The headliner: WPLN’s senior criminal justice reporter Paige Pfleger on her latest investigation with ProPublica about abuse in Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons. The newsmaker: Jayla Thomas, GOP candidate for state House District 55, one of the few contested seats in Nashville on the November ballot. The tastemaker: Melanie Sutton, managing artistic director of the Tennessee […]
NashVillager Podcast: Planting trees to restore our canopy
What should you keep in mind when planting trees to replace those lost to Winter Storm Fern? Plus, the local news for Aug. 18, and bipartisan concerns over data centers.
Jewish Jesus scholar Amy-Jill Levine and her lifelong quest to end antisemitism
When the Catholic Biblical Association reached out this year to see if Amy-Jill Levine would be interested in serving as its president, she wrote someone else on the nominating committee to ask: is this a joke? Because Levine is not Catholic. She’s Jewish. While not a Christian, the Vanderbilt professor emerita is one of the […]
NashVillager Podcast: John Lewis and the genesis of the Metro Human Relations Commission
How did John Lewis keep the local Civil Rights Movement going in Nashville? Plus, the local news for Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.
NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee’s execution methods
In Tennessee, where is the line between necessary punishment and cruelty? Plus, the local news roundup for Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
NashVillager Podcast: A human-driven depot for driverless cars
What is Lyft building in Nashville to support Waymo’s car fleet? Plus, the local news for August 13, 2026.
It’s fair season! The friedest of the fried, fairest of the fair and cutest of the cows
It’s fair season and we’re digging in to give you a taste of what’s coming up.
NashVillager Podcast: The (first) time Tennesseans beat out Hitler’s own division
How did a group of guardsmen from Tennessee make Nazi leaders fearful? Plus, the local news for August 12, 2026.
Candidate Charlie Hatcher, a remembrance of Martha Ingram, a pivotal figure of Catholicism in Tennessee, and Athena’s Court
The headlines: A remembrance of Martha Ingram with Alan Valentine and Mac Pirkle and a live interview with Charlie Hatcher, the Republican who upset Congressman Andy Ogles. The newsmaker: General Sessions Court Judge Ana Escobar discusses Athena’s Court, a decade-old program designed to identify human trafficking survivors in the court system and connect them with […]
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