Around the River Bend began with a sympathy card Shalanda Thompson mailed to a childhood friend at Riverbend prison in Nashville. Shalanda is a Middle Tennessee author, and her memoir, Around the River Bend: A Memoir of Love During Lockup, comes out October 24, 2026, in paperback, hardcover and Kindle. It tells the story of loving her husband, Edward, through the last seven years of his sentence. You'll hear what weekend visiting hours and daily lunchtime phone calls are really like for the...
Oct 8
38 min
Tucker's House makes Middle Tennessee homes safe for kids with disabilities, and Graham Honeycutt found it first as a dad who needed help. Graham Honeycutt is the executive director of Tucker's House, the Franklin nonprofit that has provided home modifications for families of children and young adults with disabilities since 2009. Graham tells us about his daughter Mikayla, why he was the only one at home who could lift her, and how a therapist pointed his family to Tucker's House. You'll h...
Oct 1
47 min
Give A Little Christmas makes sure Wilson County kids wake up to gifts from Santa, and it started with one Christmas party that fell through. Krys Midgett is the founder of Give A Little Christmas, a journalist and songwriter who runs Life Between the Lakes, a Wilson County community magazine, and edits Give A Little Nashville, a magazine about charities and how celebrities give back. Krys tells us how a songwriter's idea for a kids' Christmas party fell through in 2012, and how she made it...
Sep 24
54 min
JUNKCO+ of Nashville is proof that junk removal can be about people, not just hauling stuff away. Robert Sipp spent more than 40 years in the junk and recycling industry before opening JUNKCO+ of Nashville in 2025 with his son Colton. Together they turn everyday cleanouts into a way to serve Middle Tennessee. In this episode: How Robert went from separating scrap metal at age six to building a family businessWhy JUNKCO+ recycles or donates about 40 percent of what it collectsHow the team give...
Jul 30
42 min
TNT Chem-Dry just hit their twentieth year serving Middle Tennessee, and owner Tara Outson has some things to say about dirty carpets, unconditional love, and why she asks every technician she hires one very specific question. Tara co-owns TNT Chem-Dry with her husband Tim. They moved to Nashville twenty years ago knowing exactly one person, made flyers on day one, and got their first call before they'd made it out of a real estate parking lot. Today they serve the entire Nashville metro area...
Jul 2
42 min
What if the person you walk past every day on the street could change your life? In this episode, we sit down with Sarah Murphree, author of I Am Human Too — a Pulitzer-considered book that profiles 14 individuals experiencing homelessness and reveals the humor, resilience, and humanity behind their stories. Sarah shares how growing up with a mother living with a mental health condition led her to a pivotal moment at UT Knoxville — one that changed her career path, her worldview, and ultimate...
Mar 19
58 min
From a $500 investment and 100 rejected doors to building Williamson County's largest exterior cleaning company, Grant Burnside's story with Superior Exteriors proves that resilience, integrity, and giving back create extraordinary success. In this powerful episode of our Nashville podcast, Grant shares his journey from homeless at 18—receiving life-changing help from GraceWorks Ministries—to becoming the entrepreneur who now donates a portion of every sale to that same local nonprofit. His t...
Jan 22
1 hr 11 min
What if a simple backpack drive could transform into a movement serving over 10,000 families? Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jantrice Johnson, founder of We Give, a Nashville podcast story about turning compassion into action across Middle Tennessee. Jantrice, a former teacher and Murfreesboro realtor, shares how she witnessed the gap between student needs and available resources in East Nashville classrooms. That experience sparked a vision that has grown into comprehensive suppo...
Jan 15
59 min
When Jimmy Boehm survived a suicide attempt that left him completely blind in 2010, he made a choice that would eventually save thousands of lives across 48 countries. In this Nashville podcast episode, we explore how Jimmy transformed his darkest moment into You Cane Give, a local nonprofit that has distributed over 3,100 mobility canes to blind individuals in resource-limited countries. Jimmy shares his raw journey from successful automotive entrepreneur to rock bottom, and how discovering ...
Dec 31, 2025
1 hr 18 min
The 21st District Recovery Court is proving that second chances work. Join us for an inspiring conversation with Judge Deanna Bell Johnson and Executive Director Connie Martin about a Franklin-based program that's transforming lives through comprehensive addiction treatment. With a near-100% graduation rate and costs that are one-third of traditional incarceration ($15,000 vs. $45,000 annually), this two-year recovery program serves individuals in Williamson County's criminal justice system. ...
Dec 18, 2025
1 hr 4 min
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