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Athens Happens is a weekly news podcast brought to you by TNP reporters who are dedicated to explaining the nuances of Athens and state politics.

You can find new episodes every Friday right here on thenewpolitical.com. The show is also available on Spotify and SoundCloud, as well as on YouTube in a video format.





This week we discussed a forum that featured Athens’ incumbent Mayor Steve Patterson and democratic socialist challenger Damon Krane, who repeatedly denounced both local landowners and Patterson. And a TNP columnist’s opinion on Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi’s, decision to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump following a phone conversation he had with the president of Ukraine.

Stories/columns included in this episode:

Five takeaways: Athens mayoral forum with Mayor Patterson, challenger Damon Krane

The Counter Opinion: Thoughts on impeachment proceedings

Credits:

Host and manager– Ben Peters, @BenPeters2

Producer and Engineer: Bo Kuhn, @bo_kuhn_

Guests:

-Zach Zimmerman, @official_ZZ_

-Cole Behrens, @Colebehr_report

-Zach Richards, @Zachary92775548

Intro and outro track – “Wholesome” by Kevin MacLeod