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From Buckhead galleries where works run into the five digits to scruffier indie art spaces populated by Gen Z-types in mom jeans, Atlanta gallery owners can sometimes seem more anxious to chew the fat about the art on the walls than sell it. Hospitality and accessibility are hallmarks of Atlanta’s art scene, which makes it easy to dip a toe in, no matter what your art education. AJC contributor and art critic Felicia Feaster brought us a roundup a few local galleries and spoke with a few local gallery owners. On this week’s podcast, she brings us her conversation with Steven L. Anderson, co-director of Day and Night Projects.

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From Buckhead galleries where works run into the five digits to scruffier indie art spaces populated by Gen Z-types in mom jeans, Atlanta gallery owners can sometimes seem more anxious to chew the fat about the art on the walls than sell it. Hospitality and accessibility are hallmarks of Atlanta’s art scene, which makes it easy to dip a toe in, no matter what your art education. AJC contributor and art critic Felicia Feaster brought us a roundup a few local galleries and spoke with a few local gallery owners. On this week’s podcast, she brings us her conversation with Arnika Dawkins of Arnika Dawkins Gallery.

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Where does your food come from? Sure, ultimately, you might be getting it from a grocery store or maybe even a farmer’s market, but before it gets there, someone had to cultivate it, grow it, get it ready for that market. The AJC is taking a look at some of the Georgia folks providing our food with the Georgia on My Plate series. On this week’s podcast, food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras is here to bring us one of her conversations with local farmers.

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From his first Top 10 country hit in 1989 — “Country Club” — through a spate of No. 1 songs, Travis Tritt has been a defining voice in country music. On May 7, the Marietta-born Tritt released “Set in Stone." Melissa Ruggieri recently visited Tritt for a chat about his career, his life and the new album, and she’ll bring us that conversation on this week’s podcast.

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Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the songs for “Pippin,” “Godspell” and “Wicked,” is one of the most successful composer/lyricists in theater. (And in movies, considering his success writing songs for “Enchanted,” “Prince of Egypt,” and other films.) He recently sat with the AJC to talk about the upcoming movie version of “Wicked” and the Alliance production of his 1978 musical, “Working.”

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What makes a hit song memorable is often how it evokes big emotions. On much rarer occasions, a tune gets released to the universe to evoke a chuckle, a raised eyebrow, or even a “what is that doing on the radio, and why do I like it?” And those are the songs we’ll be talking about this week, as Melissa Ruggieri and Rodney Ho offer up some of their favorite novelty songs of the past six decades.

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Bassist Daniel Gleason of Grouplove has resided in Atlanta since 2006, but the evolution of the band into a predominantly Atlanta-based outfit is new. Since 2011, Grouplove has churned out a flow of colorful alt-pop. Their biggest hit, “Tongue Tied,” from their debut album, was certified triple platinum, and their chart presence continued through the years including the alt-rocker “Deleter,” which was released the week the coronavirus was officially deemed a pandemic. Now they’ve recorded a new album, released in March, at their studio in Little Five Points, where Melissa Ruggieri recently spoke with them and she’s here to bring us that conversation.

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April is National Poetry Month. Amanda Gorman’s powerful reading at January’s presidential inauguration gave a boost to an artform that is often neglected by mainstream culture. At the same time, The New York Times published a poem by Atlanta’s Jericho Brown. To mark National Poetry Month, the AJC’s Bo Emerson and Rosalind Bentley have teamed up to take a look at how some of the Atlanta area poets create their work.

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This week, we’ll hear about a new documentary celebrating former President Jimmy Carter, Georgia’s only president.

Two brothers from Peachtree City have dedicated a couple years to gathering insights of politicians, historians, journalists and educators in a film that examines arguably the world’s most famous peanut farmer. “Carterland” will premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival, where films will be screened in-person, at drive-ins and via virtual formats.

Bo Emerson spoke with the filmmakers, and he brings us that intimate conversation.

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This week, we’ll take a look at ways to explore Atlanta’s musical history.

They’re a little different than the Fountain of Rings at Centennial Olympic Park or the Big Chicken in Marietta, but musical landmarks around the city — and state —maintain their own charm. The continued growth of the music industry in the city and region, coupled with its peerless history, means plenty of opportunities to swing by iconic spots, both new and old.

On this week’s podcast, the AJC’s music writer Melissa Ruggieri will talk about some of the places that celebrate Atlanta’s musical legacy.

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