Listen to Joe Nolan’s poem about Lebanon Pike. It contains 12 references to places you can see along the road. Did you catch them all? You’ll find the list here: The Pikes Project began in 2015 with the publishing of a photo essay of Gallatin Pike on the WPLN website. Three years later, we’re five pikes long […]
Music Critics Answer The Question: What Did Nashville Sound Like in 2017?
Listen It’s the end of the year and time for critics’ picks, best of lists and top 10s — but we’re going to take a slightly different approach and ask a question: What did Nashville sound like in 2017?
60 Years On, Keeping RCA Studio B From Dying Behind A ‘Glass Coffin’
Listen RCA Studio B is no longer the hit factory it was when it opened 60 years ago in Nashville but some modern musicians are still recording there, seeking its signature sound.
Movers & Thinkers: A Hospice Doctor On Bearing Witness At The End Of Life
As a palliative care doctor at Alive Hospice, Sasha Bowers has been there at the very end of life for a lot of people. This exposure to the dying has given her a perspective on death that most people don’t have, and she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our podcast Movers & Thinkers about […]
Curious Nashville: We Answer Your Burning Questions About Jason Moon Wilkins’ Name
Every weekday morning, public radio listeners across Middle Tennessee tune in to the dulcet voice of WPLN morning host Jason Moon Wilkins. Presumably, when they hear him, most listeners are interested in the news he’s sharing and the local stories he’s playing. But eventually, one anonymous listener started wondering about Jason Moon Wilkins himself, submitting […]
Movers & Thinkers: The Complicated Ways We Think About Death
Listen Talking to college students about death might not seem like the most comfortable conversation, but that is Andrea Mills’ job. She teaches a death and dying psychology class at Lipscomb University, where she delves into how people deal with the end of life. She talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our podcast Movers & […]
StoryCorps Nashville: A Holiday Memory Of Dad Standing Up To Discrimination
When Michael Turney and his sister Betty Turney-Turner stopped by the StoryCorps booth in Nashville last year, they both talked about the values and work ethic they learned from their parents: stick up for yourself, even in the face of blatant discrimination.
In The Era Of ‘Mad Men,’ Two Women Made Sure Country Music Had A Museum
Listen The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum turns 50 this year, but it may have never made it to year one without the unlikely leadership of two women in an industry dominated by men.
New Album From Nashville Musician Inspires Stars, Raises Questions Of Musical ‘Mansplaining’
Listen WPLN’s Jason Moon Wilkins speaks with Jeremy Larson, aka Violents, before a rare, live performance in Nashville Thursday night.
Movers & Thinkers: The Challenges Of Becoming A Female Pastor
As a young girl, Amy Mears always looked up to her father, who was a Southern Baptist preacher. Mears is now a pastor herself — of a Nashville church. And she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our live series, Movers & Thinkers, about what it was like to take up her father’s profession at […]
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