How Republicans Built a Winning Political Party and Lessons for Democrats, With Dr. Ashton Ellett

How Republicans Built a Winning Political Party and Lessons for Democrats, With Dr. Ashton Ellett

Author: PeachPod Media Group, LLC December 22, 2022 Duration: 1:21:35

On this episode, Luke and Kyle take a step back from the daily grind of Georgia politics and welcome Dr. Ashton Ellett of the University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Library to the podcast. Dr. Ellett is the Politics and Public Policy Archivist at the Library and is the host and curator of the Two Party Georgia Oral History Project.

You can watch interviews from the Two Party Georgia interview series here.

This episode was recorded on Monday, December 12, 2022

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Music Credit: Music by Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud


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