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Demetria Kalodimos

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

November 28, 2023

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With more than 40 years of journalism experience in Nashville, emmy-award-winning Demetria Kalodimos is still one of the best-known names and faces in local news. After a long career in television, she’s moved on to documentary filmmaking, teaching, and resurrecting the print-gone-web Nashville Banner. We sit down with her to talk about her career, the […]

Filed Under: Programs

Chef Sterling Wright’s Radical Hospitality in Action

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

November 27, 2023

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As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.

Filed Under: Features, Metro, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, Housing, Salvation Army

Radical Hospitality

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

November 27, 2023

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Some community members and parishioners are taking a new approach to the old concept of “charity.” There are countless governmental and non-profit support systems for citizens in need, but these resources often funnel people through without meeting one fundamental need: community.

Filed Under: Programs

Best of Riding Shotgun: Music Makers & Nashville Confidential

By Khalil Ekulona

November 24, 2023

best of riding shotgun music edition
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Traffic in our city is…a mess. But there is a bright side to having more congestion on the streets. You get more time to have a captivating conversation. TIN host Khalil Ekulona has taken lots of rides with some of our fellow Nashvillians for the Riding Shotgun series. Fortunately, not many of the rides have […]

Filed Under: Programs, Riding Shotgun Tagged With: alex barnes, Best of This Is Nashville, chris crofton, DJ Stephany, DTL Jams, luke dick, Paul Loren, Riding Shotgun

Words are meant to be spoken

By Elizabeth Burton

November 22, 2023

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Today, we’ll hear from some of Nashville’s most prominent spoken word artists.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: poetry, Soul Food Poetry Cafe, Southern Word, spoken word

Inside Council Chambers and Rounding up with Reporters

By Elizabeth Burton

November 21, 2023

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Nicole Williams is back!

Tagged With: inside council chambers

Profile: Rev. Edwin Sanders and D. Billye Sanders

By Elizabeth Burton

November 20, 2023

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On February 1, 1981, the Metropolitan Interdenominational Church held its first Sunday service — or celebration, as they call it. The founders of the church are D. Billye Sanders and Rev. Edwin Sanders. Observing denominational and political division amongst the Christian community, they decided to found a church where all were welcome. Their guiding principle is […]

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Black churches, religion

Ask the mayor!

By Elizabeth Burton

November 16, 2023

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You can call him on your cell phone.

Filed Under: Ask The Mayor, Programs Tagged With: ask the mayor, Freddie O'Connell, inside council chambers, nicole williams

Re-air: Nashville’s native roots

By Elizabeth Burton

November 15, 2023

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Nashville has a rich indigenous history that dates back to the last ice age, as well as a small but vibrant Native American community that is working to gain recognition and resources in Middle Tennessee.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Albert Bender, Indigenous history

The Hollywood strikes are over. What does this mean for Tennesseans?

By Elizabeth Burton

November 14, 2023

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As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, SAG-AFTRA announced that it had reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP. After months of delayed negotiations, contentious conversations, and a simultaneous strike with the Writers Guild of America, Hollywood is now ready to get back to work.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Labor unions, SAG-AFTRA, strike, WGA

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