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Staci Fox, President & CEO at the ⁠Georgia Budget and Policy Institute⁠, joined Caroline and Debra at the kitchen table for an insightful conversation on everything from the state's budget priorities to Fox's own personal battle. Staci has been living with stage‑four lung cancer, a diagnosis that has prompted her and her friend Meagan Davies to co‑author the book Miss You Already. The book blends their personal story with clinical […]

Hey it's Ron; earlier in the week I'd highlighted ⁠some sound legislative offerings from Republican women⁠ in the Georgia general assembly that I hoped Democrats would join in on and push across the finish line. There's another, ⁠giving pharmacists the ability to prescribe HIV prevention⁠ medication, again, penned by a Republican. This is encouraging to see. What's discouraging, of course, is that the same Georgia GOP saw fit earlier in […]

Ron welcomes comedy icon ⁠Margaret Cho⁠ for a wide-ranging, candid conversation about her ⁠Choligarchy⁠ tour, the risks of political comedy, and why speaking out feels more urgent than ever. Cho opens up about confronting threats, free speech, and using humor as resistance in anxious times. She also shares her emotions in seeing fellow comedians (Roseanna Barr, Bill Maher, Dave Chappelle) either going "full MAGA" or anti-trans / anti-woke." Later, comedian […]

PLUS: Trump on Greenland, new racist/classist immigration policy, & Brian Kemp's "bold plan" that isn't Yesterday, ⁠Georgia Senate Democrats rolled out legislation aimed at restraining ICE operations⁠, so Ron had a conversation with Democratic whip, State Senator Kim Jackson on accountability, fear in immigrant communities, and the moral stakes of enforcement tactics. Ron also speaks with Eric Taylor, city manager of Social Circle, about ⁠why his small town says it […]

Georgia’s 2026 governor’s race is starting to take shape, and the first televised Democratic gubernatorial forum offered an early look at what’s ahead. Ron breaks down the biggest moments from the Savannah event as seven Democratic candidates tackled health care, Medicaid expansion, housing affordability, and how Georgia should respond to another Trump presidency. There's more from the Minnesota ICE killing of Renee Good, including the gunman's cellphone video (bonus: r⁠etired ICE […]