Athens News Matters
Saturdays at 10am and Mondays at 8pm
For over 15 years, Athens News Matters has been a vehicle to connect listeners with the stories that matter from Athens and around Northeast Georgia.
In the past two years, Athens News Matters has received multiple awards for excellence in journalism from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and the Public Media Journalists Association.
The Athens News Matters team:
Hosts: Alexia Ridley
Producer: Emma Auer
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We’ll talk with a counselor about how to cope when the holidays bring more “grief and loss” than “comfort and joy.” -
The panel discusses the runoff election and local politics. -
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ACC Commission discusses impact on affordable housing. -
The Athens Symphony plans to make joyful noises this holiday season, and their conductor gives us a preview of what to expect. -
This week's news, plus the recent break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters in Athens, whether the push for Saturday voting was worth it, and the possible outcome of next week’s runoff election for US Senate. -
We learn about Navarrete’s academic pursuits, and how her Rhodes Scholarship will help shape her future. -
A research fellow at the University of Georgia’s Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach debunks myths on social media about sex trafficking and talks about what’s really happening. -
The Humane Society has provided more than 500 surgeries per month to animals in need after their partnership with the University of Georgia Veterinary School. -
Deborah Gonzalez, the District Attorney for Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit, joins us to explain how restorative justice can make both the victims of crime – and the perpetrators – whole.
