Nina Cardona
Nina Cardona has been WPLN’s All Things Considered host since 2004. As a reporter, she’s spent a night on the streets with mayoral candidates and the homeless, kneeled on a wooden deck to capture the sound of a champion buckdancer's feet, and delved into Nashville's Civil War and Civil Rights history.
Nina holds a degree in music history from Converse College. She also worked for seven years as a music host atWPLN. Much of her current focus is on arts and culture stories.
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After the firing of Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the now-former medical director at the Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville Democratic Rep. John Ray Clemmons is calling for an explanation from the governor and the health commissioner. -
Tensions are running high in the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention as the denomination gathers here for its first annual meeting since the pandemic began. On the one side, a number
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Tennessee is on track to become the latest state to eliminate the requirement that gun owners get a permit to carry in public. The state House of Representatives approved the measure last night, and hours before the vote, Governor Bill Lee reiterated he intends to sign it.
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The stereotype of a classical composer is an old, long-dead, white man. But Black musicians have been integrating the classical genre for decades. In honor of Juneteenth, the day that -
A memorial to the women who fought for the vote in Tennessee nearly a hundred years ago will get an unveiling of sorts this week. The monument has been... -
After decades hosting country greats, RCA Studio A is in jeopardy — and there are local music titans on both sides of the fight.
