Sivik

The General Assembly is notorious for moving VEEERRRRYY slowly...until it decides to move with lightning speed to take away your voting rights, of course. So, this week, we decided to chat about some of the other legislation milling about the ol Gold Dome: citizens arrest, sports betting, and of course, the crowd fave, voting rights.

This week, we’re joined by a special guest who helps us break down the latest drama at City Hall involving the mayor, the city council, and the residents of Grove Park, who just want to be able to cross the street without risking their lives.

This week, Coleman and Melody hand out the much-coveted and never elusive Voter Suppression Superlative Awards!

In a very special episode of Sivik, we attempt to reunite families fractured by the election. We debunk some of the crazy election fraud conspiracies out there — spoiler alert: no dead people or dogs voted — and walk you through how the actual vote-counting process works and how it’s easier to pull off an Ocean’s 11 heist than it is to rig a statewide election.

This episode, Melody leads us into the archaic, baffling part of the legislative process where bills get sent to committees. How do they pick who leads them? Which committee is where the cool kids sit? What’s a CLOB? We uncover answers to all most of your questions. In addition, Coleman unites with his arch-nemesis David Ralston against a common foe, and we have our first booze patron!

This week we break down Governor Brian Kemp's State of the State address that happened while we all were watching Amanda, Michelle, and Kamala be the queens that they are.

On the first episode of the new year, Melody attempts to rescue Coleman from a self-proclaimed pit of despair and he fights against it tooth and nail. Topics include how to process an attempted coup, diving into the role of the white evangelical church in our politics today, and what to expect for Season Two.

As we wrap up our first season, our What Do You Need to Know and Senate Runoff Nonsense segments collide into one big super segment breaking down the most recent Georgia Senate Debates, including discussions on the lost art of debating yourself, whether soulless automatons can move people to vote, and if anything in politics is actually surprising anymore.

This week, we wrap up our Better Know a State Senator segment with a visit with Granny Nan and engage in one of the greatest debates of our time: WaHo v. Plant Burgers. We also chat about local election runoff results.

Need some last minute info on TODAY's election for the last 3.5 minutes of John Lewis's term? We've got that along with the lesser publicized District 39 House runoff that includes a candidate that is well on her way to being on our ever-growing list of "recently convicted former Atlanta politicians." And we discuss the elusive senator of the 38th District.