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The snakes in our grass

By Mary Mancini

June 12, 2025

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Like it or not, it’s snake season.

Filed Under: Programs

Theater of War: Rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience

By Mary Mancini

June 11, 2025

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Last month, rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience in New York City came together. On the agenda were issues that bind us.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: domestic violence, Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, Scott County, Theater of War

J. Percy Priest: Nashville’s Lake

By Katherine Ruppelt

June 10, 2025

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We’re sailing over to Nashville’s waterfront. Percy Priest is a local’s lake — and the experiences there are as diverse as the growing communities surrounding it. We’re sharing stories about the land, the water and the wildlife. And we’re opening the phone lines to hear your stories! (Extra credit if you call in while on […]

Filed Under: Programs

Samar Ali, peacemaker

By Mary Mancini

June 9, 2025

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Growing up as an Arab-American woman in rural Waverly — and traveling for her career — have shaped Samar Ali’s life as a peacemaker.

Filed Under: Profiles, Programs Tagged With: Millions of Conversations, Samar Ali

Your Turn to Talk: The $3.8 billion dollar Metro Budget

By Mary Mancini

June 5, 2025

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Fifty-seven percent of the mayor’s recommended budget for next year comes from property taxes. Another almost twenty percent comes from local sales tax.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Delishia Porterfield, Mary Jo Wiggins, Metro budget, Murat Arik, Nashville Metro Council

Happy 35th birthday, Athena!

By Josh Deepan

June 4, 2025

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Every year, thousands enter the temple in Nashville’s Parthenon to view the nearly 42-foot statue of Athena.

Filed Under: Programs

How do rites of passage mark important milestones?

By Josh Deepan

June 3, 2025

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Across cultures, rites of passage often honor a transition from one cycle of life to another.

Filed Under: Programs

Maryam Abolfazli, activist and community leader

By Mary Mancini

June 2, 2025

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For more than two decades, native Tennessean Maryam Abolfazli has been a leader in economic development and the nonprofit sector.

Filed Under: Profiles, Programs Tagged With: Maryam Abolfazli

Latine country musicians navigate the music industry on their own terms

By Mary Mancini

May 29, 2025

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The Nashville-based country music industry has been slow to truly embrace the impact of the wide array of Latine artists actively making country music both here and around the world.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Andrea Vasquez, Country Latin Association, Freddy Fender, Hispanic Entertainment Alliance, Jackie Marushka, Louie TheSinger, Veronique Medrano

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