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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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00:45:00

Democracy dying in Tennessee; a conversation with...

The Ron Show ·

2023/04/06

Breathtaking to watch (as we produced today's show) the first of three Tennessee House representatives are being expelled from a majority - solely because they'd rather expel opposition than confront gun violence. This is democracy dying in Tennessee. Earlier today, I got to spend a good half an hour or so in conversation with Bobbie Paul from 'Regulate Guns Not Women.' I found it quite pleasant; hope you will, too.

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00:44:00

On Rick Steiner, Bill White, "that guy," and Stacey...

The Ron Show ·

2023/04/05

Are Cherokee County school system parents even aware their school board's vice-chairman was banned from a professional wrestling convention last weekend for verbally harassing a transgender woman? I'm here to make sure they're aware. Then, Bill White (and uh, his husband? Who knew?) are taking their ball and going to north Georgia, leaving the "Buckhead city" movement in tatters. Naturally, I have to go off on Log Cabin Republicans. Sigh. Donald's (latest) inane speech at

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00:43:59

Arraignment Day / 404 Day / MLK Assassination...

The Ron Show ·

2023/04/04

Right off the bat, Craig Harrington, research director at Media Matters for America, joins to discuss the Trump arraignment spectacle, right wing media handling of it, Majorie's megaphone minute (or two) and more. We've some audio from Marge in Manhattan, along with their Representative, Jamaal Bowman hollering for her to get outta there, too. Ooh, stinging rebuke from civil rights activist Angela Davis, who un-accepts a city of Atlanta proclamation given to her last month while here

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00:44:00

Marge's Big Night & Ruwa's Moment to Relax (a bit)

The Ron Show ·

2023/04/03

Marge had her big primetime moment on 60 Minutes last night; did she get the soft treatment? Even worse - did they elevate her? A little pretext from Kadia Goba at Semafor.com, too. Let's talk about on-court antics in women's basketball and the disparate reactions we have, societally, based on their ethnicity. Then Rep. Ruwa Romman spent a good bit of time reflecting on her first General Assembly session: the highs, lows, the calming influences, the surprise camaraderie with those across

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00:44:00

Don's Cons & His Pearl-Clutching Flock

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/31

The "law & order" party isn't very fond of "the law" bringing "order" to their twice-impeached former president and current (and still) leader of the GOP. Their apoplectic reactions to his being indicted yesterday is predictably rich. Take a listen. Locally, the University of Georgia Athletic department could be in more legal hot water than we previously thought, as the deceased driver on their payroll had a history of speeding - and a fellow staffer tried to

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00:44:00

King Williams - Your New Best Friend

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/31

Atlanta journalist, documentarian & podcast King Williams joined me on the show today to cover LOTS of Atlanta and Georgia political topics, including "Cop City Brian Kemp's political ambitions, Jon Ossoff's future & more. Oh, Ron DeSantis was in town today, too, and unfortunately the Donald Trump indictment came down after the show so - more tomorrow.

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00:42:00

The Face of Gun Fetishism: The Shellshocked Child

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/29

Wait, so now right wing pundits want to disarm trans people - meaning the Second Amendment they fawn over doesn't apply to trans people? Isn't this LITERALLY "second class citizenship?" But does this surprise anyone, anymore? Republicans are like bigotry locusts, moving from one marginalized minority to the next when the clock expires on their previous target. Picking just on gay people doesn't poll well anymore, so they've moved on to just the trans community. The

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00:43:59

The right's TRANSitioning from guns ... of course.

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/28

I make it no secret I'm not a fan of Erick Erickson. The man's divisive and lacking in self-awareness on a grand scale - as most right wing pundits tend to be. Some of his most recent anti-trans rhetoric, however can't go unnoticed here. As we're learning more about the Nashville school shooting killer, Eric wants to play the false equivalency game while feigning innocence in doing some mis-characterizing of the trans community in the process, and I'm here to call him out on

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00:44:01

Will It EVER Be About the Guns?

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/28

Between severe weather rocking rural Mississippi, Alabama and even part of Georgia and today's mass school shooting in Nashville, Georgia legislative chicanery took a backseat for a bit. Last week, the United Nations IPCC report - a pretty conservative commission, by the way - gave us a dire outlook. Can we correlate these "historic" tornado events? Well, it's not easy to but it's hard to ignore them in conjunction with all the other climate extremes being seen throughout the

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00:45:01

Lotta "Cop City" Talk

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/24

Lots of 'Cop City' coverage today. New details coming out about the violent & deadly clash that killed an Atlanta forest defender, plus Dekalb County's shutting down nearby Entrenchment Creek Park, citing "traps." Re-sharing yesterday's interview with environmental journalist Adam Federman to discuss the curious FBI hyper-scrutiny of environmental advocacy orgs even LOOSELY connected (in any way) to "Cop City" protests - eve if it's just an Twitter follow. A little legislative wrap-up and meet

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00:44:04

Why the FBI is surveilling "save the park" groups

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/23

First, something fun: the folks at Wander North Georgia have their "March madness" bracket out - sixteen of the best state parks in North Georgia to visit. I cast my votes - and some were tough calls to make - so feel free to do the same. More importantly, try to visit as many of them as possible! We learned today that Governor Brian Kemp - now in his second and final term as governor and free of repercussion - went ahead and blithely signed SB 140, making gender-affirming care illegal for minors in

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00:43:57

"Let's Bully Trans Kids Then Play Some Kickball!"

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/22

Believe it or not, as contentious as the rhetoric was between Republicans and Democrats in the SB140 (anti-trans "gender-affirming care" ban), a big group of legislators and staffers still thought it would be cool to leave that Senate vote for a kickball game between the House and Senate. Poor optics. I've an idea, though: how about we get these two teams to take on a couple of LGBTQ+ Atlanta-area kickball teams, instead? It's CLEAR some conservatives need to hang out with people they're not used to

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00:43:59

ATL wants to audit MARTA, Ga GOP wants to harm...

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/21

After a vote last night to audit MARTA, Atlanta city council members went before the media today to explain why. MARTA released a jaw-dropping statement, by the way. This line in particular: "The best thing the politicians on council can do for their constituents in the City of Atlanta is to get out of the way ..." is audacious! We'll go over legislative measures SB 233 (school vouchers) and SB140 (trans youth gender-affirming care ban) today, before welcoming back Jeff Graham from Georgia Equality

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00:45:01

"A Rising Tide ..." has been proven to work better.

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/20

Don't fall for the bait, liberal friends; don't cancel your plans and call out from work to sit around waiting to see video of DJT being cuffed and stuffed into the back of a squad car, just yet. Just because he says it's soon to happen doesn't mean it'll happen. For all we know, it's just another in a LONG line of campaign fundraising gambits. Lord knows his Truth Social timeline is FILLED with those. Focusing more on what is and isn't moving along in the final week of the Georgia legislative

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00:44:00

The numbers don't lie; but that never stops GOP...

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/17

I'm unsure how metro Augusta conservatives think their poorly-contrived de-annexation idea will fare better under the Gold Dome, but bless those idiots for dreaming. Speaking of, finally some hard data on public opinion and - lo and behold - the PEOPLE of Buckhead didn't want to leave Atlanta OR form their own city - oh and "cop city" isn't at or above 50% with respondents, either. Oops. Our buddy Jay Bookman stings the latest school voucher bill with a steady dose of reality. Confession: I've long

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00:44:03

Brock is "just a dude," but ...

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/16

Professing to be "protecting kids" (just not from guns), Georgia legislative Republicans ignored medical consensus and rammed through SB-140, the bill limiting trans youth medical options. It heads back to the Senate for what's likely to be another party-line vote to the governor's desk. Seems like a good time to revisit my conversation with Brock, a friend of mine who's "just a dude," but wasn't always.

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00:44:00

Where's the Data, Anti-Trans Repubs?

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/14

SB-140, the anti-trans youth "gender affirming care" blocking legislation that made it out of the Senate, was before a House subcommittee today and we go through a big chunk of it. Rest assured, Democrats, your team didn't win the vote, but they sure as heck came away looking knowledgeable on the subject, while their opposition looked completely befuddled and lacking in data. Shocking, right?

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00:44:01

Half here, half not

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/13

Allergies finally got me so today's sort of a half-show with a rerun of my IMPORTANT conversation with White Flag app founder Jonny McCoy on the back half. Sort of a "group project" mental health experience - totally free to download and use. Before then, we'll review some headlines - first the good news: Georgia Power is sending you some money back and all those voter eligibility queries were too much even for Georgia Republicans so there's a move afoot to roll back those MAGA challenges. Also,

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00:44:00

It turns out there ARE locals against 'Cop City' -...

The Ron Show ·

2023/03/10

There's a concerted effort, of late, to show the local involvement to at least ask questions about the future Atlanta Police Training Center - aka "Cop City." Between a local clergy organization and a Thursday night protest at the King Center, maybe now we can stop accepting that most of those against the use of the South River watershed land for the training facility are from "outside Georgia." That whole "outside agitator" rhetoric smacks of Jim Crow-era sneering anyhow. Well, on that note, Eric

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