Got your Titan submarine update for ya; years after a whistleblower on the OceanGate payroll tried to warn the company and its anti-safety CEO of his concerns, what do ya know? The contraption wasn't safe and cost lives. Oh and tens of millions in taxpayer dollars in the ensuing search.

Marge and Lauren - two feral MAGA Congresswomen - are a-fightin' and I have the dramatic interpretation for how their back-n-forth went down.

I'm joined midway through the show by creator & moderator for the Facebook group "Political Rewinders Unwind" - a group that, for four years or so, has cultivated a social gathering spot of sorts for fans of the soon-to-be no more show hosted by Bill Nigut.

Finally, h/t to StateAffairs.com for awarding "Golden Forks" to the most lobbied state legislators. I'll give you the highlights.

We have a(n approved) petition for the 'Stop Cop City' folks to be hitting the streets with. Finally. We've a supermarket in Summerhill. Finally.

We've a Tim Scott Town Hall. Err; I won't be diving into it as much as the noteworthiness of the very white Sean Hannity sneering that Joy Reid and Barack Obama having issues with Scott on issues facing people of color.

Then there's the - get this - moving speech by Kevin McCarthy at the unveiling of the John Lewis stamp. He said so much I agree with; acknowledging - even praising the efforts of Lewis and the civil rights movement to combat systemic racism. You know, the stuff they discuss in 'critical race theory' discussions.

An update of sorts on the 'Political Rewind' / GPB front and an amazing and thorough Twitter thread that sort of catches us all up on how the AJC has fingerprints on the matter.

As Governor Kemp makes inroads with - get this - green energy folks, is this a tipping point where Democrats may be ceding ground only because now green energy is good for the economy? Oh, and hear what comedian Trae Crowder had to say about southerners' confusing posture when it comes to climate change & "the outdoors." Hilarious!

Did I just watch a Fox News anchor give Donald Trump a tough interview? I think I did. Listen in ...

Lastly, the city of Atlanta and its clerk's office are again fumbling their shaky grasp of the "Cop City" narrative. Again.

Author, historian, activist Donald Gilliard and I caught up on a call today to discuss his and my varying perspectives on 'Juneteenth' and how we we were both introduced to it way too late in life.

Then, a treat: in 1966, actor & activist Ossie Davis recited Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speech where Douglass dressed down a nation with millions enslaved by pointing out the nation's day of independence cannot be the 'independence day' for the enslaved.

Melita Easters from the Georgia WIN List joins me to start the show, sort of eulogizing & speculating as to the cause for the end of a public broadcasting staple: "Political Rewind" and host Bill Nigut will no longer air on Georgia Public Broadcasting after Jun 30th. A real loss for civil discourse on Georgia's radio airwaves.

Melita and I also note the year passing since the Dobbs decision and where things stand locally and nationwide.

Former state & federal prosecutor, now #StopCopCity volunteer attorney Alex Joseph also joined me today to clear the clouds a bit with regards to how the city is or isn't intentionally gumming up the "Cop City Vote" referendum process by sort of nitpicking the very petition document.

Lastly, Barack on Tim Scott ... is the former President not allowed to speak on the black perspective because he was raised by a white family in Hawaii? His detractors seem to think so.

Waiting on the "Good Lord" and "Mother Nature" to solve our climate crisis is ACTUALLY how we got here. This year's peach crop is going to suck - and we only have ourselves to thank for that.

MARTA broke ground (sorta) on it's not "transit" line - a bus rapid line that's actually better than nothing and could (I'd think) lead to expanded streetcars at some point.

With all the corporate backpeddling on Pride Month (we're keeping notes, by the way) it's nice to know Atlanta's major league sports franchises aren't going backwards.

Why is the idea of exploiting child labor abhorrent ... except in the agricultural industry - and why is the right protecting the industry's ability to use 12 to 14 year olds in unsafe conditions? Hint: it's the same reason they're routinely xenophobic about immigration, but less so about illegal employers' hiring practices.

I've a beef with Target: it's Pride Month and you caved. What happens when white nationalists get physically violent during Black History Month?

Matt Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters for America to share with us what he and the staff there are seeing on outlets like Fox News in the aftermath of the latest wave of Trump indictments.

Lastly, shows like "Succession" and "The Idol" aren't just bingeworthy "must watch" television - they're cautionary tales to remind us what happens when spoiled brats remain coddled for most of their lives and how "out of touch" these petulant people usually are. We should know the dangers, after all; we elected someone like this to our highest office.

While Donald Trump (again) makes history, being figuratively "arrested" and arraigned on 37 charges in Miami today, his (newest of two) attorneys is on the sidewalk giving the media the "whatabout" rhetoric we've gotten from LIndsey Graham, but now also by Senator Marco Rubio - who when chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, opined (we have the audio) about mishandling of classified intel and how it benefits enemies of the nation. Derp.

I also share a concise Twitter thread from Mark Hertling, retired US Army General and current CNN national & intelligence contributor. This gets me wondering just WHEN the "military vote" is going to stop overwhelmingly support the party and its politicians that are way more dangerous to them?

Get a load of this: it seems a couple of Atlanta City Council members are fond of the idea that we need to raise taxes in the city now. Not because they've committed $67 million to the public facility training facility, mind you, but because we need to take better care of our parks, which comes with a much smaller price tag. That's rich.

Lastly, Jon Hamm gives Atlanta props for being ATLANTA - and the reason he gave are - in my opinion - why rural Georgian conservative voters loathe Atlanta. Hint: it's that our diversity and success across a board and diverse spectrum translates to us socializing and dining together.

Eavesdrop with me on the Georgia GOP convention from over the weekend with Kari "she lost" Lake and Donald "he lost" Trump continuing to live in the past.

New polling suggests that Americans are MORE convinced of seeriousness by the latest batch of indictments and yet somehow less convinced there should be repercussions. Wild.

Lastly, now that Chris Licht is gone from CNN, I believe I have the solution for what would make that venerable news network relevant again - look to its past and reincarnate a lost concept.

Trump indictment, round two, and the right wing reactions do NOT disappoint! Also, did Marjorie Taylor Greene flap a document on cable news television that could incriminate HER? Hear why I think you should download Grindr if you're in Columbus, Georgia this weekend or New Orleans early next week.

Lastly, I'm joined today by 'Media Matters for America' Senior Climate and Energy Writer Evlondo Cooper to openl discuss/question why national media is whiffing on the SCOTUS decision to gut the EPA's Clean Water Act, and give climate change a mere 1% of its allotted time to cover, in general.