Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus Thanksgiving traditions

Every Thursday, we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk. And once a month, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to take your calls.

Although we never know exactly what’s going to come up on our Ask the Mayor show — that’s up to you — on this month’s agenda is the capital spending plan, the grocery sales tax and the arrest by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers of several people for camping on state property downtown.

Plus, Jude Mason from our sister station, WNXP, joins us to talk about Thanksgiving traditions. Jude is originally from across the pond and has a unique perspective on this American holiday. And we want to hear from you: Do you do something fun that breaks with tradition, or do you stick with turkey, stuffing, family and football?

This episode was produced by Mary Mancini.

Guests:

• Freddie O’Connell | Mayor, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
• Jude Mason | Midday Host, WNXP

Listen to previous Ask the Mayor episodes:

• Ask the Mayor and Ask the Ghost Mayor (Oct. 31, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus presidential debates (Sept. 12, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 29, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Metro Legal Director with Freddie O’Connell and Wally Dietz (July 25, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Benton McDonough (June 18, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Ken Moore (May 30, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Taking Cover (April 17, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Votes For Women (March 28, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus photographer Jeff Fasano (Feb. 15, 2024)