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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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"How to Fix America"

The Ron Show ·

2023/07/07

Sort of a one-off, today: "How To Fix America." I had sort of just scribbled some notes on a steno pad earlier this week with some ideas to improve how our political process better serves "we, he people," and today's 44 minutes just flowed right out of my mouth. Hear some ideas I have on "how to Fix America." Uncap The House (why are we at 435, anyway?) Adjust the Senate (no senators for states w/less than a million, only one for states w/less than two million;

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00:45:00

Frederick's fury on the Fifth

The Ron Show ·

2023/07/06

It was July 5th, 1852 and festival organizers asked Frederick Douglass to speak at their Independence Day festivities. Oh, did he. Nearly thirteen years before the end of the Civil War, and slavery in the United States, Douglass let the nation have it. Thought this might be a timely share, given the rebound in suppression of rights & equality in today's political climate. Hear actor Ossie Davis' oral interpretation, recorded in 1976, the year of our nation's bicentennial.

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00:44:00

Affirmative hypocrisy, a case built on a lie & 'To...

The Ron Show ·

2023/07/03

I leave for one-half a day and the Supreme Court divides the nation in nearly irreparable ways, eh? :) Let's DO discuss affirmative action, citing ⁠Clarence Thomas in 1983⁠ and note that "legacy admissions" are the ULTIMATE "affirmative action" for the privileged (and white). BREAKING: Legacy admissions challenged in court by NAACP. Also, I'm no lawyer, but when I watch a judicial drama on TV, when a case has false evidence, the case is thrown out; so why was the '303

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00:43:47

Summer travel anxiety: we did it to ourselves & how...

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/30

As we all hit the open road or airports, the heat intensifies ... from under our collars and inside our skulls as the delays and re-routes, delays and re-schedules stack up. Hear me out: we did this to ourselves and what we, as a nation need to invest in, going forward, isn't more airports and highways and lanes. It's rail. On the final day of Pride month, we're still seeing idiotic defacing of property here, and Dylan Mulvaney isn't very happy with the Bud Light folks; she has a

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00:43:59

An affirmative negative

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/29

"Affirmative action" is effectively no more when it comes to college and university admissions in the United States, thanks to a party-line 6-3 Supreme Court decision. Joining me with reaction is Atlanta NAACP chapter president Richard Rose. The passing of MLK's older sister - Christine King Fannin - today is an intriguing irony, of sorts, but her last known speech a decade ago is worthy of a listen. Lots of "smoke" at the UGA football program and this Bulldog fan is

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00:45:45

Embracing "Bidenomics"

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/28

President Joe Biden gave a 37-minute economic address in Chicago today, touting his record on the US economy; in fact embracing the term "Bidenomics." Hear it in its entirety here. You'll recall President Barack Obama used the same tactic, embracing the right wing shorthand for the Affordable Care Act - "Obamacare" - to affix his name to a solidly functioning program he pioneered. Will it work for Joe? Well, with barely more than a third of Americans polled giving him high

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00:44:01

Oh look; more hate here

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/27

Another metro Atlanta church met with hate - this time the defacing of it's inclusive message on a sign. I spoke with Rev. Mimi Walker from The Church at Ponce and Highland. Speaking of hate, Governor Kemp hates anyone getting credit for green energy jobs in Georgia unless it's him, and yet ... Yes, Donald's audio is dumb, and we'll review that together, but so is Florida Senator Rick Scott's video screed. Duh-du-duh-dumb. Lastly, some good news in the entertainment world, as

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00:44:02

Nazi scum & a 'space laser' lady check-in

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/26

Another round of despicable antisemitic, Swastika-emblazened targeted intimidation took place over the weekend in Macon and nearby Cobb County, but fortunate for those Nazis they weren't trying to defend a forest or cops might've had some rubber bullets (or worse) for 'em. Anyhow, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Eytan Davidson joined me today to share the ADL's reaction and some advice as to how to handle such scum if it should ever arrive at your synagogue or

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00:44:00

Purple Shadow' more a 'black eye' for GOP's war on...

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/23

A Cobb County elementary teacher has been on administrative leave⁠ since March for reading an innocuous book (⁠"My Shadow Is Purple" LISTEN HERE⁠) to her 5th grade honor students - a book one of those students bought at a book fair and a book the students voted on for her to read. So why's she in trouble? An "anti-woke" "divisive concepts" law hastened through the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp. Her attorney, ⁠Craig Goodmark⁠, and the

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The sub, the rub, the Unwinders and lots of grub

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/22

Got your Titan submarine update for ya; years after a whistleblower on the OceanGate payroll tried to warn the company and its anti-safety CEO of his concerns, what do ya know? The contraption wasn't safe and cost lives. Oh and tens of millions in taxpayer dollars in the ensuing search. Marge and Lauren - two feral MAGA Congresswomen - are a-fightin' and I have the dramatic interpretation for how their back-n-forth went down. I'm joined midway through the show by creator & moderator

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A Petition, A Publix & A Really Nice Stamp

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/22

We have a(n approved) petition for the 'Stop Cop City' folks to be hitting the streets with. Finally. We've a supermarket in Summerhill. Finally. We've a Tim Scott Town Hall. Err; I won't be diving into it as much as the noteworthiness of the very white Sean Hannity sneering that Joy Reid and Barack Obama having issues with Scott on issues facing people of color. Then there's the - get this - moving speech by Kevin McCarthy at the unveiling of the John Lewis stamp. He said

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00:44:00

Re: 'Rewind' & Climate & Don's "Best People"

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/20

An update of sorts on the 'Political Rewind' / GPB front and an amazing and thorough Twitter thread that sort of catches us all up on how the AJC has fingerprints on the matter. As Governor Kemp makes inroads with - get this - green energy folks, is this a tipping point where Democrats may be ceding ground only because now green energy is good for the economy? Oh, and hear what comedian Trae Crowder had to say about southerners' confusing posture when it comes to climate change &

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00:44:48

Our second 'Independence Day'

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/19

Author, historian, activist Donald Gilliard and I caught up on a call today to discuss his and my varying perspectives on 'Juneteenth' and how we we were both introduced to it way too late in life. Then, a treat: in 1966, actor & activist Ossie Davis recited Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speech where Douglass dressed down a nation with millions enslaved by pointing out the nation's day of independence cannot be the 'independence day' for the enslaved.

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'Rewind' Erased & One Nitpicked Petition

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/16

Melita Easters from the Georgia WIN List joins me to start the show, sort of eulogizing & speculating as to the cause for the end of a public broadcasting staple: "Political Rewind" and host Bill Nigut will no longer air on Georgia Public Broadcasting after Jun 30th. A real loss for civil discourse on Georgia's radio airwaves. Melita and I also note the year passing since the Dobbs decision and where things stand locally and nationwide. Former state & federal prosecutor, now

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00:42:31

"Jesus take the crops!"

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/15

Waiting on the "Good Lord" and "Mother Nature" to solve our climate crisis is ACTUALLY how we got here. This year's peach crop is going to suck - and we only have ourselves to thank for that. MARTA broke ground (sorta) on it's not "transit" line - a bus rapid line that's actually better than nothing and could (I'd think) lead to expanded streetcars at some point. With all the corporate backpeddling on Pride Month (we're keeping notes, by the way)

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Kids Exploited "On The Farm" & the "Foxification" of...

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/14

Why is the idea of exploiting child labor abhorrent ... except in the agricultural industry - and why is the right protecting the industry's ability to use 12 to 14 year olds in unsafe conditions? Hint: it's the same reason they're routinely xenophobic about immigration, but less so about illegal employers' hiring practices. I've a beef with Target: it's Pride Month and you caved. What happens when white nationalists get physically violent during Black History Month? Matt

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00:43:59

Arraigned! Also, Now ATL Council wants to raise taxes?

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/13

While Donald Trump (again) makes history, being figuratively "arrested" and arraigned on 37 charges in Miami today, his (newest of two) attorneys is on the sidewalk giving the media the "whatabout" rhetoric we've gotten from LIndsey Graham, but now also by Senator Marco Rubio - who when chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, opined (we have the audio) about mishandling of classified intel and how it benefits enemies of the nation. Derp. I also share a concise Twitter

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00:44:01

Delusions Persist at GA GOP Convention

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/13

Eavesdrop with me on the Georgia GOP convention from over the weekend with Kari "she lost" Lake and Donald "he lost" Trump continuing to live in the past. New polling suggests that Americans are MORE convinced of seeriousness by the latest batch of indictments and yet somehow less convinced there should be repercussions. Wild. Lastly, now that Chris Licht is gone from CNN, I believe I have the solution for what would make that venerable news network relevant again - look to its

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00:44:01

Indictment and Meltdown 2.0

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/09

Trump indictment, round two, and the right wing reactions do NOT disappoint! Also, did Marjorie Taylor Greene flap a document on cable news television that could incriminate HER? Hear why I think you should download Grindr if you're in Columbus, Georgia this weekend or New Orleans early next week. Lastly, I'm joined today by 'Media Matters for America' Senior Climate and Energy Writer Evlondo Cooper to openl discuss/question why national media is whiffing on the SCOTUS decision to

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00:45:00

Remembering Pat Robertson & Seeing Through Mike Pence

The Ron Show ·

2023/06/08

Gridlock ... pollution ...historic cancellations and closures ... so when do we reach a consensus that the dystopian future long predicted is at our doorstep? Let's ... remember ... Pat Robertson.Then let's review the Mike Pence CNN town hall - while also calling him out for his many hypocricies. Lastly, a surprise Supreme Court decision on Alabama's Congressional lines may well have repercussions in Georgia.

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