Charles Taylor, co-owner of the Mall West End, breaks down its redevelopment plans with New York City-based Prusik Group.

Jamie Porges, co-founder and CEO of Radiance Solar, discusses the acute shortage of solar panels and its impact on the industry’s growing demand.

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Co-author Erica Smiley discusses her recent release, “The Future We Need: Organizing for A Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century,” alongside labor movement activist Sanchioni Butler, a subject of the novel. Also, self-defense firearms instructor Marchelle Davis explores the rise in gun ownership among Black women and her mission to empower women through self-defense.

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Ashely Lyerly, the American Lung Association's senior director of advocacy for Georgia, breaks down Atlanta’s “F” grade in the organization’s “State of the Air” assessment.

Also, Rose Scott revisits her conversation with Gwinnett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Calvin Watts on the future of Georgia’s largest school district.

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Dr. Tom Smith, professor of finance at Emory University's Goizueta Business School discusses the impacts of inflation on price stability, consumer spending habits and the plausibility of recession.

In light of recent drownings at Lake Lanier, Dive Team Commander Sgt. Chris Tempel breaks down drowning prevention, water safety, and safe water-vehicle operation.

Also, award-winning comics writer, editor, and publisher Jamila Rowser discusses her new graphic novel, “Wash Day Diaries,” which highlights LGBTQ+ and POC experiences, mental health and the vitality of female friendship.

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Rose Scott talks with Adon Clark, the dean of the School of Aviation at Middle Georgia State University and Captain Theresa Claiborne, a veteran pilot and president emeritus of Sisters of the Skies about America's pilot shortage.

Plus, a brief look at the life of civil rights leader and pioneering educator Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune is the first Black American to receive a state statue in the "National Statuary Hall" collection.

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This fall, Georgia state is launching its new Access to Careers in Research Admin (ACRA) program. The first of its kind, Tim Denning, vice president for research and economic development at and Candice Ferguson, associate director of research training, discuss the programs mission, curriculum, and recruitment process.

As tick season continues, effective prevention is essential in deterring spread of disease. Dr. Duffy Jones DVM, founder of Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital and Dr. Gweneth Francis DO, infectious disease physician with Piedmont, break down the best preventative measures for tick prevention in pets and humans.

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When the Hall county GOP held a BBQ in a public park where Walker and other candidates were speaking a WABE reporter was asked to leave. On Twitter, the Hall county GOP made it clear that is was not their decision, but that they'd been asked by the Walker campaign to exclude Media. WABE politics reporter Rahul Bali talks about getting booted from the BBQ and gives an update on other Georgia political news.

Nearly 20 years after it closed, a former public housing high-rise in East Point is being renovated to meet affordable housing needs. What took so long to make this happen. 

They're everywhere, as to be expected. Campaign ads. Now add in all the money that's pouring into Georgia's elections. But just how much? A break down of the latest campaign finance reports and more with Atlanta based campaign strategist, demographer & political analyst Fred Hicks.

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Energy reporter Kristi Swartz discusses several topics, including the role of the Georgia Public Service Commission and the latest climate and environment news.

Dr. Chantale Branson, an assistant professor of Neurology in the Department of Internal Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses the "Parkinson's in the African American Community" forum that’s being held this weekend.

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Sonam Vashi, the co-founder and co-director of the independent local news outlet Canopy Atlanta, and Max Resnik, the Documenters Network Manager at City Bureau, discuss bringing the Documenters Network to Atlanta.

Plus, Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, the president of the American Medical Women's Association and professor of medicine at the Augusta University and University of Georgia medical partnership, discusses the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Criminal Defense Attorney and WABE Legal Analyst Page Pate discusses a Fulton County grand jury’s decision to issue new subpoenas as it investigates former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Gwinnett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Calvin Watts discusses leading the largest school district in Georgia.

Lastly, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston recently announced that no criminal charges will be filed against any of the officers involved in the police shooting death of Matthew Zadok Williams. The Williams family and their attorney Mawuli Davis discuss the DA's decision

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