Michael Owens, a Marine Corps veteran and cybersecurity executive, was recently elected as Mableton’s first-ever mayor. He talks with Rose about his top priorities for Georgia’s newest city.

Plus, Eugenia Rho is an assistant professor of computer science at Virginia Tech, where she leads the SAIL (Society + AI & Language). Rho discusses a traffic stop study that sheds light on how a police officer’s first communication with a Black driver can determine the outcome of a traffic stop.

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