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United Record Pressing celebrates 75 years

By Mary Mancini

September 10, 2024

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In 1949, United Record Pressing opened its doors and began pressing vinyl records as the in-house facility for Bullet Records. Now, 75 years later, United is North America’s largest vinyl record pressing plant.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: records, vinyl

Connecting Nashville to its sister city, Erbil

By Mary Mancini

September 9, 2024

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Have you met Nashville’s sisters? Sister cities, that is. If you didn’t know, the long-running Sister Cities Nashville program has formal partnerships with 10 international cities.

Filed Under: from Nashville to Erbil, Race & Equity Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan

Re-air: How the four-day workweek works

By Mary Mancini

September 4, 2024

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The appeal of a four-day workweek is gaining steam across the country and globe. And there are good reasons why.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Adrian Zavala, Erin Richardson, Timothy Munyon, Tracey Power

Re-air: Worker safety – A cloud over the construction boom

By Mary Mancini

September 3, 2024

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Nashville’s fast-paced growth has changed our city’s skyline and caught national headlines.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Charlie Rodriguez, Cynthia Abrams, Labor Day, Molly Davis, Sandra Sepulveda, Troy Haley, Worker Safety

Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day

By Mary Mancini

August 29, 2024

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Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is in the studio to take your calls. Plus, Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. What can you do if you witness an overdose?

Filed Under: Ask The Mayor, Programs Tagged With: Charles Cuthbert, Freddie O'Connell, Michael Hotz, STARS Nashville

My Experience: Single parenthood

By Katherine Ruppelt

August 28, 2024

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Parenthood is a wild, amazing and difficult experience — and being a single parent comes with its own set of rewards and challenges.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: My Experience

In My Place, Episode 7: Permanent supportive housing

By Mary Mancini

August 27, 2024

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It’s clear that housing ends homelessness. Today, we look at what’s necessary for communities and developers to build permanent supportive housing and make it work.

Filed Under: In My Place, Programs Tagged With: Angela Hubbard, Anita Smith, David Langgle-Martin, homelessness, Housing, In My Place, Kim Perkins, Leah Werner, unhoused

Profile: Rick Clark

By Mary Mancini

August 26, 2024

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Rick Clark is a Nashville institution who is happiest when he’s creating: whether it’s a song, a recording, visual art, or his weekly radio show.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Dark Winds, Rick Clark

Your Turn to Talk: People power and democracy in action

By Mary Mancini

August 22, 2024

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It’s your turn to talk. Every Thursday, we open up the phone lines for your questions and comments. Today, we’re discussing people, power and democracy in action.

Tagged With: Adam Altendorf, Colleen Weiss, Elections 2024, Eva Frasca, Garrison Hayes, Organize TN, Rise and Shine TN

The history, future and legacy of American Baptist College

By Mary Mancini

August 21, 2024

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In the 1960s, students from American Baptist College, like John Lewis and Bernard Lafayette, served on the front line of the Nashville sit-ins and Freedom Rides.

Tagged With: Aaron Ford, Forrest Harris, James Douglas Clay, Phyllis Qualls

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