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 […]
Movers & Thinkers: Why An ‘Old-World Luthier’ Wants To Keep Family Tradition Alive
Every instrument that Manuel Delgado makes in Nashville bears a logo with his last name. Delgado Guitars. He learned from his father, who learned from his father, who started a luthier business in Mexico in the early 1900s. Manuel talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our live series Movers & Thinkers about that extra sense […]
At 2017 Americana Music Awards, Contemporary Stars Took The Spotlight
The Americana Music Awards last night leaned heavily on heritage, but it was two of the genre’s more contemporary stars who struck the sharpest chords.
Why The Punk-Fueled Band Deer Tick Is Playing Nashville’s Americana Fest This Year
Listen Over its 18 years, Nashville’s Americana Fest has consistently shown an inclusive approach. And this year they stretched the boundaries of the genre even more by inviting a band with a folk touch and a punk rock punch.
Listen To Versify: Our Newest Podcast Turns Nashville Stories Into Poems
Today is the day: Nashville Public Radio’s newest podcast is live, and the first three episodes of Versify are waiting for your ears with more to come.
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