The This Is Nashville team is closing out 2022 by revisiting our best episodes. We’ll be back on the air with a new episode on January 4. Until then, happy listening and happy holidays!
This episode originally aired on September 29.
When it comes to manners and etiquette, every city has its local quirks. So we explore the question: What is “Nashville Nice”?
This is the South, so you’re likely to hear a good old fashioned “bless your heart” on a regularly basis. But there’s more to unpack. So we explore some of the origins and nuances of Music City’s social graces with our panel — as well the potential downsides of keeping up an appearance of niceness.
Are you “Nashville Nice”? Take the quiz to find out.
But first, WPLN interim news director Chas Sisk and digital editor Rachel Iacavone join host Khalil Ekulona in the studio to recap the station’s top stories for 2022.
Guests:
- Freda Player, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools board member representing District 7
- Dr. Carole Bucy, Davidson County historian
- Tracey Hughes Royal, principal of Tracey Royal Communications and CEO business mentor for Pinnacle Global Network
- Vali Forrister, co-founder and producing artistic director of the Actors Bridge Ensemble
- Benjamin Houston, senior lecturer at Newcastle University; author of The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City
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