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Kevin Duvall has spent over two decades shaping one of the most important campuses in the Southeast. As CEO of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, he oversees 200+ acres, 4.3 million square feet, and a pipeline of projects that are redefining downtown Atlanta.

We cover:
• Building the $550M Signia hotel from a state-owned parking plaza
• The Georgia Dome demolition and Mercedes-Benz Stadium negotiations
• Competing with Chicago, Orlando, Nashville, and Dallas for convention business
• Expanding the Savannah Convention Center and its new headquarters hotel
• The vision for International Plaza — downtown Atlanta's next entertainment district
• Preparing the campus for FIFA World Cup 2026
• Kevin's 24-year journey from the Alamodome in San Antonio to leading the GWCCA

Since the start of the war in Iran and numerous fighter jet crashes in training missions including this past weekend in Idaho, do we acknowledge how unreal fighter pilot safety has gotten?

Like, what changed to make these ejections so near-perfect? At this point, fighter jet aviation might be safer than car safety. I

Submissions statement: Residents of Annelise Park, Fayetteville, Georgia, experienced low water pressure due to a data center using 30 million gallons of water without billing. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at the data center campus.

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In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with neuroscientist, author, and public intellectual Sam Harris for a conversation on political extremism, Islamism, Trump, open societies, religion, and the future of the West.

We begin with the rise of political violence in America and whether the chaos consuming both the Left and the Right points to something deeper than Trump himself. Harris argues that ideological extremism on the Left has become normalised within mainstream institutions, while populism on the Right has eroded confidence in liberal democratic norms.

The conversation then turns to Islamism, the Middle East, and the future of Western civilisation. Harris lays out his long-standing argument that jihadism represents a genuine ideological threat to open societies, while I challenge him on nationalism, religion, and the limits of secular liberalism. Together, we explore Israel, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, mass migration into Europe, and whether the West still believes strongly enough in its own values to survive.

We also examine the presidency of Donald Trump, with Harris criticising Trump’s character and transactional worldview while simultaneously acknowledging that many of Trump’s foreign policy instincts — particularly regarding Iran and Islamism.

Finally, the conversation moves into deeper philosophical and spiritual territory. Sam and I challenge each other on Christianity, sacrifice, suffering, and meaning, while Harris defends secular rationalism and critiques revealed religion as fundamentally dangerous when taken literally.