# 26 May: Bidzinocracy or Freedom? | The Gori Police Scandal: Can It Break the System? | TGQT Ep. 48 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-georgia-7359851/26-may-bidzinocracy-or-freedom-the-gori-police-scandal-can-it-break-the-system-tgqt-ep-48 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-georgia-7359851/26-may-bidzinocracy-or-freedom-the-gori-police-scandal-can-it-break-the-system-tgqt-ep-48.md Podcast: [Talk Georgia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-georgia-7359851) Published: 2026-05-31T18:00:01+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/giorgi-rukhadze/episodes/26-May-Bidzinocracy-or-Freedom---The-Gori-Police-Scandal-Can-It-Break-the-System---TGQT-Ep--48-e3k53lu Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1049ef6b0/podcast/play/120802430/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-31%2Fb9df9c98-4dcf-7655-7aa2-81267addfb49.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-georgia-7359851/episodes/26-may-bidzinocracy-or-freedom-the-gori-police-scandal-can-it-break-the-system-tgqt-ep-48 Duration seconds: 1775 ## Resource Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgia PLEASE šŸ”” SUBSCRIBE ā¤ļø LIKE šŸ’¬ COMMENT šŸ“£ SHARE This is a special edition of Talk Georgia, which airs every Sunday at 22:00, where Giorgi Rukhadze and Nodar Kharshiladze answer audience questions about Georgian and regional politics. Top Questions of the week: Lucy Iā€™m relatively new to Georgia. On 26 May, I had mixed feelings. In the morning, Georgia seemed almost like a theocratic state. But by the evening, seeing thousands of people in the streets calling for freedom, I started to think differently. Which side of Georgia is winning in the end? Giorgi The Gori incident shows that police violence is not about political affiliation. It is widespread and systemic. Do you think it could become a trigger, like the Girgvliani case or even the prison abuse footage? Please send your questions for the next show to talkgeorgia1@gmail.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-georgia-7359851/episodes/26-may-bidzinocracy-or-freedom-the-gori-police-scandal-can-it-break-the-system-tgqt-ep-48/transcription-requests` ā€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-georgia-7359851/26-may-bidzinocracy-or-freedom-the-gori-police-scandal-can-it-break-the-system-tgqt-ep-48.md` ā€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.