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Southern Company CEO Chris Womack engages in a compelling discussion with Moving To Equity leaders.

In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, we hear from a Georgia Power employee about a life-altering event that sent her family on a years long journey with mental health. 

Salute to Service Podcast features a Georgia Power employee and Navy Veteran as she hosts a Southern Company GAS employee and Army Veteran. The two women have a candid conversation about their unique experience in the military as black women, misconceptions about joining the service and transitioning into a more a traditional career.

Salute to Service Podcast features two former Marines and current employees of Southern Company and Georgia Power as they discuss their time in the service, the transition to civilian life, and miliary employee resources groups available to join.

Leadership across the Southern Company system continues with a candid conversation about sustaining our equity.

SVP of Human Resources Sloane Drake hosts employees hired during the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss hybrid work, company culture, employee retention and DE&I.

Georgia Power President, Chairman and CEO Chris Womack discusses ongoing equity in the workplace.

DE&I Manager Aby Parsons and 2022 PRIDE Power president Justin Averette talk about what Pride means and building an inclusive workplace.

Silence The Shame founder and former music industry executive Shanti Das and Southern Company's Internal and Executive Communications Director Crystal Woods sit down to discuss the importance of mental health awareness.

Tom focuses on company resilience and other highlights from the past year and speaks on the outlook for 2022.

Why electric vehicles are a good choice for drivers, the environment and the company

As the world continues to adapt during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Tom Fanning in his first podcast in 2021 looks back at a year unlike any other.

System medical directors discuss COVID vaccine

Southern Company Gas Chairman, President and CEO Kim Greene chats with President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice.

Southern Company Executive Vice President and President of External Affairs, Chris Womack, continues the discussion on company culture, diversity with focus on Women’s History Month as the backdrop.

An unscripted dialogue series that features free-flowing and candid conversations about important cultural matters centered around diversity and inclusion.

In his first episode for 2020, Tom uses Major League Baseball’s most recent cheating scandal to illustrate why our ethics and values are critical to our personal and professional characters.

In this final podcast for 2019, Tom discusses company highlights from the past year to include Vogtle 3 and 4, third quarter earnings and reactions to rate cases.

What started out as a routine day on the job for three Virginia Natural Gas employees ended up as anything but routine. The trio of employees potentially helped save the life of an elderly woman who had fallen in her kitchen three days before the crew arrived at the area to make routine repairs.

Tom discusses the current record-setting season of reliability and resilience from our generation fleet; and answers questions from employees submitted through tom.com.

GPC’s, Crystal Mussenden laughs out loud with SCS’s LaQuitcha Washington, aka Comedian Lady Q as Southern Company’s first “Energy behind the Energy”.

Retired chief environmental officers Drs. Charles Goodman and Larry Monroe discuss more of their experiences in the R&D organization and some of its history from inception to modern day.

Two of Southern Company’ foremost R&D leaders – retired chief of environmental officers Drs. Charles Goodman and Larry Monroe – reflect on the evolution of R&D at Southern Company.

Kim Greene and Dr. Mark Berry discuss how Southern Company’s leadership in the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) creates value and contributes to our technology innovation.

Southern Company Gas President and CEO Kim Greene and Georgia Power Environmental and Natural Resources Vice President Dr. Mark Berry talk about Southern Company’s leadership through R&D – but more broadly, the culture of innovation across the entire company that is so critical to our success.

Shifting the focus from managing uncertainty to taking control of safeguards is crucial when applying safety theories in the real world. In this episode, Jenny and Todd reveal three important questions to ask yourself before beginning any task.

In this episode, Jenny and Todd offer insight into shifting focus from managing the unexpected to managing the certain.

Rules, procedures, proper equipment and situational awareness do not always guarantee safety while performing a task. This episode investigates the challenging issue of uncertainty and how to adapt in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.

How can I help?

Journey of coping

Struggling to understand

For the final episode of Heroes in Arms, Southern Nuclear’s Rick Gayheart and Southern Power’s Ren Lawson both served on nuclear submarines and reminisce about what it was like being on a submarine. The impacts of their careers in the Navy on nuclear submarines created many opportunities for them.

As Southern Company continues to celebrate Veterans Day and veteran employees, SCS veteran recruiter Jamal Jessie talks to Kendall Richardson from Atlanta Gas Light. Jessie helped recruit Richardson to Southern Company. They reflect on their time spent in the Air Force and Navy and how those experiences shaped their careers at Southern Company. Narrated by: Keisa Sharpe Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Grey

Military veterans add great value to Southern Company’s rich and diverse workforce. Alabama Power’s Council on Culture and Inclusion recognized those service members and acknowledged the unique talents and experiences they bring to our company. In honor of Veteran’s Day, the CCI hosted retired Brig. Gen. and former Alabama Power employee Wendell McLain to share with a group of employee service members his thoughts on the company’s commitment to veterans. After the event, he sat down with SCS military recruiter and veteran Jeremy Foshee to share more of his personal story. For more information on the work and mission of Alabama Power’s Council on Culture and Inclusion, visit http://cci.southernco.com/apc. Employees featured on this episode: Jeremy Foshee , Alabama Power and retired Brig. Gen. Wendell McLain Narrated by: Keisa Sharpe Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Grey

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and wiped out the island’s power grid. Suddenly, 3.3 million people were without power. Southern Company wanted to help. Southern Company believes that our employees deliver superior performance, even in the wake of a natural disaster. PowerSecure’s Sidney Hinton and Gulf Power’s Diana Rivera talk about what superior performance looked like restoring power in Puerto Rico. Employees featured on this episode: Sidney Hinton, PowerSecure and Diana Rivera, Gulf Power Narrated by: Interviews by: Daniel Lumpkin Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Grey

Safety, Southern Company’s number one priority, had to be taken seriously during the restoration in Puerto Rico. How do you keep employees and Puerto Ricans safe during the aftermath of a devastating hurricane? What are some of the challenges? Georgia Power’s Kim Drake is featured in this episode focusing on safety down in Puerto Rico. Employees featured on this episode: Kim Drake, Georgia Power Narrated by: Interviews by: Crystal Mussenden Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Grey

At Southern Company, we believe being totally committed is part of serving others. How do you stay totally committed when a hurricane decimates nearly an entire island? How do you stay committed when other energy service providers are intimidated by the enormous task and leaving the island? Kenan Davila and Stephen House, from Georgia Power and Alabama Power, dive into these questions in this episode. Employees featured on this episode: Kenan Davila, Georgia Power and Stephen House, Alabama Power Narrated by: Interviews by: Daniel Lumpkin Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Gray

It was a scene unlike anything else. Unprecedented. An island destroyed...Not just any island, but Puerto Rico, what many people call our 51st state. Yet Southern Company and their proud subsidiaries, PowerSecure, Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power, partnered with FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin an almost impossible task in nearly impassable conditions. Employees featured on this episode: Ronnie Page, Mississippi Power Narrated by: Interviews by: Daniel Lumpkin Edited by: Cody Rhodes Score and Sound Design by: Darryl Bennett Produced by: Rebecca Grey