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Curious Nashville

Listener-powered investigations
We investigate oddities, share local history, tell stories of interesting people, and explain how local institutions operate. You ask the questions, and we answer them.

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For sale in downtown Nashville: one beach. Curious Nashville takes a look at how this sandy triangle came to be.

Cynthia Abrams

June 15, 2023

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Something new has hit Nashville’s hot real estate market: a beach, right smack in the middle of downtown Nashville. But, until it’s sold, Nashvillians driving through the intersection of Lafayette, Division and 4th Avenue may wonder: What is that sandy triangle doing there?

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Beach, downtown, downtown Nashville, Little Chill Beach, Nashville real estate, Real Estate, SoBro, traffic

Curious Nashville: Who cares for Centennial Park’s bee colony? Come along for a hive check with the volunteers

Cynthia Abrams

May 12, 2023

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On a small island in the middle of Centennial Park’s Lake Watauga stand five towers of beehives. One of our listeners spotted the hard-to-reach hives and inquired about the bees: Who cares for them? What happens to the honey? Do other parks have hives? Who’s in charge? The Nashville Area Beekeeper’s Association, or NABA, is […]

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News

Curious Nashville: Woodbine asks, are Whitsett Road and Whitsitt Elementary named after the same person?

Miguel Detillier

April 21, 2023

When it comes to the name spelling of this prominent Nashville family, there’s a mix of evidence for Whitsitt and Whitsett.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Carole Bucy, Curious Nashville, history, Metro Schools, Nashville neighborhoods

What is the future of Middle Tennessee’s trash?

Magnolia McKay

April 4, 2023

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What will we do when we reach capacity at the Middle Point landfill in Rutherford County, where Nashville and Middle Tennessee’s trash goes?

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Programs Tagged With: Curious Nashville, Middle Point landfill

Curious Nashville: In search of a ‘space capsule’ in rural Hickman County

Paula RamírezandTony Gonzalez

April 4, 2023

space capsule Coble Hickman County
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On a dirt road in rural Hickman County there’s a piece of wreckage that purports to be a NASA space capsule. What is it really?

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville, Hickman County, NASA

Podcast: Help WNXP solve a mystery involving Bob Dylan, John Cale, and Edie Sedgwick

Justin Barney

March 17, 2023

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This time it’s a “reverse” Curious Nashville — instead of answering one of your questions, we’re looking to Nashville Public Radio listeners to help solve a musical mystery.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Dylan, Curious Nashville, music

Curious Nashville: How a question about one little cement marker leads us to the tale of one gigantic monument

Tony Gonzalez

February 24, 2023

highway right of way marker
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Alongside some Tennessee roads, you might notice knee-high cement markers — usually quite weathered — that have this inscription: “H’Y. R.W.”

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, History, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville, Green Hills, history

Curious Nashville: Stay back 100 feet? Here’s the truth about dump truck liability on Tennessee roads.

Josey Beavers

January 30, 2023

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You’re driving behind a dump truck — gripping the steering wheel tight and trying to keep back. What happens if a pesky piece of gravel damages your windshield?

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville, state law, transportation

Curious Nashville: Graves, lawn pranks, and other answers about the Tennessee State Capitol

Blaise Gainey

January 20, 2023

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The state capitol draws a lot of interest, provides public tours, and has prompted several questions to Curious Nashville.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: architecture, Curious Nashville, history, Tennessee State Capitol

Curious Nashville follow-up: No progress on adding more languages for Tennessee’s drivers tests, but pressure is growing

Alexis Marshall

December 30, 2022

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In addition to Arabic, a coalition is also asking the state to add Somali, Mandarin, Cantonese and Amharic options to their drivers tests.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, API Middle Tennessee, Curious Nashville, Elmahaba Center, English Language Learners, Ethiopian Community Association of Nashville, Never Again TN, Somali Community Center of Middle Tennessee

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