Atlanta Is...
From the underground clubs that birthed music that took over the world, to the hustlers who made the city a mecca for filmmaking, and the churches whose pastors influence politics, “Atlanta Is…” tells the stories behind the rise of one of the most important cities on the planet. Featuring interviews with Ludacris, Will Packer, Sen. Raphael Warnock, pastor Jamal Bryant, and many more, this 8-part narrative series is the first of its kind oral history of Atlanta.
Episodes
How Atlanta artists, from T.I. and Jeezy to Anycia have used mixtapes to define the city’s sound.
STARRING: DJ Drama, Anycia, Zaytoven
NARRATED BY: Jewel Wicker
SUBJECTS: Music, Atlanta history
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How a dive bar near MLK’s Ebenezer Baptist Church became the center of a dynamic underground scene in the mid 2010s, and how it’s had an outsized influence on today’s hip-hop.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Key!, Father, Olu and WowGr8 of Earthgang, Steven “Stevo” Dingle, DJ E. Sudd, Maurice Garland
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Raury and Mike Walbert
NARRATED BY: Christina Lee
SUBJECTS: Music, Atlanta history
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How Atlanta’s reputation as the Mecca for Black business attracts entrepreneurs from around the country, and how conflicting visions of Black entrepreneurship have played out on one street in Castleberry Hill.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Pastor Troy, Miya Bailey, Alphonzo Cross
NARRATED BY: Maurice Garland
SUBJECTS: Business, Entrepreneurship, Atlanta places, Atlanta history
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How Atlanta’s first international superstars—its clergy—shaped the city’s impact on the world, and how the church became an incubator for entertainers (and vice versa).
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Jamal Bryant, Zaytoven, 1KPhew
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Eric Long
NARRATED BY: Maurice Garland
SUBJECTS: Religion, Atlanta history, Music
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How two out-of-town creative entrepreneurs hustled their cinematic dreams into existence, and how two locals transformed Atlanta into a moviemaking capital to rival Hollywood and New York.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Will Packer, Rob Hardy, Jason Weaver, Tina Gordon, Shay Bentley Griffi
NARRATED BY: Jewel Wicker
SUBJECTS: Movies, Atlanta history
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How a beloved movie got made despite the odds, and how the college that helped inspire it was nearly shuttered just as the film was released.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Jason Weaver, Charles Stone III, Tina Gordon, Dr. Kevin James, Herman “Skip” Mason, Jr., LaTonya Randolph
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Errin Haines, Edmond Richardson, and Ronda Racha Penrice
NARRATED BY: Christina Lee
SUBJECTS: Movies, Education, Atlanta ...
How a tiny club on the city’s West Side birthed Atlanta’s rowdiest cultural export, and how that same spirit became a little too boisterous for the surrounding neighborhood.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Sleepy Brown, Ray Murray, Bem Joiner, DJ Will, Shakeema Bailey
NARRATED BY: Maurice Garland
SUBJECTS: Music, Atlanta history, Atlanta neighborhoods
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How a dedicated group of DJs and radio programmers fought an uphill battle to get rap music played on the airwaves in ‘90s Atlanta, and how one of the city’s most famous homegrown stars went from playing the hits to making them.
HOSTED BY: Big Rube
STARRING: Ludacris, Chaka Zulu, Sleepy Brown, Ray Murray, Jerry Smokin’ B, Daron Fears, Mary Catherine Sneed
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Carol Blackmon, Dee Dee Hibbler, Sonia M...
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