Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Latest Episodes:

Huge HBCU gift; Roy Moore's lawsuit Oct 30, 2025

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Today we have worried grocers amid the shutdown, a huge gift to an HBCU, and the end of one of Roy Moore's lawsuits from those 2017 accusations.

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Keep or drop PBS? Also, Dauphin Island foxes Oct 29, 2025

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We have updates on safety rules in entertainment districts, APT and PBS, the Constitution on presidential term limits, and the red foxes on Dauphin Island.

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Overseas tiff's impact on Alabama automakers Oct 28, 2025

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Today we have how a standoff between China and the Netherlands will likely affect automobile production right here in our state.

We also have city-versus-sheriff legal wrangling in Birmingham and an interesting venture by Chick-fil-A.

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SNAP on the line; un-PC decorations Oct 27, 2025

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Let's talk shutdown and food money, un-PC Halloween displays, a tough losing streak and a scam to watch for.

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Boyd execution; Prichard's water woes Oct 24, 2025

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Today we'll be joined by AL.com reporter Margaret Kates who'll tell us about folks in one Alabama town who are facing sewage their yards and having trouble getting enough water pressure to flush the toilet.

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Also, we had another nitrogen execution last night, we have another sports figure jumping into politics, and we have an update on the future billion-dollar-plus Kay Ivey Correctional Complex.

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Trump nominees; a big cruise ship Oct 23, 2025

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Today we have nominations for U.S. Attorney, another update on the struggling Jackson Hospital, the biggest cruise ship ever in Mobile and more.

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So long, Winn-Dixie Oct 22, 2025

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Winn-Dixie is leaving the state altogether; a county commissioner had a run-in with police; the public continued to debate transgender material in Library children's sections; (some) help for Jackson Hospital in Montgomery; RIP former Bessemer Mayor Quitman Mitchell.

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A very male costume: Free speech or obscene? Oct 21, 2025

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Today: Bail for an attempted-murder suspect, a costume that people are calling either free speech or obscene, and another Alabama ABC rare-whiskey drawing.

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Early Senate poll; the 'Orange' in 'Orange Beach' Oct 20, 2025

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Today we have items on a terrible tragedy from a family's flight to Montana, lottery scams to watch for, a surprising but very very very early poll in the Republican U.S. Senate race, and a new place-name history (Orange Beach).

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Shutdown consequences Oct 17, 2025

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Shutdown consequences: Down in Alabama

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