Every Friday, it’s time to hang out in The Breakroom. Guest host Adam Ragusea and this week’s panel talk about whether the electoral college should be scrapped, how Facebook and Google say they’re trying to stop the spread of “fake news,” and Oxford’s word of the year: “post-truth.” This week’s guests: Natalie Pawelski, Vice President and Senior Writer at Cater CommunicationsKalena Boller, Co-host of the Reel Snobs PodcastHector Fernandez, Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino/a

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to crack down on people living in the country illegally by deporting or jailing those with criminal records. A recent Southern Poverty Law Center report shows undocumented immigrants in Georgia are already deported and denied bond at rates higher than the national average. GPB’s Sean Powers followed the case of one man stuck in a Georgia detention center as he seeks political asylum.

Georgia native Deborah Norville is now the longest serving female anchor on national television. She has hosted "Inside Edition" for more than 20 years. Last month, she was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. We asked her to reflect on her journey in the broadcasting business and how growing up in Georgia shaped her life.

According to a National Science Foundation report from 2014, Hispanic college students received only 12 percent of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees and African-American students less than 9 percent. The Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) funds and encourages students of color to get involved in more STEM majors. LSAMP provides stipends and career development opportunities at six different colleges in Georgia. The LSAMP program recently won a $4 million

According to a National Science Foundation report from 2014, Hispanic college students received only 12 percent of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees and African-American students less than 9 percent. To bolster diversity in STEM fields, the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) funds and encourages students of color to enroll in science-related majors. The organization was recently awarded a $4 million grant by the NSF to continue the effort. LSAMP

Sometimes the best way to deal with serious subjects is to have a laugh. Comedian Trae Crowder uses humor to talk about politics and culture, and he's found a big following online. Trae calls himself "the Liberal Redneck" and he seems to take pleasure in flouting Southern stereotypes. He'll perform in Georgia this week as part of the WellRED Comedy Tour, along with fellow comics Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew Morgan. The three of them also have a new book called "The Liberal Redneck Manifesto:

Georgia is set to break an unusual record on November 16, 2016 with the planned execution of Steven Frederick Spears. Spears is on death row for the 2001 murder of his ex-girlfriend in Dahlonega. And if he's put to death this evening as scheduled, Georgia will top Texas for the most calendar-year executions in 2016. It turns out Georgia was influential to how modern public opinion of the death penalty was shaped. That's the story told in a forthcoming documentary about the case of Jerome Bowden.

In the week since Donald Trump won the presidential race, we’ve learned more about what to expect from him in the Oval Office. Trump's campaign and ultimate success changed the political playbook in many ways. This election year also exposed how divided we are as a nation. What are the challenges we need to address before we can move forward? We turn to a panel of experts for insight and reflection: The Daily Beast editor-at-large Goldie Taylor, Emory University political scientist Andra

Kristie Macrakis is on a personal journey in north Georgia. A transplant from Boston and a self-described “pagan agnostic,” she decided one way to learn more about the people who live in her community was to go to church with them. Macrakis calls the project “Six Churches, Six Miles, Six Weeks.” She has been writing about the experience on her blog. We talk to her about her spiritual journey. Plus, Macrakis is also an expert in something else which has nothing to do with religion. Host Celeste

Right now, lawyers for Florida and Georgia are in court over a decades-long legal battle over water rights. The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide the case but that won’t mean an end to the fight. However, it could result in a cap on how much water farmers in southwest Georgia can pull from the state’s Flint River. GPB’s Sam Whitehead reports on how some farmers in that community are getting creative with water conservation. Then, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Dan Chapman gives us