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The next generation of architects building the new Nashville

By Mary Mancini

August 20, 2024

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Heiman. Strickland. McKissack. If you recognize these names, then you know at least some of Nashville’s storied architectural history.

Tagged With: Amy Hardin, Brenda Cano Trejo, Brittany Hodge, Housing, Joseph Cole

Profile: Sara Figal

By Katherine Ruppelt

August 19, 2024

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Sara Figal is here to joyfully share the value of mediation.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: mediation

Your Turn to Talk: Media literacy and consumption

By Mary Mancini

August 15, 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 media literacy and consumption with Garrison Hayes and Ken Paulson.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Garrison Hayes, Ken Paulson

Checking in with the Covenant moms from Embedded: Supermajority

By Katherine Ruppelt

August 14, 2024

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The NPR series Embedded: Supermajority follows three Covenant moms, as they advocated for gun reform at the state legislature in the year after the attack on their children’s school.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: supermajority

Black Nashville Assembly… assemble!

By Mary Mancini

August 13, 2024

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What is the Black Nashville Assembly?

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Elections 2024, Erika Perry, Jamelle Campbell-Gooch, Mike Floss

Profile: Pat Boone

By Mary Mancini

August 12, 2024

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With a career spanning seven decades, singer, author, actor and speaker Pat Boone rivaled Elvis in the mid 20th century with his brand of wholesome teen popularity.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Pat Boone

Your Turn To Talk Thursday: Power and accountability, from the president to your precinct

By Mary Mancini

August 8, 2024

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Last month, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a controversial decision that granted absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for any official acts by the president of the United States.

Tagged With: Elections 2024, John Vile, Juanid Odubeko

Turkeys? Wild!

By Mary Mancini

August 7, 2024

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The wild turkey is the only species completely native to North America, and exists in any climate in the continent. But this weird-looking bird is more important than it looks.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Roger Shields, Tanya Peres, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tom Kunesh, Windy Hamm

Quantum science in Middle Tennessee

By Katherine Ruppelt

August 6, 2024

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Quantum science is taking off here in Middle Tennessee!

Filed Under: Programs, Science Tagged With: Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, quantum science

Profile: Dr. Learotha Williams

By Mary Mancini

August 5, 2024

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Dr. Learotha Williams is one of the preeminent historians of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

Filed Under: History, Programs Tagged With: Black history

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