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Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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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30:02

Roy S. Johnson on prostate cancer and a life-saving...

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/08

AL.com columnist Roy S. Johnson shares his journey after a prostate cancer diagnosis, including his faith walk, why more men should get tested, and the Alabama law named after him that will almost certainly save lives.Click here to read Roy's "Cancer Chronicles" series of columns. Click here to read more of Roy's work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:06

Unclaimed Baggage wild finds of '25

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/06

Today we have some of what Unclaimed Baggage saw in 2025, state and national politics, and a really old record high temperature that was tied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:11

How Britt and Tuberville voted

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/05

Today: The War Powers Act, a Birmingham-Southern buyer, a parole bill and a Chick-fil-A about-face.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:10

New trial for the 1990 killing of a deputy?

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/04

We have an old capital murder conviction that might be heading for a new trial, an Alabama man at yesterday's Senate Oversight Committee hearing with Kristi Noem, a pause on data centers in one major city, and a state legislative roundup.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:33

Regulating the regulators

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/03

Today: A Pentagon program that might affect Auburn University, security at military installations, and a new bill concerning utilities and the PSC (and, ultimately, possibly, your utility bills).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:53

Educators, politicians and poachers

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/03/02

Today: A potential next step in grading Alabama schools; Tuberville's idea for a new state secretary position; a poaching bust; and a hope that all you world travelers are exercising plenty of caution right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:09

The state of the Alabama GOP

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/28

It's a moment of change and at least some turmoil in the Alabama Republican Party. A leaked audio managed to get people talking, but there also is a coming change of leadership in the party as well as the state. Reporters Mike Cason and John Sharp are on the podcast for a discussion.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:45

Should we register as Republicans and Democrats?

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/27

Today: open vs. closed primaries, voter-fraud indictments and an Alabama forest open to drilling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:28

A dead bill and very alive hummingbirds

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/26

On today's report: A formerly fast-tracked bill on the PSC is now lying in state; the flu bug; an extreme-sports competition; and the return of the hummingbirds.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:37

Session lightning round; State of the Something

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/25

Today we have a Goat Hill lightning round, a response from the developer of that giant Baldwin County proposed solar farm and maybe, just maybe a little tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the annual state of the union spectacle is perhaps somewhat kinda predictable.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:26

An 'AI factory' and more fried chicken

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/24

A lot of business news on today's report. But first, some in Dadeville want the state AG to step in on that mass-shooting case. Then there are a couple big builds in the works, an affordable-housing project in Athens and an "AI factor" in Birmingham. Also, if you've been up nights worrying that a day will come when we won't have enough fast-food fried chicken, then I have news that should ease your mind if not your waistline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:44

Gun bills on Goat Hill

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/23

You haven't heard much about gun bills this legislative session. There are some, but not many are sure bets to get momentum. We also have news on women Baptist pastors and an imprisoned pastor. And if you're listening from certain parts of Mexico, you already know to be hunkered down until you hear otherwise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:59

Tax holidays, current and proposed

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/20

Plea deals for suspects in the 2023 Dadeville birthday-party shooting; Alabama makes it harder to set environmental standards; severe-weather tax holiday and a proposed gun tax holiday; how Amtrak's doing on the Gulf Coast; record highs from yesterday.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:10

Crime during Mardi Gras; state GOP moves

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/19

We have Mardi Gras crime stats, OSHA action after a couple of workplace deaths, and what some Alabama political types are up to.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:27

Mardi Gras finale and the 'best of' Comic Cowboys

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/18

Today: The Mardi Gras finale (including the "best of" the Comic Cowboys signs), the latest on Tommy Tuberville's residency issue, and the passing of an Alabama original: George Barber Jr.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:37

Passings of Jesse Jackson, Robert Duvall

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2026/02/17

Robert Duvall, who passed away on Sunday, was probably my very favorite actor. I've had thoughts on his work for a long time, and I've always considered him an honorary southerner. So I have thoughts I'll share. We also have news that's really just breaking as we're publishing this this, the passing of civil-rights icon Jesse Jackson. Also, how our delegation voted on the SAVE Act and a change at the Alabama Public Service Commission ... but not the change we were expecting. Learn more about your

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11:19

The President's Day edition

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/16

Nursing shortage, the Britt-Trump relationship and Spring Break in Gulf Shores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:39

How might death for child rapists fare in court?

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/13

Today we have a new punishment against some child predators -- if it holds up in court. We also have a settlement in a "forever chemicals" lawsuit and what all that sniffing and sneezing's about.Also, on late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore's birthday we'll revisit his brief stint as the namesake of the Army base in Columbus, Ga., and Fred Benning, the Nebraska World War I veteran who was honored by the Trump Administration's re-renaming it Fort Benning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:14

MoonPie responsibly

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/12

Today we have politicians lining up on one side or another of the bill to revamp the selection of the Public Service Commission.Also, we items on a construction-worker academy, a big contract for the Alabama Institute of the Deaf and Blind, and "Protect the MoonPie." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:16

Huge solar project and the PSC

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2026/02/11

We have several things to cover today, including a huge solar project that has nearby residents less than happy, and a fast-moving bill to change the way Public Serve Commission seats are filled.Also, an update on Alabama's first IKEA location, a pardon for Stephen Nodine and Mobile's claim on the original Mardi Gras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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