The fight for civil rights in the US started long before what is acknowledged as the Civil Rights Movement, and it hasn't ended yet wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The fight for civil rights in the US started long before what is acknowledged as the Civil Rights Movement, and it hasn't ended yet wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

If VW's Chattanooga plant voting to unionize was revolutionary, you could say the counterrevolution is underway now. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

This bitterly cold weather is dangerous for folks who live on the streets. The groups that help them are left in a funding limbo right now. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The nation's biggest and deadliest car crash happened in Tennessee during a sudden fog. Now, the measures the state put into place to make sure it never happens again need a refurbishment. wpln.org/post/nashvil...

One of these days, I may hone my workflow to the point that I can pull together a source list for every episode. Until then, here's a peek at where the info in the podcast often comes from. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Hunger is real. More people are feeling it than you may realize. So what's next for food assistance in Tennessee? wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

These are divided times. What will end up bringing us back together? wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

In Tennessee history and this week, a look at tight elections and dark horse winners wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Republicans have narrowly kept control of Tennessee’s 7th congressional seat. The latest on this tight race that turned into an unexpected battleground: wpln.org/post/republi... @mariannabac.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social

We've got a lot of new place names to learn wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Nashville may be the Buckle of the (protestant Christian) Bible Belt, but it has always also been at least a little bit Jewish wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Nashville's biggest bank is about to get bigger wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

We've got laws that say the public should be able to access information about what the government is up to, but when it comes to the exceptions, limits and restrictions there's an awful lot of disagreement wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Tennessee stretches into two time zones now, but that wasn't always the case wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Several people in Tennessee's political ecosphere recently got presidential pardons. The reaction isn't great, even from members of Trump's own party. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Some pieces of our city's backstory feel like a kid getting his block tower knocked down so that a bigger kid can play in the same spot. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

In much of Tennessee, industrial development has long been the big focus for job creation efforts. Times are changing. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

This Veteran's Day, This Is Nashville is talking to current vets, and I'm highlighting a local memorial you may not realize is there wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The other day, I discovered that Tennessee played a big role in the incident that triggered the start of airport security screenings in this nation. So of course I'm telling all about it on the podcast today! wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Tennessee's soybean farmers really needed 2025 to be a good year. Instead they got flooded fields and Chinese tariffs. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Tennessee's constitution includes its own version of the Bill of Rights, and it gets way more specific than the federal version wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

I've been told many times that The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville" is set in our Clarksville. On the anniversary of it hitting #1, I decided to sort out what people got right and wrong about the song. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Once you see the similarities between letting SNAP benefits be a political bargaining tool and the tactics of a medieval siege, you can't really unsee it. And it's always the most vulnerable people paying the biggest price. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Tennessee has a robust Rainy Day Fund. That fund won't be tapped to help tide people over until SNAP benefits resume. So the question has come up (again): what is the fund for? wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

One Halloween, a family in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, got the loudest knock ever. It wasn't a trick or treater, but it was something out of a nightmare...or a movie. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

People had to die from breathing in dangerous air before officials got serious about regulating what comes out of smokestacks. Some of those regulations have been loosened, and there are plans for new smokestacks in Tennessee. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The longer this federal shutdown goes on, the more gets shut down in Tennessee. And the ones feeling the pinch are the most vulnerable people in our communities wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

When state and local responders have a coordinated response to natural disasters, you're seeing a ripple effect of a Cold War scare wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

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We've had art heists and "art" heists in this state, and the stories are too good not to share wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

For a long time now, the US has maintained guardrails to keep teens out of dangerous and inappropriately adult jobs. Some of those protections are being deleted or diluted wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

I'm still blown away by a detail I learned while researching today's episode: the original design for monkey bars included a safety net. So where were those nets on old-school playgrounds?! wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The 101st isn't the same as it once was. But it never could have existed if it weren't for an 18th century French man who jumped out of a balloon. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Once again, it's a battle of county versus the state of Tennessee. This time, the issue is the National Guard Deployment and the battleground is the courtroom. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Tennessee's tax code has changed a lot through the years: from requiring folks to pay in animal scalps to taxing vapes (but not wine tastings) wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

It took a couple of tries to create a school voucher program for all of Tennessee. It's up and running now, but lawmakers aren't done with it wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The laws that restrict the voting rights of people with felony convictions and the GOP's internal rules about primaries collide in one Midstate political campaign wpln.org/programs/nas... @wpln.bsky.social

A blast felt several dozen miles away. 16 people believed dead. Here's a look at what was going on at that site, and why explosions there could only be massive. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

A more than 200 year old story from Midstate history has far too much relevance to today's tragically high suicide rate wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Today is Tennessee's Firefighter Memorial Day. Here's a look at some of Nashville's notable blazes and what it took to contain them wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

The special primary election is over, we're moving on to the general, but what's going on with keeping our elections fair and legal? wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Who's on the ballot for Tennessee's congressional primary? Some candidates have suspended their campaigns, but their names will still be an option during Tuesday's primary election. Here's everything to know before going to the polls: wpln.org/post/what-to...

The @tennessee-titans.bsky.social finally won, @nashvillesc.bsky.social has a shiny new trophy, and the @predsnhl.bsky.social season is about to begin - what a moment! wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

There aren't many women in banking leadership, but our local history includes one early, groundbreaking exception wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Book bans are becoming more and more normalized, and Tennessee is one of the top states for pulling titles from the shelves wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Near misses at Nashville's airport are a prime example of why we need more air traffic controllers, but the work conditions make it a job not many people want to do. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

When I first saw this story, I had to do a double take. I mean, it’s way to rare that we see a community buck this trend

Mister Rogers told us to look for the helpers. Today we're getting more specific: look for the First Amendment helpers wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

Fisk University is, itself, an important part of Black history. And now it's preserving and sharing the history of the Rosenwald Schools, which educated a significant percentage of the South's Black population in the Jim Crow era. wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social