Every other Friday for This Is Nashville, we hop out of the studio and into the passenger seat to ride shotgun with a fellow Middle Tennessean. But this time, instead of a car… we’re riding horseback. We sent our producer Rose Gilbert out for a tour of BlackFriar Farm in Cheatham County for our episode […]
Meet Veronica Salcedo, the Mexico native bringing news, hugs and help to Middle Tennessee’s Spanish-speaking community
If you don’t already know Veronica Salcedo, here’s the abridged version: Salcedo runs the local Spanish-language news channel Nashville Noticias, which started about seven years ago with just herself, her husband and a laptop.
‘I never forgot the journey’: Afghan refugees reflect on the day they left Kabul and the lives they’re building in Nashville
For many of the more than 300 Afghan refugees who attended the Islamic Center of Nashville’s December welcome dinner, this was the first chance to see what life will be like in Tennessee.
Larkspur’s natural burial restores the land and returns the dead to their roots
Jason Zimmerman was just 42 years old when he died, and now his dad Mark is saying goodbye at Larkspur Conservation. “He’s a wonderful man,” he says. “Yeah, he was wonderful. He was a great guy. Oh man. He was full of life, full of beans, you know?” Larkspur Conservation is about an hour northeast […]
For baseball historian Skip Nipper, talking to lifelong fans inspires hope of a major league team coming to Nashville
It’s not enough to call Skip Nipper a baseball fan. He’s more like a baseball maestro, a historian, author and a collector of stories. It was his dad who first taught him to play, and he continues that legacy as a member of a handful of groups like the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association and […]
In its final days, The Little Pantry That Could continued to offer more than just groceries
After more than a decade in operation, The Little Pantry That Could had its last shopping day on Saturday. Its closure leaves a hole in the city because for North Nashville, it was more than just a free store.
Reflecting on the local impact of the Atlanta spa shootings, one year later
One year after the Atlanta shootings, WPLN’s Juliana Kim spoke on This Is Nashville about how it reverberated among Asian Americans in Middle Tennessee and the emotional impact of reporting on the shootings as a woman of Korean descent.
Nashville residents are using their voices — and opening their wallets — to support Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is hitting close to home for Nashville residents with ties to Eastern Europe. One of these people is Vanderbilt freshman Diana Nalyvaiko, whose family is in Ukraine. Nalyvaiko spoke to This Is Nashville host Khalil Ekulona about how she’s using her voice to bring attention to the conflict overseas. “I […]
Citizen Nashville: The challenges of navigating Middle Tennessee with a disability — and what can be done to make it more accessible
The corner of Robert Rose Drive and Medical Center Parkways is a loud and busy intersection in Murfreesboro. There are four lanes of traffic, and it can feel dicey to navigate as a pedestrian – especially if you are blind. Quinn Howard knows this firsthand. He has retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, and as a result, […]
For unhoused Nashvillians, the price of getting help is a ‘time tax on the poor’
This story first aired on our daily show, This Is Nashville. Listen to the entire episode on housing for the unhoused, here. It’s an early morning in December. Over a breakfast of tater tots and soda, Tammy and her adult son Ray – whose last names we’re withholding for safety concerns – are shuffling through […]
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