Political Breakfast from WABE

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Every Tuesday and Thursday morning on the Political Breakfast podcast, veteran Atlanta journalist Lisa Rayam, Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson, and Republican strategist Brian Robinson deliver Georgia’s best analysis of local politics with a weekly dose of informed, respectful and lively discussion.

During Georgia’s state legislative session, Political Breakfast presents the pop-up podcast Gold Dome Scramble every Friday morning as host Lisa Rayam talks with reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali from the WABE newsroom to break things down for our listeners — the issues being considered, and the bills getting sorted through various committees at the Georgia State Capitol.

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Dramfam

Discourse we desperately need

You won’t always agree but it’s a civil discussion. Lisa Rayam is a fantastic moderator. Always prepared with great questions.
nuppal07171987

June 25 episode

Wow what TERRIBLE economic analysis. What a joke. That nasally guy who tried to flex his atrophied fiscal muscle makes me want to unsubscribe. This is a joke. Effect vs. affect
Grandesid

Worse than expected

I expected this version of this podcast to be biased and facile. It was worse than I thought. Ugh
DoctorSoJo

Great show!

I’ve been a long-time listener and enjoy the civil (and mostly friendly 😆) discussions that take place between Mr. Robinson and Mr. Johnson. It’s a breath of fresh air to hear two people of opposite parties offer their perspectives without trying to tear each other down. Political Breakfast is a refuge amongst the storm of bitterness and cynicism that plagues today’s politics. I look forward to listening every week and am so excited to hear they’ve added a second episode! Thank you for the show. Keep up the great work!
Mike Kenig

Another great Ga Politics podcast!

Enjoy these discussions and appreciate the timeliness of them! Add these to your list!
Wowsers753

BRIAN NEEDS HIS OWN SHOW

🔼🔼🔼🔼
lisa swats

Feels Derivative

Feels like NPR/WABE just tossed their hat into the few political talkshows GA has, like Political Rewind. So they record live and share the results. One would have hoped they'd contribute something new in this area but it is quite like PR—male dominated respondents and facts are not amended after recording. As a result, it is just an opinion podcast, meaning it always dead ends to nowhere but opinion.
Peter-GCES

Unlistenable due to Brian Robinson

The podcast is great except for the utter nonsense espoused by Republican shill Brian Robinson. His cowardice, bloviating, and inability for introspection (himself or his failed political party) render this otherwise good podcast unlistenable. Find someone else, please.
blk_beard

Brian Robinson

Blm did not try to overthrow the us govt . His whataboutism is outrageous .
chufflth84

Required Listening

Picked up on this while down in Georgia for the Senate runoffs, and no matter where I’m at I’ll be listening every Friday. No matter your political stripes you’ll come away informed and entertained by the dialogue. Georgia is going to be the center of the political universe dor the next decade, and these folks will help explain why.
Katiephoward

Political Breakfast

Friday wouldn’t be Friday without Political Breakfast. Look forward to it every week and enjoy the respectful debate, in-depth real-time analysis and chemistry of Tharon and Brian. One of my favorite podcasts for sure!
magnumjd

Political Breakfast

Amazing. I learn something new and get entertained every show! Simply the finest political podcast anywhere.
Object.Method

Informative, Respectful. My New Favorite Podcast!

This is so good. It's the first source of policical information that isn't toxic. It's all about local Atlanta and Georgia politics, which is what really matters to most people - not the national drama that saturates the news cycles.
FernandezNick

Great Political Broadcast

No better GA political podcast out there right now! Great civil discussion between Brian and Tharon and something I look forward to hearing every 2 weeks.
Dr. CLS

My favorite podcast!

I love listening every 2 weeks! The dialogue between Brian, Tharon and Dennis is thoughtful and informed, but it’s also fun and spirited. It keeps me up to date on what’s going on in the political world in an entertaining show!
Brionté

Informative and High Quality Discussion

If you want to be in the know about political happenings in Georgia, this is the Podcast to listen to. Good to hear both sides of the aisle which is very hard to do these days. And specifically, Tharon Johnson, thanks for all your informative, fact-based commentary.
L3LLL333

Finally!!!

I love listening to these 3 chat about local politics and policy that affects me daily. Atlanta was really missing this. Thank you Denis and WABE!!!
gabby1130

It's about time!!!

This podcast is long overdue. Dennis, Tharon and Brian touch on local and national news. Dennis thanks for moderating. Tharon thanks for your indepth knowledge of topics. Love this podcast!!!!
WABE's hugest fan!

Fantastic!

This was an amazing podcasts! I love Tharon.. he is so knowledgeable.
Lizzie Lizzie Lulu

I 💛 Denis

Way to go Denis and WABE 90.1!
jjinthea

Great conversations

I love their energy and can’t wait to hear this podcast!