Ticks Are Crawling All Over Nashville This Year. Here’s How To Protect Yourself
The ticks are out with a vengeance this year, and the mosquitoes are loving all our recent rain. How can we avoid those jerks while keeping habitats safe for our bee, bird, and butterfly friends? We’r...
10 Jun 28min
Can Nashville’s Budget Incorporate Everyone’s Needs?
Now that Metro Council’s annual budget hearing is behind us, it falls to Budget and Finance Committee chair CM Kyonzté Toombs to take everyone’s feedback and come up with a substitute budget ordinance...
9 Jun 28min
What We Know About MNPD’s New Drone Program
The Metro Nashville Police Department is testing a new emergency response program in Madison that uses drones to respond to certain 911 calls. WPLN Metro reporter Cynthia Abrams joins us to explain ho...
8 Jun 20min
'Your City Could Be Better': How Las Vegas Saves More Water Than Any Other City — Presented By City Cast Nashville
Nashville recycles some of its water, but not as much as Las Vegas, where the water there stays in the city. How else could a desert city possibly have enough water for its year-round tourists, a metr...
7 Jun 30min
How Metro Council Nearly Came To Blows This Week. Plus, Happy Pride!
The annual public budget hearing at Metro Council this week was another marathon session, with over 100 residents lining up to speak for nearly four hours about what they’d like to see in our city’s b...
5 Jun 32min
Why Country Comedy Music Is Making a Comeback in Nashville
Country music has always had a funny side, but lately, comedy is taking center stage! Inspired by her recent WPLN report, "Country Music Comedy Is Back," Nashville Public Radio senior music writer Jew...
4 Jun 25min
The Best Amusement Parks Near Nashville
We all know Dollywood is the best theme park in Tennessee, but do we have any other options? Local rollercoaster enthusiast and friend of the pod Charlie Weingartner joins Marie Cecile Anderson to giv...
3 Jun 30min
Sen. Lamar Alexander Talks New Book, New Nashville
In his New York Times bestselling autobiography, “The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump,” former Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander digs into his nearly 60 years of public ser...
2 Jun 33min
