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The Promise
Credit - In The Promise, a narrative podcast from Nashville Public Radio, host and reporter Meribah Knight examines Nashville's James A. Cayce Homes, the city's largest and oldest public-housing complex that's about to be razed and overhauled into a more modern space that will bring together young professionals and its preexisting residents. Easier said than done, especially considering the neighborhood's fraught history with violence and the gentrification sprouting around it. Knight, who would go on to be a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2022, embeds herself within the community, interviewing the longtimers, new arrivals, and authorities as the project comes to fruition. She dedicates a Peabody Award-winning second season to examining how the racial and economic divide within the neighborhood manifests in the classroom, illustrating the deeply rooted tension that exists in so many of America's communities.
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