Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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Mobile and the longshoremen's strike Oct 02, 2024

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Today we're going to go a little deeper into the dockworkers' strike. We'll hear from an Alabama union official with his take and let you know what some of the state folks on the other side of the issue are saying.

That'll be in a few minutes. First, we have results on a State House election, how long it took to finish a 650-mile kayak race, and how much Birmingham might add to its funding of the police.

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State House vote; Britt in the spin room Oct 01, 2024

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Today we have a vote for a state House seat, a VP debate with an Alabama voice in the spin room, our National Guard helping out in North Carolina and praise for our business climate.

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Ongoing Helene impacts, Trump at Alabama-Georgia Sep 30, 2024

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Ongoing impacts of Helene, efforts to purge the voter rolls, a 101-year-old building that's been condemned, and who was hanging out with Donald Trump at the Alabama-Georgia game.

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Quiz Day! Plus, a nitrogen execution and Pornhub's block Sep 27, 2024

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We have another nitrogen execution, a mayor in Washington, Pornhub's big block, and another listener takes the quiz.

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News updates, Comic Cons, local rasslin' Sep 26, 2024

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Today, momentum for a Glock-switch ban, Birmingham-Southern's buyer, a mayor's announcement and Donald Trump's very un-billionaire-like food order for Saturday's ballgame.

Today's guest, Joe Crowe, will tell us about Alabama Comic Con and the local rasslin' scene.

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Talking Birmingham and crime with John Archibald Sep 25, 2024

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Today we'll look at pregnancy-related arrests, absentee-ballot law and illegal shrimping. After the break we'll talk Pulitzer prizes, Birmingham crime and more with AL.com columnist John Archibald.

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Big reward; tropical weather Sep 24, 2024

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On today's show: a big reward in that Birmingham shooting that killed four, the National Blue Ribbon Schools from Alabama, an offer to stay that a long-time university leader couldn't refuse.

Then we'll talk with statewide weather reporter Leigh Morgan about tropical storms and hurricanes and Alabama's possible impacts.

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Birmingham homicides on a record pace Sep 23, 2024

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We'll give you what we have on that weekend quadruple homicide in Birmingham. We also have a renamed southern tourist destination and alleged palmetto-berry bandits.

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Politics of libraries and migrant workers ... and another quiz! Sep 20, 2024

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Let's talk libraries, pollution and another city's migrant workers. We also have another listener here to take this week's quiz.

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What they're saying in Sylacauga (about the Haitian migrants) Sep 19, 2024

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We also have some reaction to the Fed's half-point rate cut, Donald Trump's Alabama-Georgia plans and more.

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