Emilia Brock
Emilia Brock is a producer for GPB's program, "On Second Thought."
Emilia is a passionate storyteller and has experience in a number of creative fields, including journalism, photography, video and radio production, fiction writing and more.
She has held a variety of professional roles, ranging from arts and culture reporting to communications for Atlanta's Delta Air Lines. She was even, at one point, a street performer in Helsinki, Finland, writing stories and poems on demand.
Emilia got her start in journalism early on, writing for her local newspaper, “The Daily Breeze,” before even graduating high school. She went on to write a weekly column for that paper, recounting her experiences as a freshman at New York University. There, she double-majored in journalism and English & American literature, and minored in music, graduating cum laude.
Emilia is originally from Los Angeles, and while she will always have love for her former cities in the Avocado State and the Big Apple, she is thrilled to make her home here, now, in the Peach State.
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Monday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp received a raucous welcome at the GOP state convention over the weekend. He heard plenty of booing from Republican activists still angry he did not do more to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The jeers were mixed with the cheers of those ready to support him for a second term in 2022. -
Wednesday on Political Rewind: President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre in Oklahoma yesterday. What is being done to address those horrendous parts of our history — here in Georgia and across the country? -
Friday on Political Rewind: House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) joined the show to discuss a recent visit with Republican leaders in Congress and speculation he is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Ralston, a top leader of Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly, said he was interested in the role representing Georgia in the U.S. Congress, but had not made a decision yet. -
Political Rewind: Kemp Promotes Health Privacy Over Vaccination Proof; GOP Leaders Respond To GreeneWednesday on Political Rewind, Gov. Brian Kemp has issued an executive order banning state agencies and schools from requiring proof of vaccination against the coronavirus. Also, after days of silence, Republican leaders of the U.S. House have now issued stern criticisms of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s repeated statements comparing mask and vaccine rules to Nazi Germany’s vilification of Jews. -
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Change is coming to Stone Mountain Park after the board approved a series of plans to begin reframing the park’s glorification of the Lost Cause. We mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. His death sent millions of Americans into the streets to march for racial justice and police accountability. -
Political Rewind: 'Critical Race Theory' In Schools As New Wedge Issue For 2022; Ralston For Senate?Friday on Political Rewind: Is Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) considering a run for Senate in 2022? A meeting with Republican congressional leaders and recent social media posts about the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Raphael Warnock are leading some analysts to speculate Ralston might launch a challenge. Meanwhile, conservative leaders across Georgia are focusing their attention on a new issue: critical race theory in state curriculum. But is this a problem in search of a solution? -
Wednesday on Political Rewind: It has been a difficult year. So there may be no more important time for all of us to talk about hard things. Fortunately, Anna Sale, host of the hugely popular podcast Death, Sex and Money, recently released a manual for how to have those conversations. Her book Let’s Talk About Hard Things is a distillation of what she’s learned in discussing the subjects so many of us prefer to avoid on her podcast for the past seven years. -
Political Rewind: Lt. Gov. Duncan Not Seeking Reelection; New CDC Guidance Complicates Mask MandatesTuesday on Political Rewind: Following the latest CDC guidance, some 20 states have given the go-ahead for vaccinated people to go maskless. How are Georgia cities, counties and local businesses responding to the announcement? Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has made it official — he will not seek reelection. Instead, he says he’ll work instead to build a Republican Party freed from Donald Trump’s lingering control. -
Monday on Political Rewind: Federal unemployment benefits helped buoy Georgians through a difficult year of economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Gov. Brian Kemp and several Republican lawmakers across the country are moving towards ending the weekly checks for the unemployed in their respective states. -
Friday on Political Rewind: A new documentary by two Georgia-born filmmakers, brothers Will and Jim Pattiz make the case that Carter was a visionary who promoted policies far ahead of their time; on racial justice, world peace, sustainable energy and much more.
