Episodes
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Scott Slade's Georgia 10/29/26
Speaking with Georgia filmmakers Luke Pilgrim and Brad Kennedy about their latest project, "Unknown Georgia -- Macon to Augusta." Collecting stories from real people about their paranormal experiences ranging from UFO sightings to a haunted floor in an Augusta hotel popular with guests. Strange…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 10/22/26
"How a six-decade tradition of bluegrass music is being kept alive and well in North Gwinnett." Speaking with those who have been keeping Everett's Music Barn thriving since 1964 in Suwanee. Here's how Tommy Everett, Rena Everett MacDaniel and a long list of musicians and volunteers are keeping…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 10/15/26
Speaking with White County High School Principal Steve Horton about his school's ultra-successful student media Pathways program. A hundred students are involved year round In everything from live and recorded broadcast production to selling, writing and producing commercials for local businesses...
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Scott Slade's Georgia
"Here's the recipe for a stunning leaf season in the North GA Mountains." Speaking with Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger Casey Tudor about how the leaf season is shaping up. Peak weeks are usually the last week of October into the first week of November. Follow along at www.GAtrees.org and hit...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 10/8/26
"Here's the recipe for a stunning leaf season in the North GA Mountains." Speaking with Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger Casey Tudor about how the leaf season is shaping up. Peak weeks are usually the last week of October into the first week of November. Follow along at www.GAtrees.org and hit...
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Scott Slade's Georgia
"It's not just football and pumpkin spice — it's Joro Spider Season in Georgia!" Speaking with UGA Entomology Professor Jason Schmidt about the study he has coauthored on what makes these spiders tick. They have been with us for about a decade, imported from Japan, and lucky us — they thrive in...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 9/24/26
"Here's a rare opportunity to own a piece of Georgia history." A sizeable portion of historic Gay, Georgia, is now on the market. Speaking with Harrison Summerour, whose family owns and operates the small Town and the biannual Gay Cotton Fair, coming up the first weekend of October. Offered at...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 9/17/26
How this year's Dekalb Peachtree Airport Good Neighbor Day event will make history this weekend. Speaking with PDK Airport Director Hunter Hines and airshow announce Matt Jolley about the Saturday September 19 event that features aerobatics, static displays, an interactive STEM exhibit, and for…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 09-10-26
"NOAA says the lower 48 United States has just experienced the hottest summer in 132 years of record keeping." The summer heat is making a difference in the North Georgia apple season this year. This week, Scott's speaking with Anna Woodward, the Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension Agent...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 9-3-26
Scott Slade interviews Donna Hyland
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Scott Slade's Georgia 08-27-26
"The Georgia showman whose unusual talent made him nationally famous." The story of Jimmie Edmondson, Sr. This week, Scott's speaking with his son Jimmie, Jr., about how his dad woke up from a coma with an unusual ability to write, speak and listen in reverse. Born in 1910 in Atlanta's Fourth…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 08-20-26
"The Georgia ties to the new professional baseball league that's been a long time coming." This week, Scott's speaking to Janet Thomas McKeen from Acworth. She's part of the inaugural umpire crew for the new Women's Professional Baseball League now playing their first season. There are some…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 08-13-26
"Here's how a Gwinnett County campus is making a difference in Georgia's doctor shortage." This week, Scott takes you to the White Coat Ceremony for 135 aspiring doctors studying at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee. Speaking with Dean Dr. Andy Mann about how they will...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 08-06-26
"As he enters the home stretch, Georgia's top legal officer reflects on a decade in office." This week, Scott's speaking with Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr about some the benchmarks of ten years in office. We talk about an effective statewide prosecution tackling human trafficking, the...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 07-30-26
"Meet the young newspaper owner determined to keep local journalism humming along in small-town Georgia." This week, Scott's speaking to 25-year-old Evan Newton, the editor, publisher and owner of The Monticello News. What he calls a full-circle moment from reading the paper as a first-grader to...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 07-23-26
The WSB Careathon gives us a chance to let you know about the breakthroughs that you have been inspiring in the fight against childhood cancer and blood disorders. This week, Scott's speaking with Dr. Doug Graham, the Director of the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service at Children's...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 07-16-26
"An international whale rescue that will culminate in Atlanta." The Georgia Aquarium is set to become part of rehoming beluga whales from a Canadian marine park that has been shuttered since 2024. Hear what is involved in getting them here and why the Georgia Aquarium is one of the few facilities...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 07-09-26
"They are smart, reproduce like rabbits and leave a wake of damage everywhere they go. These porcine pests have long been a plague in Georgia." This week, Scott's speaking with Georgia Department of Natural Resources Deer and Feral Hog Biologist Charlie Killmaster about the estimated $150 million...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 07-02-26
"What was Georgia like 250 years ago this summer?" We were untamed, rural, with a brutal plantation economy. And as Berry College History Professor Christy Snider tells us, up to the mid 1770's, we largely stayed out of revolutionary politics. Here's what happened that got those early Georgians...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 06-25-26
Updating the effort to crown Georgia's first national park. This week, Scott's speaking with Tracie Revis, CEO of the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative, to get a progress report on elevating the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park to a full-fledged national park. Along with the...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 06-18-26
"Meet the people who continue to find a way to get vital nutrition to hundreds of metro Atlanta seniors -- many who depend on Meals on Wheels Atlanta as their only source of food." This week, Scott's speaking with Meals on Wheels Atlanta (MOWA) volunteers Valerie and Dwayne Williams, and MOWA...
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Scott Slade's Georgia 06-11-26
This week, Scott's thoughts on Father's Day — and on being a dad.
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Scott Slade's Georgia 06-04-26
The super-food harvest underway now in South Georgia. This week, Scott's speaking with blueberry farmer and state senate agriculture committee chairman Russ Goodman about Georgia's number one fruit crop. Why a swatch of South Georgia is ideal for propelling Georgia some years to best in the…
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Scott Slade's Georgia 05-28-26
What your news outlets could look like in the years to come. This week, Scott's talking to University of Georgia Journalism School Dean Charles Davis. It can be a toxic atmosphere for the news business these days; how that might affect future journalists? He’s pretty optimistic.
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Scott Slade's Georgia 05-21-26
How Memorial Day can be very personal for Georgia families. Scott speaks with Lisa Jenkins, the Department of Georgia President of American Gold Star Mothers, the service organization that supports families who have lost loved ones while serving our nation.
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5-7-26 Scott Slade's Georgia
Speaking with Kim Zane with the City of Alpharetta and Smokestack BBQ owner "Dave" about the 34th annual Taste of Alpharetta, Thursday May 14, 5-10 PM in downtown Alpharetta. Over 70 restaurants involved will make it the biggest ever. Admission is free but "taste bucks" will be required to sample...
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4-30-26 Scott Slade's Georgia
This week, Scott pays tribute to Congressman David Scott's decades of public service with a story you may not have heard before now.
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4-23-26 Scott Slade's Georgia
Speaking with Pamela Lyle with the James Stewart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and their effort to reunite a Purple Heart medal with the family of Atlanta native Raymond Leroy Mauldin. He was killed in action February 2, 1944, during the Battle of Anzio in Italy at the age…
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4-16-26 Scott Slade's Georgia
Georgia lawmakers approved a measure (HB 1193) that would put a literacy coach in every elementary school in the state more than thirteen-hundred of them. We speak with Dr. Lindee Morgan, the executive director of the Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy, to get a read on how those coaches...
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Good news for Georgia Vidalia onion fans
The pack date for this year's Vidalia onion crop is April 13th; that's the date the famously sweet onions can legally be shipped and sold. The Vidalia Onion Act of 1986 established the 20-county growing region and trademarked the onion name to ensure only the highest-quality onions reach…
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How the Tucker community rallies to save a beloved business.
For twenty-eight years, Sherry's Produce has been selling farm fresh fruits and vegetables to loyal customers from their stand in the corner of a parking lot at 3863 Lawrenceville Highway. Tina Dorsey helps run the business for her mom, Sherry Harris. When the strip mall and parking lot came up…
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Georgia's Worst Aviation Disaster
To this day, it remains Georgia's worst aviation disaster. April 4, 1977. The crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 on a two-lane road in New Hope in Paulding County. Sixty-three people on the aircraft and nine people on the ground died that day. What aviation experts learned from the crash to…
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There are at least 39-thousand farms in Georgia. And every one them is placing a high-stakes bet this time of year.
Speaking with Tom McCall, the president of the 300-thousand member Georgia Farm Bureau Federation about the realities of farming in this economic and political environment. And what Georgia farmers want more than anything else to be able to survive and thrive. Also, State Rep. Jutt Howard from...
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"What came first" question--this radio station, or the electricity to run it?
WSB Radio turns 104 years old on March 15, 2026. The north Georgia hydroelectric plants that powered the station had already been generating electricity for nearly a decade when it signed on the air. Speaking to Georgia Power Hydroelectric plant managers Greg Brown and Jimmy Packer from Plant...
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The Largest Research on Autism
Scott looks into the largest research ever constructed to find a treatment for young kids with autism.
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The Major Refurb That Includes America’s First Black-Owned Radio Station—the Thousand-Watt Atlanta Station That Served as a News Center for the Modern Civil Rights Movement
While the building that houses the Prince Hall Masonic Temple and Lodge is getting ready to open to the public as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park this spring, don't miss what was going on upstairs in that yellow brick building at 330 Auburn Avenue. WERD 860 AM radio...
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Answering a Giant "Help Wanted" Ad in Georgia
This week, Scott's speaking with Scott Shelar, the CEO and President of Construction Ready, the non-profit that works to fill skilled construction worker openings with events like the 20th annual Career Expo, February 19-20, at the Georgia World Congress Center. Twelve-thousand students, teachers...
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Making the Case To Replace a Century-Old Georgia State Symbol
This week, Scott's speaking to Michael Cowan, Board Chairman of the Georgia Native Plant Society, and Sandy Springs State Representative Deborah Silcox, who introduced House Bill 955, proposing that the Sweetbay Magnolia should become the new state flower, replacing the Cherokee Rose. For…
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The Plight of the “Hidden Homeless” in Georgia
As the important "Point in Time" Homeless count begins after a weather delay this week, Scott's speaking to journalist Brian Goldstone about his remarkable book, "There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless In America." Brian took six years to report and research the book, while basically...
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A Ray of Sunshine to Brighten the Winter Gloom
This week, Scott's speaking with Tena Clark, owner of Dunaway Gardens in Coweta County. Founded in 1916 by Hettie Jane Dunaway, the gardens became known across the nation and even overseas as a center for the arts, training high school and college kids in theater, music and dance. Hettie Jane...
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The Georgia School That’s Keeping American Music Alive
After hearing that Emory University had been awarded an Alzheimer's Foundation grant to explore the effect of music on patients, you have to wonder how even more beneficial playing a musical Instrument could be. Speaking with Maura Nicholson, the executive director of the Frank Hamilton School in...
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A New Frontier for Telehealth for Georgians
This week, Scott's speaking with dentists Dr. Slade Lail in Duluth and Dr. Jay Phillips in Tifton on how Georgia's new tele-dentistry law will work when it goes into effect this month. Not only will it allow a new level of triage for patients in metro Atlanta, but it can also make a huge…
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The Volunteers With a Year-Long Mission Who Pitch In To Make the Holidays Brighter for Those in Need
This week, Scott's speaking with Mike Mies, the executive director of St Vincent de Paul of Georgia. How volunteers make sure donations to Clark Howard's Christmas Kids campaign make it to thousands of Georgia foster children in time for Christmas. Hear how they make it a year-round mission to…
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Growing a Generation of New Georgia Farmers
This week, Scott's speaking with Hall County School District Superintendent Will Schofield about the Agriculture Business Program there. Students in the work-based learning program not only get hands on training in everything from meat cutting to ag IT, but they also get high school credits and…
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A Tribute to an Atlanta Newspaper Carrier
This week, Scott's speaking with long-time Atlanta Journal-Constitution delivery carrier David Neely about the AJC phasing out its print edition after December 31st. After thirty-six years delivering the paper in East Cobb, he figures he's thrown more than two million papers onto yards and...
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Scott Reflects on Thanksgiving
Scott Slade remembers some Thanksgivings from his youth and looks at how much and how little has changed for his favorite holiday.
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An Easy Drive to National Award-Winning Barbecue!
This week, Scott's speaking with Kyle Bryner, this year's winner of Food Network's Barbecue Brawl. Every day, his Blue Hound Barbecue in Dillard, Georgia, serves up the same cuisine that wowed judges like Bobby Flay. Kyle is on a mission to infuse Appalachia flavors into everything he serves.…
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One of Metro Atlanta’s Longest-Running Holiday Traditions
This week, Scott's speaking with director Amanda Watkins about the 36th year the Alliance Theater will produce an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." The forty-one-performance run beginning November 15 is shaping up to be more popular than ever with its mix of music, drama, special effects and a...
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The Inspiring Veterans Memorial Like No Other in Georgia
As we head to Veterans Day, Scott speaks with Gerry Lewis, who was among the veterans who laid out the vision for the John's Creek Veterans Memorial at Newtown Park. The Memorial Walk there pays tribute to those who served in conflicts ranging from World War I through Afghanistan. And the park is...
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With Food Stamp Benefits Threatened by the Government Shutdown, How Georgia’s Largest Food Bank Is Already Answering Historic Demand
This week, Scott is speaking with Atlanta Community Food Bank President and CEO Kyle Waide. The Food bank works with more than 700 community-based nonprofit food distribution partners in metro Atlanta and North Georgia, including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers and more. They...
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