Jeff Filipovits is an attorney representing the family of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, also known as Tortuguita. Filipovits talks with Rose about the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report that reveals the environmental activist was shot at least 57 times by officers in January near the proposed site for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

Alan Cowan, a student at Morehouse College and the CEO and co-founder of The Black Odyssey Society, and Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Grandmaster, discuss the first-ever HBCU Chess Classic.

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Two Kennesaw State University professors recently received a Spencer Foundation grant for a research project to incorporate Asian American history in Georgia school curriculum. Dr. Sohyun An, a professor of social studies education, and Dr. Theresa Alviar -Martin, an associate professor of curriculum and instruction, talk with Rose about their research and the need for diverse and complex stories of Asian American history to be taught in K-12 classrooms in Georgia.

Former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore discusses an autopsy report from the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s office reveals that Tortuguita,” whose full name is Esteban Páez Terán, did not have gunpowder residue on their hands and was shot at least 57 times by officers in January near the proposed site for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. 

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Several Georgia State University faculty members and students oppose the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Dr. Makungu M. Akinyela, an associate professor in the Africana Studies Department at Georgia State University, and Niana Battle, a junior at Georgia State University majoring in public policy, discuss an open letter calling for GSU to disinvest in the controversial development.

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Little Shop of Stories recently launched the Banned Books Book Club. Justin Colussy-Estes, the manager of Little Shop of Stories, talks about the monthly event and discusses why the local bookstore decided to take action amid the recent wave of book banning across the nation. 

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The federal government recently rescued Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank from bank failure. Rose talks with several guests about the banking scare and what it means for local banking in Georgia. Guests include Georgia Bankers Association leaders Joe Brannen and David Oliver and John McNair, the president and CEO of chief executive officer of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia and Harold Reynolds, the president and CEO of Bank South.

The LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, based in Illinois, has responded to tragedies across the nation. Dog handlers Peter Amelingmeier and Sherri Booker, who work with the program from their church in Marietta, talk more about the work with their dog, Hope, who recently responded to the mass school shooting in Nashville, TN.

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 Chase Miller, the president of the East Atlanta Community Association, discusses why his association feels like it’s being left out of the conversation about the future of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, also known as ‘Cop City.’

Plus, “Closer Look’s” new Hip Hop @ 50 series continues. Illya Davis, a philosophy professor at Morehouse College and the director of New Students & Transition Programs, talks with Rose about how Hip Hop intersects with philosophy and critical thinking. 

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to Atlanta. Dan Corso, the president of the Atlanta Sports Council at Metro Atlanta Chamber, talks with Rose about preparations for the international sporting event and the lessons learned from the 1996 Olympic Games.

Civil rights activist Angela Davis talks with Rose about her recent decision to return a proclamation from the City of Atlanta as the city moves forward with its plans to build a $90-million police and fire training facility at the Old Atlanta Prison Farm site, where prisoners worked in poor conditions for several decades.

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Michael Baptiste, Metro Atlanta Chamber's vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, provides an update about MAC's ATL Action for Racial Equity initiative.

U.S. Representative Lucy McBath recently announced that Lawrenceville will receive more than $7.7 million in infrastructure funding. Lawrenceville Mayor David Still discusses the current state of Lawrenceville’s infrastructure and shares how federal funding will be disbursed. 

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Hope Wollensack, the executive director of Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, and Lauren Priest, the program officer on the Community Impact Team at the Community Foundation for a Greater Atlanta, join “Closer Look” to provide a one-year update about In Her Hands a guaranteed income program for Black women in Georgia.

 Gabriela Sandoval, founding executive director of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute, discusses how the newly formed institute will engage the public, policymakers, and the ultra-wealthy in conversations about the negative impacts of wealth hoarding and how to equitably distribute wealth.

Kat Albrecht, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University, talks with Rose about "The Serial Effect" new research that seeks to explore how crime dramas and podcasts influence the way people understand the legal system.

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A new ProPublica investigative report suggests that for more than 20 years, real estate developer Harlan Crow has gifted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with expensive gifts and luxury domestic and international vacations. Rose talks with guests about the investigation and judicial ethics. Guests included in the conversation: Tanya Washington a professor of law at Georgia State University, and Fred Smith a professor of law at Emory University, William S. Duffey Jr a former United States district judge of the Northern District of Georgia, and Lester Tate a former president of the State Bar of Georgia who formerly served on the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission.

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