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Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus Thanksgiving traditions

By Mary Mancini

November 21, 2024

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Every Thursday, we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk. And once a month, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to take your calls.

Filed Under: Ask The Mayor, Programs Tagged With: ask the mayor, Freddie O'Connell, Jude Mason, thanksgiving

Climate change and vulnerable communities

By Mary Mancini

November 20, 2024

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Vulnerable communities are already being affected by climate change.

Filed Under: Programs

Traveling? What’s new at BNA

By Katherine Ruppelt

November 19, 2024

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The holidays are on their way, and thousands of travelers will be flying in and out of Nashville before the end of the year. You might be one of them.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines, Transportation Security Administration

Chuck iNDigo, artist and rapper

By Katherine Ruppelt

November 18, 2024

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Nashville-native Chuck iNDigo is keeping his cool under a bright spotlight.

Filed Under: Profiles, Programs Tagged With: hip hop, Rap Music

Your Turn to Talk: the business of music

By Mary Mancini

November 14, 2024

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Today, WNXP program director Jason Moon Wilkins and WPLN senior music writer Jewly Hight join us to talk about the music business.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: music business

The past is present

By Mary Mancini

November 13, 2024

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Since she was young, WPLN morning host Nina Cardona has been fascinated by history and how it shapes our society today. Now, as the voice of WPLN’s daily NashVillager podcast, she teaches listeners about the news of the day through the context of Tennessee’s past. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville Public Library, National Museum of African American Music, Noëlle Taylor, Sarah Arntz

Emergency preparedness in Middle Tennessee

By Katherine Ruppelt

November 12, 2024

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Are you prepared for an emergency? Do you know how public safety workers in Nashville work to prevent and respond to major disasters?

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Emergency preparedness, Hands On Nashville, nashville fire department, Red Cross

Megan Barry, author and Nashville’s first female mayor

By Mary Mancini

November 11, 2024

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In 2015, Megan Barry became the first female mayor of Nashville. In 2018, her term ended prematurely and shockingly.

Filed Under: Profiles, Programs Tagged With: It's What You Do Next, Megan Barry

Your Turn to Talk: Post-Election Debrief, Part 2

By Mary Mancini

November 7, 2024

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Yesterday, we aired a post-election debrief, and the response was overwhelming. Some of you are happy; some aren’t. 

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Programs Tagged With: Elections 2024, Garrison Hayes

Your Turn to Talk: Post-Election Debrief

By Mary Mancini

November 6, 2024

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The 2024 General Election was last night, and the results are in. Some Americans across the country and in Tennessee are elated. Some are not.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Programs Tagged With: Elections 2024

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