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The Ron Show

Welcome to the Ron Show - Atlanta"s only progressive audio platform airing five days a week on Georgia Now, M-F 4-6pm (replaying 8-10am the next weekday). Host Ron Roberts covers Atlanta, metro Atlanta, Georgia and national politics from a pretty unique lens ... he"s just your run-of-the-mill Georgia-born gay progressive cat-dad realtor & talk show host. Dime a dozen, right?

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LCJ is Dekalb's new CEO - and she's prepared for it

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/28

Dekalb County's CEO-elect, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, defied - if not the odds - the endorsements of some high-caliber Democrats to win the job she'll assume in January.She and I spent the entire show airing today covering a gamut of issues she's both charged with tackling, but seem well-prepared to. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ronshowatl/message

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A conversation with Chase Oliver: contender or spoiler?

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/26

I said the day after he claimed the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination that Chase Oliver is going to create a problem (another problem) for Biden/Harris in Georgia. He's from Georgia, he's pro-choice, vocal "Stop Cop City" ally, opposes the Israel war in Gaza, is for marijuana legalization ... need I say more?Don't get it twisted, though; he's very much "limited government" - something I've branded as a position of (white) privilege. Anyhow, hear

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Texas' abortion law is KILLING babies & new polling...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/25

From the department of "we completely expected that" comes medical data that shows Texas' draconian abortion ban is caused a spike in infant deaths. Not exactly "pro-life" a result, is it? Even worse, it's endangering the physical and mental health of pregnant women, but then that's no shock, either.New AJC/UGA presidential election polling shows a tightening of the gap between Trump and President Biden on the doorstep of their Thursday debate here in Atlanta

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Debate week: on 'Dobbs' anniversary, abortion's on...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/24

Josh Levs, host of the 'They Stand Corrected' podcast, penned an op/ed for the AJC bemoaning what presidential debates have become as well as their worthlessness anymore to the American voter. Thought I'd take a spin through his piece and offer some thoughts. On the second anniversary of the Trump-packed Supreme Court overturning 'Roe v Wade' with the 'Dobbs' decision, Georgia WIN List executive director Melita Easters joined me to catch me up on where reproductive

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00:43:30

Nathan Wade: STFU dude

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/22

Nathan Wade's still percolating his image, despite being dropped from the Fulton County v Trump election interference case, and in two particular appearances, including a stunningly stupid segment on 'The Daily Show,' the results were cringe-worthy. Why? Why is he doing this? Experts weigh in; I did, too. An historic win for young climate activists in Hawaii (joining now those in Montana) is noteworthy - and had me wondering if Georgia is a potential target for similar judicial action

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Ron v Clark Howard & run-off shake-ups

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/21

Coming off my little 2 1/2 day camping trip, I jumped back into the studio chair to remind myself I ought to stay off social media while I'm on vacation. Why? As a realtor, I'm always eyeing stories that impact that industry, and a WSB-TV piece by financial guru Clark Howard kinda rankled me. In it, he's sour on the latest crop of "no/low down payment" mortgage options, citing the 2008 housing crash. He's way off-base here, and I didn't mind calling him on it - much to

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The bitter race to take down the bitter 'bleach blonde'

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/18

Today's Georgia's primary runoff date, with a smattering of races dotting metro Atlanta and the state; but one Congressional runoff caught my attention - the one to determine who'll take on Marjorie Taylor Greene in GA-14. Having already spoken with Shawn Harris months ago, I caught up just recently with his runoff opponent, Clarence Blalock. Blalock, to the surprise of many, finished 128 votes ahead of the vastly more well-funded Harris in the May 21st primary, but didn't cross the

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Republicans are okay with destroying the judicial...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/13

Here in Georgia and in Washington, too, Republicans are openly stating their willingness to take a "Big Brother" / "big government" approach (to hell with states' rights, but just this once) to disassembling our justice system at the local, state and federal level - all at the behest of one convicted felon. Can you guess who that felon is? He has a lot of sway. Any guesses?The "law and order" party and the party supposedly of "limited government" seeks to

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00:43:31

The absurdity of US gun laws - how felons & druggies...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/13

Atlanta went through a wild news cycle Tuesday, with a mass shooting downtown and a deadly bus hijacking (by a man who was on the scene at the downtown mass shooting, no less) and Atlanta PD chief Darin Schierbaum deftly pointed out the downtown shooter should never have had a gun - because he's a convicted felon. Unrelated, but now-convicted felon Donald Trump will also have to forfeit any gun(s) he owns/possesses. Well, Hunter Biden was found guilty of lying on an application to purchase a

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Donald Trump: Chronic debate dodger?

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/12

If Sean Hannity's floating "trial balloon" theories with the words "some people are saying ..." you can best believe where there's smoke, there's fire. All the more reason to believe Donald Trump's trying to waffle on the agreed upon June 27th debate here in Atlanta. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, incidentally, went 'scorched earth" on Trump's continuing predilection for trashing ("sh*t-talking," he phrased it) the United States. I

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If Kemp won't, will Biden aid Atlanta's water repairs?

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/10

It's been more than a week since a wide swath of the city of Atlanta lacked adequate (if any) water service, but the pundits on local FOX-TV affiliate's "The Georgia Gang" weighed in on their most recent record episode after the calamity. Cathy Woodard being a former city council president made for some clarity (and more questions, too) but conservative pundit Brian Robinson made a few points (some I actually agreed with) - and one in particular called for some historical clarity

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Two reality TV hacks glom over one another

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/08

The Dr. Phil (and obviously filtered and edited) interview of a convicted felon, the former President, Donald Trump, was predictably awful. Imagine 50-plus minutes of a man clearly in need of a psychologist, spewing lie after lie, laced with hyperbole and other half-truths, while the 'doctor" fails diagnose the chronically lying narcissist.You just come away convinced they're both facades; or at least it's now confirmed. --- Send in a voice message:

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An FBI raid on an Atlanta office & its ties to your...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/06

Whelp; a three-judge Georgia appeals court panel has put the brakes on the Georgia v. Trump election interference case until October, essentially cementing that the most evidence-laden and damning case against the already-convicted felon won't be tried this calendar year. Sure it'd be easy to berate Fani Willis & Nathan Wade some more, but I've done that plenty. Instead, let's listen in on a local conservative talk show pundit as he celebrates a "win" ... the "law

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Sure, where's the mayor, but also where's the governor?

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/06

We hold our breath now and keep our fingers crossed the last of the "Atlanta water crisis" leaks have been addressed and there aren't more major breaks to come. The thing is, when we're replacing pipe laid in 1883, it's likely only a matter of time. We've put a lot of heat on Mayor Andre "in Memphis" Dickens, but why on earth has Georgia's governor said not word one about the state's largest city's water woes? When Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down from

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Sopping up the water crisis / Meet Gabriel Sanchez

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/04

Now that we're (hopefully) in the final hours of "Aquapocalypse" (or are we going with "Watergeddeon?"), city council had the chance yesterday to grill its watershed commissioner, Al Wiggins, Jr., yesterday, and for the most part, the engagement was polite - with a lot of deserved commendation for the department's employees' putting in the work. That said, communications was the key gripe, and it extends to the mayor, per Bill Torpy at the AJC. Local media finally

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Water water everywhere ... but none found in the...

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/03

Author columnist and longtime journalist George Chidi of The Atlanta Objective joined me today to discuss - at length - the weekend calamity that was the "Atlanta water crisis." George was on many of the scenes over the weekend giving first-hand accounts of water main breaks. Meanwhile, questions arise as to why Mayor Andre Dickens knew of the break and still got on a plane headed to Memphis for a fundraiser for his re-election. Also, why is he fundraising in Memphis at all? Lastly, the

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00:44:30

Trump 'Finally held accountable'

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/01

My friend and columnist Issac Bailey penned an op/ed - 'Donald Trump - A Loser Once Again - Is Finally Held Accountable,' which I thought was worthy of some air time, too. His reaction was far more "hinged" than the bevy of unhinged responses from Fox News "personalities" like Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters and the Fox News pearl-clutches. Also, pols like Tim Scott were lining up to hyperventilate on cable news channels - but Abby Phillips did her best to hold his feet to

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Ossoff calls Republicans out - at the border &...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/31

We live in "the upside down" - a world where a Democrat (Senator Jon Ossoff) goes to the US-Mexico border to call out the other party for its inaction on immigration policy and a world where the "law & order party" is led by a convicted felon defended breathlessly by most of the members of said party. Rep. Lucy McBath was asked if she's much interest or given much thought to running for governor yesterday on WABE's "Politically Georgia" podcast. Hear her

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Chase-ing away grassroots Georgians & a "seat-seeking...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/29

I happen to think having Atlantan Chase Oliver on the presidential ballot as the Libertarian party candidate this November takes Georgia off the table for Biden/Harris. Hear why I believe the actions of Mayor Andre Dickens and the majority on Atlanta's city council have cost the President a key chunk of the state's grassroots liberal activists' support.I spoke with Mishael White, aiming to represent district 81 in the Georgia House, today. He's up against a MAGA ne'er do well

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When a Dem nominee isn't even a Dem & what Chase...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/28

Seth Taylor, a Fulton County Democratic Party captain and 2024 DNC delegate "outed" 11th Congressional district Democratic Party nominee Katy Stamper as a "GOP plant." If she isn't, she's at the very least an anti-trans "secure the border" moderate. Then again, she lives in Cherokee County, where a school board vice chair is also openly anti-trans and nothing was done about that ,so ... While discussing the Cherokee School Board, Seth pointed to a 2022 story in

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