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Curious Nashville

Crunching budgets and getting curious about Bell Road

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

April 6, 2022

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It’s tax time — one of our only sure things in life. It’s amazing we all make it through each year since the process often seems needlessly complicated. On this first round of a new segment we’re calling Budget Crunch, we’ll invite a few panelists to answer some of your questions this filing season. 

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Programs Tagged With: Curious Nashville, taxes

Curious Nashville: What you’ve taught us by asking great questions for six years

By Tony Gonzalez

March 29, 2022

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The saying goes that there’s “no such thing as a dumb question.” In fact, we’ve seen WPLN listeners send in hundreds of excellent questions to Curious Nashville.

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Curious Nashville: Revisiting 5 stories that are relevant again right now

By Tony Gonzalez

March 14, 2022

Curious Nashville

These stories provide context and history — and some flat out fascinating tales — related to recent news developments.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville

Curious Nashville: Those Sculptures You Wondered About In Centennial Park Are Finally On Track For Repairs

By Tony Gonzalez

July 28, 2021

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A combination of local fundraising and a state grant will bring some attention and care to historic concrete structures in Nashville’s Centennial Park.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Centennial Park, Curious Nashville, history, Metro Parks, preservation

Listening Closely To Tennessee’s COVID Vaccine Holdouts

By Blake Farmer

May 5, 2021

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Tennessee faces more reluctance to take the COVID vaccine than just about any state in the country, judging by the state’s comparatively low COVID vaccination rates. But even the surveys don’t allow for people to explain the nuance of their hang-ups. So WPLN asked listeners to put their most complicated concerns into words. A handful […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Curious Nashville, Health Care Tagged With: Curious Nashville, vaccine hesitancy

Curious Nashville: How Stick Figures Spotted Downtown Fit Into A Global Street Art Project

By Blair McDonald

April 6, 2021

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Have you noticed stick figures printed in downtown Nashville crosswalks? Curious Nashville finds there’s an anonymous artist who makes them.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, downtown, public art, stikman

Curious Nashville: The Story Behind A Secretive Bomb Shelter, As Told By Shadow Puppets

By Tony Gonzalez

March 12, 2021

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Curious Nashville presents an encore telling of the story of Tennessee’s defunct nuclear fallout shelter — this time through shadow puppets performing live on stage.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, history

Curious Nashville: Whatever Happened To Nashville’s Revolving Restaurant?

By Samantha Zern

January 28, 2021

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Architect Alan Hayes was driving home from his Brentwood office when he noticed something lighting up the downtown skyline. “It was probably the fall, and the daylight saving time had happened, and all you see is this bright flashing … lights that look like movement on the skyline. It’s the only thing out there. Everything […]

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, downtown Nashville, history, hospitality, restaurants

Curious Nashville: How Nashville’s Oldest Black-Owned Bank Is Balancing Its Legacy With New Ambitions

By Raymond Wade

January 18, 2021

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One Nashville bank, however, has a storied history that’s cherished across North Nashville. Nestled near Meharry Medical College, and a stone’s throw from Fisk University and Tennessee State University, is the storied Citizens Savings Bank and Trust.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Race & Equity Tagged With: Black history, Business, Curious Nashville, history, Jefferson Street

Curious Nashville: I’m A Senior And Want A COVID Vaccine. But How?

By Blake Farmer

January 5, 2021

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Updated Wednesday, Jan. 13. Tennessee has published an interactive map with links to signup pages for each county, which have changed since this post was originally published. The map also shows which phase of distribution each county is in.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Curious Nashville, Health Care Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, coronavirus vaccine, Curious Nashville

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