Georgia politics from inside the room.
Politically Georgia follows the fights, deadlines, and personalities shaping Georgia politics. Episodes move from Gold Dome procedure to campaign moves, runoff results, budget pressures, and listener questions without losing sight of who benefits and what comes next.
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Politically Georgia is built for listeners who follow Georgia politics closely enough to care about the difference between a headline and the mechanism underneath it. The show is conversational, but it is not casual about facts. Recent episodes work through runoff elections, gubernatorial positioning, Democratic campaign strategy, the end of the legislative session, and the retirement of Speaker pro tem Jan Jones after nearly a quarter century under the Gold Dome. It starts with the political stakes. Then it slows down just enough to explain who needed what, which relationships frayed, and how late-session pressure moved bills across the finish line. Budget politics get treated as more than accounting. Campaign moves get read as signals. Legislative procedure becomes a way to understand power, timing, and risk. The show also has a strong sense of place, from AJC Studios in Midtown to the statehouse shorthand of sine die and caucus leadership. Listener questions are part of the format, including mailbag segments that turn local concerns into reported explanations. The discussion can shift from a runoff in northwest Georgia to Passover cookies, then return quickly to the next race or bill. That mix gives it texture without turning it into personality chatter. Governor Brian Kemp, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Clay Fuller, Rob Adkerson, and Jan Jones appear as subjects in a broader map of Georgia’s political transition. The show is especially attentive to what happens after the obvious moment: the campaign after the vote and the question after the gavel. It marks uncertainty plainly. It also makes informed reads when the evidence points in a direction. For listeners outside Georgia, it offers a close-up of a state that often shapes national politics. For listeners inside Georgia, it supplies the missing connective tissue between Gold Dome decisions, local elections, and party strategy. The appeal is not spectacle. It is access to the room, translated into plain political consequence.
Made for: For listeners who want sharp, local political analysis of Georgia elections, Gold Dome maneuvering, and campaign strategy. It especially suits people who already follow headlines but want the procedural and strategic context behind them.
What sets it apart: Politically Georgia stands apart by combining newsroom access with statehouse literacy, explaining not just what happened but how power moved through caucuses, deadlines, budgets, and campaigns.
Join us for the most relevant news and analysis that define the world of politics. From the Gold Dome to the White House, we've got you covered. Hosted by Georgia’s best political team: The AJC’s Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell and Patricia Murphy. Call in with your questions on the Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at (770)-810-5297, and our hosts will answer them on future episodes. Learn more on the AJC Politically Georgia Podcast page.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Politically Georgia turns State Capitol procedure, campaign pressure and policy disputes into clear, closely observed political reporting.
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Jan Jones exits the gold dome after a long run that made House procedure feel consequential.
Politically Georgia frames Speaker pro tem Jan Jones's departure from Georgia politics as more than a personal farewell. It treats nearly a quarter century under the gold dome as a study in how rank, process, and patience shape power, and it gives Greg Bluestein and Patricia…
A loose mailbag turns Georgia election law and a congressional race into a useful Capitol check-in.
Politically Georgia moves from a legislative-session wrap into a Tuesday mailbag, and the focus lands squarely on the issue drawing attention in metro Atlanta: whether local offices should be made nonpartisan and whether lawsuits may follow.
A late-night session leaves Georgia Republicans with wins, warnings, and campaign-season tensions already in view.
Politically Georgia finds Georgia lawmakers at the point where fatigue starts to say something larger about power. Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy record after a session that ended at 1 a.m., then sort through what that pressure produced: Republicans calling it a pretty good…
A tense eve-of-sine-die episode where budget fights, campaign pressure, and scattered paper capture Georgia politics in motion.
Georgia's final hours before sine die play like political suspense, with Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy sorting through the unfinished business still hanging over the Capitol.
A Gwinnett redshirt bill links summer birthdays, Senate procedure, and Georgia's final legislative days.
Politically Georgia frames its school-policy discussion around the closing days of Georgia's legislative session, with sine die nearing and the Capitol's usual three-legged stool of governor, speaker, and lieutenant governor described as missing two legs.
A local legal fight becomes a sharp study of evidence, reputation, and the price of a courtroom gamble.
Politically Georgia turns a Fulton County legal fight into a grounded look at what follows when a defense attorney makes explosive allegations without sourcing she can cite.
Outdoor mysteries, mapped with human common sense.
True crime measured by the evidence.
Mysteries, lore, and nervous laughter.
American crime history, told with gravity.
This episode explores the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, an unsolved crime involving explosives, conspiracy theories, and family secrets in a small Southern town.
This episode promotes multiple podcasts, including one investigating the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones and another discussing political topics in Georgia.
This episode discusses the emergence of AI-generated political ads targeting Senator John Ossoff in Georgia, exploring their implications for elections and media.
The episode focuses on Georgia's 2026 campaign season, analyzing the governor's and U.S.
This episode explores the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones monument, delving into conspiracy theories, local lore, and the unsolved crime surrounding its explosion.
The episode opens with news of President Trump's preemptive pardons for his 18 co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case, which AJC reporter Tamara Hallerman analyzes as largely symbolic but revealing of Trump's fixation.
This episode discusses the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones monument in Elberton, Georgia, exploring conspiracy theories and the ongoing investigation.
This episode explores the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, delving into conspiracy theories, local lore, and an unsolved crime in Elberton, Georgia.
This episode explores the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, an unsolved crime involving explosives, conspiracy theories, and political implications, while also promoting related podcasts.
This episode discusses the results of Georgia's runoff elections, including Republican Clay Fuller winning the race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in northwest Georgia.
This episode explores the mysterious explosion of the Georgia Guidestones monument in Elberton, Georgia, delving into conspiracy theories, local lore, and the unsolved crime surrounding this controversial structure.
Jan Jones wraps up a long stretch under the gold dome.
Politically Georgia resets after the 2026 legislative-session wrap.
Politically Georgia closes the 2026 session after sine die landed at one o'clock Friday morning, with Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy describing 40 bruising days under the gold dome.
Greg Blustein and Patricia Murphy spend most of Politically Georgia on the Georgia Capitol's final-day fights over a literacy bill, a daylight-savings bill, paper ballots, data centers, and the state budget.
The show opens at the state Capitol in the final days of the legislative session.
This episode explores the mysterious destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, an unsolved crime involving explosives, conspiracy theories, and southern lore.