(NPT News) Nashville Public Television Visits Our Somali Next Door Neighbors

p>From the official NPT news dept, be sure to tune in for the second installment in our NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS series:
Second Installment in NPT’s Original Documentary Series Explores Nashville’s Somali Population
More than 5,000 Somali refugees now call Nashville their home. They left a war-torn country and many still have family trying to survive in Somalia [...]

The NPT Music Monthly November 2008

The NPT Music Monthly for November ‘08 has been sent to subscribers and is up now on the wnpt.net news page. It’s the complete listing of all the music programming coming to NPT this month, including Ani DiFranco, Aimee Mann, My Morning Jacket, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Gnarls Barkley and plenty more. Subscribe [...]

Boom! Kilowatt Ours Comes to NPT

One of the things I remember most about the Nashville Film Festival this year was Al Gore’s presentation of the Reel Current Award to MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL director Michael O’Connell. Gore was particularly taken with one of the subjects of the film, Ed Wiley, who was also at the Festival. Wiley [...]

Searching for Your Father in a Parallel World

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It’s all “Television Worth Watching” of course, but every now and then I feel the need to kick a show up into the “Television You Must Watch” category. Such is the case with Tuesday night’s (10/23) NOVA episode “Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives,” airing on NPT at 7:00 p.m.
The episode follows Mark Oliver Everett, better known [...]

Video Your Vote to PBS and You Tube

Early voting began this week here in Davidson County and throughout the state. If you’re heading out to vote, in addition to taking your freedom of choice, voter registration card and/or Driver’s License with you, consider taking your video camera as well. YouTube is teaming up with PBS for Video Your [...]

Join us as LIONESS Kicks Off ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville

LIONESS, a new film by Meg McLaren and Daria Sommers that tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent in direct ground combat, will kick off ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville — a free documentary film screening series — on Wednesday, [...]

Make The Choice Online

p>If you missed the premiere of the THE CHOICE 2008 last night, the two-hour program examining the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama, you can now watch it in its entirety for free on the PBS Frontline web site. The 20th anniversary broadcast of “The Choice” goes behind the headlines [...]

David Maraniss Talks Rome 1960 on A Word on Words

he Southern Festival of Books started today at War Memorial Plaza, which means plenty of great writers in town for John Seigenthaler to interview on A Word on Words. These include David Maraniss, journalist, historian and author of four critically acclaimed and bestselling books: When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, First in [...]

Tennessee Crossroads Welcomes Ken Wilshire

It’s about time we got some new blood around here! This week, Tennessee Crossroads is pleased to welcome Ken Wilshire to its stable of segment hosts crisscrossing the state in search of the people and places that make Tennessee unique. Ken’s debut is this Thursday, October 9, with a visit to blacksmith Joe Brown of [...]

After the Debate: Is Uncivil Discourse Sabotaging American Politics?

Updated at 3:47 p.m. with panelist info.
Tuesday night’s Town Hall Debate at Belmont University is providing us plenty of opportunities to bring you great election-issue special programming. As previously posted, John Seigenthaler hosts THE SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENT at 7:00 p.m. before our broadcast of the debate. After the debate at 11:00 p.m., we’ll be [...]