Doug Shipman, founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, former President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center and member of countless Atlanta boards discuses his background in civil rights and weighs in on how to heal the deep partisan divides that plague us today.

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With 2026 off to a roaring start, Andra Gillespie, Audrey Haynes, Kevin Riley and Amy Steigerwalt join host Bill Nigut to discuss Georgia and national political headlines.

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With Martin Luther King Jr. day coming up, today's episode focuses on a specific element of civil rights history: transportation in civil disobedience. John Bollard joins host Bill Nigut to discuss his latest book, Protesting with Rosa Parks: From Stagecoaches to Driving While Black. Bollard served as the managing editor of the African American National Biography at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research and has a PhD in English from the University of Leeds.

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Host Bill Nigut interviews global health expert Bill Foege, who is largely credited for devising the strategy that eradicated smallpox, about his life and career and where public health is headed in these times.

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With immigration policies dominating headlines we turn to Atlanta-based immigration lawyer Charles Kuck to help break down what is happening. Host Bill Nigut interviews Kuck about current events as well as his fascinating personal journey.

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A panel of political experts covers some of the most pressing stories in Georgia politics. Bill Nigut hosts Andra Gillespie of Emory University, Audrey Haynes of the University of Georgia, Karen Owen of the University of West Georgia and Rahul Bali of WABE to discuss Fani Willis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jon Ossoff and more.

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Kenny Leon is a Tony Award winning Director who became the first Black Artistic Director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in 1990. In 2000 he co-founded True Colors Theatre Company. He quickly rose to prominence in New York on Broadway where he has directed plays and musicals by legendary writers including Lorraine Hansberry and August Wilson and worked with actors like Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and Tom Hanks.

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