Georgia Focus

Pandemic stress isn’t just impacting frontline workers; it hurts all of us. Diana Hendel, PharmD, and Mark Goulston, MD, share advice for recognizing and alleviating COVID-related stress whenever it takes hold in their new book Why Cope When You Can Heal?: How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD. Dr. Goulston shares interesting insight on dealing with stress.

The Division of Aging Services coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers. Abby Cox, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Division of Aging Services, discusses their programs and services.

The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum is a cultural center in Atlanta dedicated to Jewish history, culture and arts with special emphasis on Georgia and the Holocaust. Jerry Katz, Senior Curator, provides a tour of the museum and discusses his book, Jewish History of Atlanta.

Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr discusses a number of issues including crime in Atlanta, Human Trafficking, Gangs and lawsuits filed by Georgia and other states against the federal government.

Fix it in the Mix is the memoir of Paul Hornsby, acclaimed record producer and musician best known for his work at Capricorn Records in Macon during the 1970's. the book expounds upon his life, music, joining Gregg and Duane Allman as a member of the Hour Glass. He later was hired as a producer at Capricorn Studios, producing the Marshall Tucker Band, the Charlie Daniels Band and others. Today, he...

The Abbie DeLoach Foundation is named for Abbie DeLoach, who was one of 5 Georgia Southern University nursing students tragically killed in a tractor-trailer collision on April 22, 2015. ADF was founded by Abbie’s father, Jimmy DeLoach Jr., in 2016 as charitable organization. With the mission to continue Abbie’s legacy of selfless service to others, generosity, academic and athletic achievement, a...

The mission of the GA Dept of Human Services Division of Family & Children’s Services is to prioritize the safety of Georgia’s children in the decisions they make and actions they take. They partner with families on their path to independence and build stronger communities with caring, effective and responsive service. One area in which they do that is Foster Care. DaJari Patterson, Caregiver Recr...

The Georgia Centers of Innovation are the state’s leading resource for facilitating business innovation. Through the assistance of the five centers, Georgia companies translate new ideas and technologies into commercially viable products and services to better compete in the global marketplace. One of the businesses that works with the Centers of Innovation is Sweet Grass Dairy in Thomasville, an...

Distracted Driving Awareness Month Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Allen Poole and Lt. Maurice Raines from Georgia State Patrol discuss the now 3-year old Hands-Free law and continuing efforts to eliminate distracted driving in the state.

Mattie’s Call is an emergency missing alert for disabled or elderly persons. Established by the Georgia General Assembly in 2006, the alert can be activated by local law enforcement. Mattie’s Call is named in honor of Mattie Moore who went missing from her home in Atlanta in April 2004. Kim Franklin from the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Cristi Moore, granddaughter of Mattie Moor...

Guest Grainne Owen founded Curing Kids Cancer in 2005 in order to fund research to find a cure for childhood cancer. Since then Curing Kids Cancer has raised millions for pediatric cancer research and treatment, funding 1.5 million in research awards in 2020 alone. Dr. Stephen Grupp discusses the latest developments in the fight against childhood cancer.

April 5-11 is National Crime Victims Week. Marsy’s Law, passed in GA in 2018, seeks to give crime victims meaningful and enforceable constitutional rights equal to the rights of the accused. Program guests are Rita Davis-Cannon, Director of Victim Services Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, Aisha Ford, Victims Compensation Division Director of the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Coun...

Jerry Smith and Dennis Dorman, have biked thousands of miles together all over the world. For over a decade their travels have been to help charities fight hunger. In April they will begin a cycling trip up the Atlantic coast to raise funds for Mary’s Meals, an organization that provides one hot meal a day to almost 2 million children worldwide.

The Georgia Ag Experience is a Mobile Classroom Powered by the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture is a unique STEM-based educational program that invites students across Georgia to explore the vast opportunities in agriculture in a 36-foot trailer turned classroom that goes on the road to elementary schools and community organizations throughout the state. Lily Baucom, Executive Director of the Ge...

Alzheimer’s Association 150,000 Georgians age 65 an older are living with Alzheimer’s. That figure is expected to reach 190,000 by 2025 according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report which provides an in-depth look at the latest national statistics on Alzheimer’s prevalence, incidence, mortality, costs of care and impact on caregivers. Linda Davidson,...

Due to covid last year’s FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway had to be postponed with limited fans. This year the race is back on schedule and will be held Sunday, March 21 and General Manager at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Brandon Hutchison, discusses that and the work of Speedway Children’s Charities.

February is American Heart Month. Enduring Hearts is the only nonprofit solely dedicated to research that helps kids with heart transplants live longer, healthier lives by funding research that increases the longevity of pediatric heart transplants, improves the quality of life for children living with a new heart and eliminates pediatric heart diseases that may lead to a transplant. Carolyn Salva...

111 Places in Atlanta That You Must Not Miss is the ultimate insider's guide to Atlanta. The book by Travis Swann Taylor features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides. The book is part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 250 titles and 1.5 million copies in print worldwide.

Dr. Joey Faucette is Author of two #1 Best-Sellers, Work Positive in a Negative World and Faith Positive in a Negative World and well as many other books. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows across North America and has written over 1,000 articles for publications and websites all of that with the goal of helping people Work and Live Positive in this negative world.

Scott Higley from the Georgia Department of Transportation discusses important safety programs such as their safe driving push to decrease roadway crashes resulting in fatalities and Keep it Clean GA, a state wide campaign focused on preventing and eliminating litter on the state’s roadways.

Reverend Howard Finster, a self proclaimed “Man of Visions”, was one of America’s most widely known and prolific self-taught artists. Today, his home and outdoor art exhibit known as Paradise Gardens, in Summerville, has been preserved and is open to visitors. The Paradise Garden Foundation works to preserve, maintain and showcase Paradise Garden and Tina Cox, Executive Director and Howard Pousner...

Tom Rawlings, Director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, discusses adoption and proposed changes being put before the 2021 Legislative session.

The Music of The Statler Brothers is an in-depth look at the musical career of The Statler Brothers’ forty-year reign as country music's premier group. Lead singer, Don Reid, writes about each song ever recorded by the Grammy Award-winning foursome and gives backstage insight to the writings and the selections of each composition.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation works for the preservation and revitalization of Georgia's historic resources and advocates for their appreciation, protection and use. Each year they release a list called Places in Peril of 10 historic locations in Georgia that are in need of revitalization. Mark McDonald, President and CEO of the GA Trust for Historic Preservation, discusses the 2021...

In Athens in the eighties, if you were young and willing to live without much money, anything seemed possible. Grace Elizabeth Hale experienced the Athens scene as a student, small-business owner, and band member. Blending personal recollection with a historian's eye, she reconstructs that period in Athens’ history in the book Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed...