Episode 18: Senate Run-off, Keith Gross Wrap-Up, Presidential Politics in Georgia, State Political Blogger Drama

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  • Democratic Senate Race Primary
  • Keith Gross/District 80 Wrap-Up
  • Presidential Politics in Georgia
  • Drama in the Georgia Political Blogosphere

Recorded August 16, 2008 at Manuel's Tavern

Episode 17 - Keith Gross, Democrats in GA, Sunday Sales, Seat belt Laws

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  • Keith Gross in the 80th State House District
  • Why are GA Democrats doing so poorly when national party is doing so well?
  • Sonny Perdue, Casey Cagle, and Sunday Sales
  • Seatbelt Laws

Recorded May 17, 2008 at Manuel's Tavern

Episode 16 - Georgia Legislature session, bloggers running for office, DOT scandal

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  • Georgia 2008 Legislative Session
  • Georgia Bloggers Getting into Politics
  • DOT Scandal

Recorded April 20, 2008 at Manuel's Tavern

Length: 26:47 minutes
File size: 24.53 MB

About this podcast:

Atlanta Press Club

Atlanta Press Club

Atlanta Press Club is one of the largest and most dynamic professional journalism organizations in the country. The Atlanta Press Club hosts monthly forums that feature local and national newsmakers tackling the industry's most pressing issues. The purpose of our programs is to challenge journalists to cast a critical eye on what we do and how we do it. For more information please visit www.atlantapressclub.org.
Hosts: APC

Newsmaker Luncheon - Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson

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Georgia Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson Unveils His Legislative Overview at the Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Thursday, January 24, 2008.

The 2008 Legislative Session may be one of the most challenging in Georgia's history. The state faces decisions on water, taxes, transportation, education and healthcare. If there are falling state revenues, the Legislature must make some critical decisions. As one of the most powerful politicians in the state, Richardson gives an overview of the session, which includes his controversial property tax proposal and his ideas for the future of Grady Hospital. Richardson, who is a Republican from Hiram, graduated with degrees in political science and law from Georgia State University.

Length: 42:14 minutes
File size: 29 MB

About this podcast:

Politics is Vocal

Politics is Vocal

Politics is Vocal is the place to discuss local politics in your corner of Georgia. Is your area trying to incorporate? Fighting a big-box retailer? Saving park land? Saving the arts? Saving the whales? If it's local politics and you want to podcast about it, but aren't sure you can commit to a running show, Politics is Vocal lets you get your voice out there.
Hosts: This is a group program. Anyone can post an episode.

Senate candidates Cardwell, Jones and Lanier talk about the effects of Edwards dropping out of the race

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In this episode, you get to hear me sounding a little too earnest in the beginning before settling into a round of questions with Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Dale Cardwell, Josh Lanier and Vernon Jones (listed in order of appearance).

They were all at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, which is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Georgia Democratic Party.

Earlier in the day, Senator John Edwards dropped out of the race for president, leaving about 13 percent of Georgia's Democratic primary voters without a candidate to support. Frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had been in a dead heat prior to that, so Edwards' exit has the chance to sway the race to one candidate or the other. I asked the Senate candidates for their thoughts on how that would turn out.

The JJ dinner took place Jan. 30, 2008.

Length: 8:12 minutes
File size: 5.7 MB

Episode 14 - Georgia's Drought, Genarlow Wilson, Presidential Race, Senate Race

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  • Georgia's Drought - what got us here, where do we go from here?
  • Genarlow Wilson Exonerated
  • Presidential Politics in the Peach State
  • Will anyone serious challenge Saxby for Senate?

Length: 37:47 minutes
File size: 25.9 MB

Sex, Wine and Chocolate: a sex-positive cabaret fundraiser

If you don't have plans for Oct. 18, be sure to mark your calendar and come to the Georgians for Choice/Generation Five Sex, Wine and Chocolate fundraiser. Hell, if you do have plans, cancel them and come to this instead, because it's likely to be a lot more fun than whatever you've got scheduled.

Sex, Wine and Chocolate

There will be burlesque performances, spoken word, a drag show, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, all manner of tasty desserts, a chocolate fountain, plenty of booze, awesome prizes such as a trip to St. Croix, and, of course, more.

I'm really excited about this because too often, it seems like nonprofit activist type gatherings are so somber and boring - which always struck me as a terrible way to raise money for a cause. Instead, why not have a big party that says, "This is the good stuff our organization is working for in the world!"

So come to Decatur on Oct. 18 and get yourself some sex, wine, and chocolate - or at least one of the three.

(Major props to Mel for creating the bad-ass logo. It makes me salivate.)

[Cross-posted at Being Amber Rhea]

About this podcast:

Atlanta Press Club

Atlanta Press Club

Atlanta Press Club is one of the largest and most dynamic professional journalism organizations in the country. The Atlanta Press Club hosts monthly forums that feature local and national newsmakers tackling the industry's most pressing issues. The purpose of our programs is to challenge journalists to cast a critical eye on what we do and how we do it. For more information please visit www.atlantapressclub.org.
Hosts: APC

Newsmaker Luncheon - Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle Discusses Future of Healthcare in Georgia

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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle speaks at the Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon about his healthcare initiatives. The event took place Thursday, August 23, 2007 at The Commerce Club.

Length: 37:28 minutes
File size: 25.8 MB

Georgia's Movers and Shakers Available For Downloading At WhatIsGoinOn.com

August 9, 2007. Lyons, GA -- Wilson Smith, Attorney at Law from Lyons, Georgia, decided "someone needed to keep an eye on politicians in general." So he commenced the dirty work by interviewing noteworthy folk in Georgia politics for the Lyons radio station, WLYU.

Now, Smith's political media inclinations have grown into a treasure trove of notables in Georgia news, media and politics -- with Smith's freewheeling interviews available as podcasts for listening at your desktop, or for downloading to your mobile device, on the newly-refurbished website and blog, WhatIsGoinOn. (http://www.whatisgoinon.com/)

Whether he's talking to Lt. Governor Casey Cagle about the upcoming Legislative session or a national political operative like Terry McAuliffe, Smith's genuine southern style and wit shines through with his skilled conversational tone, something woefully lacking in most contemporary political media.

Smith's fascination with new social media tools such as blogging and podcasting is also a big part of WhatIsGoinOn, as in-between political interviews and his work as an attorney he quizzes notable Georgia bloggers such as Erick Erickson and James Williams on their work in emerging new media.

Smith hired Rusty Tanton and Amber Rhea, co-creators of the award-winning Georgia Podcast Network, to create the new look and easy navigation of WhatIsGoinOn.

Click to WhatIsGoinOn now for free, downloadable interviews with the best and the brightest of Georgia's most interesting newsmakers.

For more information about WhatIsGoinOn, please contact Grayson Daughters at WaySouth Media, Inc. gdaughters@waysouthmedia.com or 404-216-0387.

GA political techno history

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Atlanta, GA, June 11, 2007

A handful of bloggers were able to broadcast live, via broadband, the N. Georgia Democrats "For the People" political rally yesterday. The archives are here:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/xSsuYBY2Yhva5fswXUn2OA

This was Georgia political broadcasting history in the making, using available online technology and applications. Who needs satellite and microwave to go live anymore? Heck, who needs TV stations now?! (If only we could figure out how to get rid of that nasty little audio hum. Next time, we'll have that figured out.)

Production participants included: Grayson Daughters with WaySouth Media, Jon Flack of Tondee's Tavern, Bernita Smith of Blog for Democracy, and Martin Matheny, Communications Director for the Georgia Democratic Party. Much needed assistance was provided off site by Jim Long of Verge New Media (via Yahoo! Instant Messaging from DC); Brad, the creator of uStream.tv, and that really patient audio dude in the broadcast booth at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, GA. (Thank you all.)

Once up live on uStream.tv, the producers publicized the event to various social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.

For more info contact:

Grayson Daughters
WaySouth Media, Inc.
www.waysouthmedia.com (under construction)
gdaughters@waysouthmedia.com
404-216-0387
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