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Tuesday night’s elections in Georgia are among those that captured national attention. For the first time in nearly two decades, Democrats flipped two Republican held seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission. On today’s “Closer Look,” we speak to a roundtable of journalists and a political science professor who give their take on local and national races, and what the results mean heading into the 2026 Midterm Elections.
Guests included:
WABE climate reporter Emily Jones
Rahul Bali, WABE politics reporter
Alessandro Sassoon, politics reporter at Atlanta Civic Circle
Dan Whisenhunt, founder and editor of Decaturish.com
GSU politics and policy professor Tammy Greer
Plus, André 3000 and Big Boi have been called hip-hop pioneers for an innovative way of infusing their southern roots into their music. This Saturday, Atlanta’s own OutKast will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class. Ahead of the ceremony, “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott talks with a roundtable of guests about the duo’s origin and influence.
Guests included:
Shanti Das, a former promotions and senior marketing director at LaFace Records during OutKast’s rise in hip-hop
Sonia Murray, a longtime music journalist and former music critic for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dr. Joycelyn Wilson, an ethnographic and cultural studies scholar and an associate professor at Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication
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Tuesday night’s elections in Georgia are among those that captured national attention. For the first time in nearly two decades, Democrats flipped two Republican held seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission. On today’s “Closer Look,” we speak to a roundtable of journalists and a political science professor who give their take on local and national races, and what the results mean heading into the 2026 Midterm Elections.
Guests included:
WABE climate reporter Emily Jones
Rahul Bali, WABE politics reporter
Alessandro Sassoon, politics reporter at Atlanta Civic Circle
Dan Whisenhunt, founder and editor of Decaturish.com
GSU politics and policy professor Tammy Greer
Plus, André 3000 and Big Boi have been called hip-hop pioneers for an innovative way of infusing their southern roots into their music. This Saturday, Atlanta’s own OutKast will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class. Ahead of the ceremony, “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott talks with a roundtable of guests about the duo’s origin and influence.
Guests included:
Shanti Das, a former promotions and senior marketing director at LaFace Records during OutKast’s rise in hip-hop
Sonia Murray, a longtime music journalist and former music critic for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dr. Joycelyn Wilson, an ethnographic and cultural studies scholar and an associate professor at Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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