The Warner Parks are beloved public spaces in Nashville … but who were Percy and Edwin Warner? Author, historian, and Nashville Scene columnist Betsy Phillips joins host Marie Cecile Anderson to tell the strange but true tale of two brothers whose love of parks, public transportation, and massive piles of money shaped our city. Plus: Ghosts, mud, and a pet crane named Rufus!

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