GPB News
Duane Allman's Gold Top Les Paul | GPB News
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- Duane Allman's Gold Top Les Paul | GPB News
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- J.D. Simo plays Duane Allman's gold top Les Paul guitar during a taping of the public television Music Voyager series at the Big House Allman Brothers Band Museum in Macon. The series is exploring the music of Georgia.
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- The Path for Women to the Podium | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Conductor Janna Hymes leads the Macon Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal before their season opening performance. Hymes, a guest conductor, says though conducting is still dominated by men, doors have opened for the present generation of women aspiring to lead orchestras.
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- Political Rewind 10/15/14: Georgia's 1st District Candidates Profile | GPB News
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- 3:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Who are the candidates vying for the congressional seat in Georgia’s 1st district? That is the seat left by Republican Congressman Jack Kingston after he lost his party’s bid for the U.S. Senate nomination. GPB Savannah’s Gabrielle Ware has this profile of the men running to fill his shoes: Republican candidate Buddy Carter and Democrat Brian Reese.
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- GPB News Extra 10/7/14: Turner Cuts Jobs/Ga Troops Ebola | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The top headlines of this edition of GPB News Extra are:
Turner broadcasting is cutting hundreds of jobs; the director of the VA hospital in Dublin, Ga is let go; Ga troops are heading to West Africa to help fight the #Ebolavirus and more.
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- GPB News Extra 10/6/14: CDC Out of Ebola Drug | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this edition of GPB News Extra top stories are: CDC runs out of the Ebola medications while DeKalb residents hold a protest at Kroger over open weapon carriage in stores.
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- Macon and Eggs for October 6, 2014 | GPB News
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- 9:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Charles and Leah talk downtown redevelopment, community recreation and protecting the President.
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- GPB News Extra, 9/30/2014: State Ethics Commission Dismisses Jason Carter Complaint | GPB News
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- -The state ethics commission has dismissed a complaint against Jason Carter.
-Grady Hospital in Atlanta has gotten a life-saving injection from the Marcus Foundation.
-The Air Force plans to drop 500 lb. bombs on Fort Benning as part of a training exercise.
-A new multipurpose stadium could be in Savannah's future.
-UGA researchers have found a way to incorporate peanut skins back into peanut butter.
-North Georgia is in for some rainy, cooler weather.
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- Where the Music Never Dies | GPB News
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- 5:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Bibb Music Center in Macon has been the place to get your instrument fixed for over 50 years for marching band kids and rock stars alike. Now the shop is for sale and its future is uncertain.
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- GPB News Extra, 9/29/2014: Atlanta Public School Cheating Trial Opens
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- - Atlanta Public School cheating trial opens today
- Wearable police cameras will arrive soon in Floyd County
- Beets, best alternative choice for cows and farmers
- Antico Pasta Restaurant rated best pizza place in Atlanta
- Possibility of a Film Academy in Atlanta
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- Macon and Eggs for September 29, 2014 | GPB News
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- 6:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Charles Richardson and Leah Fleming reflect on the recent "The House Next Door" series of stories on residential blight in Macon.
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- GPB News Extra, 9/25/2014: Home Depot breach caused by malware | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- - Home Depot security breach was caused by unknown malware
- Legal pot sales could generate $73 million in tax revenue
-Out with the young, in with the old. Senior citizens are moving into Fayette County
- South University is among the worst universities in the country
- All is not lost for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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- Ossawbaw the Loggerhead Turtle | GPB News
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- A baby loggerhead turtle is now back in the great outdoors after its rescue as a hatchling three years ago.
Ossabaw was found on Ossabaw Island in 2011, half the size of a palm, and unable to make it out of the nest. Without rescue, experts say the now 40 pound turtle would not have survived.
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- Will Medical Marijuana Come To Georgia? | GPB News
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Katie Crosby, 26, has suffered from chronic pain since her days as a high school athlete. In the ongoing Georgia debate about medical marijuana, Crosby fears that people like her, less noticeable than the terminally ill or children with rare neurological disorders, will be left out.
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- Protest by Savannah State University Students | GPB News
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Student and community members protest in honor of Mike Brown, a young black unarmed male shot to death by a white police officer.
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- Leopold's Ice Cream | GPB News
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Savannah Icon, Leopold's Ice Cream Throws 95th Birthday Bash with 95 Cent Ice Cream
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- Two Blue Chip Players | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In Houston County, two once in a blue moon high school quarterbacks are ready to lead their teams to glory and their schools are less than ten miles apart.
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- From Oklahoma to the Homelands | GPB News
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- What does it mean to be Native American and from Oklahoma on a trip to Alabama and Georgia, aka the Homelands? A group of Muscogee college students stopped at the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, GA on just such a trip.
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- Savannahians Celebrate First Fridays at Art March | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- MedShare: One Person's Trash, Another Person's Treasure | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- MedShare, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the redistribution of surplus medical supplies, saves live internationally while keeping thousands of pounds of waste from landfills. The program is driven largely by the dedicated volunteers who've formed a loyal connection to the program.
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- Savannah Children's Choir | GPB News
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Behind the scenes with the Savannah Children's choir.
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- The End of Film Projection? | GPB News
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Alicia Bowers, projectionist at the Parkway Discount Theater in Warner Robins, GA, talks about the benefits and the headaches of film projection.
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- BEHIND THE SCENES: Mi Casa Your Casa | GPB News
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Watch as employees and volunteers from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta assemble one of the homes in the interactive outdoor exhibit Mi Casa, Your Casa.
Video by Claire Simms
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- America's Favorite Treasure Hunt | GPB News
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- GPB's On The Story takes a visit to Scott Antiques Market.
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- Learning the Music Biz at the Otis Redding Camp | GPB News
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- 4:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- At the Big "O" (for Otis Redding) Singer/Songwriter Camp in Macon, GA, young musicians have been getting a look at the world of professional music for seven summers. Grant Blankenship/GPB News
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- In Memory of "The Poet" | GPB News
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Daniel Muhammad was known to the Macon arts scene as "The Poet". He was killed by a driver on the side of a four lane highway walking home in the early hours of the morning. Daniel's mother Esther Muhammad reads his poem "Realness". Grant Blankenship/GPB News
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- A Racing Grace | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- GPB's Grace Olson takes a spin on the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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- The National Center For Civil And Human Rights opens in Georgia | GPB News
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Atlanta is now the home of a new major attraction that embodies the living history of the civil rights movement. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights opened Monday in downtown Atlanta, after almost a decade of planning.
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- Well Water Worries | GPB News
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Many Georgians in rural parts of the state get their water from private wells. That can pose a serious risk. The Georgia Department of Public Health says that in its most recent tests, 23 percent of the wells it checked showed signs of potential trouble.
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- Micro-distilling Craze Taking Off In Georgia | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Call it moonshining 2.0. The old backwoods tradition is making a big comeback in Georgia. GPB's Grace Olson is on the story.
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- Michelle Nunn's Army Of Women | GPB News
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Michelle Nunn easily won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia last month. A political newcomer, she's vying for the seat Republican Saxby Chambliss is vacating. GPB's Jeanne Bonner reports about Nunn's dedicated supporters.
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- Georgia Churches, Faith, And Firearms | GPB News
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- 5:42
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- On July 1, Georgia's new gun law goes into effect, and parishioners will be able to carry firearms into churches. Congregations across the state are deciding whether to allow their members to carry guns on to church grounds. GPB's Claire Simms reports.
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- Georgia Tech Helps Develop Solar Hybrid Car | GPB News
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Researchers at Georgia Tech are trying to make the Ford C-MAX Solar Energi concept car more efficient. GPB's Grace Olsen sat down with a few researchers to find out how this concept car works.
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- Unveiling The Mystery Of A Fallen D-Day Veteran | GPB News
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion to liberate France from the Nazis during World War II. As a follow-up mission to D-Day, one young Georgia flyer risked everything to do his part. He never returned.
Now, some of the mystery of what happened to 2nd Lt. Ben Hodges of Reynolds, Georgia has lifted, thanks to another remarkable young Georgian.
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- Holler If Ya Hear Me: Broadway's Newest Production Has Ties To Georgia | GPB News
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- 6:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- "Holler" is the latest broadway production directed by Kenny Leon, who makes his home and established his theatre credentials as artistic director for the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. GPB's Bill Nigut sat down with Leon to talk about the musical and his work in New York Theater.
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- On A Snellville Farm, Horses Are The Best Therapists For Kids With Special Needs | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- On a farm in Snellville, Georgia, children with special needs are getting an unconventional form of therapy- horses.
On the Story went out to Parkwood Farms to visit the young equestrians.
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- Georgia Shakespeare Company: Bringing The Bard's Words To A New Atlanta Audience | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- There's a lot of singing and dancing in the Forest of Arden. There are also a lot of complications -- including the challenge of bringing the Bard's words to a new, Atlanta audience.
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- Guns On Georgia Campuses Could Be Allowed July 1 | GPB News
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Starting July 1, licensed gun owners may be able to bring their firearms onto school and college campuses in Georgia, even though the "campus carry" provision was stripped from a controversial bill that will allow guns in many churches, bars and government buildings. GPB News' Claire Simms reports.
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- Move Over Peaches: Olives Could Be Georgia's New Crop | GPB News
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Rich Georgia soil is probably most famous for its peanuts and peaches. But there's a new crop in town - olives. GPB's Grace Olson took a trip to Terra Dolce Farms in South Georgia, home to five acres of olive trees.
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- Governor Nathan Deal: I Stand On My Record | GPB News
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- 3:59
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- After GPB profiled Governor Nathan Deal's opponents for gubernatorial nomination, the Governor's staff reached out to us wondering why Deal wasn't included. The answer: GPB never got a response to our interview request. The governor finally sat down with GPB's Claire Simms on May 15 to talk about his campaign and why he declined the Atlanta Press Club debates.
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- Pennington, Barge Challenge Governor Deal's Re-Election | GPB News
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- It's an election year, and Governor Nathan Deal faces two opponents leading up to the primaries.
GPB's Claire Simms sat down with both Republican gubernatorial hopefuls.
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- Prescription Drugs in Georgia | GPB News
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Behind The Scenes Of Savannah's Hollywood History | GPB News
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Savannah is no stranger to making movie magic.
If there's one place one place in Savannah that has the inside scoop on those decades of cinema history, it's Leopold's Ice Cream on Broughton Street, where ice cream and Hollywood collide.
GPB's Claire Simms took a look into Savannah move making history.
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- Savannah Sand Gnats Gear Up For Possible Final Season | GPB News
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The start of the Sand Gnats 2014 season for the minor league team marks the 100th anniversary of professional baseball in Savannah.
GPB's Grace Olsen talks to Willie Smith, a diehard Sand Gnats fan known by Savannahians as "Mr. Wille," who's watched his favorite team play for nearly 80 years.
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- On The Story: Chorus At The Capitol | GPB News
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The Louise Radloff Middle School choir displayed their musical talents for Georgia's lawmakers as they performed at the Georgia State Capitol on the 23rd day of the 2014 legislative session.

