Mayor Andre Dickens surprised (sort of) many when he and his staffers announced a change in priority for the Atlanta Beltline's transit future. They made this news at Thursday's MARTA board meeting and reaction was swift. Among the sharpest critics, the Beltline rail advocates at Beltline Rail Now! Matthew Raoe, chair of BRN, joined me today at Condesa Coffee in Old Fourth Ward for a spirited discussion panning the mayor's decision.

The chilling detainment of green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian national and recent Columbia graduate, raises a lot of questions about the rights of permanent residents, most notably freedom of speech. To answer the sort of questions that came to my mind, immigration specialist Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, managing partner at Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin, TX, graciously took the call. We also delved a little into some "great replacement theory" conversation, on the heels of news that

Governor Brian Kemp got the 'tort reform' he wanted this legislative session, and there were three House Democrats among the 91 votes he can thank for it. One of those votes came from Rep. Dr. Michelle Au (GA 50) , who penned a two-page letter-explanation to share on her social media. She's catching a lot of heat from her base for it. So are the handful of Republicans - including one who lost his jobs hours after voting against SB 68. Wow. Mob-like, no?------Meanwhile, Senator Jon Ossoff

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George Chidi, journalist with The Guardian, Rolling Stone and the man behind The Atlanta Objective, sat in on recent town halls hosted by Reps. Nikema Willilams and Hank Johnson and came away with more questions than answers - not unlike their constituents. He and I had a free-wheeling conversation about a lot of what's going on, politically. Preparing the American population for Medicaid cuts shuttering nursing homes and families having to take their loved ones in ... the "fajita

Governor Brian Kemp got what he (and his 'dark money' donors) sought: legislation to try and limit lawsuits and suppress massive jury verdicts (rare as they actually are, actually) . On today to discuss the kinds of impact this bill will have on everyday Georgians and particularly plaintiffs seeking damages, my good friend Nick Utley with Utley Law Firm took my call. ------Columnist Jay Bookman likened the Trump Administration's stripping away of federal agencies' workforce to a

Senator Nabila Islam Parkes joined me today to talk 'tort reform' with me, and actually has personal background.on the matter. While she was in high school, her mother was injured at a warehouse job. She saw, firsthand, the failures of both the American healthcare system and the challenges in getting justice in the legal system when taking on 'big business.'We discussed Governor Brian Kemp's fixation on tort reform and where SB 68 stands now. Also, dueling op/eds dropped today,

The now-infamous (somewhat) personal Zoom Q&A state senator Elena Parent (D) and one of her constituents - Lena Kotler - got a lot of attention because of but a few minutes of the dialogue. Like most people, I heard it and focused just on that portion because of the mushy messaging Senator Parent exhibited with regards to the rights of the imprisoned who are trans. It's a party problem more than a "Parent problem," dating as far back as last summer. That's when Trump campaign

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State Senator Elena Parent - someone who's been on this show on two occasions; someone I'm awful fond of, politically - didn't have her best moment on a live Instagram Q&A with a trans parent and constituent recently.With me to discuss, another trans parent and activist, Clare Schexnyder., founder/CEO of Oh Baby! Fitness. It's not that I don't get what Sen. Parent is saying - that the party's defending of trans rights' issues at every turn is unpopular and thus, they

February 28, 2025 - Dr. Mistie Rodriguez, principal at Eisenhower High School, and students Niamke Henz and Jayden Brady, joined Byers & Co to talk about the students' internships with CAT and the Decatur Police Department. Listen to the podcast now!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Always a joy to have Melita Easters - executive director at the Georgia WIN List - on the show, and today was no exception. As of this episode posting she's interviewing author Elaine Weiss, whose latest book, "Spell Freedom," looks back at the underground schools that built the civil rights movement, The discussion is one previously scheduled at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Jennifer Schuessler first reported on this and two otther book event cancellations in late February

The guys indulge in an early Soderbergh film Out of Sight (1998) and discuss California water and the Trump-Vance-Zelensky cat fight.

The Zoom call dust-up between state Senator Elena Parent and the mother of a trans child continues to catch the attention of local media and the political consultant class; the latest to chime in being the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Bill Torpy, who zeroed in on an angle: that Parent is one of four Democrats who voted for a GOP-led bill (four others skipped the vote altogether) to limit taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care for trans convicts while in prison, and of those four, (eight if you

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens gave his "state of the city" address in a typically "Atlanta Way" ... a flashy high society pep rally of sorts, with civic leaders and local music icons both in the wings and on the stage, too. While he touched on (of course) all his perceived high marks (and there are enough, for sure), leave it to me to douse a little reality on the feting, too.Oddly enough, though, his second-term fortunes could be transformational for both the city and metro area

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Back from my week-long Puerto Rican birthday vacation only to step back into the booth and have to tee off on arguably one of the most shocking and embarrassing displays of foreign diplomacy in American history. You can't tell me my eyes didn't see what they saw and ears heard what they did: Donald Trump and JD Vance are Russian assets. There's no other explanation for their revolting pivot on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his war-ravaged country. I suppose it's also

I've long said Republicans were unserious about addressing shortcomings in our immigration situation because they spend way more time seeking to demonize migrant (you know, "illegals") and not the real "illegals" (employers & human traffickers) menacing (in some cases abusing, exploiting, threatning and even killing) well-meaning migrant laborers.A recent sentencing of a human trafficking kingpin (queen pin?) shows the American judicial system is unserious about the very serious crimes

Author (and physical therapist) Michelle Stiles wrote a book a few years ago that seemed worthy of review now, more than ever. "One Idea To Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda" isn't strictly a political book, per se, but it does offer a lot of clues leading us to realizing why we're in the political state we're in currently. Oner particular excerpt caught my at the start of chapter ten ("Planet Vulnerable") under the first subhead "Tyranny in