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This Is Nashville is a daily public radio show & podcast. Listen Mon-Thurs at noon & 7:00 pm on 90.3 WPLN, on all podcast apps, and to our archive of shows at thisisnashville.org.

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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Live winter storm coverage returns today at noon ❄️ Tune in on 90.3 @WPLN and wpln.org. This hour: an update on the arrival of the National Guard, schools running out of snow days, and warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. Plus, we look back at
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Hear the latest from NES, TEMA, and Middle TN Electric. Listen now at wpln.org/post/episode... Guests: Brent Baker from Nashville Electric Service, Amy Byers from Middle Tennessee Electric and Alex Pellom from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
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Winter storm update: power and emergency management
It’s day two of our live coverage of the large-scale snow and ice storm affecting all of Middle Tennessee. Hundreds of thousands of Middle Tennesseans remain in the dark and cold. As crew members work...
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Hundreds of thousand Middle Tennesseans remain in the dark and cold. As crew members work to restore the power grid to normal operations, we bring you answers to FAQ and the latest on where the region stands in terms of power and emergency management.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is Nashville is bringing you the latest storm coverage and taking your call live today at noon. Call 615-760-2000 and let us know how things are where you are. Listen live at noon on wpln.org or 90.3 FM.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Curious Nashville: Why did a bank form a choir? And what were their performances like? Also, two gurus of Christmas music collecting and taking your calls and questions — live! Tuesday, 12/16, at noon on 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social and streaming live at thisisnashville.org.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
From Nashville Public Radio and the @tennesseelookout.com, The Debt traces Tennessee State University’s decades-long fight for fair funding – through an overlooked Civil Rights lawsuit, a historic merger with a predominantly white university, a dramatic student hunger strike, and a lawmaker who
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Here's what's coming up this week. Listen at noon on 90.3 @wpln and stream at YouTube.com/@wpln. All episodes also available through our podcast feed. Monday, 12/08: When people want a quick laugh, they can just open up social media & find Andi Marie Tillman and her vertical videos.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
It’s a special Election Day, so we’re digging into our divisions – not political ones, but TN’s three Grand Divisions: West, Middle, & East. Questions? Insights? Call 615-760-2000. 📻 Today at noon on 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social 📺 Live on YouTube: YouTube.com/@wpln #Tennessee
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Vanderbily neurologist Britt Stone is known for bringing a bit of "bush medicine" into the treatment of movement disorders like Parkinson's Disease. She's become an advocate for natural therapies. But she also has some guiding principles for anyone
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This time of year, we like to recommend some of the best podcasts of the year. So we sprinkle a few recommendations throughout the show today while we let you enjoy our most downloaded episode of the year. It’s about the history of the historically Black university in
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
On today's show, we sift through the archives to highlight the @opry and the century of stories behind WSM radio that laid the groundwork for what Music City has become. Join Blake Farmer today at noon for the incredible 100-year history of the Opry and WSM.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
As the Grand Ole Opry celebrates its 100th birthday this week, we hear from its longest-serving member. Whisperin' Bill Anderson joins us to talk about his reverence for the institution and all that’s going on in “Whisperworld.” Noon on 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social & through our podcast feed. #opry100
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The Opry is celebrating 100 years, and no one has been around for more of them than Whisperin' Bill Anderson. Bill is a living link to the legends who graced the Opry stage, and on Monday he sits down with host Blake Farmer to talk about the importance of the Opry and what it means to him.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Our question today: What is a "Chicago-style gyro," and why are there so many shops with that name in Nashville? This is Curious Nashville on @wpln.bsky.social, answering your questions. Call 615-760-2000 to ask our reporters. This is Nashville is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
From a young age, Colby Keegan said he hoped to "affect positive change." He was homeless when he died of an overdose at the age of 23. His mother, Lisa Wysocky, founded Colby's Army in his honor. In our season finale, we spend the hour with Wysocky, seeing homelessness through the eyes of family.
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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Listen to our last episode of In My Place tomorrow @thisisnashville.bsky.social If you ever wondered where the families are, and how they are affected by the homeless status of a loved one, listen to the conversation between our host, Tasha AF Lemley and Lisa Wysocky of Colby's Army.
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In My Place Archives
In My Place educates listeners on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused. We talk to guests about everything from bes...
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📞 Today, we're taking your calls. Are you a SNAP recipient, volunteer, or part of a pop-up food distro program? Call 615-760-2000 between noon and 1:00 p.m. to share your story. This is Nashville is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Veterans who have seen combat live among us, and every year on the eleventh of November, we honor them by acknowledging their service and sacrifice to this country. Today, we sit down with three locals and hear their stories. Noon at 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social and on YouTube.com/@wpln.
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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Mark your calendar to listen to @thisisnashville.bsky.social on Thursday. It's the season end of In My Place, a series about homelessness and housing in Nashville. We added a special episode to hear from family members how homelessness of loved ones has impacted them. wpln.org/programs/thi...
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In My Place Archives
In My Place educates listeners on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused. We talk to guests about everything from bes...
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Chris Serap @serapchris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Great interview of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings from last December.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Discover The County in Our Hearts from 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social on This is Nashville – the epic story of how Nashville became home to America’s largest Kurdish diaspora. Genocide, freedom fighters, and unbreakable hope. 🎙️Winner of 2025 "Best Audio Storytelling" @nashvillescene.com.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We’re bringing back Curious Nashville – where the @WPLN newsroom answers YOUR questions about the things that make you go 🧐. Listen today at noon. #CuriousNashville
A round lighting fixture with ornate bronze design and large candle-like lights hangs for a blue ceiling painted with stars.A person peers into a rusted out round metal object.A large rectangular wooden sign painted in three sections  of green, white, and red.A man, backlit by a projector light, uses his hands to create shadows that dance on a wall.
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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
After spending the last nine months following people through their housing process, we addressed with our guests what happens when folks lose their housing again. It's a powerful episode focused on how fragile housing can be. #InMyPlace, @thisisnashville.bsky.social , @wpln.bsky.social
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In My Place Archives
In My Place educates listeners on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused. We talk to guests about everything from bes...
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
How'd we got the term "honky tonk?" Nina Cardona, keeper of the Nashville flame and host of the NashVillager podcast, gives us the details. Listen through our podcast feed and at thisisnashville.org.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Since February, we’ve talked with people on the frontlines of ending homelessness – from service providers to those with lived experience. Today we ask: what happens when someone loses housing after getting it? Are our systems built to truly keep people housed? Listen to In My Place today at noon.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
This week on This is Nashville with Blake Farmer. Noon - 1:00 PM on 90.3 @wpln.bsky.social and at thisisnashville.org. Also available through our podcast feed.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
What’s the economy telling you – growth or slowdown? 📈📉 Our Roundabout panel dives into wallets, wages & the winds of the economy. 💬 Call 615-760-2000 to join the convo: This Is Nashville, today at noon. This is Nashville is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/10/2025
The Boring company owned by Elon Musk has started work on a transit tunnel for Teslas in Nashville. The project got approved by the Republican governor without input from city officials.
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What to know about Elon Musk's Nashville tunnel project
Here’s everything we know so far about the Boring Company's proposed “Music City Loop" in Nashville.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Nashville isn’t just country. It’s also the heart of Contemporary Christian Music. Today, we trace CCM’s roots, rise, and resurgence. Plus, we explore the new Museum of Christian and Gospel Music in downtown Nashville. Join us! #CCM @wpln.bsky.social @jewlyhight.bsky.social
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It’s been 10 months 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. How’s it going? Now’s your chance to ask Sabrina Sussman, CPO for Metro’s Choose How You Move program.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Coming up this week on This is Nashville...
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Coming up at noon.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
It’s Thursday – time for our weekly Roundabout, where we break down the news. Our panel: Beth Harwell, Kiran Sreepada, and TSU’s Ian Shapiro. Topics: deadly industrial explosion, feds in Memphis, GOP primary shakeups. Call 615-760-2000 to join the convo.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Nashville is crawling with arachnids (and that’s not necessarily a bad thing). On today’s show, owners and experts debunk spider-related myths. Plus, Nashville Children's Theatre is bringing Charlotte’s Web to life. We’re joined by Maya Antoinette Riley, who stars as Charlotte.
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Stephen Elliott @stelliott.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We’ll be discussing the Banner/WPLN reporting on housing and neighborhoods at noon today:
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NIMBYism and Nashville's affordable housing shortage - Nashville Banner
Nashville residents clash with developer over new zoning for affordable housing. Concerns about traffic, green space, and property values arise are common.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Everybody knows that if we’re going to have more affordable housing, we also have to live closer together. But what happens when that density is proposed next door? Many may agree in principle but find themselves saying “not in my back yard!” Today at noon on This is Nashville.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Coming up this week on This is Nashville. This is Nashville is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
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Bruce Barry @brucebarry.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Enjoyed being on the show today. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykAv...
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This Is Nashville - The Roundabout (News of the Week!)
YouTube video by WPLN News from Nashville Public Radio
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
It's Thursday, which means it's Roundabout time. Congressional District 7 candidate Rep. Jody Barrett, Owen School prof and @tennesseelookout.com contributor Bruce Barry, and @wpln.bsky.social's @mariannabac.bsky.social join to help us think through the biggest news – including the special
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We're opening up the phone lines tomorrow for The Roundabout. Joining host Blake Farmer @brucebarry.bsky.social, WPLN’s own power and equity reporter, @mariannabac.bsky.social and more. Tune in Thursday, 10/9, at noon.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If Roger Williams University hadn’t burned down in a suspicious fire in 1905, it may have joined Nashville’s Fisk, Meharry, and TSU as one of the most well-known historically Black universities and colleges in the country. But the fires – yes, more than one – led to its relocation off
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Here's everything you need to know before heading to the polls tomorrow for TN's special congressional election. wpln.org/post/what-to...
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What to know before you vote in Tennessee’s special congressional primary
Tuesday’s congressional primary will determine the final matchup for the Dec. 2 general election to replace former District 7 Congressman Mark Green.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Thanks for joining us, @dahron-anneliese.bsky.social. Looking forward to having you on again.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
About the time The Chicks were facing blowback for their comments about the Iraq War, Tamara Saviano was in a similar spat over politics and country music. But her firing led her to a fateful phone call from
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Coming up this week on This is Nashville... Monday: Tamara Saviano - her life in Americana music, captured in her new book “Poets and Dreamers.” Tuesday: The HBCU We Never Knew... and the arts center, artists, and scholars working to keep its memory alive.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
It’s easy for those of us who have never been homeless to celebrate someone getting housed. We breathe a sigh of relief and then stare in disbelief when things don’t go smoothly. Today, we sit down with those who have gone through the housing process to talk about barriers that remain – and
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"Nashville Nice" is a unique flavor of Southern friendliness. But as more transplants move in and Lower Broad leans into its "party city" reputation, are cracks starting to appear in our collective civility? Call 615-760-2000 to join the conversation. Thursday at noon.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
As more of us are living longer/seeking ways to make aging as positive and healthy as possible, there’s a new appreciation and interest in geriatric professionals. Today we hear from adults who embraced this medical specialty and learn about efforts to attract young, emerging doctors to the field.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Running a small business is tough. Especially if you’re in a city like Nashville, where inflation hits a little harder than elsewhere. Today we speak with local entrepreneurs to tally the cost of doing business in Middle Tennessee.
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This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Yep, @freddieoconnell.bsky.social is back for another round of “Ask the Mayor.” We've got questions, sure, but he wants to answer yours. Call 615-760-2000 Thursday, 9/18, at noon.
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