The headlines: A remembrance of <a href="https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/08/06/martha-ingram-nashville-arts-philanthropist-obituary/">Martha Ingram</a> with <a href="https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/about/administration-board/staff/alan-d-valentine/">Alan Valentine</a> and <a href="https://www.creativellc.net/leadership">Mac Pirkle</a> and a live interview with <a href="https://charliehatcher.com/">Charlie Hatcher</a>, the Republican who upset Congressman Andy Ogles.

The newsmaker: General Sessions Court <a href="https://gscourt.nashville.gov/about-us/judges/ana-escobar/">Judge Ana Escobar</a> discusses <a href="https://gscourt.nashville.gov/departments-services/athenascourt/">Athena’s Court</a>, a decade-old program designed to identify human trafficking survivors in the court system and connect them with support and services.

The tastemaker: Writer and Author Joe Pagetta tells us about <a href="https://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826500427/the-apostle-of-tennessee/">The Indefatigable Life and Ministry of Father Aloysius Orengo</a>, the Italian priest who faced war, hardship and dangerous anti-Catholic vitriol as a missionary in Tennessee.

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