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Ben is joined by Bo Warren from the Georgia Department of Agriculture to talk about ongoing efforts under the Gold Dome and in Washington to help farmers impacted by Hurricane Michael.

The crew recaps President Trump's State of the Union address and the response to his address by Stacey Abrams.

This week, Kristi Swartz from E&E News joins the podcast to update us on the latest on rural broadband legislation. Plus we talk state budget, new party leadership for the Democrats, and Stacey Abrams upcoming State of the Union response. Editor's note: This episode was recorded Wednesday, January 30. Audio Credit: Music Credit: Music by Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud

Greg Tourial, Analyst at CQ House Action Reports, joins the pod to discuss the end of the shutdown.

This week, we welcome Ben Stout to the show! Ben joins the crew to to take a way too early look at the 2020 Democratic presidential primary and 2020 Georgia races. We also discuss the latest on the government shutdown.

On today's episode, Megan and Kyle discuss the rebuke that the women of the State Senate gave to their leadership over new sexual harassment rules and committee assignments. Then, Brentin Mock, staff writer at City Lab, joins the podcast to talk about the cityhood movement in Atlanta.

We're back. This week we discuss Governor Kemp's first State of the State address and we check in on the longest government shutdown in the nation's history.

This week, the gang discusses the future for Georgia Democrats now that the 2018 elections are over. And Jay Bookman, longtime AJC columnist who is retiring at the end of the year, joins the pod to discuss his career in writing and how politics and journalism have changed while he's been at the paper.

This week we discuss President Trump's decision to fire Jeff Sessions and the unresolved Georgia governor's race.

Kyle, Megan, and Jessica recap the 2018 midterm elections.

Luke and Kyle preview the 2018 elections.

This week, Luke talks with Richard Keatley, Democratic candidate for state Labor Commissioner. Plus Jessica and Megan are back to talk about debates in the 6th and 7th Congressional Districts.

This week we recap the Atlanta Press Club debate between Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp, and Ted Metz.

Jessica Szilagyi joins to discuss comments from Stacey Abrams about job diversity in rural Georgia that Kemp calls offensive to people working in agriculture and hospitality. We also talk about how access to the ballot has become a central issue in this campaign.

This week, Jessica Szilagyi joins the pod to discuss headaches for the Sarah Riggs Amico campaign as Kemp calls for her to drop from the race. We also discuss the Secretary of State’s debate. Kalyann Teasley joins to talk about transit.

On this week's show, we take a look at how Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams have responded to Hurricane Michael's devastation across south Georgia. Kyle sits down with the Southern Center for Human Rights to discuss the past and future of criminal justice reforms.

On this week's show, we discuss Hurricane Michael, which hit Georgia as the strongest hurricane since 1898. The storm devastated Georgia farmers and may become an issue in November's race for Governor. Kyle talks with Aisha Yaqoob, Democratic candidate for House District 97. They discuss her campaign and her background in activism that prepared her to take a seat under the Gold Dome. And Kyle and Megan discuss the development plan at the Gulch and resistance to the proposal from activists.

Former Congressman John Barrow joins Luke to talk about why he is running for Secretary of State.

Gov. Deal told us we had to talk about education more.

On this week's show we talk to Charlie Bailey, the Democratic candidate for Attorney General about his run for the top prosecutor job in the state. We also discuss the health care plans presented by Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp. And Megan interviews Jeff Graham, the Executive Director of Georgia Equality, about religious freedom legislation and the stakes for LGBT Georgians of this fall's elections. Learn more about Charlie Bailey's campaign at his website. Learn more about Georgia Equality and how you can get involved. Subscribe to PeachPod on Apple Podcasts. Music Credit: Music by Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud