Nashville artists are typically trying not to let their personal politics get them in trouble with their fans and the power brokers of the music business. Then there are a few who are actively trying to stir something up.
The Beautiful Game: fun, competition, and high stakes in Nashville’s soccer eco-system
Soccer was already on the ascent in the U.S. Then came the North American World Cup.
Getting around on our greenways
There was a time not so long ago that neighborhoods were fighting against greenways – the tucked-away alleys that connect our communities through the woods and along our waterways.
Mr. Rogers on stage, Jayla Thomas on the GOP, and private juvenile prisons under investigation
The headliner: WPLN’s senior criminal justice reporter Paige Pfleger on her latest investigation with ProPublica about abuse in Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons. The newsmaker: Jayla Thomas, GOP candidate for state House District 55, one of the few contested seats in Nashville on the November ballot. The tastemaker: Melanie Sutton, managing artistic director of the Tennessee […]
Jewish Jesus scholar Amy-Jill Levine and her lifelong quest to end antisemitism
When the Catholic Biblical Association reached out this year to see if Amy-Jill Levine would be interested in serving as its president, she wrote someone else on the nominating committee to ask: is this a joke? Because Levine is not Catholic. She’s Jewish. While not a Christian, the Vanderbilt professor emerita is one of the […]
It’s fair season! The friedest of the fried, fairest of the fair and cutest of the cows
It’s fair season and we’re digging in to give you a taste of what’s coming up.
Candidate Charlie Hatcher, a remembrance of Martha Ingram, a pivotal figure of Catholicism in Tennessee, and Athena’s Court
The headlines: A remembrance of Martha Ingram with Alan Valentine and Mac Pirkle and a live interview with Charlie Hatcher, the Republican who upset Congressman Andy Ogles. The newsmaker: General Sessions Court Judge Ana Escobar discusses Athena’s Court, a decade-old program designed to identify human trafficking survivors in the court system and connect them with […]
Zack Slingsby’s bet on scripted comedy from Nashville
Audio and video will be added to this post after the broadcast at noon. You could count Zack Slingsby as one of Nashville’s Covid-era transplants. He moved his family – now with five kids – from New Jersey to Franklin. After years of building a company that makes videos for big brands, he’s branched out […]
The Roundabout: Back to school
It’s back to school time for millions of kids in America. We want to highlight local issues on parents’ minds now — and hear from you. We’re talking education-related issues including vouchers, safety, bus driver shortages and AI. Something specific on your mind? Give us a call and we will include you on the show. […]
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