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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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00:44:28

Laying the "poverty & protest-to-prison pipeline"

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/08

Despite the state of Georgia being unnecessarily deadly for anyone in jails or prisons, Georgia Republican legislators still felt the need to make it harder for the poor and working class to bail themselves out of jail for a larger number of alleged crimes - some of them misdemeanors. Senate bill 63 (SB63) awaits Governor Brian Kemp's signature, but not before advocates for the poor bemoan the thoughtlessness and senselessness of the legislation. Such a law - I believe - will have the

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00:44:31

One of those "nobody's happy" kind of days

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/07

While Atlanta's mayor and city council are doing all they can to sour progressive grassroots activists on the Democratic Party, the Fani Willis revelations are seeming to create a snowball effect of chicanery from Trump co-defendants seeking to derail her body of work. If her acknowledging the relationship she's involved in with special prosecutor Nathan Wade isn't enough, her MLK Day speech at an Atlanta church may have done the trick. Alright, the big news of the day is the former

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00:44:30

Doom scrolling through gloomy polling

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/06

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal polling data paints a bleak picture, nine months out, for President Joe Biden. Realizing we're still nine months out is small comfort when you look back at 2020 and 2016 polls from he same point in those races, too, and there are perplexing and somewhat shocking subsets to discuss, too. So is there (or will there be) a contingency plan for Democrats? Details of the bipartisan Senate immigration bill came out, and while GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson said

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00:44:30

Fani 'fesses up & what gives with the anti-Taylor...

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/03

Matt Scott joined me today from the Atlanta Community Press Collective to speak to the Georgia Senate bill (SB63) aiming to expand the list of offenses requiring cash bail and to limit bail funds' ability to post. Can you imagine a law like this and the impact it would've had on the civil rights movement in the 1960s? Fani 'fessed up. So now what? First, let's let the "I'll be damned" wash over us before getting back to the stark reality that the cries of

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00:43:30

Getting caught up on "Cop City," Kemp's Border Ploy &...

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/02

Outside of some random arson incidents targeting construction equipment and some demonstrations, it's been pretty quiet on the "Cop City" front - and to hear my guest, Alex Joseph, tell it - that's by design. There's palpable frustration in a movement implored to go about their opposition in a lawful manner when overwhelming turnout at council forums were brushed aside and a petition effort has been bogged down by the city hoping to prevent a referendum from landing on a

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00:44:30

They need to calm down (and try to govern, maybe?)

The Ron Show ·

2024/02/01

Fani may have caught a bit of a break. A GOP run at property tax relief (again) leaves tenants on the hook for making it up. Right wingers are losing their minds over ... Taylor Swift? Well, I suppose it beats them pearl-clutching over "the border;" suddenly, that issue no longer needs to be dealt with right away, if their inaction in the House on immigration reform passed in the Senate and with the full support of President Biden is any indication.

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00:44:30

A conversation with Rep. Ruwa Romman

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/29

Saturday morning we set aside 45 minutes or so for a long-overdue catch-up, and I decided the entire dialogue needed to be it's own episode. Georgia's lone Palestinian-American elected official - Rep. Ruwa Romman (D), representing the 97th House District in Gwinnett County, offered insights on a range of issues: Georgia's antisemitism definition bill soon to be signed into law and attached to its current hate crime law, Biden's disfavor within the Arab American community, what UNRWA

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00:44:30

Steady 'read meat' diets & racism always shows...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/27

Whew; a really news-y Friday. The Georgia Senate cranked out a batch of 'red meat' for election denialists, but it should be noted that, the day before, a much ballyhooed bill to define antisemitism in a statutory sense passed with bipartisan support. Most of the nays were Democrats, and if I'm being honest, I can understand their rationale. I'll explain. Back to the red meat: first a bill to investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and ban ranked choice voting; then Sen

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00:44:30

Vultures, cheese sammies, border BS & why Jerica's...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/26

The vultures are circling around Fani Willis - and to hear columnist Jay Bookman put it - maybe she brought it on herself. Then again, maybe there's a way out of this that protects the case against Donald Trump. There'll be plenty more to discuss about all this tomorrow with so many late headlines dropping today. Locally, some good news after Decatur city schools announced plans to serve kids behind on their lunch tabs cheese sandwiches and milk - the cafeteria version of the "scarlet

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00:44:29

Getting a handle on homelessness & Biden's union flex

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/25

Yesterday I sort of unloaded on y'all, exasperated as I (and my neighbors in Old Fourth Ward) have been about the unhoused. Perhaps its just the bitter cold of late bringing homelessness to the forefront. In any event, it just so happens advocates for the unhoused, along with city leaders, have been out getting a census of sorts and advancing a strategy already in action. Hear their press conference from this morning. Then, with former President Donald Trump securing his second batch of GOP

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00:44:31

The unhoused, the unhinged and the in-between

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/24

America's unhoused population is disdained even by those on the left inconvenienced by them. There; I said it. The problem is, like most of this country's major issues, the right chooses demonizing and finger-pointing, leaving the left with few options for political collaboration. This hit close to home for me, literally, so I felt like venting a little. Atlanta's pro-public training facility faction tried to slip one by city council last night, and they almost succeeded. Almost. I'm

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00:44:30

Nikki's blind(ers) spot on racism & Donald's...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/23

It's so delicio-awkward watching as the remaining two GOP presidential candidate contradict one another. In particular, as Nikki Haley blithely spouts nonsense about the U.S. never being a racist nation, her opponent - the former U.S. President, with his noted civil rights mis-steps, refers to her by her ethnic birth name in a not-so-subtle dogwhistle to his base. He's also gone "birther" in her direction. This all has me hoping she's able to stay in the race awhile - and

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00:44:31

Next time, Fani, buy your own cruise trip

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/20

Fulton district attorney Fani Willis has twice tried to respond to allegations of impropriety levied against her and special prosecutor Nathan Wade ... except she's yet to respond to the most salacious part of the allegations ... that she and Wade are (allegedly) in a romantic relationship. Illegal? No. Improper? Debatable. A bad look? Indisputable. Also, how are two of the brightest legal minds in metro Atlanta not smart enough to buy separate flight and cruise tickets? Former Arkansas

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00:44:29

'Divorce Court' drama, 'Cop City' ≠ 'Clean Water'

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/19

So we've been waiting (and waiting) for Fani Willis to respond to those 'salacious' allegations a Trump co-defendant's attorney dropped last week, and whew, today we got a (filed) response. First, it turns out Nathan Wade's marriage is coming apart because his wife (not he, with Fani) had strayed from the marriage. Bomb. Shell. Okay, so that answers to Fani needing (she doesn't) to testify in their divorce, but it still leaves unanswered the question "was there a

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00:44:30

Kemp keeps dismissing what's helping Georgia succeed:...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/18

Governor Brian Kemp has been in Davos, Switzerland, looking to score some business action for the state, and had a somewhat awkward Q&A with the Bloomberg crew, so naturally I'm all for eavesdropping and chiming in. He loves to tout that $16 billion surplus, for example, but wouldn't ya know, the same Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) he openly dismisses, along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) amounts to nearly the same amount in federal investments in the state to address needs

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00:44:30

Closer looks at Trump's work in Iowa & ... Guatemala?

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/17

I am not a religious person, but I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church, so it's not as if I don't have a decent grasp of the values of the white evangelical voting bloc. So how do we square Donald Trump taking 53% of Iowa's white evangelical voter support last night - and since that's actually being a dip from his 2020 and 2016 numbers, is that a harbinger for his prospects this November? That got me to wondering just how we are where we are - in an era where the white evangelical

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01:00:00

Dr. King spoke to the world; hear that 59-year old...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/15

It was eight years ago the audio of a speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave to a London audience was unearthed. On December 4, 1964, Dr. King spoke before the British group "Christian Action," days before receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo later that month. Dr. King spoke of the American civil rights struggle, economic, educational, police & judicial injustice and South African apartheid as well. What's stunning is how relevant his words then are today.

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00:44:30

Fani, "What Are You Thinking?"

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/13

With the latest ("salacious") allegations levied at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Atlanta-Journal Constitution scribe Patricia Murphy makes a compelling case to wonder what the embattled DA is thinking. Buckle up if you've not already ready this. It's not an easy listen, either. Eavesdropping on Judge McAfee's hearing, in the aftermath, however, all we got was Trump's attorney Steve Shadow calling the allegations "salacious" and asking for time to

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00:44:30

'State of the State,' Audibly Annotated

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/12

Governor Brian Kemp gave his annual "State of the State" address before a joint session of the general assembly today, and I chose to replay and annotate. HERE is the Georgia Democratic Party's response presser.

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00:44:30

When a Film Can't out-Dystopian Texas on Abortion:...

The Ron Show ·

2024/01/11

Busy news day but it can all wait til tomorrow, yeah? Today I got to speak with producer, award-winning screenwriter and actress from Gillian Rabin, along with Georgia WIN List executive director Melita Easters today about the premiere of Gillian's thought-provoking short film, "L-8." You can watch it HERE. Quite the thought-starter! The premise: "Set in a not-so-distant future where period tracking is state-mandated, abortion is now punishable by death, and reporting abortion

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