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The Roundabout: DEI backlash, race and redevelopment

By Mary Mancini

February 19, 2026

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It’s Thursday which means it’s another edition of The Roundabout. Today we focus on race, DEI backlash, race and redevelopment. What’s been your experience? How are you feeling about where the pendulum is swinging? It’s a delicate conversation, handled with care — and requires your voice! We take your calls during the show at 615-760-2000 […]

Our musical stops on the Civil Rights Trail

By Mary Mancini

February 18, 2026

Music put Nashville on the map. And specifically, it’s our music museums putting us on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail map.

Filed Under: Programs

Crime is down. Can you feel it?

By Josh Deepan

February 17, 2026

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Crime is down — way down. But many of us don’t feel safe.

Filed Under: Programs

The Roundabout: How are our kids?

By Josh Deepan

February 12, 2026

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The annual State of the Child Report released by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth shows fewer kids are living in poverty.

Filed Under: Programs

ICE and your rights

By Mary Mancini

February 11, 2026

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As of this month, nearly 400,000 immigrants have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Music City Migra Watch, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors

The emotional anatomy of a collective crisis

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

February 10, 2026

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We just lived through the same crisis — an ice storm that froze Nashville in place for the better part of a week and caused the worst power outage the city has ever seen. While we all experienced it, everyone’s experience was different, even from one neighbor to the next. Some lost power for two […]

Filed Under: Programs

Chef Ericka Fizer on defying the odds

By Blake Farmer

February 9, 2026

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Chef Ericka Fizer made it her life’s work to take care of others even as she endured her own hardships — starting with feeding her siblings when she was growing up. Her mother was frequently absent, battling addiction. Fizer overcame her own challenges but never saw herself as a victim of her circumstances. Then on […]

Filed Under: Profiles

How we fared with winter storm Fern

By Mary Mancini

February 5, 2026

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The streets are lined with trunks and limbs awaiting pickup. The power is back on for most — though not all. And the ice and snow is largely gone.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Bruce Barry, Cynthia Abrams, Rita Roberts-Turner, Winter Storm Fern

You asked for it: 10 years of your quirky questions for Curious Nashville

By Tony Gonzalez

February 4, 2026

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It’s the 10-year anniversary of Curious Nashville and we’re revisiting some of the weirdest and most surprising questions you’ve asked. This means we’re going underground to a fallout shelter, to the top of a skyscraper, and in between we’ll visit beehives, talk about dump trucks, and revisit some infamous pranksters. In this ep, you get […]

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville

Protecting trees, avoiding scams and filing claims

By Josh Deepan

February 3, 2026

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We grapple with our precious and destructive trees.

Filed Under: Programs

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