WPLN News Investigates

About WPLN News Investigates

WPLN News Investigates dives deep into the issues that matter most in Middle Tennessee. In “Deadly Force,” we focus on the trial of the first Nashville police officer to be charged with murder for shooting someone in the line of duty. Through newly uncovered documents, original interviews and audio footage, we’ll glimpse into the mind of a police officer struggling to make sense of when to use his gun and the culture in Nashville surrounding the use of force.

Publisher

WPLN - Nashville Public Radio

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jan 2020

Latest episode

1 Feb 2024

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Feb 2024

   Trailer: Making Noise — How a Sunday night party changed Nashville

   "Making Noise" is a four-part series by WPLN and WNXP about how the music promotion company Lovenoise has changed the music landscape of Nashville. The best way to listen is to subscribe to the WNXP Podcasts feed.

2. 

   19 Oct 2023

   Investigation: The Kids of Rutherford County

   A juvenile court in Rutherford County was illegally jailing and detaining kids for 16 years before a former juvenile delinquent-turned-lawyer came up with a plan to take it on. This four-part narrative podcast builds on a joint investigation by WPLN Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica and is produced by The New York Times and Serial Productions. “The Kids of Rutherford County” reveals how this system came to be, with particular attention to the adults responsible for it and the two juvenile delinquents-turned-lawyers who try to do something about it. The podcast's host is Meribah Knight, a Peabody Award-winning reporter for Nashville Public Radio who co-reported the original investigation. Listeners can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever podcasts are available. The first two episodes will premiere on Thursday, Oct. 26; parts three and four will air the following two Thursdays.

3. 

   15 Jun 2022

   Displaced III

   (t’s a matter of weeks before the last residents of the Riverchase Apartments have to move out before it is demolished and rebuilt. But trying to find a home has come with extreme difficulties, especially for families.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

28 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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Guest appearances

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