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This week: New polling shows a tie in the Governors race, Brett Kavanaugh moves one step closer to confirmation on the Supreme Court, former president Barack Obama returns to the campaign trail, and the New York Times publishes an anonymous op-ed from a senior official in the Trump administration.

On this week's show we talk about Brian Kemp's move to the center on immigration and the religious liberty/LGBT rights debate. We also discuss the influence of dark money in our politics, Bob Woodward's new book about the Trump White House, and the first day of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Confirmation hearings. This podcast contains explicit language because of those absolutely bananas anecdotes from Bob Woodward’s new book. You can find the polling we discuss from the AJC here. We discussed the January and April 2018 polls. Excerpts from Woodward's new book were posted by the Washington Post and CNN Subscribe to PeachPod on Apple Podcasts. Music Credit: Music by Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud

The whole gang is here to discuss Trump administration efforts to repeal Obama-era pollution standards in favor of more relaxed regulations, the legal and political implications for Trump of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort's legal troubles, and recap last weekend's state Democratic convention.

This week we discuss the release new FiveThirtyEight model predicting the results of U.S. House elections in November. We look at a proposal from Randolph County, a small, majority African-American county in southwest Georgia, to close 7 of the county's 9 precincts for the November elections. And we talk about whether capitalism is working for us.

Kyle, Megan, and Luke check in on the early strategies of both Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams as they begin the march to November. Then State Representative Scott Holcomb (D-Atlanta) joins to discuss the state's current voting machines and the need for some paper in the system.

This week we're joined by Austin Wagner to discuss Democrats' chances at making gains in the State House this fall. We also talk with two candidates who recently received endorsements from President Barack Obama: Matthew Wilson and Shelly Hutchinson. And we look at whether trade will be an important issue in elections this fall.

During our [last episode][1] we shared a clip from an interview with Shelly Hutchinson, a candidate for State House who was recently endorsed by former President Barack Obama. Here is our full interview.

On this episode, we discuss the money local governments spend on voluntarily federal immigration law enforcement with Wesley Tharpe, Research Director at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. We also talk about the ongoing debate around election security and look at the conclusion of the Democratic primaries.

This week we’re joined by Jessica Szilagyi, a writer for AllOnGeorgia.com, to discuss the outcomes of the GOP runoffs for Governor and Lt. Governor. We also talk about a Trump administration plan to provide $12 billion in aid to farmers hurt by the administration’s trade policies.

This week we're joined by Cody Hall, former Communications Director for the Hunter Hill for Governor campaign, to discuss today's runoffs for Governor and Lt. Governor on the GOP side along with downballot and Congressional runoffs on both sides of the aisle.

This week we discuss the final days of the GOP runoff for Governor between Brian Kemp and Casey Cagle. We also discuss the bizarre press conference featuring President Trump and Russian President Putin. And we're joined by Dawn Johnson to talk about her run for state senate.

This week we discuss President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

This week we're joined by Tori Slatton, an immigration lawyer in Washington DC, and our new contributor Megan Payne, to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. We also discuss the latest on Trump Administration immigration policy and a bill up for vote this week in the U.S. House.

This week, Luke sits down to talk with Mariah Parker about her campaign for County Commissioner and what she'd like to accomplish now that she's been elected.

This week, we're joined by Cody Hall, former Communications Director for Hunter Hill, to discuss the North Korean nuclear summit and a rapidly escalating problem with immigration at the border.

This week we're joined by Cody Hall, former Communications Director for Hunter Hill, to discuss the release of a secret recording of Casey Cagle. We also recap Stacey Abrams' primary victory and dig into some Abrams campaign polling as her team looks towards November.

On this bonus edition of PeachPod, Kyle and Luke discuss the outcome of the elections for mayor and commission in Athens-Clarke County.

This week Luke and Kyle recap the primaries across Georgia for Congressional, statewide, and state legislative seats.

Jessica Szilagyi joins to wrap up our coverage of the 2018 primaries.

Kyle talks with Carolyn Bourdeaux, a Georgia State University professor, who is running for the Democratic nomination in Georgia's 7th Congressional District.