Where would Tennessee be without Dolly Parton? Plus the local news for Dec. 19, 2025.
Middle Tennessee in memoriam, 2025
Mary Elizabeth Vinett died on November 21, 2025, and her family decided her 90 years on the planet deserved more than the average obituary. So they tried to capture her essence starting with the first paragraph.
A visit to the East Nashville wind telephone, where calls connect to lost loved ones
A handful of “wind telephone” booths have popped up around Middle Tennessee in the last few years to create places to commune with lost loved ones.
NashVillager Podcast: On Remembering
Why the holidays are a natural time to pause and reflect on the people we’ve lost. Plus the local news for Dec. 18.
One mayor, three muppets and eight french horns. It’s Festivus!
Watch live at noon on YouTube. Audio will be added after the broadcast. A simple aluminum pole. The annual airing of grievances. The legendary feats of strength. It can only mean one thing: It’s Festivus – the holiday for the rest of us.
NashVillager Podcast: The work continues
Why was Fiskite W.E.B. DuBois essentially kicked out of the United States? Plus, the local news for December 17, 2025.
Curious Nashville: Why did a Nashville bank release a Christmas album?
It’s Curious Nashville: where WPLN News answers your questions about Middle Tennessee and takes you on a monthly adventure to find answers. Today we’re shining a light on an obscure album recorded in Nashville more than 50 years ago that features a Christmas choir performing inside the lobby of a downtown bank. Astute local listener […]
NashVillager Podcast: To organize or not to organize, that is the question
Will workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant reverse their historic unionization vote? Plus, the local news for December 16, 2025.
Marie Williams on bringing heart to Tennessee’s bureaucracy
Marie Williams is the kind of state official who will get choked up on stage talking about the passion of her team. She came up through homeless services in Memphis and found her way to the state agency that oversees mental health and substance abuse services when Gov. Bill Haslam appointed her to lead the […]
NashVillager Podcast: Fighting the cold
What did the Battle of Nashville have in common with the predicament of many unhoused people today? Plus, the local news for December 15, 2025.
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