Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's award-winning podcast "Breakdown," tells deeply human stories about the Georgia justice system. Season 11 explores how a young military couple found themselves at the center of something neither expected. Something terrible. Something… criminal.

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S08, Ep. 19: Life in prison
Bill Rankin and Asia Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution look at the emotional sentencing hearing for the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.
57 min
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S08 Ep20: Jackie Johnson goes to trial
AJC journalists Tamar Hallerman and Shaddi Abusaid examine the trial of former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson
19 min
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S08, Ep. 16: 'We don't want any more Black past...
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's Bill Rankin, Asia Burns and Shaddi Abusaid follow detail-by-detail, the first week of testimony in the case of the three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick
57 min
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S08, Ep. 18: 'We have a verdict'
The 18th episode of Season 8 of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast covers the verdict’s outcome and its aftermath.
72 min
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S08, Ep. 17: Ahmaud Arbery's killer takes the w...
80 min
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S08, Ep. 15: 11 white jurors, one Black juror
58 min
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S08, Ep. 6: The McMichaels plead for bond
49 min
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S08, Ep3: How Georgia lets citizens arrest fell...
41 min
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S08, Ep. 9: Is Ahmaud's imperfect past relevant?
49 min
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S08, Ep. 7: The immediate aftermath
39 min
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S08, Ep2: Preliminary Hearing
35 min
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S08, Ep1: The Ahmaud Arbery case
46 min
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S9 Ep. 31: What’s next?
In the final episode of this season’s Breakdown, AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman examine the recent federal indictment against former President Donald Trump in Washington and look ahead to what is about to happen in Fulton County.
33 min
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S9 Ep.29: Save the Date
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman explore the announcement made by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about when she plans to make charging decisions in the 2020 election and the need for heightened security and preparedness due to this pending announcement.
33 min
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S9 Ep.28: Donald Trump’s NY indictment and what...
AJC journalists Patricia Murphy, Bill Rankin, and Tamar Hallerman discuss the first indictment of a former president and what it means to the Fulton County investigation.
37 min
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S9 Ep. 30: We’re Still Waiting
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman catch listeners up on developments since former President Donald Trump was indicted in Miami in the classified documents case.
28 min
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S9 Ep 27: Inside the Special Grand Jury
The AJC's Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman sit down with five special grand jurors who share previously unknown details about the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies interfered with Georgia's 2020 election.
22 min
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S9 Ep. 25: Reading Between the Lines
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman ask legal experts what can be learned from the parts of the grand jury's final report that were made public.
35 min
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S9 Ep. 24: The Fulton special grand jury report
AJC journalists Patricia Murphy, Bill Rankin, and Tamar Hallerman explain what is and what isn’t in the Fulton special grand jury report.
41 min
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S9 Ep. 26: The Forewoman Emerges
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman interview special grand jury forewoman Emily Kohrs about the investigation of possible criminal meddling with the 2020 presidential election.
40 min
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S9 Ep. 22: Its Work Is Done
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman explore the ramifications of the dissolution of the special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies.
27 min
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S9 Ep. 20 Breakdown Bonus: It's all politics
AJC political reporter Greg Bluestein discusses the political impact of the Fulton County investigation of Donald Trump.
40 min
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S9 Ep. 21 Presentments
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman explore prior presentments issued by special grand juries and explains how the process plays out.
31 min
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S9 Ep. 23: Decisions Are Imminent
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman cover the court hearing held as to whether the Fulton County special purpose grand jury’s final report can be made public right now.
44 min
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S9 Ep. 19: The Referee
AJC columnist Bill Torpy interviews the judge tasked with keeping the proceedings on track for the special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump.
45 min