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Latest Episodes

Making Noise about 'Making Noise' and advocating for Nashville's Black music scenes
March 04, 2024

The four-part Making Noise series by WPLN and WNXP is out! Today, we're continuing the conversation live.

In My Place, Episode 1: Homelessness facts and faces
February 29, 2024

We're officially kicking off our new housing series In My Place. In this episode, we hear from people with firsthand experience not knowing where theyre going to sleep each night as well as other l

The N-Word: Part 2
February 28, 2024

Today we have part two of our conversation about the N-Word. Well examine the public spaces where the word is most commonly used: Hip Hop and Rap music, and the world of comedy specifically stand u

The N-Word: Part 1
February 27, 2024

It is arguably the most complicated word in the English language. A word that has engendered pain and violence. It's a tangible reminder of hate.

What is the cooperative model for businesses and beyond?
February 26, 2024

Since 2018, the Southeast Center for Cooperative Development has been coaching workers across Tennessee and the Southeast on how to form a cooperative business. Commonly referred to as co-ops, this po

This week's reporter roundtable. And what is the Music Census?
February 22, 2024

We kick this episode off with an in-depth look at three local issues, the Metro Arts Commission, abortion access, and Mayor O'Connell's transit referendum. WPLN reporters Char Daston, Catherine Sweene

Special Olympics Tennessee offers year-round programs to athletes
February 21, 2024

While the Special Olympics Summer and Winter World Games happen every four years, Special Olympics Tennessee offers year-round, local programs available to youth and adults.

Slow Noodles: how the best dishes take time and show Cambodian resilience
February 20, 2024

Chantha Nguon is a Cambodian author, cook, nonprofit leader, and survivor of the Khmer Rouge. In her new memoir Slow Noodles, she details some of the stories of the painful past and hopeful future t

Ask the Mayor & Photographer Jeff Fasano
February 15, 2024

Today we're starting with Ask the Mayor and then dropping into a conversation with Photographer Jeff Fasano!

What's TINA: The Tina Turner Musical got to do with love, power, and resilience?
February 14, 2024

TINA: The Tina Turner Musical is playing at TPAC now through February 18th. The musical production, of which Turner was a producer, tells the story of her life.

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