Georgia Gazette - Podcast

This week on Georgia Gazette - 10/26/07

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:44:58 GMT

Join host Rickey Bevington this afternoon at 3 PM for Georgia Gazette.

As drought continues to parch the southeast, Georgia's battle over water with Alabama and Florida heats up. We hear the latest plan on how to prevent water problems in the future.

From WGPB in Rome, Ashley Horn visits one of north Georgia's rapidly-disappearing lakes - Lake Allatoona - and talks with locals about how they feel about their shrinking water source.

From WACG in Augusta, Mary Ellen Cheatham explores how community leaders in east Georgia are responding to a proposed statewide water plan. They fear Atlanta's booming population may one day lead city leaders to try to claim east Georgia water.

Georgia has a new pro sports team. Edgar Treiguts speaks with Ron Terwiliger, owner of the yet-to-be-named WNBA team to be based in Atlanta. Terwiliger says women's and girls' sports are a growing industry.

Historic Savannah goes wheelchair-friendly! The city is spending nearly a million dollars to install handicap ramps on the district's sidewalks. Orlando Montoya, of WSVH in Savannah, discovers just how difficult it is to manoeuver the area in a wheelchair.

Commentator Stephanie Tames, formerly from further north, muses on how she marks the coming of fall in her new home of south Georgia.

For this week's Georgia Gazette Quiz, we're looking for a famous Georgian. Can you get the riddle?

He has been in charge of Georgia Elections
And has looked after our nations vet-rans
Yes, he’s fought for his country with honor and brav’ry
And represented all Georgians in Washington D. C.

In this half of the show ... Devin Dwyer profiles a Georgia high school teacher who's also one of the best runners in the country. He's preparing to try to qualify for the Olympics.

Counterfeiting helped jump-start America's early economy ... that's according to University of Georgia professor Stephen Mihm. He joins Rickey Bevington to discuss his new book, "A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalism, Con Men, and the Making of America."

Do you believe in ghosts? Members of the Georgia Ghost Society do. And it's a busy Halloween season for them. From member station WMUM in Macon, Josephine Bennett spends a night out with them hunting ghosts.

Speaking of Halloween, commentator Lauretta Hannon remembers how she learned to fight demons.

We close the show with music from rising Atlanta band Trances Arc. The group's new record is called "XOXOX." Singer Eric Toledo and guitarist Michael Dorio join host Rickey Bevington to talk about their music and new album.

Georgia Gazette was produced this week with help from Valarie Edwards, Andi Dixon and Gwen Clayton.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 10/12/07

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:42:47 GMT

Please join us for Georgia Gazette today @ 3PM and Sunday @ 10AM

Host Rickey Bevington talks with Dr. Carol Couch of the Environmental Protection
Division that’s all about water. Couch calls Georgia’s current
drought “unprecedented.” Tune in to find out what the state response
has been, and will be…

Georgia Gazette Commentator Gerry Soud offers his take on the bottled
water craze.

Host Rickey Bevington visits the location of this weekend’s Echo
Project Tour and chats with the concert’s young founder about the
event’s debut. The festival is an environmentally-friendly concert
south of Atlanta,

Mary Ellen Cheatham of member station WACG in Augusta stops in an East Georgia town for an annual
celebration in honor of Oliver Hardy, half of well-known 1930s comedic
duo, Laurel and Hardy.

Josephine Bennett of Member station WMUM in Macon visits Perry, Georgia to witness a rodeo competition
for electrical linemen.

Did you get the answer to last time's Georgia Gazette Quiz? It was the
Wren’s Nest in Atlanta. Susanna Capelouto went to the house to speak
with the Executive Director of the home of “Uncle Remus Tales”
author Joel Chandler Harris.

Now have a try at this week's quiz. Read closely to see if you are one
of these people.

They’ve got mugs and totebags galore;
These nice people could use a few more.
They know when to dial for their favorite show,
And are smarter and wittier than the “Average Joe.”

It is off course the Georgia Gazette Listener who we greatly appreciate during our fall membership campaign.

Rickey Bevington talks with Studio GPB Host
Terrance McKnight about finding his African roots through DNA testing.

Orlando Montoya of WSVH in Savannah visits Flannery O'Connors childhood home in Savannah and visits other O'Connor sites in Milledgeville.

And finally, Bevington sits down with Atlanta folk musician John
Pringle to discuss the release of his new CD, Midnight Mass on the
Williamsburg Bridge.

Georgia Gazette was produced with help this week from Andrea Dixon, Ashley Horn, Devin Dwyer and Valarie Edwards.

And join us next week for a new show on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Valarie Edwards hosts @Work ... a call-in show about your job-related
issues. Join us next Friday @ 3PM for the show. And don't forget to call!

This week on Georgia Gazette - 9/28/07

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:16:52 GMT

Join us Friday @ 3PM and Sunday @ 10AM for Conversations at the Carter Center. As part of The Carter Center's 25th anniversary, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter discuss current peace and health initiatives at The Carter Center and reflect on past accomplishments. Moderated by Carter Center CEO Dr. John Hardman.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 9/14/07

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:35:05 GMT

Join us today at 3 and Sunday at 10 for Georgia Gazette with host Rickey Bevington.

On this week's show.....

Emily Kopp visits a rural county that's suing the state for more education funding. Oglethorpe County is one of dozens of school systems involved in the lawsuit that say the state is skirting its constitutional obligation to educate children.

Orlando Montoya visits the nation's oldest children's home. Savannah's Bethesda Home for Boys is closing because of a lack of state funding.

Do your kids play sports? Do you sometimes worry about problems with youth athletics like steroids or over-zealous coaches? Former Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy has a new book out about raising healthy young athletes. He speaks with Edgar Treiguts.

Imagine technology that makes your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth look like they're from the Stone Age. Valarie Edwards visits the Georgia Tech researchers developing it.

Georgia Gazette Commentator Gerry Soud tells us why he thinks technology has ruined good old-fashioned manners.

Did you get the answer to last time's Georgia Gazette Quiz? It was Anna Ruby Falls. Rickey Bevington speaks with Helen Mayor Jack Champagne about the falls, and nearby Alpine Helen, which is currently celebrating Oktoberfest.

Now have a try at this week's quiz:

It's a museum dedicated
to get us all quite educated
about this home of a man with a habit
for telling tales about a rabbit.

In the second half of the show, Susanna Capelouto reports on why Asian companies are flocking to do business in Georgia.

Rickey Bevington romps through a corn maze to mark the start of fall. But this isn't just any corn maze. To get through it you have to answer questions about well-loved children's books. See if you get the clues right ...

Independent music stores are a fast-dying breed in this digital downloading age. In her public radio debut, Andi Dixon reports on an Atlanta store that's not going out without a fight.

And finally, Otis Redding. The great singer died 40 years ago, and his hometown of Macon is celebrating his life, music and legacy. Josephine Bennett reports on how Redding's music lives on.

And join us next week for a brand new show on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Valarie Edwards hosts @Work ... a call-in show about your job-related issues. Join us next Friday @ 3PM for the show's debut. And don't forget to call!

This week on Georgia Gazette - 9/07/07

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:43:52 GMT

Please join us for Georgia Gazette, today at 3 and Sunday morning at 10.

The first Firday of every month is the Georgia Gazette Consumer Call-In! This week host Rickey Bevington was joined in the studio by Shawn Conroy from the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, Vicki Gavalas from the Secretary of State's Office, and Cynthia Johnson from the Public Service Commission. Our experts answered many calls ... including one on what steps to take to get a new title for a car, whether it's true that Georgia law allows you to break your lease if you lose your job, and whether a bill you pay via "snail-mail" is late if it's postmarked by the due date. Join us for the Georgia Gazette Consumer Call-In the first Friday of every month @ 3PM.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 8/31/07

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:32:35 GMT

Please join us for Georgia Gazette, today at 3 and Sunday morning at 10.

On this week's show.

Listen to this week’s Gazette Friday at 3PM and Sunday at 10AM.

GPB visits Warner Robins, home of the new Little League World Series champions.

Edgar Treiguts talks with Jon Nelson of GPB TV's 'Prep Sports Plus' about the upcoming high school football season.

Jill Jordan Sieder reports on an after-school program with a strong track record for keeping teenagers from becoming parents.

From member station WUGA in Athens, Mary Kay Mitchell profiles University System of Georgia’s Alternative Media Access Center and its disabled clients.

Host Rickey Bevington speaks with Atlanta author Deborah Wiles about her new book The Aurora County All-Stars.

Josephine Bennett speaks with Big House Museum director Greg Potter about the Allman Brothers, the answer to last week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz.

And now here’s this week’s Quiz:
Today we are looking for one of Georgia Natural beauties.

It’s north of the village themed Alpine.
Just a short hike on a trail so fine
That’s where you find this tumbling water
Named for a Rich man’s lovely daughter.

Ashley Horn reports on how Floyd County is saving money, gas, and the environment by using bio diesel in school buses.

Atlanta residents share their opinions on a city council proposal that would make it illegal to show your underwear in public.

Dave Bender visits Baker County in southwest Georgia because it is using early and free screening to try to prevent cancer before it starts.

Philip Graitcer reports on a cancer hospice’s link to Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves.

Commentator Mary Kay Andrews remembers her sister.

Atlanta-based quartet Warm in the Wake came by our studio to talk about their latest release "American Prehistoric."

Georgia Gazette is produced by Emily Kopp and Susanna Capelouto. Directed by Valarie Edwards and Mellissa Stiers with help from Ashley Wilson, Andrea Dixon and Gwen Clayton.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 8/24/07

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:54:13 GMT

Please join us for Georgia Gazette today at 3 and Sunday at 10 for an in-depth look at the environment, politics and more.

State lawmakers held a hearing called “Climate Change: Fact or Fiction?” They’re still wondering. Are you? Melissa Stiers and Emily Kopp report.

Edgar Treiguts finds out that some fish don’t like Georgia’s heat wave any more than people do.

Rickey Bevington talks with David Kaufman about his new book
”Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta’s Watershed.”

WABE’s Kevin Keller finds out what Heritage High School in Rockdale County is doing to boost graduation rates and meet federal standards.

Rickey Bevington speaks with Seth Hopkins. He is the executive director of the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, which was the answer to last week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz.

Here’s this week’s Quiz:

They may have rambled around the south.
But lived in what they called the Big House.
Midnight rider, ain’t wastin time no more.
Such Southern Rock these guys explore.

Susanna Capelouto updates Rickey Bevington on the state’s controversial Voter ID law.

Rickey Bevington reports on the latest in the Michael Vick plea deal.

Jill Jordan Sieder reports on attempts to prevent teen pregnancy in Georgia …

Orlando Montoya talks with Stratton Leopold about Georgia’s efforts to woo Hollywood.

And finally, Josephine Bennett found a bargain in the real estate market. It’s a historic home and costs just a dollar. There’s a catch, but you’ll have to listen to find out what it is.

This week's show was produced by Susanna Capelouto and Emily Kopp with help from Valarie Edwards, Gwen Clayton, Andrea Dixon, Melissa Stiers, and Philip Graitcer.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 8/17/07

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:12:39 GMT

Tune in to GPB radio at 3PM today and Sunday at 10 for Georgia Gazette. On this week's show....

The controversy over Georgia’s voter ID laws is back. Susanna Capelouto reports on whether you’ll need official government identification during the September local elections.

Orlando Montoya reports on a coastal sheriff’s questionable use of inmate labor.

Josephine Bennett asks Macon residents what they think of Mayor Jack Ellis’ relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Emily Kopp talks with religion scholar Manuel Vasquez about his research on immigrants in Atlanta.

HIV is growing quickly among Latinos. Valarie Edwards sits in as some Latina women in North Georgia learn about safe sex.

Gazette Host Rickey Bevington talks with Stan Deaton of the Georgia Historical Society about Button Gwinnett, who was the answer to last week’s riddle.

Can you guess the answer to this week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz?

It starts with the name of a president
And it’s not quite a town at the end
There are Indian mounds that begin with an “E”
And some wild, wild west on display to see.

Hint: It is a Georgia town.

In the second half of the show, Dave Bender joins archeologists digging for history at Ft. Benning in Columbus.

Commentator Gerry Soud ponders America’s expanding waistline.

Edgar Treiguts interviews author Tom Stanton about his new book “Ty and the Babe,” about Georgia-born Ty Cobb’s relationship with Babe Ruth.

Melissa Stiers investigates the mysterious tumble of Spaceship Earth, a sculpture at Kennesaw State University.

The show was directed and produced by Susanna Capelouto and Emily Kopp. Special thanks to Andrea Dixon.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 8/10/07

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:24:47 GMT

Listen to Georgia Gazette at 3PM Friday and 10AM Sunday

On this week's show....

Host Rickey Bevington bring you a special interview edition of our show.

She talks with Chick Filet founder Truett Cathy as his business celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Ken Burns also talks with Rickey Bevington about his upcoming documentary "The War". It will premiere on GPB September 23rd at 8 PM.

Cover to Cover host St.John Flynn talks with author Joyce Carol Oates about her book "The Gravedigger's Daughter." It tells the story of Rebecca Schwart, born on a boat heading for America in 1936 as her family flees Nazi Germany.

Susanna Capelouto talks with Author Drew Weston about his book "The Political Brain". Weston is also a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University.

Host Rickey Bevington brings us the sounds of the Atlanta band Last November. She spoke with the band's frontman at Atlanta's Southern Tracks Studio.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 7/06/07

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:19:14 GMT

Listen to Georgia Gazette at 3PM Friday and 10AM Sunday

This week on Georgia Gazette - 6/29/07

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:19:32 GMT

Friday at 3 PM and Sunday at 10 AM, join host Rickey Bevington for Georgia Gazette.

On this week's show

Please Listen to Georgia Gazette at 3PM Friday and 10AM Sunday and you’ll hear:

Host Rickey Bevington and Reporter Emily Kopp discuss new state laws that begin July 1, including two that hit illegal immigrants hard.

Rickey speaks with Tim Crimmons, co-author of Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol, a new book about Georgia’s state capitol building.

Helena de Moura reports that it could be belly-up for one of Georgia’s last remaining trauma hospitals, Grady Health System in Atlanta.

Commentator Gerry Soud explores the debate over water-tap or bottled?

Rickey pays a visit to the Children’s Museum of Atlanta, the answer to last week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz. Congratulations to winner Julie Powell of Tucker, who wins four tickets to the museum.

Here’s this week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz in honor of Independence Day. We’re looking for a famous Georgian.

An alternative to a Zipper is this man’s first name
Signing a celebrated document gave him great fame
A suburban Atlanta county is named for this fella
Who died in a duel, cause his shootin’ wasn’t stella.

Please send your answers to Gazette@GPB.org.
Include your name, address and phone number.

Dave Bender reports on a proposed coal plant that’s pitting neighbor against neighbor in southwest Georgia.

Josephine Bennett reports that it’s raining roaches in Macon, thanks to the worst drought in decades.

Commentator Marianne Gardner says the weather has been hard on her blueberries too.

Orlando Montoya visits Daufuskie Island. It flies the South Carolina flag, but claims Georgia for its cultural roots.

Finally, GPB’s new interns Andrea Dixon and Melissa Stiers have sent us an audio postcard from a southern cooking class with St. Simon’s Island native and chef Gena Berry.

This week’s Georgia Gazette was produced and directed by Emily Kopp and Susanna Capelouto. Special thanks to voiceover talent Boris Bonin, Alvin Brown and Mel Jones. Also thanks to Valarie Edwards, Federico Feldstein and Gwen Clayton.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 6/22/07

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:27:17 GMT

Friday at 3 PM and Sunday at 10 AM, join host Rickey Bevington for Georgia Gazette.

On this week's show

For the past four years, GPB Radio has partnered with the Georgia Department of Labor to present a special live call-in program focusing on jobs in Georgia.

The tradition continues this year on Friday, June 22 when GPB's Rickey Bevington is joined in the studio by Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, and other Department of Labor officials, to take calls and answer questions about Georgia's economy and the current state of the job market. They'll also provide important information on issues such as unemployment insurance and vocational rehabilitation.

Tune in to find out about the best employment resources, free education programs, the latest tips for job hunting, and much more.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 6/15/07

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:08:38 GMT

Friday at 3 PM and Sunday at 10 AM, join host Rickey Bevington for Georgia Gazette.

On this week's show

Wondering what Gov. Sonny Purdue is doing about Georgia's ongoing drought? Find out when Josephine Bennett reports on how one of the worst droughts in state history is devastating the state's agricultural community

Host Rickey Bevington reports on the Department of Natural Resources' ongoing efforts to protect Georgia's green spaces.

Susanna Capelouto profiles the opening of Jekyll Island's new Sea Turtle Center.

Commentator Rosemary Danielle muses about why writers need to tell the truth.

The answer to last week's Georgia Gazette Quiz is AthFest.

For this week's Georgia Gazette Quiz ... if you get the answer right you could win tickets to this place.

Today, we are looking for a Georgia Museum:

This place is near Centennial Park.
There is no drink, nor any shark.
It's made for people with little feet.
Who love to watch Sesame Street.

The court battle continues over the fate of Genarlow Wilson ... who's challenging his 10-year prison sentence and sex offender status for engaging in consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old when he was 17. State Attorney General Thurbert Baker is appealing a judge's this week to throw out Wilson's sentence.

Later this month, the State Board of Natural Resources will begin steps to restrict mercury emissions. Children born with high amounts of mercury in their blood may be at risk for developmental problems. Emily Kopp reports.

Valarie Edwards previews a documentary about AIDS impact on Atlanta's African-American community, and the changing face of AIDS.

The new director of Savannah's Telfair Museum of Art, Steven High, speaks with Orlando Montoya, about the history and future of Georgia's oldest museum.
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A metro-area theater company founded a girls' theatre program at an Atlanta youth detention center. Phillip Graitcer visits the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center to learn more about the program.

This week's Georgia Gazette was produced and directed by Susanna Capelouto, Valarie Edwards, and Emily Kopp. With special thanks to Gwen Clayton and Michael Cardin WUGA in Athens.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 6/08/07

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:19:07 GMT

Join GPB Sunday at 10 AM for Georgia Gazette.
On this week's show

It’s hurricane season, is your family prepared? A new book in which former Atlanta Braves describe the “game of their life.” And Georgia’s thriving Sacred Harp music. Join host Rickey Bevington for all this and more this week on Georgia Gazette.

This week on Georgia Gazette - 6/01/07

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:02:01 GMT

Join GPB Sunday at 10 AM for Georgia Gazette.
On this week's show

Josephine Bennett reports on efforts to revive the longleaf pine, a native Georgia tree that is resistant to fire.

Georgia’s Republican and Democratic parties both have female leaders. Gazette Host Rickey Bevington interviews the GOP’s Sue Everhart and Jane Kidd, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party.

Orlando Montoya previews “Let My People Go,” a new play about the history of slavery in Savannah.

Edgar Treiguts speaks with veteran sports columnist Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the lack of African Americans in baseball. Edgar reported last week on the Atlanta Braves’ new training camp for minority youth.

Rickey Bevington visited the new World of Coke Museum in Atlanta. Coca-Cola was the answer to last week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz answer.

This week’s Georgia Gazette Quiz is about an animal:

This species lays eggs, but does not fly
It can swim, grows old but is very shy
Along the beach please turn off the light
So this animal can lay eggs at night.

AARP’s Ken Mitchell discusses Georgia’s graying workforce with Rickey Bevington.

Susanna Capelouto speaks with Glenda Jackson, whose son has returned from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder. An NPR investigation has revealed that returning soldiers at Fort Carson may not be getting the health care they need.

Helena Cavendish Demoura visits a state prison where female inmates suffer from severe mental illnesses.

Emily Kopp interviews Andrew Broy of the state Department of Education about a new law that allows communities to turn their public school systems into “charter systems.”

Philip Graitcer profiles bluesman Tommy Brown.

This week’s Georgia Gazette was produced and directed by Susanna Capelouto and Emily Kopp. Special thanks to Gwen Clayton and Ashley Horn.