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With the US election just three days away, producer and investigative journalist, Hannah Cogan, joins Vincent McAviney for a look through a selection of US election stories. They'll discuss the post-election legal challenge, a documentary on the burnout of US election officials, protest art and more. Plus: Monocle's senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, and US editor, Christopher Lord, on their experience speaking to people on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia, including former city councillor Kwanza Hall.
With five days to go until election day, Monocle Radio is broadcasting from around the US. To kick things off, we are in Atlanta, Georgia – a key swing state in this year's race for the White House. To get a sense of the mood on the ground, we hear from Axios's Kristal Dixon, discover the city's urban transformation with Beltline CEO Clyde Higgs and explore what's at stake with former congressman Kwanza Hall. Plus: we're on the road with dispatches from Bruno Kaufmann in Las Vegas, Georgina Godwin in New York and Vincent McAviney brings us a letter from California.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Commish, KC and guests laugh it up in the Dunkin Lounge Studio about glass recycling, EV Questions, Swiss Mechanical Storage and Congressman's Hall time in Congress.
Join us as we speak with Mr. Kwanza Hall who is a candidate for GA Lieutenant Governor.
It's our last episode before the May Primaries next week and We will discuss the statewide primary races, likely runoffs, and dynamics heading towards November. We are joined by RG Bryant a former statewide nominee for PSC. He also a regular on the All Things Relevant Media and co-host of the Watchdogs on Saturdays at 12:00.George Chidi is a Georgia journalistic treasure covering the Atlanta Area and Georgia Politics.Subscribe the Atlanta objective here:https://theatlantaobjective.substack.com/We begin with formally introducing RG Bryant as our Summer 2022 guest host. John is off for an extended vacation.We discuss the May 24th primaries coming up beginning with a focus on the local races. Turnout is down compared to 2020 but up from 2018. A frank discussion continues about the difficult cross currents in the local races.Commentary about the School Board Presidents Races includes lack of veteran members Shawn Kachmar and School Board Representative Dionne Hoskins-Brown in the race. Roger Moss for School Board President incredible fundraising haul, and the inevitable fight for the same universe of voters between Todd Rhodes for School Board President and Tye Whitely.Speaking of Campaign Donors, we connect the dots on donors on disclosures from State Representative Derek Mallow in his Senate primary bid. If we are to hold Mayor Van Johnson to a standard of questionable donors, we should for the rest of the field.We round out the local discussion with a good discussion on our only endorsed candidate Anne Allen Westbrook. We are hopeful losing candidates with incredible potential get another opportunity down the road just like Anne did.With George joining the Panel we begin our discussion on the some of the Statewide primaries.In the Lt. Governor Race is it State Representative Renitta Shannon vs. the field? Is the Charlie Bailey for Lieutenant Governor the clearest example of the "Stacey Abrams" Primary? Why did Kwanza Hall jump in this race?In the SOS primary, we discuss the various strengths of weaknesses of @michael owens, John Eaves, and State Rep. Bee Nguyen.Fred Swann for Georgia wants to grow purp in GA, John wants to know what is purp? Will Winfred Dukes push this to a runoff?Finally in non election news, we discuss George 's writing about the ongoing rise in violent crime, andn the Fulton DA Fani Willis office case against popular rap artists Young Thug. This groundbreaking reporting leads us to a broad ranging discussion on police departments, District Attorney backlogs of cases, and woke politics surrounding the issue of criminal justice.Shouts out to Savannah Morning News & SavannahNow.com for the many recent changes in the last 6 months under the new leadership of Gannett.John promises to send some missives from the road over the summer!
Former Atlanta City council member and former U.S. Congressman Kwanza Hall announces his campaign to be Georgia's next lieutenant governor.Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation, discusses the foundation's ongoing response amid the COVID -19 pandemic, including efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy.Michael Mitchell, the senior director of Brand and Studios at Mailchimp, and Aaron Fender, a co-founder and the CEO of Portrait Coffee, discuss “Bloom Season," Mailchimp's new digital guide for entrepreneurs of color. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Cannabis Conversations Podcast with Linda Mercado Greene, Board Chair and CEO of Anacostia Organics in Historic Anacostia, the first Medical Marijuana Dispensary located East of The River. anacostiaorganics.com
The Biden Harris administration is going to have a huge impact on the venture capital industry. Get insights of national and local interest from leaders Congressman Kwanza Hall, who won the US House of Representatives seat formerly held by Hon. John Lewis; Jina Sanone, executive director of political action group Her Term; and Tiffany McKenzie, partner with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. This conversation is hosted by Valor general partners Lisa Calhoun and Gary Peat.
For our last show of 2020, callers weigh in on our question of the night: Has 2020 made you a better person? Also, Rep. Barry Loudermilk and Rep. Kwanza Hall join us to share how they voted for the proposed $2000 stimulus checks. Leave us an open mic on the WSB radio app.
Here's what's in the new $900 Billion stimulus package.
Kwanza Hall is Georgia’s newest congressman, even if he is serving for just a month. On Georgia Today, host Steve Fennessy talks with Rep. Hall about his legislative priorities and what it's like following in the footsteps of his predecessor — the late civil rights icon, John Lewis.
2020 featured multiple elections in practically every contest. Among those elected, Kwanza Hall to serve the remainder of the term of the late John Lewis. He's in office for a little over one month and talks about his goals for the district as he prepares to transition in January to Congresswoman-elect Nikema Williams.
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby, Concord's Policy Director, Tori Gorman, Concord's National Field Director, Phil Smith, Dr. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, and Kwanza Hall, Congressman for Georgia’s 5th District. They discuss economic trends, fiscal and monetary policy, what should be considered for the next COVID-19 relief package, as well as what it is like to serve in Congress and complete the term of legend and civil rights hero, the late Congressman John Lewis.
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby, Concord's Policy Director, Tori Gorman, Concord's National Field Director, Phil Smith, Dr. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, and Kwanza Hall, Congressman for Georgia’s 5th District. They discuss economic trends, fiscal and monetary policy, what should be considered for the next COVID-19 relief package, as well as what it is like to serve in Congress and complete the term of legend and civil rights hero, the late Congressman John Lewis.
A swearing-in, debate, presidential visit, rallies. What to expect from this busy weekend in Georgia politics. In the last episode, we talked about the ways President Trump is fueling a rift in Georgia at the worst time for Republicans – the runoffs for two Georgia Senate seats, currently held by David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler – take place in just about a month. They are being challenged by Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. This weekend, Georgia will once again be the focus of the national political world. AJC Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell joined host Greg Bluestein in today’s episode before heading to the swearing in of Kwanza Hall, who will serve the last month of Rep. John Lewis’ term.
Host Ema Carr speaks to Kwanza Hall about the Medical Marijuana Law in GA, and about being a "Cannabis Consultant."
Kwanza Hall has represented a diverse District 2 on the Atlanta City Council. Now he wants to be Atlanta's next mayor. Here he talks about helping LGBT entrepreneurs land a spot at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, LGBT equality, homeless youth a pilot program that helps transgender sex workers.
I kick it with Kwanza Hall, candidate for Atlanta Mayor, and also Quinton Simpson, from The Critical Dump and Choppin It Up W/ Q Show #Atlantasnextmayor www.2livestewsradio.com and www.kysii.com Follow Kwanza - @kwanzahall www.kwanzahall.com Follow Q @q_the_great @TCDMediaNetwork
I kick it with Kwanza Hall, candidate for Atlanta Mayor, and also Quinton Simpson, from The Critical Dump and Choppin It Up W/ Q Show #Atlantasnextmayor www.2livestewsradio.com and www.kysii.com Follow Kwanza - @kwanzahall www.kwanzahall.com Follow Q @q_the_great @TCDMediaNetwork
Today on the Comcastro podcast, we talk with Kwanza Hall, the Atlanta City Council representative of district 2. In this hour Kwanza gives us his perspective on the day-to-day work of a city councilor, the challenges of representing both the affluent and impoverished, encouraging urban development without damaging existing communities, the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal and sentencing, new stadium development, rioting in Baltimore, Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy, the ongoing Year of Boulevard, and the possibility of a campaign for Mayor. District 2 covers Midtown, Downtown, Inman Park, Poncey Highland, Candler Park, and the Old Fourth Ward.