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June 18, 2025: How Metro was made
Today, an explanation of how Nashville stopped being a city and became Metro instead, and how a major part of that transformation may have to change.…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 17, 2025: Defund DEI hits Juneteenth and Pride
Local Juneteenth and Pride organizers are reporting problems with sponsorships this year. Plus, the local news for June 17, 2025, and the Belcourt Th…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 16, 2025: What news needs to survive
This station has come a long way, and we’re continuing to stride forward with purpose and confidence. But the Congressional funding battle happening …
1 year, 4 months ago
June 13, 2025: Friday the 13th
Is Friday the 13th really so bad? Or is the problem just that it isn’t the 12th? Plus, the local news for June 13, 2025, and a look at the working co…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 12, 2025: Southern Baptists on gay marriage (again)
The Nashville-based SBC voted this week to go on the offensive against laws the church considers immoral. Plus, the local news for June 12, 2025, and…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 11, 2025: Hendersonville’s incorporation
Some communities naturally evolve into towns or cities along a clear, straight path. And some put up a fight. Plus, the local news for June 11, 2025,…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 10, 2025: Law and disorder
There’s trouble again at one Core Civic prison in Tennessee, as the Brentwood company attempts to reopen several others around the nation to handle I…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 9, 2024: Dutchman’s Curve
In 1918, scores of people died in a train wreck. Many of them might have lived if the railroad hadn’t put profit over safety. Plus, the local news fo…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 6, 2025: Rites of passage
Some stories stick with you. For WPLN’s Char Daston, the story of Don Srisuriyo, a Murfreesboro man who became a Buddhist monk, was one of them. Plus…
1 year, 5 months ago
June 5, 2025: Opry and the Ryman
The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium weren’t always connected. We take a look at how they became forever linked. Plus, the local news for June…
1 year, 5 months ago