Curious Nashville Podcast
1) What are those gleaming golden portraits on Nashville's historic courthouse?
What are the pictures on the front of the Metro Courthouse that appear to be outlined in gold? Are they ever going to be restored? This question came to Curious Nashville way back — in 2016 — during ...Show More
2) Best of 10 years of Curious Nashville
It’s the 10-year anniversary of Curious Nashville and we’re revisiting some of the weirdest and most surprising questions you’ve asked. This means we're going underground to a fallout shelter, to the ...Show More
3) Why did a Nashville bank release a Christmas album?
Today we shine a light on an obscure album recorded in Nashville more than 50 years ago that features a Christmas choir performing inside the lobby of a downtown bank. Local listener Matthew Bond cam...Show More
4) Grand Ole Opry: What does it take to be an Opry member?
The Grand Ole Opry has elevated Nashville and its country music to a global stage and turns 100 years old this week. That much you've probably heard (WPLN has lots of Opry 100 coverage online.) But a...Show More
5) Bonus: Still hungry for gyro facts
Some listeners could not get enough of Curious Nashville's reporting about gyros. When we broadcast the story on WPLN’s This Is Nashville program — and opened up the phone lines — some called in with ...Show More
6) Why are 'Chicago-style' gyros everywhere in Nashville?
Our question today: What is a "Chicago-style gyro," and why are there so many shops with that name in Nashville? Little did we know that trying to figure this out would take us way beyond Nashville ...Show More
7) Curious Nashville returns!
WPLN is reviving Curious Nashville. The recipe is simple: Listeners ask questions and we find the answers. Learn more about the comeback in this interview between WPLN's Tony Gonzalez and Blake Farme...Show More
8) Coming Soon: "Making Noise" — How a Sunday night party changed Nashville
"Making Noise" is a four-part series by Nashville Public Radio about how the music promotion company Lovenoise has changed the music landscape of Nashville. The best way to listen is in the WNXP Podca...Show More
9) You might also like: The Kids of Rutherford County
A juvenile court in Rutherford County was illegally jailing and detaining kids for 16 years before a former juvenile delinquent-turned-lawyer came up with a plan to take it on. This four-part narrativ...Show More
10) For sale: one beach. How did this sandy triangle come to be in downtown Nashville?
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, ...Show More
For sale: one beach. How did this sandy triangle come to be in downtown Nashville?
04:08 | Jun 16th, 2023