Every year, the George Foster Peabody Awards honor “ stories that matter .” Founded and archived at the University of Georgia, the awards are often called the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast. Between several categories — individual/institutional, documentary, entertainment, news, radio/podcast and public service — 60 finalists are chosen. From those 60, the Peabody Awards board of jurors selects 30 winners. The board's decisions must be unanimous. This year's winners include HBO's "Insecure,"

A new study from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation finds disparities in breast cancer outcomes among African-American women compared to white women. This follows a 2016 Cancer Epidemiology study that found that of any U.S. city, Atlanta had the widest gap in breast cancer mortality rates between African-American women and white women. That’s with 44 black patients per 100,000 residents dying, compared to 20 per 100,000 white women.

Food can evoke so many rich memories. A book by Savannah food writer Jonathan Barrett captures some of the stories tied to Southern recipes. We talked with Barrett , author of the new book Cook & Tell, in 2017. We also heard from freelance writer Amy Condon, who contributed her own story to the book.

What does it mean to have an awakening? For Christopher Paul Curtis , it meant finding his calling in his 40s. After working for more than a decade in Detroit's automobile manufacturing industry, Curtis began writing children's books about the African American experience. His 1996 novel "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" earned him a John Newbery Medal , making him the first African American man to win this honor. He won again in 2000 for "Bud, Not Buddy" and in 2008 for "Elijah of Buxton." We spoke

Literary Atlanta podcast host Alison Law and Decatur-based author Nicki Salcedo joined us in studio to share their picks of the best new books by Southern writers.

Spring has arrived in Georgia. Are you ready to relax outside with a good book? We asked Literary Atlanta podcast host Alison Law and Decatur-based author Nicki Salcedo to tell us about the best new books by Southern writers. We also talked with the Breakroom gang about the most discussed news items of the week.

This week we talked about mandatory gun owernship laws, Vidalia onions and the Pulitzer Prize — and that doesn't even include the week's news. On Second Thought host Tony Harris sat down with our Breakroom panel to process everything that happened.

This year's Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists were announced Tuesday . We listened back to interviews with four past and present honorees. Renee Montagne was named a 2018 finalist for her investigation examining racial disparity in maternal deaths. James Forman Jr. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America." We also revisited conversations with Alfred Uhry , who won the Pulitzer for drama in 1988, as well as Bill

Get your peelers ready: Vidalia onions arrive in grocery stores Friday. A sweet onion you " can eat like an apple ," the Vidalia onion grows only in south Georgia. It's been the official state vegetable since 1990. There's even a Vidalia Onion Festival , kicking off its 41st celebration next week with a carnival, multiple cook-offs, recipe contests and a Miss Vidalia Onion Pageant.

April is National Autism Awareness Month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that one in 68 children in the United States is on the autism spectrum.