Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and author John Archibald on telling the truth about COVID even when so few are listening, why scolding people into getting vaccinated isn't working, how politics play a role in vaccine hesitancy and what it will take for all this to finally click with people in Alabama. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Sidewalk Film executive director Chloe Cook on why you can't be anti-vax and pro-business in Alabama, how her organization was most impacted by COVID, what concerns she hears from her friends in the arts community and what her message is to people who want normal life but aren't willing to do what's necessary to make it a reality. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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AL.com reporter Lawrence Specker and his wife Melissa recently rested positive for COVID-19. Both fully vaccinated, they are two examples of breakthrough cases in Alabama. He talks about when he learned he was infected, what symptoms he had with his breakthrough case, why he no longer feels bulletproof even though he's vaccinated and how his perspective on the virus has changed since contracting it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Karen Landers from the Alabama Department of Public Health discusses misinformation as one of the leading causes of people refusing to get vaccinated, why schools should require children to wear masks this fall, why young people are disproportionately refusing the vaccine and what concerns her the most about the contagious Delta variant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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AL.com's Matt Scalici talks about the SEC's rules and expectations for teams in 2021, how the league is incentivizing vaccinations, what Nick Saban and Bryan Harsin said last week and what role college football coaches play in the COVID conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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AL.com columnist Kyle Whitmire talks about what Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama's leaders can do to eradicate COVID-10 in the state, how they can connect with people and convince them to get vaccinated after falling short so far. But we also try to understand where this disconnect is rooted, and why the people of Alabama won't get the shot to make this virus go away. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Alabama currently ranks dead last the nation in vaccination rate. Only a third of the state population is now fully vaccinated. Vaccinations in Alabama have slowed to a near standstill. The Delta variant is here and running rampant. AL.com data reporter Ramsey Archibald discusses the climbing positivity rate, the stagnant vaccination rate, the Fourth of July spike, what could possibly be encouraging about the data, and what he finds most concerning about the numbers in Alabama. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Michael Saag, director of the Division of Infectious Disease at UAB on Alabama's vaccination rate, why people remain reluctant to get vaccinated, what people should know about the Delta variant, why there's nothing political about protecting yourself from a deadly virus and how we are making the same mistakes we did when COVID was peaking by rushing back to normal life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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A year into the pandemic, AL.com journalists reflect on how they and their outlook on COVID-19 have changed.

Guests: Ramsey Archibald, Trisha Powell Crain, J.D. Crowe, Greg Garrison, Joseph Goodman, Leada Gore, Ivana Hrynkiw, Roy Johnson, Dennis Pillion, Carol Robinson, Sarah Whites-Koditschek, Amy Yurkanin.

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Alabama journalists reflect on the stories they will always remember, whether it was something they wrote or shot, a piece they read, something or someone from our COVID coverage in Alabama the last year that they will never forget.

Alabama journalists reflect on the pandemic after dedicating a calendar year to reporting on COVID-19.

Guests: Trisha Powell Crain, J.D. Crowe, Ivana Hrynkiw, Roy Johnson, Joe Songer.

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