Local podcasts hosted by the Clarksville Now news team.

As the state decided this week to give TriStar and Ascension Saint Thomas permission to build hospitals in Clarksville, over objections from Tennova, there were eye-opening comments and questions.

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Nicholas Nicoletta talks to Charlie Koon about running a small business and about growth in our community.

With the Clarksville Speedway being purchased by the city, and Montgomery County building a new fairgrounds, big annual events are in limbo. Here’s what’s happening and what could come next in our ongoing fairgrounds shuffle.

A dig into Clarksville history shows we could have sold our hospital to Vanderbilt or Saint Thomas two decades ago, but we rolled the dice on Triad. Remember them?

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Kevin Kennedy Jr. about support for TriStar and Ascension St. Thomas hospitals.

Govs football coach Jeff Faris stops by for a chat with Charlie about how the off-season has gone for the Govs, and what fans can expect during his second season as head coach of Clarksville’s hometown team.

Each hospital chief had 15 minutes to sell their plan to Clarksville business and community leaders. Here’s how it went down, and what might happen next.

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Charlie Koon talks to David Whelan, TriStar’s VP of strategic planning, on the planned new hospital.