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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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29:12

School's coming: Effects of the CHOOSE Act so far

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/10

Rebecca Griesbach of AL.com and the Alabama Education Lab joins us to talk about what she's seeing so far regarding Alabama's new school-choice law. Read Rebecca's story on the CHOOSE Act. Read more from Rebecca. Also, we have our usual daily report of stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:39

Space launches and an old leaky dam

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/09

Today we have items on space, a leaky dam, Toomer's corner and Mac Gipson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:56

Parole board, resigning lawmakers, barbecue cities

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/08

Today we have a big change to the parole board, a company that isn't rolling over for the UAW, and two lawmakers who are giving up their seats. I'll also be taking issue with a published ranking of barbecue cities. Closer to home, you can vote on Alabama's best unsung barbecue joint by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:46

Flood heartbreak, UAW, firework injuries

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/07

The tragedy in Texas touches Alabama. The UAW tries getting another foothold in the state. Some were hospitalized with fireworks injuries. A second Mormon temple may be coming. And longtime Guntersville radio personality Bruce Underwood has reportedly passed away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:32

Executions and explosions

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/04

Executions and explosionsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:30

School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikes

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/03

School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:53

State and federal lawmaking updates

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/02

Several things we'll get to today, including legislative news on the state and federal levels, a new archbishop in Mobile, and a lawsuit over a woman who gave birth in jail.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:41

Africanized bees and murders that weren't

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/07/01

Today we're going to have AL.com's Kelly Kazek on the show to talk about a couple of old Alabama murder cases that seemed to be missing one vital part of every murder case: the actual dead person. For more on those stories click here. For more from Kelly, click here. First we have news items on Africanized honeybees, a new pedestrian-traffic pattern at a famous intersection, and what happened with that request for a judge to intervene on the new hemp law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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38:56

The Amphitheaters Coca-Cola and Orion

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/30

If you're into music scenes in Alabama, you want to stick around for the second part of today's show. Our Caroline Vincent sat down with longtime Alabama music writers Mary Colurso and Matt Wake to talk about the brand-new Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham, the still-fairly-new Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, and how they might affect each other and their respective cities from business and cultural perspectives. That's in the second segment today. First, we'll have the hemp law in the courts,

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31:45

DNA, Alabama and a death-penalty case

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/27

Today we're going to speak with AL.com reporter Ivana Hrynkiw, who's started a new investigative series with a story on a Death Row inmate who allegedly killed a woman at a crime scene at which we now know investigators collected only one person's DNA -- and it didn't belong to the guy found guilty.There's a lot to the case, and Ivana will break it down for us. Read Ivana's story here. See the stories from Ivana's "Denied" series here. First, we have stories on a fireball in broad daylight,

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22:25

Immigration raid, Scooby burglar, Unsung Alabama

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/26

Today we have an illegal-immigration raid, the passing of sports journalist John Pruett, a state Senate special election and a burglar in a Scooby Doo costume.We'll also speak with Haley Laurence for an update on the Unsung Alabama series. Click here to read stories from the Unsung Alabama series. Click here to share your favorite unsung barbecue restaurant in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:13

Some hurricane-season vocabulary

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/25

We have where the Birmingham Water Works went, more bear sightings in North Alabama and Tommy Tuberville's take on protesters who block traffic. Plus, Leigh Morgan's going to join us to go over some hurricane-season terminology.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:59

National defense; girls track star

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/24

National defense is the loose topic today. We have travel restrictions, space-defense contractors, and an arrest over the handling of classified documents. Also, let's caps the stellar high school career of a girls track star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:47

Heat wave, crime notes

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/23

Let's start off the week with a little crime-news roundup. Also, RIP sports reporter Rubin Grant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:16

Baseball legends are rallying

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/20

We have news on the Olympic gymnastics trials, tragedy on the job, and a couple ways we're honoring baseball greats.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:57

Nippon-U.S. Steel; more Unsung Alabama

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/19

Today we have a big steel deal that'll mean investment in our state, a man who's been stocking up firearms under a dead man's name, and a mayoral candidate who's found trouble looking for a little comfort. Then we're gonna check back in with This is Alabama's Haley Laurence and see what their "Unsung Alabama" series has uncovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:03

Updates on Golden Dome and the moon race

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/18

Today reporter John R. Roby's going to give us some of the latest news on President Trump's "Golden Dome" project and NASA's plans to get to the moon. Both those topics obviously affect defense-industry firms in Alabama and Marshall Space Flight Center.Click here to read more of John R. Roby's work. Also: NASA proposes new $45 million building for Marshall Space Flight Center’s Redstone campus First we have the most American automobiles of 2025, an Army base already rebranding, and a

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12:24

All these lists, rankings and grades

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/17

Today we have several lists and rankings and such, along with some general listicle thoughts. Also, the state has joined a pharmaceutical settlement, and UA has a new president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:15

'26 election, cockfighting bust, SI model concern

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/16

Today we have some straw-poll numbers, a cockfighting bust ... and will bikini models come along with a future Sports Illustrated resort (don't get your hopes up). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:24

Next big change to college player pay

Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan ·

2025/06/13

Today we're going to talk about a recent court settlement that should have a really big impact on college sports. Columnist and sports reporter Michael Casagrande will join us to help spell it out.See what Michael wrote about the topic here. See more of Michael's work here. Before that, we have updates on a $5 billion hydropower project, an effort to broaden the capital murder charge and some "No Kings" anti-Trump events in our state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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