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Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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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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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

The filibuster debate 05.06.2026

Today's topics include the filibuster, coal ash, Jackson Hospital and Paul Ellen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Medical cannabis: Alabama's first dispensary 04.06.2026

Today we have items on medical marijuana, another proposed data center and an Auburn national championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SCOTUS tells Alabama to proceed 03.06.2026

We're going to talk redistricting again, so strap in for that one. Also, we'll have items on Tuberville's taxes and a mall for sale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for tariff relief 02.06.2026

We have concerns from the Alabama auto industry, the latest of Ken McFeeter's challenges to Tommy Tuberville's residency, a new wet city in a dry county, and a first for Troy baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dems' turnout up, GOP's down in primary 01.06.2026

Today: surprising turnout numbers from the primary election, the passing of a well-known former lawmaker and judge, and lots of ball teams in the NCAA playoffs right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who'll win the U.S. Senate seat? 29.05.2026

A U.S. Senate runoff poll; a pellet-gun-wielding man blamed for his sister's death; the Alabama softball team's success; and the passing of civil-rights lawyer Clarence B. Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOJ backs Alabama Republicans 28.05.2026

Today we'll have the DOJ weighing in on Alabama's redistricting, a type of toucan with a beak problem (that's a bad problem to have if you're a toucan), a bigger forest and a union vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GOP's maps still a no-go in district court 27.05.2026

If y'all thought we had a break from Congressional districts news, y'all were wrong. We also have the sentencing of a man who as a teenager tried to kill a police officer, and the closing of the first Red Lobster in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More missile production in Lower Alabama 26.05.2026

Lockheed Martin is expanding facilities in Troy; a disbarred judge has won an election; former major leaguer Charlie Moore has died. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Standing up to POTUS? 22.05.2026

Britt and Tuberville on Trump's so-called "anti-weaponization fund," Lulu's Law and a Gee's Bend quilter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Steel's Alabama footprint, a year later 21.05.2026

Topics today are government-business relationships, U.S. Steel, Doug Jones voters and forever chemicals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's how you voted 20.05.2026

We'll run through some mild surprises and some very unsurprising results of Tuesday's Alabama primary election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Primary Election 1.0 19.05.2026

Today's Alabama's primary election; a judge doesn't allow a state Senate redistricting effort; the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allows a coal-ash case against Alabama Power to proceed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Racial or political? 18.05.2026

We'll catch up on the events in Montgomery and Selma over the weekend, our children's mental-healthcare problems, and Huntsville's march up the big-cities list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RIP Clarence Carter 15.05.2026

Birmingham's still shrinking, a man who died jumping on Chimney Rock was identified, and an R&B figure has passed away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A scary discovery at a dam 14.05.2026

We'll talk about a White House staffer from Alabama, an explosive found in a water reservoir and senator pay during shutdowns. Oh, and another asteroid is heading this way. (No worries). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scheduled: Special primary and football openers 13.05.2026

We have a special primary election for some of y'all to put on your calendars. We also have a deadly shooting in a hospital parking lot, Tommy Tuberville's latest warning about "Islamists" and season-opener game times (for college football, of course). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabama redistricting gets the go-ahead 12.05.2026

The Supreme Court lets Alabama change its Congressional district maps; Alabama's AG launches his own investigation into the SPLC; there's a new tick in town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How far did she run? 11.05.2026

Today we'll have more stuff from the legislative special session, of course, as well as the winner of a long, long race and an Alabamian coach coming to "The Voice." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life in prison for Aniah's killer 08.05.2026

Today we'll have an update on the Congressional districting special session, the sentence for the man who killed Aniah Blanchard, a hospital filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and a couple allegedly using kids to perpetrate a fundraising scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Redistricting update and a Ted Turner memory 07.05.2026

We have updates from Goat Hill, our very own Wikipedia founder and the UAH presidency. Also, you've heard better Ted Turner stories than mine, but it's mine so I'll tell it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congressional maps bill advances 06.05.2026

We have a special-session update, college football playoffs and a couple of new charter schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Politics and Asian needle ants 05.05.2026

We'll update you on the special session on Congressional districting, an audit that dinged the Space & Rocket Center, and the Asian needle ant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will there be a Special Session '26? 04.05.2026

More on Congressional districting in Alabama after last week's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A push for new congressional districts 01.05.2026

Today we have Alabama trying to find a way to re-redistrict its Congressional map, the first of many SPACECOM ribbon cuttings at Redstone, and a judge calling out prison and AG's office officials over statements on nitrogen executions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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