Dec 1, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 09, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) revisits the tragic and heroic story of Christmas Eve, 1956, when a woman jumped off the Shelby Street Bridge into the Cumberland River with a baby in her arms. Hear interviews with people who were there, including...

Nov 1, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 08, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Dr. Lisa Budreau, senior curator of military history at the Tennessee State Museum, about relics and souvenirs collected from Tennessee...

Oct 1, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 07, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews historian Fletch Coke about the history of Nashville City Cemetery and about the stories of people interred there, including Confederate generals, a mysterious woman buried under a boulder, a U.S. president,...

Aug 28, 2018

In Nashville Retrospect, Episode 06, host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) looks back at the year 1957 and the early days of racial desegregation in public schools. Dr. Bobby Lovett discusses the significance of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and its effect on...

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...