Georgia Podcast Network

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele spoke to the Atlanta Press Club on January 10, 2008

Mayor Franklin, Atlanta's first female mayor and one of the most influential city leaders in the country, discussed hot topics facing metro Atlanta in 2008 including tax reform, transportation, water and the impact of development. Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele from the Georgia Municipal Association also spoke on these issues.

Length: 58:22 minutes
File size: 40 MB

Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, is listed in a "billionaire's club" with fellow Georgians Ann Cox Chambers, her nephew James Kennedy and Home Depot co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. He reveals some of the secrets of his success in this speech, given at an Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Dec. 12, 2006.

Born in Eatonton in 1921, he holds the distinction as the only native Georgian in this top ranking. Cathy opened his first restaurant in 1946 and has grown his fast-food empire based on Biblical principals. Even though the restaurants are not open on Sunday, Chick-fil-A ranks as the second-largest quick-serve chicken chain in the United States. Cathy is known for his benevolence through his WinShape® Foundation, which has given more than $23 million in scholarships to Chick-fil-A restaurant employees since 1973.

Length: 44:21 minutes
File size: 30.46 MB

John Huey, editor-in-chief of Time, Inc. spoke to the Atlanta Press Club on Friday, November 16. Huey is the sixth Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc., where he oversees editorial content for 145 magazines, including Time, Fortune, People, InStyle, Sports Illustrated and Real Simple. A native of Atlanta, Huey talked about growing up in the south and his experiences in journalism.

Length: 46:08 minutes
File size: 31.7 MB

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke to the Atlanta Press Club at a Newsmaker Luncheon on Thursday, October 18, 2007.

Justice Clarence Thomas is a native of Pin Point, Georgia, a small community near Savannah. He is the second African American to sit on the high court. He graduated from Holy Cross College with a degree in English and received his law degree from Yale University. Thomas served in the Reagan administration and rose to chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

After the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American on the court, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to replace Marshall. After a highly publicized confirmation hearing, Thomas was sworn into the Supreme Court on October 23, 1991.

Considered one of the most private high-profile figures, Thomas discussed his exceptional journey from the depths of poverty in the segregated Deep South to his position at the pinnacle of power in the nation's capital.

Length: 47:03 minutes
File size: 32.3 MB