Backstage With the Nashville Public Library’s 80-Year-Old Puppet Program
We’re taking you behind the scenes — or should we say strings? — of the Nashville Public Library's beloved puppet troupe. Host Rachel Iacovone is joined by program manager Bret Grigsby Wilson to talk ...
24 Sep 26min
Finding Your Voice in Nashville’s Spoken Word Scene
Nashville’s spoken word scene offers a place to share your work, hear powerful stories, and find community. Host Rachel Iacovone talks with local poets and event hosts Frank “Frizzy” Sykes and Nina Ad...
23 Sep 22min
What's Next in the Battle Over the Fairgrounds Speedway? Plus, Melting Cleats and Small Town Pride
Over the weekend, host Rachel Iacovone attended the Affirming Sumner Pride Festival at Fruity Farm in Bethpage, Tennessee. She shares her experience with creative producer and newsletter editor Margar...
22 Sep 27min
How To Build a New Park in Nashville
Mill Ridge Park is more than a massive playground and a giant teal slide. Host Rachel Iacovone talks with Friends of Mill Ridge Park Executive Director Darrell Hawks, Board Chair Bishoy Makael, and Me...
21 Sep 26min
‘Your City Could Be Better’: How Philly Is Reducing Violence With Parks — Presented By City Cast Nashville
Would Nashville be better with fewer vacant, blighted lots? In Philly, the answer is overwhelmingly yes, with significant drops in crime and depression recorded near newly transformed, “greened” neigh...
20 Sep 29min
Political Prostitution Scandal, Gallatin Corridor Makeover, and Dolly Day
Nashville’s 5th Congressional District race gets tangled up in a massage parlor bust. Host Rachel Iacovone joins executive producer Whitney Pastorek and creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson to brea...
18 Sep 31min
What Pride Looks Like in Rural Tennessee
Nashville-born and nationally beloved artist morgxn joins host Rachel Iacovone to talk about Fruity Farm, the queer-owned farm he runs with his husband, Gabriel, in Sumner County. This Saturday, Septe...
17 Sep 25min
Who’s Got the Best Pizza in Nashville?
It’s Nashville Scene’s Pizza Week, so we’re revisiting a conversation that sparked quite a bit of controversy: the great pizza debate. Who has the best pizza in town? Creative producer Marie Cecile An...
16 Sep 21min
