Georgia’s Youngest Lawmaker
Host Greg Bluestein sits down with state Rep. Akbar Ali, the 21-year-old freshman lawmaker who just became the youngest member of the Georgia General Assembly. Ali talks about his rapid rise from comm...
28 Tammi 26min
Minnesota Shooting Reverberates Through Georgia
Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy break down the political fallout from a fatal federal immigration enforcement shooting in Minneapolis and why it’s sending ripples through Georgia politics. They exp...
27 Tammi 30min
Subsidies, Schools, and Shadow Ads
Hosts Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell answer listener questions in this Monday mailbag episode of Politically Georgia. They start with whether Senate Republicans made a strategic mistake by voting aga...
26 Tammi 30min
Carr Tackles Corruption
Host Greg Bluestein is joined by Patricia Murphy for an in-depth conversation with Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Carr lays out an anti-corruption proposal that he says would be the toughest in ...
22 Tammi 30min
Cellphones and College Costs
Host Patricia Murphy devotes the episode to education policy as Georgia’s legislative session gets underway. She speaks with Rep. Scott Hilton about expanding Georgia’s cellphone ban from middle schoo...
21 Tammi 29min
Surplus Cash and Shadow Campaigns
Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy break down Governor Brian Kemp’s State of the State address, where he dipped deeper into Georgia’s surplus while warning future leaders against draining the rainy da...
20 Tammi 30min
Julian Bond’s Fight to Be Seated
On this special Martin Luther King Jr. Day episode, host Greg Bluestein is joined by Tia Mitchell and Patricia Murphy for a look back at one of the most consequential civil rights battles in Georgia p...
19 Tammi 26min
Early Power Plays at the Capitol
Host Greg Bluestein is joined by Patricia Murphy to break down the early tone of Georgia’s legislative session, as lawmakers shift their focus toward affordability and major tax proposals instead of t...
15 Tammi 37min
