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Jerome Moore: Exploring social change with Nashville’s native son

By Khalil Ekulona

March 17, 2025

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If you are a fan of local media, there is a good chance you’ve heard the voice or seen the face of Jerome Moore.

Filed Under: Profiles, Programs Tagged With: jerome moore

Want to run for elected office in Tennessee? Here’s what you need to know

By Katherine Ruppelt

March 13, 2025

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Do you want to make a difference in your community and our state? One way you can is to run for elected office.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Elections, first-time candidates, political candidates, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee Republican Party

Covid restaurateurs: Nashvillians who pursued a lifelong dream during lockdown

By Josh Deepan

March 12, 2025

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Almost five years have passed since COVID-19 brought the world to a screeching halt.

Filed Under: Programs

Johnny Bragg and Higher Love: healing the incarcerated through music

By Mary Mancini

March 11, 2025

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For as long as prisons have been a part of civil society, long sentences, separation from loved ones, and harsh conditions have caused intense feelings of isolation, despair and a profound loss of hope among the incarcerated.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Higher Love, Johnny Bragg, Maddie Finn, Ron Miller, The Prisonaires

Higher Love & the healing power of music for the incarcerated

By Liv Lombardi

March 11, 2025

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Incarcerated people experiencing long sentences, separation from loved ones, and harsh conditions can feel intense isolation, despair and a profound loss of hope. Nashville-based, “Higher Love” is trying to make a difference by bringing live musical performances into prisons. Ron Miller, founder and director of the organization, says that his team and volunteer musicians vow […]

Filed Under: WPLN News

This Is Nashvillians: Part 2

By Khalil Ekulona

March 10, 2025

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Over last year’s holiday season, we produced an episode where we asked Nashvillians and Middle Tennesseans to share their thoughts and feelings about living here in the region. The idea was inspired by the poem “A City on a River” penned by former guest Mac Pirkle. The contributors on that episode shared poems, essays, op-eds, […]

Re-air: Lent traditions and practices

By Mary Mancini

March 6, 2025

At the TN State Capitol on Ash Wednesday, Rev. Travis Meier (right) and Pastor Ingrid McIntyre use ashes to place a symbol of a cross on observants' foreheads.
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Easter is a common thread across Christian traditions. However, for Catholics, Orthodox Christians and a growing number of Protestants, Lent — the 40 or so days leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday — are a deeply spiritual time of reflection, fasting and greater engagement with one’s faith community. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Greek Orthodox, Lindsey Krinks, St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Mission

Re-air: Essential pollinators, plus invasive plants

By Mary Mancini

March 5, 2025

Bees in their hive. Bees provide the essential service of carrying pollen from flower to flower, making honey and helping to grow the food we eat.
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Bees, butterflies, even birds and other insects provide the essential service of carrying pollen from flower to flower, helping to grow the food we eat.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: College of Agriculture, Honey Collective, Nashville Area Beekeepers Association, nashville tree foundation, Pollinator Habitat Program, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Tennessee State University

Re-air: Wildlife rescue in Middle Tennessee

By Katherine Ruppelt

March 4, 2025

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So many wild animals call Nashville home. There is a lot we can do to help protect our wild neighbors.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Harmony Wildlife, Nashville Wildlife Conservation Center, Walden's Puddle, Wildlife rehabilitation

Re-air: David French, political commentator and writer

By Mary Mancini

March 3, 2025

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Political commentator and writer David French is well known in politically conservative and Christian circles. But in a time when misinformation and swagger sells, French expresses deeply personal and independent views, leaving him at odds with some conservatives and Christians.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: David French

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