Preparations are underway for the Summer Olympic Games in Rio, and Atlanta is home to one of the best track and field teams in the world. The Georgia Track Club will send a number of athletes to this year’s games. We speak with three time Gold medalist Angelo Taylor about what it takes to train for the Olympics. We also talk with Hazel Clark, Executive Director of the Georgia Track Club, about some of the financial struggles athletes face on the road to the Olympics. 

 

Earlier this week, an anti-Muslim activist in Augusta posted a video of himself armed and making violent threats outside of an Islamic community center in the city. That kind of hate-filled rhetoric is exactly what Imam Mohammed Jamal Daoud of Augusta tries to work against. We talk with him about his outreach to educate the public about Islam. Then, we head into The Breakroom to discuss Pokémon Go, betting on celebrity breakups, and a highway sponsored by the KKK. We talk with Gold medalist Angelo Taylor and Hazel Clark, executive director of the Georgia Track Club, about what it's like to train for the Olympics and some of the struggles along the way. Then, we revisit our conversation with Imam Mohammed Jamal Daoud about his outreach to educate the public about Islam. Plus, the Breakroom discusses the week's news.

We continue our roundtable discussion with some of Georgia’s smartest folks. We talk about the older generation paying for music, what foods are actually healthy, and the diversity of new comic book heroes. 

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