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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As many of us approach Thanksgiving with trepidation around potential dinner table political conversation, there is no better time to speak with Beth Macy. The best-selling author discusses her new book Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America. After her hit Dopesick dove deep into the opioid epidemic in Appalachia, she returns to Urbana, Ohio to explore how these times have changed her hometown.

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An expert panel convenes to discuss the consequential 2025-2026 Supreme Court docket. Lori Ringhand of the University of Georgia Law School, Georgia State University Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development Anthony Michael Kries, and Fred Smith of Stanford University Law School join host Bill Nigut. 

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An expert panel convenes to discuss the consequential 2025-2026 Supreme Court docket. Lori Ringhand of the University of Georgia Law School, Georgia State University Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development Anthony Michael Kries, and Fred Smith of Stanford University Law School join host Bill Nigut. 

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Bill Nigut interviews Tom Johnson, who grew up in Macon, Georgia, and went on to make CNN a global news network. Tom studied journalism at the University of Georgia and business at Harvard Business School before serving as a White House Fellow in the Lyndon B. Johnson White House. He was publisher of the Dallas Times Herald and then the Los Angeles Times, where Ted Turner tapped him to run CNN.

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In These Times with Bill Nigut is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, in-depth conversations about the political, cultural, and social forces shaping Georgia and the wider world. This series brings together expert analysts to help listeners make sense of the biggest stories of the moment, offering clarity without the noise of partisanship. But politics is just part of the story — the show also highlights voices from the arts, music, theater, film, and literature, exploring how creativity and culture help us navigate and reflect on these complex times. Insightful, wide-ranging, and grounded in curiosity rather than division, In These Times with Bill Nigut is your guide to understanding where we are — and where we’re going.

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