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Sarah, the subject of this week’s cover story on heroin addiction, speaks to CL Senior Writer Mara Shalhoup about how she got hooked on the drug — and how, six years later, she finally quit.
Today’s Air Loaf features Max Arbes and CL’s Mara Shalhoup discussing this weeks cover story about Atlanta’s growing number of heroin users.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Andisheh Nouraee chatting about this week’s cover story Gun-Ho!, which discusses the new state gun law that allows the Georgia Firearms Licensed to pack heat on public transportation, in city and state parks, and restaurants that serve alcohol.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Scott Freeman discuss this week’s cover story: Pride and patriotism.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and David Lee Simmons discussing Hedwig and the Angry Inch playing tonight and through the weekend at Actor’s Express.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features Max Arbes chatting with CL’s Scott Henry about this week’s cover story on Mayor Shirley Franklin.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s own Chanté Lagon and Scott Freeman discussing this week’s cover story about Forrest Hill Academy.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Today’s Air Loaf features Ken Edelstein and WMLB-AM’s Max Arbes discussing CL’s Green Guide which drops today.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Michael Eric Dyson is a self-described public intellectual who is an author, college professor, ordained minister and, until last week, hosted a nationally syndicated weekday radio talk show that was carried locally on WAMJ-FM 102.5. His most recent book, Debating Race, is a collection of transcripts from his many discussions and debates on the subject in several different media. He will appear at the Shrine of the Black Madonna at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, and at Waldenbooks CNN Center at noon Thursday, March 22.
Listen as David Lee Simmons interviews Michael Eric Dyson - Download [mp3].
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Alley of broken dreams - Underground Atlanta roundtable
When the World of Coca-Cola opens in May in its new location next door to the Georgia Aquarium, the bottom is expected to fall out of Underground Atlanta. That’s the prediction of a recent study conducted by the city’s finance department, which crunched the numbers for Underground and forecast a dismal future unless a major turnaround takes place. With the loss of the World of Coke as a tourist draw — shifting its 800,000 annual visitors to Centennial Park — revenues at Underground are expected to nosedive by 20 percent, continuing an ongoing decline in sales.
Atlanta taxpayers currently foot the bill for about $8 million a year in debt service on $85 million in bonds the city issued to relaunch Underground Atlanta in 1989. Right now, the only money the city earns from Underground comes from the adjoining parking decks, not from its shops, restaurants or bars.
So how does the city avoid a costly bailout of Underground? Creative Loafing invited a councilman, an urban planner, a downtown business owner and a community activist to discuss how Underground could be transformed from a failing subterranean mall into a vibrant component of a newly energized central business district.
To hear the councilman, the architect, the club owner, and the activist go off on Underground’s faults and wax eloquent on its future, check out our podcast.
For this three-part series, she interviewed more than a dozen on-the-record sources, reviewed documents in 14 court cases and police investigations, and scoured Internet chat rooms, message boards, MySpace pages and DVD magazines.
Download the wrap-up podcast - Recorded Dec. 19, 2006.
Creative Loafing Senior Writer Mara Shalhoup learned about the Black Mafia Family in late 2004 — when a source told her there might have been ties between the murder of Rashannibal “Prince” Drummond and BMF.
Download and listen to CL Editor Ken Edelstein discuss the origins of this story with the author, Mara Shalhoup.
Download the BMF podcast - Recorded Dec. 13, 2006.
