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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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September 19, 2025: Censorship
From the cancellations of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel to book bans and drag restrictions in Tennessee, are we testing the limits of the First Am…
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September 18, 2025: Honky Tonk origin story
The most iconic type of Nashville bar is part of a colorful history that includes cattle drives and sailors on shore leave. Plus, the local news for …
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September 17, 2025: Zoning
Zoning laws may sound arcane, but they set the tone for so much of what gives a neighborhood its character. Plus, the local news for September 17, 20…
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September 16, 2025: Thoughts and prayers
Not all deaths in the public sphere get the same level of response. Whether or not someone like Charlie Kirk should be remembered with large scale vi…
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September 15, 2025: Nashville’s natural side
There was a time when the majority of parks in our city were about ball fields and band shells, but now the four largest parks in the system are most…
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