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Aug 26, 2021

Mara Palermo packs a punch. When her boyfriend’s boss made a crude insult, she gave him a black eye. Now she walks away. How one woman learned to control her emotions after realizing that her emotions had controlled her.


Aug 19, 2021

Demetria Kalodimos won many awards for her investigative reporting. The corporate news managers fired her. She sued. Now she’s looking with hope towards new and brave forms of journalism, specifically by resurrecting The Nashville Banner as a nonprofit digital news brand. Godspeed Demetria!


Aug 12, 2021

Sasha Gombar visited Rwanda to study genocide prevention. Then she went to work in the problematic American justice system. Now after graduation from Vanderbilt Law School, she’s clerking for a Federal judge. She’s a walking, talking testimonial to hope and a better future. We talk about her Dad’s escape from the...


Aug 5, 2021

Wesley Paine led the way to preserving Nashville’s full scale replica of the Parthenon. She managed the Parthenon for more than 40 years and on her watch the number of visitors more than doubled. Wesley talks about how her mom and dad taught her the value of the Arts for herself and the city she loves.