On Second Thought

The​ ​past​ ​and​ ​the​ ​present​ ​were​ ​featured​ ​in​ ​the​ ​ September issue​ ​of​ ​Smithsonian​ ​Magazine .​ ​That​ ​issue​ ​is​ ​called​ ​"Black in​ ​America."​ ​The​ ​magazine’s​ ​release​ ​coincided​ ​with​ ​the opening​ ​of​ ​the​ ​new​ ​National​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​African​ ​American History​ ​and​ ​Culture​ ​in​ ​Washington,​ ​D.C.​ ​We​ ​talked​​ ​with​​ ​Editor-in-Chief Michael​ ​Caruso about ​how​ ​they​ ​chose what​ ​to​ ​include​ ​and​ ​what​ ​to​ ​leave​ ​out. It’s been more than 50

A high priority for President Donald Trump is getting his cabinet nominees approved by the U.S. Senate. Late last week, he named his one remaining choice: former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture. We talk with Jeremy Bernfeld of Harvest Public Media about what we can expect with agriculture policy in the Trump Administration. We also hear from farmer Bobby Jones of Gordon, Georgia about the issues weighing on his mind with the nation’s farms. Georgia led the nation last

A high priority for President Donald Trump is getting his cabinet nominees approved by the U.S. Senate. Late last week, he named his one remaining choice: former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture . We talked with Jeremy Bernfeld of Harvest Public Media about what we can expect with agriculture policy in the Trump administration. We also heard from farmer Bobby Jones of Gordon, Georgia about the issues weighing on his mind with the nation’s farms.

As part of the Telfair Museum’s growing contemporary art program, the Savannah gallery will showcase the largest exhibition of work by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave ever presented in Georgia, including work shown in the Southeast for the first time. Cave is best known for his "Soundsuits" -- “made of collected, found, and repurposed materials such as yarn, children’s toys, human hair, baskets, sequins, and buttons.” He joins us to talk about "Soundsuits" and the deeper meaning he embeds in his

Georgia led the nation last year in death row executions. Nine men were put to death by lethal injection in 2016. That’s more executions than any other year since capital punishment was reinstated nationwide 40 years ago. The debate over the death penalty has a new participant: Georgia Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty . It’s part of a national movement that is spreading. We talked with Marc Hyden , the group’s national advocacy coordinator.

A lawsuit filed by non-profit The Praxis Project directed at Atlanta-based Coca-Cola alleges the company uses deceptive advertising to entice children. Furthermore, Praxis suggests the advertising is responsible for an increase in children's health problems. We talk to Jenny Kaplan, a Bloomberg reporter, to discuss the implications of this lawsuit.

It’s unclear how many protesters we’ll see at Donald Trump's inauguration. Some estimates say as many as 200,000 will attend the Women’s March on Saturday, and it’s just one of several planned protest events. Others are choosing not to attend the inauguration as a form of silent protest. More than 40 theatre companies, including three in Atlanta, are hosting readings of a play by Atlanta-native Lauren Gunderson . Her work is called “ The Taming .” Gunderson explained why theater is a powerful

People from all over the world are in Washington DC on Friday to catch a glimpse of history. One of them is Greg Williams, a conservative radio talk show host based in Decatur, Georgia. Williams tells us this is the first presidential inauguration he’ll see up close. Also attending the inauguration are a number of Georgia students, including 50 middle schoolers in the Whitfield County School District. We check in with a couple of those students as they prepare for a moment they’ll never forget.

On Jan. 20, 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the nation's 39th president. Following the ceremony and his Inaugural Address, President Carter and his wife Rosalynn did something no other president had done before. They walked down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. A.D. Frazier was watching from behind the scenes. He managed Jimmy Carter’s inauguration, and talked with us about the prep work leading up to the event. We also heard from the man who was sworn into office moments before

Donald Trump makes history on Friday by becoming the 45th president of the United States. What follows is a weekend of inauguration pageantry, a parade, several inaugural balls -- even fireworks. The presidential inauguration has a rich history dating back to George Washington. For more on that legacy, we turned to historian Kenneth C. Davis , the author of the " Don't Know Much About " series of books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYnYdT1CqTc&t=354s