About this episode

The episode features a discussion on childhood memories and political policies with Jay Bookman, alongside a conversation about censorship in education with Mary Rose Wood.

Friend of the show, columnist Jay Bookman reminds us (and Rick Jackson) of the "Rick Jackson" Rick recalls himself being as a child: impoverished and in need . As Bookman opines, it's as if Jackson forgot that child version of himself on route to crafting the sort of policies he'd put in place if he were to become Georgia's next governor. - - - Revisiting a conversation I had with Mary Rose Wood, a brave "bad ass" (her brother's term) who's a high school teacher in Chapin, SC. There she was smeared on school board candidates' campaign mailer as "communist." All because she had her AP language arts students read a Ta-Nehisi Coates book. The south gonna "south," right? Anyhow, we discussed her story, brush with fame (and fear) in that small SC town.

People in this episode

Host: Ron Roberts

Guest: Jay Bookman

Topics covered

• childhood memories
• political policies
• education
• censorship
• local politics

Keywords

• Rick Jackson
• Jay Bookman
• Mary Rose Wood
• education
• censorship
• Georgia politics
• Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Places: Georgia, Chapin, SC

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