“All-American Girl.” “God Bless the U.S.A.” “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” You’ll hear these songs many times this summer as we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. But those aren’t everyone’s anthems.
Our racing roots
With one of the oldest tracks in America, racing is part of our city’s fabric as one of Nashville’s earliest professional sports.
Perspectives on life and fatherhood featuring David Fischette and Robert Taylor
With Father’s Day on the horizon, two dads join us to share their perspectives on love, loss, priorities and fatherhood.
The Roundaboot: Cowboy boots and country music
CMA Fest is upon us. How you feel about that will inform whether or not you’re hitting up Broadway this weekend.
The Middle Tennessee of 1776
This summer, much of the nation is commemorating 1776, the year the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Tennessee would not become a state for another two decades, but the region that would one day become our Volunteer State was already a place of profound change and activity located on what the founders […]
Taking cues from the black bear and other signal species
We’re surrounded by wildlife that tells us something about our ecosystem if we’ll take just a moment to stop and smell the roses (or, in this case, take a gander at the kudzu). With our partners in the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, we’re investigating so-called “signal species,” starting with the lovable black bear. As their […]
Jim Palmer on deconstruction and what’s next
Jim Palmer was a crusader for Christianity.
Lamar Alexander on his memoir, career and the politics of now
It takes more than 500 pages for Lamar Alexander to tell the story of his political career, and that’s understandable given his 26 years as Tennessee governor and U.S. senator.
Ask the Mayor, plus Curious Nashville asks why one local school still bears the name of a segregationist
Once again, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins This Is Nashville live on the air to answer your questions.
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