City Cast Nashville31 Jul 2025

Your Guide to August 2025 in Nashville

It’s time for kids to head back to school, but that doesn’t mean the end of great things to do in our city. Host Marie Cecile Anderson, producer Daniel Sumstine, and Hey Nashville newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury preview their can’t-miss picks for August, a month full of festivals for you, your family and even your dog.If you’re looking for even MORE options, we’ve featured some great activities and important news stories across the city in recent episodes: We took a deep dive into the Tesla tunnels Elon Musk and the state of Tennessee plan to dig under Nashville, and wondered if our city has become a “theme park of intoxication.”Learn more about the sponsors of this July 31st episode: Framebridge Overlook Maps Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville If you’re new here, welcome! City Cast Nashville brings you a new episode every weekday morning with the day's can't-miss conversation about life in Music City. We’re covering the news and culture of our endlessly growing city from every perspective we can find — including yours. It’s like a backyard barbecue and the whole town’s invited, so whether you’ve lived here for a blink or a lifetime, we hope you’ll pull up a lawn chair and sit a while. Learn more at nashville.citycast.fm. Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392⁩ Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

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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...

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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

Nashville Pizza Week Picks, Scammers Banned From Downtown, and the City's Fight With the Feds

Hallelujah, it's Pizza Week in Nashville! Host Rachel Iacovone is joined by creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson and newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury to share their pick of the pies, plus the s...

15 Sep 23min