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NashVillager Podcast: The no-read lists

By Nina Cardona

October 3, 2025

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How did Tennessee get to be a national leader in book banning? Plus, the local news for Oct. 3, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: book bans, PEN America

NashVillager Podcast: Nashville needs more air traffic controllers

By Nina Cardona

October 2, 2025

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Who wouldn’t want to work a stressful job where lives are on the line, but you don’t get to have a life of your own? Plus, the local news for October 2, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport

NashVillager Podcast: Free Speech protectors

By Nina Cardona

October 1, 2025

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Which Midstate organizations are dedicated to making sure you understand your First Amendment rights? Plus, the local news for October 1, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: journalism

NashVillager Podcast: Fisk and Rosenwald Schools

By Nina Cardona

September 30, 2025

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How is Fisk University preserving the history of a Jim Crow-era educational program for Black students? Plus, the local news for September 30, 2025.

Filed Under: Education, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

First Black student to graduate during Southern integration dies at 85

By Marianna Bacallao

September 23, 2025

Bobby Cain a made history as the first Black student to graduate from an integrated high school in the South. He died in Nashville on Monday at the age of 85.

Filed Under: History, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, civil rights movement, Clinton 12, East Tennessee, integration, Tennessee State University

NashVillager Podcast: John Overton and the Panic of 1819

By Nina Cardona

September 23, 2025

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How did one of Nashville’s early political leaders respond when the financial rug was pulled out from under Tennesseans? Plus, the local news for September 23, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: National Guard ripple effects

By Nina Cardona

September 22, 2025

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Are “law and order” domestic deployments what National Guard members signed up for? Plus, the local news for September 22, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: Censorship

By Nina Cardona

September 19, 2025

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When is the government allowed to stifle speech in this country? Plus, the local news for September 19, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: Zoning

By Nina Cardona

September 17, 2025

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Where will we put all the housing Nashville needs? Plus, the local news for September 17, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: Thoughts and prayers

By Nina Cardona

September 16, 2025

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How does a community respond as a group when a divisive person dies? Plus, the local news for Sept. 16, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Charlie Kirk, religion

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