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October 3, 2025: The no-read lists
A new analysis of book removals from schools and libraries shows Tennessee has a dubious honor. Plus the local news for October 3, 2025 and a Gospel …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
October 2, 2025: Nashville needs more air traffic controllers
Near misses at Nashville’s Airport are one sign of how bad the nationwide air traffic controller shortage is. Plus, the local news for October 2, 202…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
October 1, 2025: Free Speech protectors
Vanderbilt’s Seigenthaler Center and MTSU’s Free Speech Center were both built on a principle that is also core to what we do at Nashville Public Rad…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
September 30, 2025: Fisk and Rosenwald Schools
Photos and documents from a groundbreaking program to educate Black Children roughly a century ago are now available online through Fisk’s library. P…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
September 29, 2025: Nashville and Tennessee’s family feud
The breakdown in relations between Nashville and state government is real, but it wasn’t always this way. Plus, the local news for September 29, 2025…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
September 26, 2025: A waning trust in science
Tylenol, fluoride and all kinds of vaccines are caught in the crossfire of conflicts between word-of-mouth advice and actual science. Plus, the local…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
September 25, 2025: FCC, explained
There’s a lot the confusion over the role the FCC has to play in the fight over whether the Jimmy Kimmel Show should be on air. A lot of it comes dow…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
September 24, 2025: More autopsies, more crime labs
Can Tennessee laboratories handle all the evidence and autopsies in a growing region? In addition to highly publicized backlogs for testing sexual as…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
September 23, 2025: John Overton and the Panic of 1819
There are major differences between the Bank Panic of 1819 and today’s flex loan crisis, but the end result is the same: Tennesseans struggling under…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
September 22, 2025: National Guard ripple effects
When the National Guard is deployed to an American city, people in the guard units’ hometowns are left in the lurch. Plus, the local news for Septemb…
10 months, 4 weeks ago