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There once was a time when tens of thousands of Tennessee kids under the age of 13 worked dangerous jobs in places like mines and fabric mills. That’s not legal anymore, but there are efforts to chip away at the laws protecting young workers. Plus, the local news for October 24, 2025, and 2LiveBre.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miria...

Play areas have come a long way from the days of monkey bars and scorchingly hot metal slides. That’s by design. Plus, the local news for October 23, 2025, and a Dragula suite.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

On the anniversary of the world’s first parachute jump, a look at the paratroopers-turned-air-assault soldiers. Plus, the local news for October 22, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day .   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of W...

As Shelby County sues the governor for potentially overstepping his role, a look at the state laws that are cited in the court case. Plus, the local news for October 21, 2025, and the race to save an endangered Tennessee fish.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turne...

The income tax that wasn’t a traditional income tax is gone, but why hasn’t Tennessee eliminated the grocery tax? Plus the local news for October 20, 2025 and kids in solitary confinement.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

It looks like school vouchers could be a dominant topic at the state capitol for a third straight year. Plus the local news for October 17, 2025 and leaf peeping.     Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

The new campaign of a disgraced former sheriff will require the Tennessee GOP to make an interesting decision. Plus the local news for October 16, 2025 and a new look at one town’s last public lynching.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN...

Another round of No Kings demonstrations are scheduled for this weekend. Plus the local news for October 15, 2025 and this week’s edition of What Where Whens-day.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Mack Linebaugh Additional support: Tony Gonzalez, Miriam Kramer, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

Abolition never really caught on in a serious way in Middle Tennessee, but that doesn’t mean people weren’t aware that the institution of slavery was dying all over the rest of the world. Plus the local news for October 14, 2025 and pawpaw soda   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonza...

What do we know about the site of Friday morning’s explosion? After the deadly explosion at a factory near Bucksnort, a look at the work done by Accurate Energy Solutions. Plus the local news for October 13, 2025 and invasive carp in our waterways. Credits:   This is a production of Nashville Public Radio  Host/producer: Nina Cardona  Editor: Miriam Kramer  Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony...

A great American hero died in Middle Tennessee, possibly at his own hand, more than 200 years ago. We’ve still got to get better at preventing suicides here. Plus, the local news for October 10, 2025, and a unique Sewanee tradition.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya...

Nashville isn’t a city that has had a huge fire shape it, but there is still a lot to remember on this Firefighters Memorial Day. Plus, the local news for October 9, 2025 and a look at Eviction Right to Counsel.  Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff...

A mailer sent out to Republicans around the Midstate ahead of this week’s election crossed some serious lines. Plus, the local news for October 8, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN...

From soccer to football, things are looking up for sports across Tennessee. Even the Titans won last weekend. Plus, the local news for October 7, 2025, and a look at the staying power of low head dams in Appalachia.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the s...

More than a century after a groundbreaking Midstate bank showed that a woman’s place can absolutely be in finance, the number of female bank CEOs still lags behind other industries. Plus the local news for October 6, 2025 and preserving the Ohio River Basin.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebau...

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 music hall of fame finally finds a home .  Credits:   This is a production of Nashville Public Radio  Host/producer: Nina Cardona  Editor: Miriam Kramer  Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP 

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, 2025, and teaching math by quilting.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

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 Radio. Plus, the local news for October 1, 2025, and this week’s edition of What Where Whens-day .   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonza...

Photos and documents from a groundbreaking program to educate Black Children roughly a century ago are now available online through Fisk’s library. Plus, the local news for September 30, 2025, and a This is Nashville excerpt.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner...

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 and talking about the “G word”: geriatrics.    Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

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 news for September 26, 2025, and VibeOut.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

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 down to local stations and their licenses. Plus, the local news for September 25, 2025, and demystifying childhood vaccine recommendations.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Addit...

Can Tennessee laboratories handle all the evidence and autopsies in a growing region? In addition to highly publicized backlogs for testing sexual assault kits, a new report shows delays are growing for other types of evidence testing. Plus, the local news for Sept. 24, 2025, and the latest edition of What Where When-sday. 

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 massive debt that is not all of their own making. Plus, the local news for September 23, 2025, and funding cuts for disability services.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Addi...

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 September 22, 2025, and harm reductionist Miriam Field.   Credits:  This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Miriam Kramer Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and W...