Gaining Ground: The New Georgia
5.0/5
Critic Rating
The future of democracy as we know it hinges on the outcome of two Senate races in a state that shocked the nation by turning blue for the first time in nearly three decades. Georgia is the center of the political universe after organizers from John Lewis to Stacey Abrams spent years battling some of the country’s most brutal voter suppression with a young, diverse coalition that’s finally ready to take power. Visit the frontlines of the most pivotal Senate contest of our time as two of Atlanta’s own - journalists Rembert Browne and Jewel Wicker detail what mad...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Jan 6, 2021
"I found value in having the picture being threaded together in this way, even as I’m cognizant that its appeals can’t be divorced from its resonance with some portion of my own politics. Gaining Ground also made me think of how I’d really like to see more political documentaries in podcast land (it remains a relatively small genre in the medium)."