--- title: "Exclusive - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/exclusive/page/3/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/exclusive/page/3/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-4-1024x1024.jpg)](/from-stop-cop-city-to-block-cop-city-how-did-we-get-here/) [ Sep 19 2023 ](/from-stop-cop-city-to-block-cop-city-how-did-we-get-here/) ## [From Stop Cop City to Block Cop City: How Did We Get Here?](/from-stop-cop-city-to-block-cop-city-how-did-we-get-here/) Our podcast is back! We aren’t back into full operations yet, but we wanted to put together a story about what’s happened within the Stop Cop City movement so far this month. Check out the newsletter article I wrote about […] [ From Stop Cop City to Block Cop City: How Did We Get Here? Read More »](/from-stop-cop-city-to-block-cop-city-how-did-we-get-here/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) [ Apr 4 2023 ](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) ## [What happened on March 5, 2023: Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) Hey y’all, Pretty much all of March I was working on this article for the Appeal about the authoritarian crackdown against Stop Cop City protesters in Georgia. It was published yesterday. Check it out here: https://theappeal.org/stop-cop-city-protests-domestic-terrorism-georgia/ One of my sources, [ What happened on March 5, 2023: Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests Read More »](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) [ Aug 6 2022 ](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) ## [Drowning in paradox w/ Meredith Kooi](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) back behind the mic with a Mainline OG and artist/writer/reiki practitioner/magic human being Meredith Kooi checking in on our mutual journey of introspection and unraveling internalized capitalism. i blab my thoughts about music midtown shiz and a personal realization i [ Drowning in paradox w/ Meredith Kooi Read More »](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) [ Jul 30 2022 ](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) ## [Talking the Amazon walk-out w/ Patricio & Kelsea](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) hey hi, had a really great chat with Patricio and Kelsea today about the Amazon walk-out that took place in Doraville on July 14 during Amazon’s “Prime Week.” Patricio, who works at the Doraville warehouse and helped organize the walk-out, [ Talking the Amazon walk-out w/ Patricio & Kelsea Read More »](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) [ Jul 23 2022 ](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) ## [The Renaissance of Not Knowing w/ Tyler Scruggs](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) this week we’re talking the path from electoral disillusionment to labor organizing, abolition, and being the new world find Tyler’s work at: tylerscruggs.com,  on twitter @tylerscruggs,  and music streaming everywhere under Tyler Scruggs next week i’ll be on with a [ The Renaissance of Not Knowing w/ Tyler Scruggs Read More »](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1-3-1024x1024.jpg)](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) [ Jul 8 2022 ](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) ## [Staying ungovernable w/ Mara Bethel](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) two people with uteruses discussing alternative options, opportunities to build community, and creative solutions in light of the overturning of roe v wade plus mara shares some of her personal experience in her abolitionist journey note: we are not doctors [ Staying ungovernable w/ Mara Bethel Read More »](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1-11-1024x1024.jpg)](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) [ Jun 13 2022 ](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) ## [Journalism, fear, and the algorithm](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) i’ve been wanting to tackle fear and the media for a while, but the whole “inflation nation” (eye roll) scheme running rampant in mainstream media right now got my motivation up. episode includes thoughts on how this relates to the [ Journalism, fear, and the algorithm Read More »](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1-10-1024x1024.jpg)](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) [ Jun 2 2022 ](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) ## [Bad Vacation : “Who can save journalism?” — Is it even something to be saved?](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) bad vacation episode 2 – general temp check and a reflection on a question that’s come up in a couple conversations lately: “who or what can save journalism?” not a new question. but it has a bit of a different [ Bad Vacation : “Who can save journalism?” — Is it even something to be saved? Read More »](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) [ May 5 2022 ](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) ## [Interview: Mariah Parker/Linqua Franca on ‘Bellringer’ album](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) Hey y’all – Here’s an interview I did with Athens city council commissioner/organizer/rapper/artist Mariah Parker (aka Linqua Franca) about their latest album, ‘Bellringer,’ out now via Ernest Jenning Records. Catch LF’s show at 529 in Atlanta tomorrow – grab tickets [ Interview: Mariah Parker/Linqua Franca on ‘Bellringer’ album Read More »](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) [ May 1 2022 ](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) ## [Coming out of the woo closet on May Day](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) Happy May Day & eclipse season—here’s an episode where I’m having a conversation I’ve never had publicly before. Some updates regarding Mainline, too. Some notes:A few weeks ago, I shared a part of my origin story covering my transition from [ Coming out of the woo closet on May Day Read More »](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/)