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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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5:41

More state/national Democrat division

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/08/05

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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32:10

How will national politics affect District 2?

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/08/02

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 quiz.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:54

Amtrak and South Alabama

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/08/01

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:24

Ex-lawmakers get prison for kickback scheme

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/31

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/adchoices

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9:32

DEI; traffic cameras; a colorful prohibition-era story

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/30

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 read that however you want to, because both he and the elephant had a little prohibited whiskey before the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:53

Decades of Choccolocco-area cleanup

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/29

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/adchoices

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34:04

Roy Moore joins the struggle for inmate's parole

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/26

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 over Vulcan Materials property there, and a former Crimson Tide football player convicted of animal cruelty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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4:08

Trash talk, an early census, university presidential...

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/25

Trash talk, an early census, university presidential earnings“Down in Alabama” listeners get a month's free subscription to The Huntsville Times, The Birmingham News, or the Mobile Press Register by going to al.com/digitalsubscription/exclusive and enter the promo code DIA24. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:38

DEI; a big bull shark; Mark Kennedy

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/24

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/adchoices

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30:21

Possible state intervention (in police leadership ......

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/23

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 football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:46

Biden, Harris and Alabama politicians

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/22

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/adchoices

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31:09

A fat spill - literally

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/19

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:35

Smart phones/anxiety, District 2 surprise? Down in...

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/18

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/adchoices

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30:52

Alabama's greatest singers

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/17

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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9:27

Britt's return and Saban's, too

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/16

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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4:34

Weekend shootings (in Pennsylvania and Alabama)

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/15

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/adchoices

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16:53

Cabinet pay, inmate's autopsy, restaurant's closing

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/12

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 promo code DIA24 for a free month's subscriptions (It's $10 per month after that). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:15

Remembering an Alabama insane asylum

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/11

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.fm/adchoices

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11:46

Test scores; lawmaker arrest; wild crime roundup

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/10

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/adchoices

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5:13

Medical AI; Alabama's MLB all-stars

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2024/07/09

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/adchoices

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