159 Seconds with Nikki Porcher
159 Seconds with Nikki Porcher provides Georgians with a fast and clear breakdown of the issues that shape work and opportunity across the state. From wages to childcare to workforce programs, Nikki explains what matters in 159 seconds. Hosted by Nikki Porcher, veteran, educator, and candidate for Georgia Labor Commissioner. Produced and paid for by Porcher for Georgia.
Episodes
40 episodes
The Workforce Wasn’t Built for Invisible Disabilities
A new VA rule change has veterans questioning how disability is measured — especially when “functioning while medicated” becomes part of the equation.But this conversation is bigger than the VA.As a veteran living with PTSD and ch...
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When They Repossess the Car, They Repossess the Job
In Georgia, losing your car isn’t just inconvenient. It can cost you your livelihood.As auto repossessions rise nationally, many people frame it as personal failure. But repossessions are not just about budgeting. They are warning signs ...
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Being a Republican Means You’re Pre-Approved
In this episode, I share what I witnessed firsthand at the National Prayer Breakfast, not the pageantry, but the power.I walked into a room where access was assumed for some and conditional for others. Where money moved quickly. Where fa...
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This Is My Race
Last month, I slowed down after hearing that people might get “burnt out” from seeing me too much. And then I realized something important: if people feel that way, it’s because I’m one of the few down-ballot candidates they’re actually hearing...
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What Should Have Happened for David
In the last episode, you met David, a Georgia worker who lost his job, filed for unemployment, and then waited weeks while his claim sat “under review.”In this episode of 159 Seconds with Nikki Porcher, we walk through what should...
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Meet David
This month, we’re telling the stories I’ve heard again and again while traveling across Georgia.This episode introduces David.David worked in manufacturing and logistics for nearly two decades. When his plant downsized, his job di...
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How Georgia’s Labor System Should Work for Angela
This week, we met Angela. She is working full-time, raising her family, and still living one missed paycheck away from crisis.In this episode, we go deeper.We examine how Georgia’s labor systems actually shape Angela’s life: unemp...
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Meet Angela
This month, we’re shifting how we talk about work.Over the past weeks, as I’ve traveled across Georgia, I’ve heard the same stories again and again from people who are working hard and still struggling to stay afloat. Not outliers. Not e...
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This Has Always Been About People
We talk about labor through systems, policies, and numbers. But those systems don’t exist on their own — they show up in people’s lives.In this episode, we set the tone for January. After a month of examining how labor systems work, we s...
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What This Year of Work Looked Like
As the year comes to a close, headlines focus on job numbers and economic growth. But those numbers don’t always reflect what work actually felt like for millions of people.In this episode, we look at the realities behind the data: job l...
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The Person Who Lost a Job and Waited
Losing a job is hard. Waiting for help shouldn’t make it harder.In today’s episode, we look at what happens after a layoff—when someone does everything they’re told to do, files for unemployment, and then waits. And waits. And waits some...
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The Worker Who Did Everything Right
We’re often told that if the economy changes, the answer is simple: retrain, reskill, adapt.But what happens when someone does everything they’re told and still can’t get ahead?In today’s episode, we follow a worker who completed ...
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A full-time job is supposed to be enough.
A full-time job is supposed to be enough. But for too many parents in Georgia, it isn’t.In today’s episode, we follow the reality of a parent working two jobs just to keep up—managing a retail store during the day and picking up...
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When Work Doesn’t Work
Working people are doing everything they’re supposed to do, showing up, working hard, playing by the rules. So why does it still feel this hard to get by?When Work Doesn’t Work explores what happens when labor systems fail the ver...
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Plans Are Important. Trust Is Earned.
Georgia’s labor system has been called outdated for nearly two decades — and over those years, workers have heard the same promise again and again: modernization is coming.In this episode, Nikki Porcher responds to the Georgia Department...
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Still Standing This Christmas
In this episode, Nikki Porcher offers a hopeful, forward-looking message rooted in real data about resilience, job mobility, and new opportunity. Even in uncertain times, people rebuild, reconnect, and move forward every day — and that possibil...
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If This Season Feels Hard, You’re Not Alone
The holidays don’t feel the same for everyone.In this Christmas Eve episode, Nikki Porcher talks about the emotional weight that can come with the season — especially for people dealing with job loss, financial stress, or uncertainty abo...
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Energy costs, PSC timing, Workers As Afterthoughts
Big decisions about how Georgia grows are often framed as economic development — but workers are too often left out of the conversation.In this episode, Nikki Porcher breaks down the rapid expansion of data centers in Georgia, the recent...
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Worker Protections Matter More in an At-Will State
Georgia is an at-will employment state, which means most workers can be fired at any time, often without warning or explanation. In this episode, Nikki Porcher explains what at-will employment really means, why clarity and fairness matter so mu...
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What My Campaign Is Actually Built On
This campaign didn’t start with slogans or politics; it started with real life. In this episode, Nikki Porcher explains what her campaign is actually built on and why those priorities matter for workers, families, and small businesses across th...
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Opportunity Can’t Be Trend-Driven
Opportunity should not disappear when priorities shift or headlines change. In this episode, Nikki Porcher breaks down why durable workforce systems matter especially for workers and small businesses who feel the impact first when support is tr...
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What a Modern Department of Labor Should Actually Do
The Department of Labor should do more than process paperwork after something goes wrong. In this episode, Nikki breaks down what a modern Department of Labor should actually do to support workers, families, and small businesses in today’s econ...
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These Unemployment Numbers Aren’t Telling the Whole Story
The unemployment numbers are everywhere right now. Headlines are flying, debates are loud, and a single rate is being used to tell the story of the economy. But those numbers are not telling the whole story.In this episode, I slow things...
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