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Metro’s Planning Department just released a Housing and Infrastructure Study that showed Nashville’s affordable housing crisis in stark reality: We need to build at least 20,000 more homes in the next...
· 28 min 45 sec
The Texas Legislature is still in session under the pink dome down on Congress Avenue — but they won’t be for too much longer. Now is the time in the session when things get weird and hard to follow,...
· 29 min 21 sec
Last weekend’s tragic car crash in the Gulch proves why the improvements Metro is making to traffic calming and signals can’t come soon enough. On today’s Friday News Roundup, host Marie Cecile Anders...
· 27 min 50 sec
The James Beard Restaurant and Chef Award Nominees were just named, and to the surprise of some, Austin’s only mention was for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service, for Arjav Ezekiel, at Birdi...
· 33 min 18 sec
Are Trump’s tariffs on aluminum imports and Canadian grain brewing up trouble for the beer industry? Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with East Nashville Beer Works president Anthony Davis to get...
· 25 min 47 sec
American colleges and universities have been in the spotlight as the new Trump Administration trims the federal workforce and executes immigration policies. The 52,000 students at The University of Te...
· 26 min 41 sec
The Nashville Public Library has books, but did you know it also has cake pans, stud finders, and musical instruments? Host Marie Cecile Anderson is celebrating National Library Week by talking to NPL...
· 26 min 19 sec
We’re in the midst of the annual Nashville Comedy Festival, and our “clean comedy” scene is having a breakout moment thanks to Old Hickory’s own Nate Bargatze. Host Marie Cecile Anderson sat down with...
· 27 min 20 sec
Across many school districts, teachers are asked to do more with less, and that effort doesn’t typically include a pay bump. At Lockhart Independent School District, however, staff have rebuilt the le...
· 33 min 1 sec
There are nearly 300,000 immigrants in Austin, and these days, many are understandably filled with fear. But things are fairly normal as far as deportations right now, according to our guest, Austin C...
· 31 min 17 sec
Metro leaders announced the closure of the 40-year-old Old Tent City encampment last week, giving residents 60 days to leave. Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with former Metro Homeless Impact Div...
· 29 min 20 sec
It’s been a crazy weather week that’s still not over. On today’s Friday News Roundup, host Marie Cecile Anderson, executive producer Whitney Pastorek, and Metro Council contributor Nicole Williams cat...
· 27 min 57 sec
It’s the Friday News Roundup, and we’ve GOT to talk about this University of Texas Women’s Basketball team. They’re playing in the Final Four of the NCAA Championship tonight, and there are tons of pl...
· 29 min 13 sec
Nashville has no Michelin-starred restaurants. Why? City Cast food and travel contributor Margaret Littman is here to help us understand, and alongside host Marie Cecile Anderson, she’s handing out so...
· 26 min 28 sec
It’s now been 30 years since the death of the “Queen of Tejano Music,” Selena Quintanilla-Perez, but her influence on the genre is still enormous. A new documentary about Selena premiered at SXSW, and...
· 38 min 16 sec
Since building community feels more important than ever right now, we’re revisiting our conversation from last fall between host Marie Cecile Anderson and Emma McCallie, the founder of Folx Table, a “...
· 25 min 25 sec
Austin is no stranger to autonomous vehicles — a decade ago, this is where the first fully autonomous car ride took place, and then-Mayor Steve Adler declared Austin the “Kitty Hawk of driverless cars...
· 34 min 20 sec
Rabbit rabbit rabbit! We’ve got your ultimate guide to April, the best month for bunny aficionados. Host Marie Cecile Anderson, producer Daniel Sumstine, and Hey Nashville newsletter editor Margaret K...
· 24 min 34 sec
Spring is fully in the air, along with the pollen, and we are going outside. Happy April, y’all! In this episode, Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Spectrum News Anchor Nicole Clark and City Cast Austi...
· 36 min 12 sec
How is Vanderbilt University weathering the funding freeze and threatened cuts from the federal government? Host Marie Cecile Anderson is checking in with Vanderbilt Hustler editorial director Brina R...
· 23 min 30 sec