Who is actually showing up for Tennessee elections? The state lags behind the rest of the nation for participation at the ballot box. Plus the local news for Aug. 2, 2024, and an interview with state Rep. Harold Love, Jr.
NashVillager Podcast: PACs in the primaries
Who’s spending on Tennessee elections? On the eve of Tennessee’s primary election, some groups are spending substantial money to nudge voters in their direction. Plus the local news for July 31, 2024, and this week’s edition of What Where Whens-Day.
NashVillager Podcast: Vietnam, Apartheid and Gaza
How do parallels from earlier generations fall short when shedding light on current campus protests? Plus your local newscast for May 9, 2024.
NashVillager Podcast: Nashville’s “Grey-Eyed Man of Destiny”
How did a Nashvillian end up taking over a Central American nation? Plus your local newscast for May 8, 2024.
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong.
The nation’s historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.
NashVillager Podcast: March 28, 2024
Which bills will make it to the end of Tennessee’s legislative session?
NashVillager Podcast: March 26, 2024
This is the first full election cycle since the state legislature split Nashville between three districts. We look at who is running and how it’s all working, plus this morning’s newscast and a conversation with Nashville mothers-turned-gun control activists.
NashVillager Podcast: March 25, 2024
With Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit referendum on the way, we take a look at the city’s fraught history with transit plans. Plus the morning newscast and taking stock of how school security has changed since the Covenant School shooting.
Nashville preservationists worry developers will tear down homes tied to Civil Rights movement
The endangered sites appear on this year’s “Nashville Nine,” the annual listing by the nonprofit Historic Nashville Inc. The group has adopted a thematic focus this time in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
As ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ turns 100, this American music classic remind us to experiment boldly
A beloved piece of American music is turning 100 years old this season. But it nearly didn’t get composed. And when it premiered, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was largely a failed experiment.
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