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What is going on with FUSUS?

By Elizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

What’s going on with FUSUS? And how do you even say it?

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: FUSUS, MNPD, Nashville Metro Council, police, surveillance

Personal reactions to gun violence — a generation apart

By Khalil EkulonaandElizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

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Gun violence is something that concerns all of us. Over the years, different generations of Americans have different experiences dealing with each event. In this opinion piece, show host Khalil Ekulona and producer Elizabeth Burton connect their personal reactions to mass shootings and gun violence — a generation apart.

Filed Under: Features, Programs Tagged With: gun violence, guns, mass shooting, This Is Nashville

The Nashville Zoo through a child’s eyes

By Elizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

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Last summer, This Is Nashville producer Elizabeth Burton got a tour of the Nashville Zoo.

Filed Under: Features, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, Nashville Zoo

Guns from a national perspective

By Elizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

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We’re zooming out for the end of our week-long coverage on guns.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: gun control, guns

Learning how to safely handle firearms

By Katherine Ruppelt

January 24, 2024

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Self-defense, safety or recreation — we can have different reasons for wanting to learn how to safely handle a firearm.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: gun safety, Middle Tennessee Black Gun Club, TWRA

What We Can Learn in the Aftermath of Gun Violence

By Magnolia McKay

January 23, 2024

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In his upcoming book “What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms,” Dr. Jonathan Metzl takes an in depth look at Nashville’s 2018 Waffle House shooting. His work as a psychiatrist, professor and director of Vanderbilt’s Department of Medicine, Health, and Society has informed his research on guns, race and mental health.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Waffle House shooting

Profile: Covenant Mom, Melissa Alexander

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

January 22, 2024

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After her child survived the Covenant school shooting last March, Melissa Alexander was thrust into a new role as a Firearm Safety Advocate. This new role changed her life. In this episode, we hear an intimate account of the day of the shooting from one of the only parents who was able to see their […]

Profile: Professor Dr. Gracie King

By Katherine Ruppelt

January 18, 2024

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Dr. Gracie Andrews King is no stranger to learning things the hard way. She now makes a point to help her students find an easier way to their academic dreams.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville State, Nashville State Community College

The world of dolls

By Elizabeth Burton

January 17, 2024

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Dolls are back as a major part of the pop culture conversation right now.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: collectors, dolls

Re-air: Surviving Outside When Temperatures Drop Below Freezing

By Katherine Ruppelt

January 16, 2024

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Right now, Middle Tennessee is covered in snow. It’s beautiful. It’s also well below freezing. How can we all keep family, friends and animals safe in this and every winter storm? And what do the unhoused do when it’s dangerously cold out?

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Cold weather, snow, winter weather

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