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September 3, 2025: Send in the guard
One of the first times guard troops were called in to protect desegregation was in Tennessee, but would a deployment to Memphis be a good idea now? P…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
September 2, 2025: Wilma Rudolph
Clarksville native and TSU Tigerbelle Wilma Rudolph was the complete Olympic package: amazing athleticism and a profoundly inspirational backstory. B…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
August 29, 2025: Katrina and Helene
A natural disaster can set off ripple effects of problems and challenges wherever it strikes, and there have been lessons learned since Katrina. Plus…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
August 28, 2025: Barrel full of controversy
Cracker Barrel showed the world just how difficult it is to try to keep things fresh when your brand is built on total consistency. Plus, the local n…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
August 27, 2025: George Holloway
Today is the anniversary of one Black Tennessean’s hard-fought rise to union leadership. Plus, the local news for August 27, 2025, and this week’s ed…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
August 26, 2025: Cumberland River traffic
Steamboats made Nashville’s river an important mode of commercial transportation, and barges keep that tradition alive today. Plus, the local news fo…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
August 25, 2025: Remembering some national champs
On this day in 2012, Goodlettsville little leaguers won the national championship — and gained memories for a lifetime. Plus, the local news for Augu…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
August 22, 2025: Fisk's founding
On today’s episode, Blake Farmer digs into Fisk University’s beginnings. Plus, the local news for August 22, 2025, and a look at the controversy surr…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
August 21, 2025: Numbers in the news
From the tallest building in Nashville, to our airport’s busiest year on record, superlative numbers are in the news this week. Plus, the latest loca…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
August 20, 2025: Ceasefire
Across Middle Tennessee, many of our Kurdish neighbors saw their lives changed forever by a war that ended in a ceasefire on this day in 1988. Plus, …
10 months ago