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Start your weekday mornings with us! We’ll give you a dose of local news, analysis, history lessons, important conversations and more from the WPLN News, Nashville Public Radio.

Episode Date
May 30, 2025: Ice cream and the helpers
May 30, 2025
May 29, 2025: Predatory lending
May 29, 2025
May 28, 2025: Remembering the Trail of Tears
May 28, 2025
May 27, 2025: Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission up for debate
May 27, 2025
May 23, 2025: The great American road trip
May 23, 2025
May 22, 2025: People caught by foreign policy changes
May 22, 2025
May 21, 2025: Tennessee’s bridge list
May 21, 2025
May 20, 2025: When local interests and states collide
May 20, 2025
May 19, 2025: Graduation prayers
May 19, 2025
“It’s fun to shop at Harvey’s!”
May 16, 2025
May 15, 2025: Mentally unwell in the Volunteer State
May 15, 2025
May 14, 2025: Midstate Industry
May 14, 2025
May 13, 2025: Tennessee’s wild, natural world
May 13, 2025
May 12, 2025: Beef, chickens and hay...Oh, my!
May 12, 2025
May 9, 2025: Court case roundup
May 09, 2025
May 8, 2025: Biking in Nashville
May 08, 2025
May 7, 2025: Theater of War and the Ode to Joy
May 07, 2025
May 6, 2025: Transformative federal impact in Tennessee
May 06, 2025
May 5, 2025: “All the King’s Men”
May 05, 2025
May 2, 2025: Optimistic Nashville
May 02, 2025
May 1, 2025: Mission not yet accomplished
May 01, 2025
April 30, 2025: Problems in the prisons
Apr 30, 2025
April 29, 2025: Driving that train
Apr 29, 2025
April 28, 2025: Spy stories
Apr 28, 2025
April 25, 2025: Solar v. Coal
Apr 25, 2025
April 24, 2025: Nashville’s big start
Apr 24, 2025
April 23, 2025: Catholic Charities
Apr 23, 2025
April 22, 2025: Williamson County and the Confederate flag
Apr 22, 2025
April 21, 2025: Cannabis’ complex past in Tennessee
Apr 21, 2025
April 18th, 2025: Whips and political pressure
Apr 18, 2025
April 17, 2025: Immigration facts
Apr 17, 2025
April 16, 2025: Lethal injection
Apr 16, 2025
April 15, 2025: Crime & punishment, political edition
Apr 15, 2025
April 14, 2025: The tale of John Murrell
Apr 14, 2025
April 11, 2025: Funding Nashville's public health
Apr 11, 2025
April 10, 2025: Protesting in support of immigrants
Apr 10, 2025
April 9, 2024: Country comes in all colors
Apr 09, 2025
April 8, 2025: The rise of Marsha Blackburn
Apr 08, 2025
April 7, 2025: A (bananas) trade war7, 2025
Apr 07, 2025
Trailer — WNXP's Music Citizens episode 3: The Tuner
Apr 05, 2025
April 4, 2025: Turn around, don’t drown
Apr 04, 2025
April 3, 2025: Capturing the story of Music Row
Apr 03, 2025
April 2, 2025: Pencil City
Apr 02, 2025
April 1, 2025: Finding you where you are
Apr 01, 2025
March 31, 2025: The importance of Nashville General
Mar 31, 2025
March 28, 2025: Let’s go, Lady Vols
Mar 28, 2025
March 27, 2025: Two years since Covenant
Mar 27, 2025
March 26, 2025: From Nashville to the Wild West
Mar 26, 2025
March 25, 2025: Education for all
Mar 25, 2025
March 24, 2025: Calling the shots in schools
Mar 24, 2025
March 21, 2025: The Mount Trashmore saga continues
Mar 21, 2025
March 20, 2025: Performing rights
Mar 20, 2025
March 19, 2025: DEI in the crosshairs
Mar 19, 2025
May 18, 2025: Nashville transit plan in action
Mar 18, 2025
March 17, 2025: Preserving the Cherokee language
Mar 17, 2025
March 14, 2025: Cedar glades and State Natural Areas
Mar 14, 2025
March 13, 2025: From contraband camps to established communities
Mar 13, 2025
March 12, 2025: From the voting age to the judicial system
Mar 12, 2025
March 11, 2025: The new Luddites
Mar 11, 2025
March 10, 2025: What’s in a (bill’s) name?
Mar 10, 2025
March 7, 2025: Honoring Dr. Charles Kimbrough
Mar 07, 2025
March 6, 2024: Your turn to stand up for public media
Mar 06, 2025
March 5, 2025: Fewer Christians in the Bible Belt
Mar 05, 2025
March 4, 2025: A trade war
Mar 04, 2025
March 3, 2025: St. Thomas
Mar 03, 2025
February 28, 2025: Albert Gallatin and the road from immigrant to official
Feb 28, 2025
February 27, 2025: Term Limits
Feb 27, 2025
February 26, 2025: Prison escapes
Feb 26, 2025
February 25, 2025: John Sevier vs Andrew Jackson
Feb 25, 2025
February 24, 2025: Judicial review
Feb 24, 2025
February 21, 2025: Public radio's bottom-up approach
Feb 21, 2025
February 20, 2025: Territory grabs
Feb 20, 2025
February 19, 2025: Nashville’s bid for the Special Olympics
Feb 19, 2025
February 18, 2025: Taking books off the shelves
Feb 18, 2025
February 17, 2025: Tennessee’s presidents
Feb 17, 2025
February 14, 2025: A (landfill) romance gone bad
Feb 14, 2025
February 13, 2025: Nashville’s landmark sit-ins
Feb 13, 2025
February 12, 2025: Roads and civics? Yes. Tax breaks? No.
Feb 12, 2025
February 11, 2025: When cigarettes were banned in Tennessee
Feb 11, 2025
February 10, 2025: In the aftermath of a tragedy
Feb 10, 2025
February 7, 2025: Tennessee’s only natural lake
Feb 07, 2025
February 6, 2025: The history of Peabody Campus
Feb 06, 2025
February 5, 2025: An echo of immigration laws past
Feb 05, 2025
February 4, 2025: Tariffs and trade wars
Feb 04, 2025
February 3, 2025: A doctor of his time
Feb 03, 2025
January 31, 2025: John Wilkes Booth in Nashville
Jan 31, 2025
January 30, 2025: Violent hate
Jan 30, 2025
January 29, 2025: The Seeing Eye
Jan 29, 2025
January 28, 2025: Rushing the court
Jan 28, 2025
January 27, 2025: Soundtrack city
Jan 27, 2025
January 24, 2025: Names that live in infamy
Jan 24, 2025
January 23, 2025: A shooting at a Nashville high school
Jan 23, 2025
January 22, 2025: Abortion details up for debate
Jan 22, 2025
January 21, 2025: The limits of a church’s confidentiality
Jan 21, 2025
January 20, 2025: The legacy of the Freedom Riders
Jan 20, 2025
January 17th, 2025: Disaster relief
Jan 17, 2025
January 16, 2025: Civil service
Jan 16, 2025
January 15, 2025: How Tennessee treats needy families
Jan 15, 2025
January 14, 2025: A tale of two government crisis responses
Jan 14, 2025
January 13, 2025: Volunteer state of mind
Jan 13, 2025
January 10, 2025: Snow daze
Jan 10, 2025
January 9, 2025: Safety in the city
Jan 09, 2025
January 8, 2025: The Music City Miracle
Jan 08, 2025
January 7, 2025: The life of Dorothy Lavinia Brown
Jan 07, 2025
January 6, 2025: The day a president came to WPLN
Jan 06, 2025
January 3, 2025: From Fisk’s Jubilee success to TSU’s financial battles
Jan 03, 2025
January 2, 2025: A 19th century gun battle
Jan 02, 2025
January 1, 2025:  Happy new year!
Jan 01, 2025
December 31, 2024: Under the trees
Dec 31, 2024
December 30, 2024: Understanding Nashville through literature
Dec 30, 2024
December 27, 2024: Inside and outside the statehouse
Dec 27, 2024
December 26, 2024: Nashville’s changing seasons
Dec 26, 2024
December 25, 2024: Familial faith
Dec 25, 2024
December 24, 2024: Holiday joy
Dec 24, 2024
December 23, 2024: Understanding local worries about logging, demolition, and healthcare
Dec 23, 2024
December 20, 2024: The past and present of Tennessee’s political scandals
Dec 20, 2024
December 19, 2024: Let’s talk about drones
Dec 19, 2024
December 18, 2024: The end of a Nashville holiday tradition
Dec 18, 2024
December 17, 2024: Tennessee’s role in the future of nuclear fuel
Dec 17, 2024
December 16, 2024: The Battle of Nashville wasn’t what anyone anticipated
Dec 16, 2024
December 13, 2024: Fort Negley
Dec 13, 2024
December 12, 2024: The CPB and you
Dec 12, 2024
December 11, 2024: Superfund sites in Tennessee
Dec 11, 2024
December 10, 2024: Human rights for all
Dec 10, 2024
December 9, 2024: Signals change
Dec 09, 2024
December 6, 2024: HIV in Tennessee
Dec 06, 2024
December 5, 2024: Prohibition’s lasting ripple effects
Dec 05, 2024
December 4, 2024: The Emancipator
Dec 04, 2024
December 3, 2024: Neon Nashville
Dec 03, 2024
December 2, 2024: Book bans and freedom of speech
Dec 02, 2024
November 28, 2024: Our seventh-annual podcast playlist
Nov 28, 2024
November 27, 2024: Sam Davis, retold
Nov 27, 2024
November 26, 2024: Opryland’s evolution
Nov 26, 2024
November 25, 2024: The humans at the heart of immigration
Nov 25, 2024
November 22, 2024: Public money and public schools
Nov 22, 2024
November 21, 2024: Global Vision is ready to make nice with new neighbors
Nov 21, 2024
November 20, 2024: Tennessee and the tobacco settlement
Nov 20, 2024
November 19, 2024: The Nashville Nine
Nov 19, 2024
November 18, 2024: Broken promises to TSU
Nov 18, 2024
November 15, 2024: Tennessee’s largest companies
Nov 15, 2024
November 14, 2024: Putting the ‘big’ in Big Tech
Nov 14, 2024
November 13, 2024: Welcome to budget season
Nov 13, 2024
November 12, 2024: Change in store for the East Bank
Nov 12, 2024
November 11, 2024: The humanity of Veteran’s Day
Nov 11, 2024
November 8, 2024: Tennessee’s Governor bets on a second school voucher proposal
Nov 08, 2024
November 7, 2024: Down the ballot
Nov 07, 2024
November 6, 2024: The morning after
Nov 06, 2024
November 5, 2024: It's Election Day
Nov 05, 2024
November 4, 2024: A presidential ‘dark horse’
Nov 04, 2024
November 1, 2024: Let there be light
Nov 01, 2024
October 31, 2024: Counting up our population
Oct 31, 2024
October 30, 2024: Connecting the dots
Oct 30, 2024
October 29, 2024: ARPANET to data hacks
Oct 29, 2024
October 28, 2024: Nashville med schools
Oct 28, 2024
NashVillager Podcast special episode: The 2024 election
Oct 26, 2024
October 25, 2024: Old Hickory’s origin story
Oct 25, 2024
October 24, 2024: Biking the Trace
Oct 24, 2024
October 23, 2024: Happy birthday, satellite counties!
Oct 23, 2024
October 22, 2024: Our working river
Oct 22, 2024
October 21, 2024: How public radio comes together
Oct 21, 2024
Special edition: Nashville's looming transit referendum
Oct 19, 2024
October 18, 2024: What to expect when you’re expecting an election
Oct 18, 2024
October 17, 2024: Inside the Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Oct 17, 2024
October 16, 2024: The death penalty in Tennessee
Oct 16, 2024
October 15, 2024: The true-life fable of Bill Boner
Oct 15, 2024
October 14, 2024: Nobel winners with Nashville connections
Oct 14, 2024
October 11, 2024: Where victims of abuse can turn
Oct 11, 2024
October 10, 2024: Nullification redux
Oct 10, 2024
October 9, 2024: The changing landscape of Nashville’s music scene
Oct 09, 2024
October 8, 2024: Remembering Alvin C. York
Oct 08, 2024
October 7, 2024: The past and future of country music
Oct 07, 2024
October 4, 2024: Fallout from a major scandal
Oct 04, 2024
October 3, 2024: Vanderbilt’s expanding footprint
Oct 03, 2024
October 2, 2024: The Volunteer State lends a hand
Oct 02, 2024
October 1, 2024: Remembering a statesman and a gentleman
Oct 01, 2024
September 30, 2024: Two things can be true at once
Sep 30, 2024
September 27, 2024: Schools and the lawmakers that want to change them
Sep 27, 2024
September 26, 2024: The point of the Parthenon
Sep 26, 2024
September 25, 2024: Changing habits for the planet’s health
Sep 25, 2024
September 24, 2024: The terror of the Night Riders
Sep 24, 2024
September 23, 2024: Where public opinion and public health collide
Sep 23, 2024
September 20, 2024: Rutherford County's oldest buildings play ball
Sep 20, 2024
September 19, 2024: The limits of an infamous person’s manifesto
Sep 19, 2024
September 18, 2024: Banks vs. Politics
Sep 18, 2024
September 17, 2024: Constitution Day controversy
Sep 17, 2024
September 16, 2024: Middle Tennessee auto factories and unionization
Sep 16, 2024
September 13, 2024: Dead mall, new neighborhood
Sep 13, 2024
September 12, 2024: Controlling voter turnout by restricting who can vote
Sep 12, 2024
September 11, 2024: Feeling proud and grateful
Sep 11, 2024
September 10, 2024: Reopening Nashville cold cases from the Civil Rights era
Sep 10, 2024
September 9, 2024: Nashville’s MDHA sets the tone for development
Sep 09, 2024
September 6, 2024: TPAC’s plans to level up
Sep 06, 2024
September 5, 2024: Fort Campbell’s historic military division forges a new path
Sep 05, 2024
September 4, 2024: The future of transit in Nashville
Sep 04, 2024
September 3, 2024: Big money, big payouts in college sports
Sep 03, 2024
Special Edition: Postcards from summer camp
Sep 02, 2024
August 30, 2024: A shortage of doctors and what it means for Tennessee
Aug 30, 2024
August 29, 2024: TSU’s downtown presence and the man who secured it
Aug 29, 2024
August 28, 2024: The Confederate ghost who won’t stop haunting Middle Tennessee
Aug 28, 2024
August 27, 2024: TVA is being lapped
Aug 27, 2024
August 26, 2024: Happy birthday, MNPS
Aug 26, 2024
August 23, 2024: A world of STEM imagination
Aug 23, 2024
August 22, 2024: Separation of church and Tennessee
Aug 22, 2024
August 21, 2024: Changing up the courts
Aug 21, 2024
August 20, 2024: Finding a respite from Nashville’s heat
Aug 20, 2024
August 19, 2024: The cracked gubernatorial glass ceiling
Aug 19, 2024
August 16, 2024: The fight for a Civil Rights institution
Aug 16, 2024
August 15, 2024: Witches in the church
Aug 15, 2024
August 14, 2024: Grande Dames past and present
Aug 14, 2024
August 13, 2024: Going backwards on disease prevention
Aug 13, 2024
August 12, 2024: A Tennessee true crime story, revisited
Aug 12, 2024
August 9, 2024: Reclaiming Nashville’s Shawnee history
Aug 09, 2024
August 8, 2024: Making construction safer
Aug 08, 2024
August 7, 2024: More tourists, more hotel rooms
Aug 07, 2024
August 6, 2024: Tech’s influence on the classroom
Aug 06, 2024
August 5: 2024: Jury duty logistics
Aug 05, 2024
August 2, 2024: Tennessee’s low voter turnout
Aug 02, 2024
August 1, 2024: Recruiting future first responders
Aug 01, 2024
July 31, 2024: PACs in the primaries
Jul 31, 2024
July 30, 2024: Lasting effects of a longtime dumping ground
Jul 30, 2024
July 29, 2024: An extended stay on the International Space Station
Jul 29, 2024
July 26, 2024: Supercomputers in Tennessee
Jul 26, 2024
July 25, 2024: A tale of two campaign finance investigations
Jul 25, 2024
July 24, 2024: When Tennessee was the test case for a divided nation
Jul 24, 2024
July 23, 2024: Tennessee’s Father of the United Nations
Jul 23, 2024
July 22, 2024: Oh say, can you sing?
Jul 22, 2024
July 19, 2024: (Not) talking about Republican infighting
Jul 19, 2024
July 18, 2024: Covering hate in our city
Jul 18, 2024
July 17, 2024: The logic of illogical Nashville place names
Jul 17, 2024
July 16, 2024: Establishing Fort Campbell
Jul 16, 2024
July 15, 2024: Prison conditions in Tennessee
Jul 15, 2024
July 12, 2024: Final honors for Tennessee veterans
Jul 12, 2024
July 11, 2024: Tennessee pearls
Jul 11, 2024
July 10, 2024: Hellbenders and Topminnows
Jul 10, 2024
July 9, 2024: The most important amendment
Jul 09, 2024
July 8, 2024: Remembering Edith Taylor Langster’s lifetime of service
Jul 08, 2024
June 5, 2024: The Oracle wheels sure turn slowly
Jul 05, 2024
July 3, 2024: Protecting Tennessee’s kids
Jul 03, 2024
July 2, 2024: Tennessee’s patchwork of alcohol laws
Jul 02, 2024
July 1, 2024: Independence Day preparations
Jul 01, 2024
June 28, 2024: The hottest day in Nashville history
Jun 28, 2024
June 27, 2024: Helen Keller and Tennessee’s Prohibited Concepts
Jun 27, 2024
June 26, 2024: The ongoing troubles at Community Health Systems
Jun 26, 2024
June 25, 2024: Nashville’s pro sports playbook
Jun 25, 2024
June 24, 2024: Tennessee abortions after Tennessee’s abortion ban
Jun 24, 2024
June 21, 2024: Higher ed’s highest decision-makers
Jun 21, 2024
June 20, 2024: E pluribus lawsuits
Jun 20, 2024
Coming Soon: "Supermajority" from NPR's Embedded & WPLN News
Jun 19, 2024
June 18, 2024: The long road to Juneteenth
Jun 18, 2024
June 17, 2024: Jail as a sheriff’s money-making scheme
Jun 17, 2024
June 14, 2024: Nashvillians at the Olympic swimming trials
Jun 14, 2024
June 13, 2024: Politics and the Southern Baptist Convention
Jun 13, 2024
June 12, 2024: UT Vols baseball
Jun 12, 2024
June 11, 2024: Transportation plan meets TDOT
Jun 11, 2024
June 10, 2024: Signals of racist hate
Jun 10, 2024
June 7, 2024: Middle Tennesseans in space
Jun 07, 2024
June 6, 2024: Politics and bullying
Jun 06, 2024
June 5, 2024: Tennessee has a Supreme Court, too
Jun 05, 2024
June 4, 2024: Hardworking goats
Jun 04, 2024
June 3, 2024: Safe boating on Midstate lakes
Jun 03, 2024
May 31, 2024: National medical leaders in Nashville
May 31, 2024
May 30, 2024: Indycar vs NASCAR in Nashville
May 30, 2024
May 29, 2024: Controversies swirling around Metro Arts
May 29, 2024
May 28, 2024: The many personalities of Midstate communities
May 28, 2024
May 24, 2024: Memorial Day and the Summer’s “special observances”
May 24, 2024
May 23, 2024: Cherokee recognition in Tennessee
May 23, 2024
May 22, 2024: City help for TSU’s housing crisis
May 22, 2024
May 21, 2024: Hospitals in Tennessee
May 21, 2024
May 20, 2024: Small plane wrecks and safety
May 20, 2024
May 17, 2024: Pollution that’s trashing Tennessee
May 17, 2024
May 16, 2024: Banned concepts in Tennessee classrooms
May 16, 2024
May 15, 2024: Changes coming to Shelby Park
May 15, 2024
May 14, 2024: Big journalism awards in Tennessee
May 14, 2024
May 13, 2024: Church membership declines
May 13, 2024
May 10, 2024: Surveying the storm damage
May 10, 2024
May 9, 2024: Vietnam, Apartheid and Gaza
May 09, 2024
May 8, 2024: Nashville’s “Grey-Eyed Man of Destiny”
May 08, 2024
May 7, 2024: Competing strategies for improving education in Tennessee
May 07, 2024
May 6, 2024: Biking in Nashville
May 06, 2024
May 3, 2024: Rock Nashville is coming
May 03, 2024
May 2, 2024: Nashville’s religious publishing industry
May 02, 2024
May 1, 2024: Unionizing in Tennessee
May 01, 2024
April 30, 2024: Sales tax primer
Apr 30, 2024
April 29, 2024: TSU baseball on the upswing
Apr 29, 2024
April 26, 2024: Magellan of the Air
Apr 26, 2024
April 25, 2024: Tennessee’s fracturing GOP leadership
Apr 25, 2024
April 24, 2024: Preserving civil rights history
Apr 24, 2024
April 23, 2024: Illuminating new streetlights
Apr 23, 2024
April 22, 2024: Trash
Apr 22, 2024
April 19, 2024: Live Nation
Apr 19, 2024
April 18, 2024: East Bank
Apr 18, 2024
April 17, 2024: Jillian’s Law
Apr 17, 2024
April 16, 2024: Tornadoes
Apr 16, 2024
April 15, 2024: The Titanic
Apr 15, 2024
April 12, 2024: Music Row
Apr 12, 2024
April 11, 2024: Constitutional amendments
Apr 11, 2024
April 10, 2024: TVA
Apr 10, 2024
April 9, 2024: Two local government stories intersect
Apr 09, 2024
April 8, 2024: Funding Big Ideas
Apr 08, 2024
April 5, 2024: Tennessee State Parks
Apr 05, 2024
April 4, 2024: Tennessee State University draws national leaders' support
Apr 04, 2024
April 3, 2024: LGBTQ Bills in the TN Legislature
Apr 03, 2024
April 2, 2024: Sumner County Historic Properties
Apr 02, 2024
April 1, 2024: BNA
Apr 01, 2024
March 29, 2024: The Music in Music City
Mar 29, 2024
March 28, 2024: Statehouse deadlines
Mar 28, 2024
March 27, 2024: Remembering Covenant
Mar 27, 2024
March 26, 2024: Nashville’s Congressional seats
Mar 26, 2024
March 25, 2024: Our latest transit plan
Mar 25, 2024
Trailer: NashVillager podcast
Mar 20, 2024