This Is Nashville Podcast
1) The Country In Our Hearts, Ep. 3: Safety Zone
They opened businesses and raised their kids. As those kids grew up, they had to figure out how to navigate the world of a first-generation Kurdish-American teenager. And in that world, something new ...Show More
2) The Country In Our Hearts, Ep. 2: The Ones Who Face Death
In this special broadcast, featuring episode 2 from The Country In Our Hearts, we see all this family lost to war and displacement. But also, what they are determined to reclaim and rebuild. The stor...Show More
3) The Country In Our Hearts, Ep. 1: The Enemy Within
WPLN's Rose Gilbert dives headlong into one family’s migration odyssey from Iraqi Kurdistan to Nashville. To really understand what this family — and so many others — were fleeing from, we need to go...Show More
4) The triumphant return of Curious Nashville
WPLN is reviving one of the the station's most popular projects: Curious Nashville. The recipe is simple. Listeners ask questions and we find the answers. But the bar is high. Instead of answers tha...Show More
5) Our keeper of the flame, Nina Cardona
Every community needs a “keeper of the flame” – someone who can connect the present with the past. And in Middle Tennessee, we’re fortunate to have several of these sages who can remind us of our his...Show More
6) In My Place, Episode 18: Losing home again
Welcome back to In My Place — a series about finding, and losing, home in a growing Nashville. This season, we’re getting to walk through the specific steps from homelessness to housing with people w...Show More
7) Tennessee's pandemic chief Dr. Lisa Piercey on her post-COVID career change
When Dr. Lisa Piercey left state government after guiding Tennessee through the pandemic, she decided to turn over an entirely new leaf. She was tired of working for someone else. So she got into the ...Show More
8) The Roundabout: Federal policies, jobs, and healthcare
As the federal government shutdown rolls into its fourth week, paychecks for federal employees have halted. At the local level, many are wondering how federal policies will impact their day-to-day li...Show More
9) The rise and resurgence of Christian music
Gospel and Christian music call this city home. But until now, there hasn’t been an obvious physical location. With the opening of the Museum of Christian & Gospel Music this month, we’ll look at th...Show More
10) Questioning our transit plans with Sabrina Sussman, plus our Shared Calendar
It’s been nearly a year since Davidson County voters passed the Choose How You Move transit referendum, approving a half-cent (0.5%) sales tax increase to fund transit upgrades and improvements. The c...Show More