Jul 31, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 05, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews historian Paul Clements about the first settlers to arrive in the Nashville area in the late 1700s. Led by James Robertson, the settlers not only endured a treacherous journey, but after arriving they also...

Jul 2, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 04, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Betsy Thorpe about the Dutchman’s Curve train wreck, which occurred in West Nashville on July 9, 1918, and is still deadliest in U.S. history. Thorpe discusses why there was a disproportionately high number...

Jun 4, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 03, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Frank Schwartz, who, at 92 years old, remembers a Nashville of streetcars, bootleggers, street photographers, dressing up, and downtown theaters. He also discusses his family’s business, Rich-Schwartz,...

Apr 30, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 02, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Dr. Carole Bucy, the Davidson County Historian and professor of Tennessee history at Vol State Community College. Dr. Bucy tells the dramatic story of the political battle that took place in Nashville in...

Apr 3, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 01, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Larry Brinton, an award-winning reporter who worked for the Nashville Banner in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Brinton discusses some of the stories he covered, including: the civil rights sit-in protests, the...