Joe Hagan: Vanity Fair Writer & Author of 'Sticky Fingers'
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Joe Hagan is a writer for Vanity Fair. His reporting and writing have taken him from the jungles of Singapore to The 21 Club, and from “tanking” Beto O’Rourke’s announcement to sipping white wine poolside with Jann Wenner and Annie Lebowitz. In this episode he takes us through all of that and more! His byline has appeared in almost every notable general audience magazine that MEN like your humble hosts subscribed to in the 1990s and early 2000s, including Esquire, Rolling Stone, GQ and many other now defunct taste making zines. He is the author of the authorized biography of...
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Greg Bluestein: AJC Reporter & Author
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Greg Bluestein is a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) an analyst for MSNBC and recently published the definitive book on the 2020 election in the state of Georgia - . He is also a friend of the show, a mensch, and a fellow graduate of the 2021 CFP National Champion The University of Georgia! With Georgia solidly purple, and set to be ground zero in The Battle to Re-Fight 2020 and the swingiest of swing states in 2022 and 2024, Greg has a front row seat to observe the strategy and tactics of the best (and some of the worst) campaigns and political operations in the...
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Governor Roy Barnes
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Roy Barnes (D-Mableton) served as the 80th Governor of The State of Georgia from 1999-2003 Barnes is a 1970 graduate of 2021 College Football National Champions The University of Georgia and a 1972 graduate of 2021 College Football National Champions The University of Georgia School of Law. He was the most recent Democrat to be elected to The Governor’s office, and the last in an unbroken string of members of the Democratic Party to hold the office dating back to The Civil War. He is also currently the only Governor not to be re-elected since the law was changed to allow governors to...
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Bonus: Cracker in Athens & Very Uninformed Takes on Ukraine
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This weekend the boys headed up to their ancestral home of Athens, GA to see Ike Reilly and Cracker, and were met with a whole galaxy of characters. plus Very Uninformed Takes on the Russia-Ukraine situation.
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Welcome To Season 2
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For our first Episode of Season 2, we spend some time talking about the mess at Auburn, our upcoming guests and YOUR College Football National Champion University of Georgia Football Bulldawgs. And by popular demand, we turn the questionaire on each other to find out the real answer to "REM or Outkast?" Connect with us on our socials: Show email: [email protected]
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Bonus: RIP Mark Lanegan
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Way back when in 2020, we reviewed Mark's book, Sing Backwards & Weep, reposted here along with our condolences. Rest In Power to a True Seether King!
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Joyce Vance
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Joyce Vance has it going on. She is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. She is a professor at The University of Alabama School of Law. She is the co-host of Insider with former United States Attorney for The Southern District of Manhattan Preet Bharara, the co-host of #SisterInLaw along with several other women who are former US Attorneys. She is an MSNBC columnist and a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC. She is a wife and a mother of four.
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Sean Duggan: Producer & Director of "Keep It A Secret"
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Sean Duggan is an advertising executive and documentary film producer and director. His debut film “Keep It A Secret: The Story of the Dawn of Surfing in Ireland” about Irish Surfers, The Troubles and his journey through surfing is available now via NYC Doc.
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Brian Lyman: Reporter For The Montgomery Advertiser
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Brian Lyman is one of the best reporters in America. He covers politics and the legislature for The Montgomery Advertiser.
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TJ Callaway: Founder & CEO of Onward Reserve
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TJ Callaway, IV is the founder and CEO of Onward Reserve, an online and retail destination for lifestyle gifts and apparel. Named for a story about President Teddy Roosevelt hunting in Onward, MS and embodying the company motto of Live Authentically, Onward Reserve has become a lifestyle brand and menswear phenomenon with 12 retail locations throughout Georgia and The Southeast.
info_outlineMark McKinnon needs no introduction, but just in case you’ve forgotten who he is:
He is the creator and co-host of Showtime’s The Circus, now filming their sixth season in Washington, DC and battleground states throughout the country.
Mark is famously a former consultant for Democrats such as Former Texas Governors Mark White and Ann Richards, Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, Former Democratic Congressman Charlie Wilson (He of Charlie Wilson’s War Fame) Former Texas Lt. Governor Bob Bullock.
In the late 1990s, he switched parties to be director of media for George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns – leading the team who put together all of the paid media for both the 2000 and 2004 campaigns. (Both of which were won by W.)
He went on to co-found No Labels, work for John McCain’s 2008 effort and consult on HBO’s The Newsroom and Netflix’s House of Cards, and work with U2’s Bono
Mark was a fellow at The Harvard’s JFK School of Government, and lecture at The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas. He is a member of the board of jurors of The George Foster Peabody Awards (given by The University of Georgia!)
He is also the former road manager for Kris Kristofferson, who wrote “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” and a personal favorite “Blame It On the Stones.”
Mark is also a style maven who like The Chairman, has a penchant for flashy clothes and The Drip, best exemplified by their dedication to Res Ipsa shoes.
He can be found on twitter at: https://twitter.com/mmckinnon
Showtime’s The Circus tweets at: https://twitter.com/SHO_TheCircus
Mark’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmckinnon/?hl=en
The Circus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sho_thecircus/?hl=en
No Labels: https://www.nolabels.org/
Res Ipsa: https://resipsausa.com/
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