How many stories are there in this town where a star rises before everything falls apart? Where the musical dream leads down an exciting path…and then that original path disappears.
Thyme Care’s Robin Shah on work-life balance, improving cancer care, and falling in love with Nashville
The business of healthcare is our biggest business. And some of the fastest-growing startups who’ve made Nashville their home are focused on finding efficiencies in the healthcare system.
In search of the actual Elm Hill
Elm Hill Pike may be an industrial artery now, but it was once a main thoroughfare with a rich history. The road has connections to the very earliest white settlers and one of the most prominent Black businessmen following the Civil War. In this episode, we explore the related stories of Preston Taylor and James […]
Ask the Mayor and mourning the inimitable Dolly Parton
Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us today to take your questions and comments. And he joins us on a somber day.
Hemp’s big hold up, Tre Hargett’s college concerns, and Nashville’s fastest filmmakers
Headliner: A THC ban and a new tax on Tennessee hemp took effect this year. The result is a tax that’s collecting next to nothing in revenue. We bring you what there’s to know from WPLN’s Marianna Bacallao. Newsmaker: Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett sees big potential in accelerated bachelor’s degrees, but he’s concerned […]
Margo Price on ‘Days of Unrest’
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 […]
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