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We’re back from the holidays, and previewing the stories we’ll be watching in 2025. On today’s Friday News Roundup, This Is Nashville host Khalil Ekulona joins our host Marie Cecile Anderson and execu...
· 28 min 39 sec
For our first Friday News Roundup of 2025, we’re looking ahead instead to make some predictions that may be a little self-fulfilling. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by newsletter editor Kelsey Bradshaw...
· 34 min 57 sec
The calendar has turned over to a new year, and that means we’re all rested and ready for exciting new activities … right? Host Marie Cecile Anderson, Hey Nashville newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbur...
· 23 min 49 sec
You might think that things have slowed down now that the holidays are behind us, but even during this slower month, there are a bazillion things to do in Austin. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Aust...
· 36 min 37 sec
New Year, New Austin? City officials estimate there are roughly $25 billion worth of construction improvements currently underway in Austin, projects that will dramatically change the way people move...
· 33 min 58 sec
Today on City Cast Nashville, Grace Fuisz sits down with one of our favorite artists of 2024: Songwriter and producer Alex Wong. They’re talking about taking up space, authenticity, and the connection...
· 18 min 36 sec
If you're sick of explaining to your family why you're still single, start blaming Austin. Despite our city skewing young, with a median age of 34, and with great weather most of the year and an endle...
· 29 min 31 sec
The battle over hemp products in Tennessee is ongoing, and prior to a judge's temporary injunction on Dec. 23, a contested new rule scheduled to go into effect today would have barred products that co...
· 23 min 55 sec
Dead bodies keep on popping up in Lady Bird Lake. Another one was just found on Friday, and while the police say there is no evidence of foul play, that might not convince your conspiracy theorist unc...
· 20 min 31 sec
With Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa right around the corner, you might have family in town. You might need someplace to take them — or a place to get away. We suggest a local microbrewery! Shani Gla...
· 23 min 38 sec
In our last Friday News Roundup of 2024, host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Hey Austin newsletter editor Kelsey Bradshaw and executive producer Eva Ruth Moravec to break down Austin City Council’s final...
· 32 min 25 sec
We promised drama at Tuesday’s Metro Council meeting and it delivered — although not in the way we expected. Nashville Scene columnist Nicole Williams joins host Marie Cecile Anderson and executive pr...
· 26 min 7 sec
Nashville Zoo director of marketing Jim Bartoo joins host Marie Cecile Anderson to commemorate this month’s 51st anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. They discuss the species that need protectin...
· 23 min 29 sec
The holidays are a perfect time to catch up on some flicks you may have missed this year — so producer Rishi Bajekal is joined by Austin Chronicle editor and film critic Kimberley Jones to talk about...
· 28 min 8 sec
There are about half as many air traffic controllers as there should be at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and that — combined with shortstaffing at TSA and lots of construction underway —...
· 34 min 54 sec
The very real Santa Claus sits down with host Marie Cecile Anderson to answer our burning questions: What do kids want this year? How does he handle crying babies? And who needs to clean their room? T...
· 25 min 50 sec
When Austinite Guy Benson went to the very first Trail of Lights as a kid, he never imagined he’d be sitting on the coveted throne 60 years later. The duo that play Santa and Mrs. Claus — Benson and h...
· 27 min 11 sec
Aftyn Behn, the Democratic State House Representative for Nashville’s District 51, joins host Marie Cecile Anderson to discuss her newly-filed bill to eliminate the Tennessee grocery tax, the Republic...
· 26 min 38 sec
Dr. Keegan Smith of Heritage Medical Associates is one of the best allergists in Nashville. How do we know? Because both executive producer Whitney Pastorek and newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury ar...
· 22 min 34 sec
Want to get tipsy with Frosty or lit like a menorah this holiday season? Tune in for a breakdown of Austin’s best holiday pop-up bars, plus the drinks you have to try making at home as the temps cool...
· 31 min 18 sec