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City Cast Nashville

City Cast Nashville

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Join Rachel Iacovone and the City Cast Nashville team every weekday morning as we bring you the day's can't-miss conversation about life in Music City. With the help of local journalists, artists, activists, experts, and everyday residents, we explore this promising, frustrating, still-sorta-small town, where old bumps up against new, natives adapt to transplants, and everybody struggles to navigate the ‘Binge Drinking Tourism Industrial Complex’ that threatens to consume us all. Alongside our daily newsletter, we cover the news and culture of our endlessly growing city from every perspective we can find — including yours. It’s like a backyard barbecue and the whole town’s invited, so whether you’ve lived here for a blink or a lifetime, we hope you’ll pull up a lawn chair and sit a while. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at nashville.citycast.fm. Daily Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • RIP Zoolumination and O’Charley’s. Hello, FBI?

    RIP Zoolumination and O’Charley’s. Hello, FBI?
    Sep 11 2026
    The Nashville Zoo announced its annual Zoolumination event, which lights up the property each night during holiday season with more than 1,000 silk lanterns, has been canceled this year. Host Rachel Iacovone is joined by creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson and newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury to talk about the visa issues facing the Zoo’s hired artisans from China, the nationwide closing of Nashville-founded chain O’Charley’s, and the mess at Metro Water that has overflowed into a federal investigation. Plus, don’t miss our members-only segment, Hell Naw, where this week’s rant is about the recent renderings of what a redeveloped Second Avenue might look like, six years after the Christmas Day bombing. (It’s giving The Gulch…) Learn more about the sponsors of this September 11th episode: Nashville Shakespeare Fest Hoffmann Brothers Centennial Park Conservancy Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.
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    36 mins
  • Looking for a New Hobby? Try These Nashville Classes

    Looking for a New Hobby? Try These Nashville Classes
    Sep 9 2026
    Looking for a new hobby? Contributor Amelia Edelman joins creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson to share some of the city’s best classes and activities for adults — from tap dancing and glassblowing to painting, pottery, gardening, language classes, birding, Pilates, and even skydiving. Plus, tips for trying something new without the pressure to be perfect or stick with it forever. Learn more about the sponsors of this September 9th episode: Nashville Shakespeare Fest Hoffmann Brothers Centennial Park Conservancy Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.
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    22 mins
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