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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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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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00:44:31

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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00:44:31

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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00:44:30

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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00:44:29

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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00:43:31

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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00:44:31

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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00:44:30

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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00:44:30

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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00:44:30

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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00:44:30

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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00:45:00

In a world of Harrisons, maybe the world needs more...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/24

This conversation originally aired July of 2023, after I'd read a piece in the Washington Post about a Hartwell, Georgia baptist preacher who was bucking the Southern Baptist Convention (the church has since left that organization) and welcoming all who sought to worship there.He's (several times now) offered prayer at Hartwell's annual pride celebration, and welcomes with a message of acceptance for everyone seeking refuge to worship. After weeks, now, of Harrison Butler-talk, it's

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00:44:30

More on GA Primary data & who's the biggest "cancel"...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/23

All my years in radio broadcasting taught me that low-yield responses made for garbage data to make decisions off of, so maybe Tuesday's super-low turnout means "disregard it," but I'm joined today by Andrew Heaton, political strategist with Sagamore Hill Consulting, to discuss what to (and not to) make of the results anyway. I got a little heat for opting to "shrug off" Harrison Butker and my outrage for his 19th century commencement speech, but I'm actually very

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00:44:29

Georgia Primary: a bellwether or nah?

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/23

Count me among those who have doubts Georgia's Tuesday primary results are much of a "bellwether" for expectations in November. For the most part, incumbents prevailed, save for a couple here or there who fell to primary opponents. One, in particular, Rep. Teri Anulewicz, lost to a Democratic Socialist millennial named Gabriel Sanchez. Hear some of his lingo and you may come away thinking "wow; a liberal who's talking about issues the average American is dealing with? How

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00:44:32

Butker wasn't on the ballot

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/22

All this social media oxygen for an NFL field goal kicker didn't translate to the polls yesterday for a pro-choice candidate, which was sort of my point: stop obsessing over a distraction, America, and get involved in a pivotal election year. Meanwhile, in Cobb County, Courier reporter Rebecca Gaunt continues keeping an eye on the hyper-partisan antics of the Cobb Board of Education - including use of the school district's social media accounts to politick and it's re-affirming the

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00:48:59

Biden's message to Morehouse: 'It’s natural to wonder...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/20

President Joe Biden chose to make a weekend of it in the ATL - extending his visit by swooping in a day earlier (with that artery-clogging motorcade, no less) to hobnob with voters at a handful of Saturday events before his Morehouse commencement speech. Before giving you that audio, I also want to share the quips of local conservative pundit Janelle King - a black conservative with her own podcast who appears frequently on a FOX 5/WAGA-TV's "The Georgia Gang." Why? Because I'll

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00:44:30

'Atlanta Voice' editor on what he thinks black men...

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/18

'Atlanta Voice' editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs joined me today to weigh in on the mindset of the black male vote, after I'd asked him (via text) if he'd read a piece in the AJC today that asked that question (by of course sitting in a barber shop to find out). Incidentally, we're learning now that POTUS plans to meet with black voters prior to his commencement visit. While we were on, we discussed what can be expected for President Joe Biden at Morehouse when he gives their

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00:44:32

Butker's Mom and old men agreeing to argue

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/17

While Harrison Butker's misogynistic, anti-gay commencement address is still fresh in our minds, it's noteworthy (as Page Six noted) that his mother is a highly-respected and accomplished Emory physicist, and not a homemaker. The first presidential debate is set - and to be held in Atlanta at CNN. Who needs a whole messy convention, anyway, right? Jay Bookman (wisely) asked: "Why can governors appoint justices based on their ideology, but voters can’t?" Georgia Republicans are

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00:44:31

Rebutting Butker

The Ron Show ·

2024/05/15

By now you've heard at least excerpts of Kansas City Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker as he gave a commencement address at Benedictine College in Kansas earlier this week. Today I rebut a lot of his dated, hetero-white-man-centric mindset, point-by-point. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ronshowatl/message

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