joint investigation with WPLN into the safety of Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons. Newsmaker: Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder on his run to represent the newly […]
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