Abwe want to thank you for being here and also thank you for being a sponsor without individual donations and the support from our community and around the nation southern festival of books would not be t possible it would not be able to continue to be free for you so we want to urge you to visit the website and give as you can and thank you for being here. You are really in for a treat this afternoon. The book that we have here and will be talking to the author david katie who am getting ready to introduce religion of fear the true story of the church of the god of the Union Assembly. What a story it links into tennessee in 19 other congregations across the nation. Cady ably juxtaposes the bizarre tale of the church of god of the Union Assembly with contemporaneous history illustrating how this power mad yet charismatic leader came to rise without anyone noticing anything out of the ordinary. In a part of the world where pentecostal churches are common. The kind of sum it up, heres a
We are going to talk about something thats very popular right now. Podcasts. I dont know what they are, you dont know what they are. Nobody knows. But these people know and they will help walk us through what we need to do to create a podcast. Joining me today , i have the take off the glasses. Is a journalist. She relocated from chicago. Shes the host of the promise podcast which is about life in nashville Public Housing. Covers manufacturing in the rustbelt. Aviation and transportation. New york times, the new yorker, and on and on. Actually i have six cats. I have five cats. Ive gone full crazy. At the end is former director of nonfiction programming for slate sister company. She has hosted probably by the book. When megan met harry appeared in the Washington Post, collects im a dog person. But im allergic to all animals. No offense. Stephen is Program Coordinator for fm for memphis, tennessee. Because he apparently angered the gods at one point, stephen has on more than one occasio
White house. The president has failure to contest the november election could mean losses for the republicans in these Georgia Senate races connect to republicans david purdue and Kelly Leffler has been forced to run off this tuesday against challengers. This election is about more than sending two people to washington. Its about who runs the United States senate. That will determine the direction of the country. More than 3 million georgians have already voted. Tuesday, day of voters will go to the pole and when the results are all in, the battle for the u. S. Senate will be resolved, maybe. During the next hour will give you a comprehensive look at whats going on here on the ground in georgia, whats at stake, what the people are saying about all of it and what theyre doing. We will get predictions from a big variety of experts. This is the final weekend of campaigning during what has been an intense and curious campaign. First november 3 and then this runoff. We begin this evening wi
Also hear from the incoming president of the United States, and then later tonight from the defeated one as both joe biden and Donald Trump Campaign ahead of tomorrows Runoff Elections to determine control of the senate. Thousands are already gathering for the republican rally in the county seat of Whitfield County which currently has the fifth highest Coronavirus Infection rate in the state according to the Atlanta Journal constitution. The virus has killed more than 500 americans today. Bringing the death toll to more than 352,000. And three weeks after the first vaccinations began the cdc says 4. 5 Million People have received the shot. Meanwhile, the president s focus as you can imagine, elsewhere. This afternoon he awarded the president ial medal of freedom, the nations highest civilian honor, by the way to, republican californias devin nunes. Joining me to talk about this, nbc news senior digital White House Correspondent Shannon Pettypiece across from the white house. Nbc news c
Washington and when republican lawmakers will take the extraordinary step of trying to overturn the will of the voters. We begin in georgia where voters are hitting the polls in two runoff races. Democrats jon ossoff and reverend Rafael Warnock they pi gain control of the senate. Vice president elect Kamala Harris would be able to break any tie. If Kelly Loeffler or david perdue win either of the races the republicans keep control by a slim margin. The amount of money has been thrown in, more than half a billion dollars, shows how significant this is. Gary tuchman is in Fulton County. Tell us what its like there at the polls. I can tell you here in this county there are 254 polling places. And 253 of them everything is going smoothly so far. This, the kathcathedral of st. Phillips, this is the 254th, weve been here all day, so i can tell you everything is going smoothly also. When the day started there was a line of about 50 people rushing in vote, its been relatively quiet since then,