XPLR.NASH Podcast

The NFL Draft proved successful in Nashville for major sporting events; does this mean we are ready for the World Cup? The Grand Ole Opry is now expanding beyond their Saturday night shows with new line-ups. And have you heard of the Nashville Convention? We’ll take you back over 170 years to tell the story of Nashville pre Civil War.

A flower that blooms once every eight to ten years is hitting the live stream in Nashville. A worship protest over the weekend brought about mixed reviews of COVID policy. Plus, we reach back into an era of history when Nashville was the booming transportation hub of the South.

Fifth and Broad announce official opening dates. Nashville again wins many awards for its good looks. Plus, Dollar General may be opening down the block from you and you won't have any clue!

Chris Keaton is a husband, father and an award winning music publisher, artist manager, fashion consultant and entertainment industry executive who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Chris talks with us about his move to Nashville 27 years ago and how things in the music industry have changed a bit during that time. Chris also talks about his new book, Dapper, and teaches us a few rules to living a new Dapper life here in Nashville, Tennessee.

Fold your holiday wishes into a paper airplane this year because Santa is going drive-by. You’ve heard of the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, but in Nashville we’ll have twenty nine days this year. But don’t worry, we did not forget about Halloween. We bring you the top haunted houses in Nashville for 2020.

COVID-19 hits Nashville hard again as a popular Dinner Theater shuts down. Two bars in the city were also cited over the weekend amidst Phase Three violations. If that’s not haunting enough, we bring you all the available ghost tours in Nashville for 2020.

Finally, some of the developments we’ve been waiting for, tower up for proposal near Nissan Stadium. Wedgewood Houston gets disturbed as the last bit of forest is likely tagged for development. Plus, we bring out the adventurer in you as we explore Middle Tennessee’s best fall foliage way outside of Nashville.

Your opportunity to be a beta tester for the WeGo Transit system is starting soon in Nashville. And that transit system can take you to the Midtown area where a property near Broadwest just sold for $11M. And those who seek adventure and fall foliage will want to tune in to what’s just outside of the Nashville area.

The one area of Nashville that did not have a coffee shop is now caffeinated! Get out your butter knife, Paula Deen’s new restaurant is opening with all the fixins. Plus, we’ll give you our guide to experience the best fall foliage in the city of Nashville.

Spencer Crandall is a country-based, genre independent phenomenon that has blown away Nashville with his story-driven top-charting songs such as "My Person", "Anything Outside", and many others. Spencer shares what that journey has been like to reach this level of self-understanding, and also talks of where he hopes the future will take him.