In These Times with Bill Nigut

Grammy Award-winning songwriter, author and entrepreneur Tena Clark is restoring a community built almost 100 years ago to nurture artists is a lush setting near Atlanta. She joins host Bill Nigut to discuss her past writing and producing music for iconic artists including Natalie Cole and Aretha Franklin, her memoir about growing up gay in rural Mississippi, and her new role in revitalizing Dunaw...

Professor Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia, Professor Andra Gillespie of Emory University, and political reporter Rahul Bali of WABE 90.1 Atlanta join host Bill Nigut to discuss the upcoming primary runoff elections and speculate what the outcomes might mean for Democrats' chances to win the governor's office or retain a seat in the US senate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Four months ago on January 24, Dr. Bill Foege, widely considered to be one of the giants of global public health, died at age 89. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Foege developed the strategy that eradicated smallpox. For that and much more, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Although his health was in a steady decline, especially in the months before hi...

After the Virginia State Supreme Court's recent ruling to nullify new maps drawn by Democrats, candidate for the US House of Representatives Beth Macy finds herself running in a deeply red district. While we at In These Times are off for the week, we encourage you to re-listen to our interview with the best-selling author from last November when she joined us to promote her most recent book, Paper...

Host Bill Nigut is joined by two old friends to discuss current events and more. Kevin Riley is the former Editor in Chief of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and Dr. Mark Rosenberg was the founding Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control before becoming President and CEO of the Task Force for Global Health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Nigut remembers the Atlanta legend in a conversation with Teya Ryan, who worked for Turner as Senior Executive Vice President of CNN, and Bob Hope, Turner's long-time trusted advisor and PR Director of the Atlanta Braves. They join host Bill Nigut to discuss Turner's life and ethos. Former CNN President Tom Johnson and Rick Davis, another long-time CNN executive, contribute stories as we...

Dr. Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia, Andra Gillespie of Emory University and Amy Steigerwalt of Georgia State University discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act and how it affects Georgians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning writer David Lindsay-Abaire discusses his latest play, which is about how the toxic culture in Washington D.C. can seep into the most mundane of issues in daily American life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Nigut and Reverend Dr. Robert Franklin have a discussion about faith, God, morality and ethics in these difficult times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we approach the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Dr. Stan Deaton, Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society, joins host Bill Nigut to discuss events in Georgia and other colonies leading up to this historic event.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Will Haygood discusses the subject of his latest book, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billy Planer has spent four decades working to provide opportunities for people to understand the views of those they may vehemently disagree with. He and host Bill Nigut discuss the deep partisan divide we face as a a nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shirley Franklin, Atlanta's first woman mayor, discusses civil rights, female empowerment and retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Has the US Supreme Court become a rubber stamp for President Trump's agenda? Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Linda Greenhouse, who covered the court for 30 years, shares her extraordinary perspective with host Bill Nigut See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actor Shuler Hensley has played iconic roles in eight Broadway productions but still lives in his hometown Atlanta. Here he serves as Artistic Director of City Springs Theatre and supports young actors through his namesake Shuler High School Musical Theatre Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long time Georgia journalists DuBose Porter and Kevin Riley join host Bill Nigut to discuss the challenges facing journalism today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sheila Cavanagh is a professor of English at Emory University and Director of the World Shakespeare Project. With the Oscars approaching and Hamnet receiving eight nominations, Sheila and host Bill Nigut discuss Hamnet and Shakespeare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a 10,000 bed detainment center coming to Social Circle, immigration lawyer Charles Kuck joins host Bill Nigut to discuss recent developments in immigration policy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boston Globe books section editor Kate Tuttle joins host Bill Nigut to discuss recent and upcoming book releases. Kate previously lived in Atlanta where she wrote for the New York Times, LA Times and Washington Post. She is also a former president of the National Book Critics Circle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlantan pianist Joe Alterman has taken the stage at iconic venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note and performed alongside jazz greats like Houston Person, Les McCann, and Ramsey Lewis. After studying music at NYU and playing gigs around New York City, he returned home to Atlanta to serve as Executive Director of Neranenah, an Atlanta-based concert an...

Doug Shipman, founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, former President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center and member of countless Atlanta boards discuses his background in civil rights and weighs in on how to heal the deep partisan divides that plague us today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With 2026 off to a roaring start, Andra Gillespie, Audrey Haynes, Kevin Riley and Amy Steigerwalt join host Bill Nigut to discuss Georgia and national political headlines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Martin Luther King Jr. day coming up, today's episode focuses on a specific element of civil rights history: transportation in civil disobedience. John Bollard joins host Bill Nigut to discuss his latest book, Protesting with Rosa Parks: From Stagecoaches to Driving While Black. Bollard served as the managing editor of the African American National Biography at Harvard University’s W. E...

Host Bill Nigut interviews global health expert Bill Foege, who is largely credited for devising the strategy that eradicated smallpox, about his life and career and where public health is headed in these times.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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