At The Kitchen Table

Caroline and Debra sit down with human rights attorney and Reckoning Action founder Cheyenne Hunt - who went from a young staffer warned about an "open secret" - to the organizer who helped end a gubernatorial frontrunner's career in 11 days. She joined Caroline and Debra to talk share how she helped survivors come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a leading Californ...

Perhaps you've watched her a time or few on WAGA-TV / Fox 5 Atlanta's "The Georgia Gang" - airing Sunday mornings at 8:30am. Or perhaps you've attended a forum she's moderated or one-on-one with a profound thinker and/or author. Maybe you know her from her tireless work as executive director at the Georgia WIN List , an organization championing pro-choice women candidates...

State Senator Josh McClaurin spent time ahead of the Georgia Democratic Party primary with Caroline and Debra. He's now in a run-off to be the party's nominee for the Lieutenant Governor's office currently held by the GOP's Burt Jones, a Trump acolyte and fake elector. Interestingly enough, though, it's another Trump sycophant that McClaurin had a more intimate tie to; he was o...

Staci Fox, President & CEO at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute , joined Caroline and Debra at the kitchen table for an insightful conversation on everything from the state's budget priorities to Fox's own personal battle. Staci has been living with stage‑four lung cancer, a diagnosis that has prompted her and her friend Meagan Davies to co‑author the book Miss You Already. The b...

Our guest at the Kitchen Table this episode is Debbie Cox Bultan , CEO at NewDeal. NewDEAL is a selective center-left network of state and local elected leaders from across the nation. Ther mission is to scour the country to lift up the best and brightest elected officials who are pragmatic and get results – including councilmembers, county executives, mayors, state legislators, and state-wide lea...

Caroline & Debra weigh in on the Eric Swalwell fallout with heavy hearts, but firm in their values. Hear their conversation prior to welcoming a first-time Congressional candidate in the headline-grabbing state of Virginia. Meet Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs , a military veteran, mother, grassroots activist and now candidate for Virginia's 8th Congressional district.

Danielle Melfi, new  RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association  CEO, joined Caroline & Debra to discuss the shockwaves Alabama's IVF ruling sent across the country and what it says about the vulnerability of fertility care rights, and what’s at stake right now, still. Melfi is charting a course for that organization's navigation through a critical period in America's chapter on...

Hosts Caroline and Debra are no strangers to "getting off the sidelines" and choosing to dive into politics. For Caroline it was swiping right on a dating app just to get an "in" with a presidential campaign she wound up interning and working for. For Debra, it was the 'Dobbs' decision from the US Supreme Court that spurred her into action, inevitably running for office...

Dr. Jasmine A. McDonald is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, where she also serves as Associate Co-Director of the Cancer Research office at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. Trained in epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, she also PhD is in Biological Sciences in Public Health with...

He's a retired brigadier general and now a northwest Georgia cattle rancher. Just the kind of guest you'd expect hanging "at the kitchen table" with the ladies, right? Oh, did we mention he's running to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's vacated seat in Congress? Hello, "Kitchen Table issues!" Meet Shawn Harris , who's simultaneously in a run-off to complete MTG&...

Marina Jenkins, Executive Director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee , came to the kitchen table to discuss her role in combatting partisan gerrymandering and the impact redistricting has on everyday voters and voter participation. Hear how gerrymandering turned a 1% net win into a 47-seat bloodbath for Democrats not long ago in the U.S. House and how the mid-decade race to gerrym...

In this episode, you'll meet Kitty Mayo, mother, founder of Georgia Protective Parents and a tireless child safety advocate & legislative drafter. It's her personal experience with Georgia's family court system that transformed her into one of the state's most determined champions for child safety reform. After witnessing, first-hand, the consequences of an unaccountable Guardi...

A younger Debra Shigley wrote a fan letter to Soledad O'Brien, and from that early interaction sprung a mentorship. Now the Emmy Award-winning journalist & documentarian (now Oscar-nominated) filmmaker joined Debra and co-host Caroline Wells for an episode "At The Kitchen Table" to discuss O'Brien's most recent documentary - an Oscar-nominated piece her production team fi...

Former state Senator Jason Esteves is a husband, father, former schoolteacher, former school board member, former state senator and small business owner. Oh, and now he's running to be Georgia's next governor. Sounds like a man with a lot on his plate and with a lot of practical experience needed to shape who will be the state's next chief executive. He recently unveiled a new childcar...

Dana Barrett 's path to where she is now - serving on the Fulton County Commission and aiming to be Georgia's first woman Secretary of State - came with twists and turns. That's life. The life of a single working mother, small business owner, tech executive and breast cancer survivor has tested her, but "iron sharpens iron," right? Dana joined Debrea and Carolina "at the...

Caroline and Debra welcome Liuba Grechen Shirley, the Founder and CEO of Vote Mama Foundation and Vote Mama PAC , organizations dedicated to electing mothers to office and breaking down the barriers that keep them out of politics. In 2018, she made history as the first candidate ever to receive FEC approval to use campaign funds for childcare—a victory that opened doors for thousands of candidates...

Dominique Browning , founder of Moms' Clean Air Force , joined Caroline and Debra to show the connection between clean environmental policy pushes and maternal / familial health concerns. The ladies share an enlightening conversation that shows how mothers and women leaders are uniquely positioned to drive climate action and protect children's health at the local, state and federal level.

Hosts Caroline Welles and Debra Shigley welcome State Senator (and father of two) Rashaun Kemp to their virtual kitchen table for a conversation on a topic on most parents' minds: phones, tablets .. SCREEN TIME. Hear how the Georgia legislature and school officials are combatting devices to win the attention and minds of 'The Anxious Generation.'

Welcome to our virtual "kitchen table," where hostsCaroline Welles and Debra Shigley will sit down to have conversations impacting conversations you're having at your kitchen table. Get to know a little about Caroline & Debra, then get to know Georgia Representative Shea Roberts . She caught up with the kitchen table duo just before General Assembly to discuss she and her party&#...