This Is Nashville made space for local high schoolers to share their reactions to the Covenant School shooting and what they want lawmakers to do about it.
How Nashville’s youth are responding to the Covenant School shooting
Today we hear from students themselves about how they’re feeling, what matters to them and what they need to feel safer in school. As this conversation expands to an international stage, what do these youth want the world to know about what’s going on here in Tennessee?
What the expulsion of two representatives tells us about Tennessee
In this episode, we speak to local community leaders about the impact of the expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee legislature, and ask the question if the state is sliding into fascism.
Checking in on refugee resettlement in Middle Tennessee
In the past two years, war and violence in Afghanistan and Ukraine have displaced millions of people, and some refugees have resettled here in Middle Tennessee. Today, we’re sitting down with people from both countries to learn what their lives have been like since leaving home.
Finding community in Nashville’s queer spaces
It’s a challenging time to be an LGBTQ person in Tennessee. With laws targeting gender expression and an increase in violent threats, the instinct for queer people might be to go underground. But instead, support groups are popping up to create belonging and foster solidarity in Tennessee’s LGBTQ community.
Democratic lawmakers facing expulsion remain defiant ahead of Thursday’s vote
Democratic state lawmakers say that their possible expulsion from the Tennessee General Assembly is a threat to democracy.
Opera by Hannibal Lokumbe makes world premiere in a big, bold production with Nashville Symphony
Composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe is debuting his new opera “The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph” this month. In today’s episode, we hear how Lokumbe created his visionary work and his collaboration with the Nashville Symphony. WPLN editor LaTonya Turner also takes us behind-the-scenes for a look at the complex scenic and technical design that must be put together in the next few days.
Tennessee can build a new landfill or expand Middle Point. A better option is to repurpose trash.
The Middle Point Landfill in Murfreesboro accepts waste from a third of Tennessee counties, including from Nashville, and officials have estimated that the dumping ground has as little as three years left – or maybe until the end of the decade.
What is the future of Middle Tennessee’s trash?
What will we do when we reach capacity at the Middle Point landfill in Rutherford County, where Nashville and Middle Tennessee’s trash goes?
Feeling the beat with hip-hop producer DTL Jams
Every other Friday for This Is Nashville, I hop out of my host chair and into the passenger seat to ride shotgun with fellow Middle Tennesseans. For this edition, I copped a ride with hip-hop producer Derrick Farrior aka DTL Jams. He throws a weekly hip-hop producers meetup called Beat Street at LabCanna East. We pumped up the jams as we hit the streets of East Nashville and broke down the art of finding the perfect beat! Buckle up!
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