Podcast: Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and AJC reporter Joshua Sharpe discuss suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck, who was indicted earlier this month with charges of fraud and money laundering. Sharpe, who was in the courtroom for Beck's hearing, and Bluestein, who was at the Georgia GOP convention days later, discuss the charges, the fallout and Beck himself.

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