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Job growth in the Midstate has long focused on factories in rural areas, but we might be seeing a shifting trend begin. Plus, the local news for November 12, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
For Veterans’ Day, the story of a monument to everyone who fought in the bloody Battle of Franklin, both Union and Confederate. Plus, the local news for November 11th, 2025, and small town v. cryptocurrency mine Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
A hijacked passenger jet and the threat to crash it into a Tennessee nuclear facility are what prompted the first-ever passenger screenings in American airports. Plus, the local news for November 10, 2025, and the end of participatory budgeting in Nashville. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
Last year’s soybean market was a disappointment. This year’s began with damaged fields and is ending with high tariffs in a major market. Plus, the local news for November 7, 2025, and Vanderbilt’s community pushes back against the White House. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
You probably have some sense of what’s protected by the federal Bill of Rights, but did you know the Tennessee constitution gets more granular about what rights you have as a resident of this state? Plus, the local news for November 6, 2025, and next steps after the fallout from a Charlie Kirk reaction. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
The song “The Last Train to Clarksville” by The Monkees became an unlikely and somewhat accidental anti-war anthem in the 1960s thanks to a little quirk in geography. Plus, the local news for November 5, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
Every society has had to confront the problem of hunger. In this moment, it’s down to the grassroots to help the people in most need. Plus, the local news for November 4, 2025, and Blood Root. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
Tennessee officials have said they won’t tap into reserves to fill in the food stamp funding gap. So what are those reserves for? Plus, the local news for November 3, 2025 and looking out for beavers. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Tony GonzalezAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Miriam Kramer, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
A true Halloween story about an inadvertent trick that literally fell from the sky. Plus the local news for October 31, 2025 and the return of WPLN’s Curious Nashville. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public Radio.Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: Tony Gonzalez
A true story that sounds like something out of a horror flick is a reminder of why the Midstate’s topography is especially vulnerable to contaminated air. Plus, the local news for October 30, 2025, and Snooper. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
When the government stops operations for a historically long stretch, the most vulnerable people are the ones who pay the price. Plus, the local news for October 29, 2025, and this week’s edition of What Where Whens-Day. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
The way our state and local governments work together in a natural disaster has its roots in national defense. Plus, the local news for October 28, 2025, and snakes on This is Nashville. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
Tennessee has several stories of offbeat thefts of art (or “art,” depending on your point of view). Plus, the local news for October 27, 2025, and investigative collaboration. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
There once was a time when tens of thousands of Tennessee kids under the age of 13 worked dangerous jobs in places like mines and fabric mills. That’s not legal anymore, but there are efforts to chip away at the laws protecting young workers. Plus, the local news for October 24, 2025, and 2LiveBre. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
Play areas have come a long way from the days of monkey bars and scorchingly hot metal slides. That’s by design. Plus, the local news for October 23, 2025, and a Dragula suite. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
On the anniversary of the world’s first parachute jump, a look at the paratroopers-turned-air-assault soldiers. Plus, the local news for October 22, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
As Shelby County sues the governor for potentially overstepping his role, a look at the state laws that are cited in the court case. Plus, the local news for October 21, 2025, and the race to save an endangered Tennessee fish. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
The income tax that wasn’t a traditional income tax is gone, but why hasn’t Tennessee eliminated the grocery tax? Plus the local news for October 20, 2025 and kids in solitary confinement. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
It looks like school vouchers could be a dominant topic at the state capitol for a third straight year. Plus the local news for October 17, 2025 and leaf peeping. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
The new campaign of a disgraced former sheriff will require the Tennessee GOP to make an interesting decision. Plus the local news for October 16, 2025 and a new look at one town’s last public lynching. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
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