Start your morning with the latest news and stories from Alabama. Then, hear the stories behind the stories as Ike Morgan is joined by voices from the AL.com newsroom and beyond for deep dives on pressing topics, news quizzes and a whole lot of fun.
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Panel discussion of tabletop role playing games. Cover art by “Rocking” Ray Otus. Intro and outro theme music by “Tremendous” TJ Drennon. Special thank you to “Jolly” John Alan Large of the Red Dice Diaries podcast for providing our trailer. You can email us at cerebrevore at gmail dot com or leave a message on Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore Also on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA
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Community colleges, unusual homicide, news quiz
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Today we have another brave listener willing to face down our Friday news quiz. First, we have news items on community colleges, an unusual homicide and two cities where you can stretch your dollar the farthest (according to one report). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Real-estate market; shark-attack victim's homecoming
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Today we talk about the real-estate market, felons voting and a shark-attack victim's update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Delta 8 and legal trouble over a legal product
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Today on the show we're going to talk with reporter Amy Yurkanin, who has done reporting on Delta 8, hemp, and the trouble a pregnant woman found herself in after using a legal product. But first, let's talk about an impeachment lawsuit against a mayor, crime-fighting measures in Birmingham, and an impressive cruise out of Mobile. Learn more about …
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We're gonna talk about an Alabama candidate at the DNC, the law coming down on alleged gambling joints in Selma, and a pier that's finally opened back up. We also have good weather news, and I'm going to share some thoughts about, well, sandwiches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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More rules for schools; Keith Urban's surprise
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Today we have some more rules for schools, a man in trouble over a stuffed bird, and a pop-up Keith Urban concert at Buc-ee's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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After the news, a listener takes the Alabama news quiz
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Today we have an update on charges that were filed against the Tarrant mayor, a police officer's guilty plea in a drug-planting case, a Birmingham bishop elected World Methodist Council president, and a couple of events in Coastal Alabama. After the break a listener will take our weekly Alabama news quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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More tension in troubled Tarrant and the Carrot Top story
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Today we have more controversy in Tarrant, a tragic high school football player death, money for dredging Mobile Bay, and a school going virtual because of COVID. Jonathan Sobolewski is going to tell you how the comedian Carrot Top once lost some precious props in an Alabama fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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How did your child's school perform on state tests last year?
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Today we’ve got good news from Alabama’s public schools, we’ve got troubling news for the state’s last Macy’s, and we’ve got the results of a pilot program for single mothers in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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AL.com Matt Wake interviews guitarist Slash leading up to tonight's show at the Orion Amphitheater. We also have the workers that were being bused into one Alabama city and why, the highest-paying non-profit salary in the state (more on that in The Birmingham News daily digital edition) and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…
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Railcar explosion, Bubba update: Down in Alabama
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Today we have a railcar explosion on the Mobile Bay, where Bill Bussey will go once "Rick & Bubba" ends, and an extended space-station stay for a couple of astronauts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Hoover coaches, prisoner swap, Roy Wood Jr.
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School clothing restricts and future ACTs
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Today we speak with reporter Williesha Morris about some of the trends in what students can and can't wear in some Alabama schools. Also, some changes to the ACT. First, our news report includes a helicopter crash, a bill targeting illegal Mexican fishing, and the passing of a Birmingham-area political figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…
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Today on the show we talk with reporter William Thornton about his day at a reunion of the descendants of slaves at a plantation in Etowah County. First, though, let's talk about that passenger rail vote, Hoover coaches on administrative leave, a new member in the state's Jazz Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…
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On today's report we have the invasive species that's shut down an Alabama lake, payments to minority farmers, a big deal in the healthcare industry and a veteran college softball coach stepping down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Another issue divides state and national Democrats. A Mobile swimmer mines metal in Paris. A former Crimson Tide player was killed while transferring to another school. Click here for more on "Beat Everyone," the podcast featured in a trailer at the end of this report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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How will national politics affect District 2?
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Today we have a plea in a Walker County jail inmate's death that was big news last year. We also have Birmingham citizens speaking up and helping out on crime, a big summer for the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, and John Hammontree and I are going to talk national politics and how they might affect the state's politics. And we'll go over a news-review…
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Today we have reporter John Sharp on the show to talk about Amtrak's pending return to Mobile. First, we have an update in the original IVF court case that led to this past spring's political bruhaha. Also, a county commission candidate accused of turning in fake absentee ballots, and the big aluminum statues going up in The Shoals. Learn more abou…
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Today we have John Rogers' sentence, a big land purchase, Lulu's Law regarding shark attacks, a leaky pollutant site and new Wawas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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DEI; traffic cameras; a colorful prohibition-era story
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We'll talk about DEI at Auburn, traffic speed cameras that've been lying to us (I've said that about radar guns before), Colin Powell's widow, Alma, who has died, and the pygmy hippo calf in Montgomery. Also, Jonathan Sobolewski's going to tell a 1930s-era Alabama story about a man who got in trouble for going on a drunken elephant ride. You can re…
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Today we have Choccolocco Creek cleanup (why it's needed what it'll take), another golf phenom and rain and storms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Roy Moore joins the struggle for inmate's parole
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Today, we have reporter Ivana Hrynkiw on the show to update us on her series on the paroling system in Alabama. She has a story about Roy Moore going to bat for an inmate hit with life after a shoplifting case that happened back when Moore was still chief justice. First, though, we have an elected mayor in Newbern, more war of words with Mexico ove…
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Trash talk, an early census, university presidential earnings
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The University of Alabama System schools close their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. A state-record bull shark at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Roade. Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy's death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Possible state intervention (in police leadership ... and a school district)
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A bill would let the Alabama governor or attorney general appoint interim police chiefs in certain circumstances. The state is a step closer to taking over Bessemer City Schools. Alabama's Democrats line up behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Ben Flanagan joins us. He's the host of "Beat Everyone," a new podcast about University of Alabama footbal…
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What Alabama politicians were saying after Joe Biden's announcement Bibb County family mass shooting Homewood Police officer's shooting Update on Auburn's Brian Battie Saban Field Alleged church theft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Let's talk about a different kind of industrial spill, the execution of an inmate and possible name for the Crimson Tide's football field. We have a guest on the show today: environmental reporter Dennis Pillion, who will talk about the work he's done (including his "Ancient Alabama" series) and take our review quiz. Learn more about your ad choice…
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Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), and Karl (The GMologist Presents) discuss the media that influence their gaming. Mirke the Meek episode referenced https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek/episodes/Call-Ins-Catchup-Gaming-RewardsMotivations-e2im27e/a-abdmfb5 You can leave a message on the Spotify for Pod…
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Smart phones/anxiety, District 2 surprise? Down in Alabama
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Today we'll talk smart phones and teenagers, the Congressional District 2 race, Birmingham's call for a cease-fire in Gaza, and relatively cooler temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Today talk Alabama Winn Dixies that are converting to Aldis, the newest state lawmaker and Alabama's fifth veterans' home. And music and entertainment writer Matt Wake going to join us to talk Alabama singers -- and his list of the 20 greatest ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Sen. Katie Britt speaks at the Republican Convention; the Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower dies; the back-to-school tax holiday is nearly here; and Nick Saban makes a ... preseason prediction? Also, "Beat Everyone," an Alabama football podcast, is launching next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Weekend shootings (in Pennsylvania and Alabama)
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Today we're talking about shootings. The one at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and a couple during an extremely deadly night in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Cabinet pay, inmate's autopsy, restaurant's closing
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We have state cabinet pay hikes, a Death Row inmate's autopsy request and the closing of a restaurant dating back to the 50s. Also, weather reporter Leigh Morgan takes our news review quiz. For the promo on The Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Mobile Press-Register digital editions, go to al.com/digitalsubscription/exclusive and enter the prom…
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Today we have the a possible state takeover of a school district, marijuana drinks, more rural medical woes, and an award for missing firearms. After the break we have some creepy history as Amanda Khorramabadi tells us about Bryce Hospital -- a former Tuscaloosa insane asylum that's now a museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
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Test scores; lawmaker arrest; wild crime roundup
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We have standardized test performances, a lawmaker's arrest, update on the Underwater Forest bill, and a fairly wild crime roundup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Today let's talk about an AI degree, a fall at Little River Canyon, baseball all-stars, a soccer Olympian and a Sam's perk that's going away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Today we have who's been trying to hire in Alabama, a state lawmaker in ICU, ammo vending machines, Hoss Mack's retirement and Forrest Gump's anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Hackers targeted Alabama student data. Should you be concerned?
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Today we’re talking tributes to baseball legends, a cyber attack that could affect Alabama teachers, students and parents, and a fireworks accident in Jacksonville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Alabama: Where American democracy was reborn
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This Independence Day, we're reflecting on Alabama's role in the American experiment. We've also got a weather update for tonight's fireworks, some news about the upcoming Transplant Games in Birmingham, an update on a lawsuit challenging Alabama's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…
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A peek behind the scenes at an Alabama marijuana facility
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Ike Morgan is off this week, so we’re going to discuss religion, marijuana, and homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Somebody advertised WHAT using an airplane at Orange Beach?
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On July 2, 2024 we’ve got stories about a controversial advertisement in Orange Beach, gymnastics news, body cams in Birmingham and principal salaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Northern Beltline construction underway ... again
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Today we'll talk about a future interstate, a hurricane, the Underwater Forest and Miss Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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We have the bottom line on Nick Saban's deal to advise the Tide, a bill that could bolster benefits for school teachers, an MS-13 leader heading to prison, and Gunnar Henderson's spectacular season with the Baltimore Orioles. Then reporter Ivana Hrynkiw is on the show to take our news review quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
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Does crime really go up in the summer? How about on the full moon? Cops and crime reporting with Carol Robinson
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Does crime rise during the summer? How about on the full moon? Today, public-safety reporter Carol Robinson joins us to talk about some personnel changes at a couple of major police departments as well as some crime trends we're seeing this year and over the past few years. We also have stories on people getting a little too prolific with their tak…
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Will the heat wave end soon? Weather with Leigh
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We talk at length with Alabama weather with weather reporter Leigh Morgan. But first we have some acquisition updates on Birmingham-Southern College and St. Vincent's hospital sites. We also have another controversy between state and national Democrats. And the New York Times put an Alabama pizza place on a national list. Learn more about your ad c…
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Who's the mayor? Small-town scrap may have an end
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Let's talk about a mayor that's been locked out of office for nearly four years, looming negotiations for the Birmingham-Southern campus, and the passing of Romay Davis. Retiring Huntsville reporter Lee Roop talks about the old newspaper business and covering everything from NASA to Truman Capote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
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Let's remember one more Black Baron - the country legend
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Today we have rip-current tragedy, a block party that turned into a shooting, a tele-ICU program, and a 1950s-era Black Barons player I wanted to make sure got a mention with so much focus on the Rickwood game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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MLB at Rickwood highlights; weekly quiz quiz
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An Alabama native starred in the MLB at Rickwood game, our Washington lawmakers want something done about evangelicals in Nicaraguan prison, and an influential band director has passed away. We'll cover those stories then give our weekly news review quiz to Madison Underwood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Rough surf, out-of-state manhunt, 10 Commandments
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Today we have a caution for beach goers, an out-of-state manhunt, baseball legends in Birmingham and a state's new Ten Commandment law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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Remembering Willie Mays and the Rickwood connections
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Today we'll remember the great Willie Mays, talk about some unhappy Methodists and give you some news about Africanized bees. And on the Eve of MLB at Rickwood Field, our John Hammontree will chat with Cody D. Short on what she learned while working on the "Road to Rickwood" podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Social-studies changes; Isaiah Buggs; bodies at the zoo
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We have looming changes to social-studies classes in the state, Isaiah Buggs's run-ins with the law, Miriam Shehane's passing, bodies buried at the zoo and a Willie Mays update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy AL.com
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