How did a Nashville train wreck change trains around the country? Plus, the local news for June 9, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Rites of passage
How do you move from one stage to another? Plus, the local news for June 6, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Opry and the Ryman
How did the Ryman become the Mother Church of Country Music? Plus, the local news for June 5, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Wild animals in the Volunteer State
Is it really legal to have a pet zebra in Tennessee? Plus, the local news for June 4, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: River of plastic
How did the Tennessee River end up with so much microplastic? Plus, the local news for June 3, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Right to work
Why is Nashville one of America’s least unionized cities? Plus, the local news for June 2, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Ice cream and the helpers
What does a delicious summer treat have to do with helping Nashville’s poor? Plus, the local news for May 30, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Predatory lending
Did a law meant to protect Tennesseans from bad loans make the problem worse? Plus, the local news for May 29, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Remembering the Trail of Tears
Why is there so little to remind us of the way Native nations were displaced via Tennessee routes? Plus, the local news for May 28, 2025.
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone
The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism. But a century later, many Americans still embrace creationism, and that’s evident at a giant replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark in Kentucky.
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