It’s time for our weekly Roundabout – a chance to step back and make sense of the biggest local headlines shaping Middle Tennessee. This week, we unpack the controversy over an Apache helicopter flyby at Kid Rock’s property that drew attention all the way to the White House, the firing of a library director who […]
Restaurant closing time? Not so fast.
You could start listing the locally owned restaurants that have closed already this year and tell a pretty dire story: Margot, Varallos, Pelican & Pig. And we’re just three months into the year.
The thorny issues that remain: Immigration, vouchers and a $58B budget
The White House is experimenting with state-level immigration laws in Tennessee, but most of those proposals have hit resistance, and it’s now do-or-die time for any bills. An expansion of private school vouchers is also far from a done deal with some Republicans objecting to doubling the program without performance data available. And the state’s […]
R.A. Dickey on redemption, purpose and the unpredictable pitch that changed everything
Knuckleball pitchers are a small fraternity, and R.A. Dickey is one of its most notable members.
Busting the algorithm with WNXP
WNXP is the music discovery go-to in Nashville.
A professor’s quest to bring music and medicine together in the ICU
Music therapy has been broadly adopted in healthcare, but live performances rarely make their way into an intensive care unit. Dr. Joseph Schlesinger is hoping to change that.
Ask the mayor: Taxes, racing, childcare and you
Each month, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us live in the studio to take your questions –– and nothing is off the table.
Nashville’s buried Native American history and the repatriation movement
Much of Middle Tennessee’s important Native American history has been disturbed by development. This has prompted listeners like Kelly Cannon to wonder what’s been lost. She asked Curious Nashville about something she’d heard about the Brentwood Library: “A colleague recently told me that when the Brentwood Library was built remains were found of ancient Mississippian […]
Holly Kernan on being lost, falling in love with Nashville, and what public radio is for now
Holly Kernan still needs Google Maps to get around Nashville and she’s fine with that.
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