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A roundabout on the Saint Thomas medication mixup, HCA layoffs and Dolly's healthcare legacy

It’s our weekly roundabout when we take your calls and give you a chance to join the discussion about the news. Today, it’s all healthcare. We're starting with the story

Dr. Cleve Francis on cardiology & country music, Sepulveda’s pitch for pedestrian safety, and deadly heat

Headliner: As extreme heat settles in, WPLN environmental reporter Caroline Eggers explains how an NPR/Boston University investigation finds Tennessee and other states ha

Reviving the musical dream with restorative fire

How many stories are there in this town where a star rises before everything falls apart? Where the musical dream leads down an exciting path...and then that original pat

Thyme Care's Robin Shah on work-life balance, improving cancer care, and falling in love with Nashville

The business of healthcare is our biggest business. And some of the fastest-growing startups who've made Nashville their home are focused on finding efficiencies in the h

In search of the actual Elm Hill

Elm Hill Pike may be an industrial artery now, but it was once a main thoroughfare with a rich history. The road has connections to the very earliest white settlers and o

Ask the Mayor and mourning the inimitable Dolly Parton

Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us today to take your questions and comments. And he joins us on a somber day. As the show was ending yesterday, we learned that Dolly Part

Hemp’s big hold up, Tre Hargett’s college concerns, and Nashville’s fastest filmmakers

Headliner: A THC ban and a new tax on Tennessee hemp took effect this year. The result is a tax that's collecting next to nothing in revenue. We bring you what there's to

Margo Price on 'Days of Unrest'

Nashville artists are typically trying not to let their personal politics get them in trouble with their fans and the power brokers of the music business. Then there are

The Beautiful Game: fun, competition, and high stakes in Nashville's soccer eco-system

Soccer was already on the ascent in the U.S. Then came the North American World Cup. It’s not just you who tuned in for more soccer than ever before. The U.S. match agai

Getting around on our greenways

There was a time not so long ago that neighborhoods were fighting against greenways – the tucked-away alleys that connect our communities through the woods and along our

Mr. Rogers on stage, Jayla Thomas on the GOP, and private juvenile prisons under investigation

The headliner: WPLN’s senior criminal justice reporter Paige Pfleger on her latest investigation with ProPublica about abuse in Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons

Jewish Jesus scholar Amy-Jill Levine and her lifelong quest to end antisemitism

When the Catholic Biblical Association reached out this year to see if Amy-Jill Levine would be interested in serving as its president, she wrote someone else on the nomi

Re-air - NextAge: Call and Response

We’ve done enough tap dancing around touchy words in this important conversation about intimacy and romance in the second half of life. It’s your turn. What have you lea

It's fair season! The friedest of the fried, fairest of the fair and cutest of the cows

It's fair season and we're digging in to give you a taste of what's coming up. Fairs celebrate the local community with exhibits, show animals, fried food and, of course

Charlie Hatcher, Martha Ingram, uncovering a pivotal figure of Catholicism in Tennessee, and Athena’s Court

The headlines: A remembrance of Martha Ingram with Alan Valentine and Mac Pirkle and a live interview with Charlie Hatcher, the Republican who upset Congressman Andy Ogle

Zack Slingsby's bet on scripted comedy from Nashville

You could count Zack Slingsby as one of Nashville's Covid-era transplants. He moved his family – now with five kids – from New Jersey to Franklin. After years of building

The Roundabout: Back to school

It's back to school time for millions of kids in America. We want to highlight local issues on parents' minds now — and hear from you. We're talking education-related iss

Cheekwood’s complicated past and present

The storied history and cultural significance of the Cheekwood estate is beyond dispute. But as the home, gardens and galleries continue to attract more and more visitors

Primary turnout, a looming execution, and an Asian twist on Nashville’s famous dish

The headlines: WPLN's Marianna Bacallao and Chloe Akers of The Best of Tennessee talk about the governor's rase, surprisingly high turnout and the overlooked importance o

Hal Cato and Michael Burcham on loving each other and tending our community

In this episode, we bring together a titan of the Nashville business community and an oracle of the city’s nonprofits. And it was pretty easy because they’re married. Hal