With the drama and attention around the gigantic purple martin roost at the symphony over the last two years, more of our eyes are on the sky and on our migrating feathered friends. What is migration? Why is Nashville not only a stopping point for bachelor parties – but hundreds of thousands of feathered birds […]
Growing your own food in Nashville
Gardening can be good for the soul, but it might be a necessity for the many Nashville residents who live in food deserts. If you want to grow your own food, there are countless community gardens and resources to help you get started.
After helping her husband through a mental health crisis, one Nashville woman wonders why help is so hard to find
We want to believe that there is going to be help when we need it. That when we call for help for a family member in an emergency, it’s all going to work out. But for Ellie Kane, it wasn’t so simple.
The mental health variable in police interactions
Even on our best days, for most of us, police interactions carry at least a small element of strain.
Looking at the state of pipelines in Tennessee
On June 29, a pipeline ruptured in West Tennessee, spilling approximately 200,000 gallons of crude oil. It was the second-largest spill in state history. But at the time, there was no public announcement of the spill, which came very close to contaminating Tennessee’s largest aquifer.
Nashville’s growing need for affordable housing
Nashville is growing, but there’s a shortage of affordable housing. We talk to a Metro council member and housing researcher about what the city is doing to add more affordable housing, and renters about their experiences looking for a home within their means.
4 races to watch in next month’s primaries for the Tennessee legislature
All 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives and half of the 33 seats in the state Senate are on the ballot. In many cases, incumbents are a lock to win their primary and proceed on to November, but there are still a few races worth watching. Here’s what you need to know about them.
The state of adoption in Tennessee
With the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade, adoption has been widely discussed as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy. But it’s not so straightforward. We talk to both adoptees and adoption advocates to better understand adoption in Tennessee.
Where the sidewalk ends in Metro Nashville
Nashville is growing fast, but as a city largely designed around cars, its pedestrian infrastructure is seriously lagging. Only about 19 percent of Nashville streets have sidewalks. A callout to WPLN listeners yielded some common themes: too many streets and neighborhoods with no sidewalks, making for dangerous walking conditions; and too many gaps between existing sidewalks
Drinking in the history and culture of Tennessee moonshine
To learn more, we’re joined by a local historian, a distiller and a fourth-generation moonshiner from Cannon County.
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