Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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Join Ike Morgan each weekday for a sometimes breezy, sometimes serious roundup of the biggest, the most peculiar, and the most Alabama stories, of the day.

  • 5 minutes 51 seconds
    A new state employee benefit

    Today we have a new state employee benefit and the General Fund budget. And the Poarch Creeks closed on a Birmingham property.

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    3 April 2025, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 1 second
    Marrazzo's leave, lottery hopes, obese cities

    Today we have a former UAB scientist put on leave by the Trump Administration, some very faint lottery hope, and the most obese cities in the nation.

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    2 April 2025, 9:32 am
  • 6 minutes 4 seconds
    Don't take your guns to Redstone

    Today we'll talk about firearms arrests at Redstone Arsenal, time running out for CHOOSE Act applications, a court ruling on out-of-state abortions and student injuries during Sunday's storms.

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    1 April 2025, 9:34 am
  • 6 minutes 56 seconds
    Auburn in Final Four; low-speed tractor chase

    Today, we have Auburn basketball advancing ... charges in a low-speed tractor chase that resulted in the suspect being shot ... and today's Alabama place-name history that involves the pronunciation of a football stadium.

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    31 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 47 seconds
    Student's detention, Trump's appointee, Tide's 3s

    Today we have an immigration detention, the first state Glock switch arrest, a Trump appointee, Ella Langley's ACM nominations and a whole lot of 3-point shots from the Alabama men's basketball team.

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    28 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 59 minutes 52 seconds
    Baseball movies we loved

    Today is also opening day for the major league baseball season. So I'm going to have on the show Ben Flanagan and Mark Heim, and we're going to pick our favorite all-time baseball movies. Baseball movies are a genre of their own, so there are plenty to pick from. I think we're going to do it draft-style, where we go around the horn picking our favorites from what's left.


    If you're the type who uses baseball movie quotes during your day, you're one of us, so it should be fun.


    First, however, we have our news updates.


    There's a space-related business story from North Alabama, a school that's closing after 120 years, and the state list we've all been waiting for. It's one that doesn't matter until it really matters.

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    27 March 2025, 9:41 am
  • 7 minutes 51 seconds
    More small-town politics

    Seeds in the mail, the politics of Lipscomb and a bill targeting those who might want to protest near someone's home.

    Also, a university study gives rise to the theory that manatees aren't native to our Gulf Coast (or even Florida's).

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    26 March 2025, 8:46 am
  • 7 minutes
    Greenland's future and a theater's closing

    Today we'll talk economic development, Greenland and how it's curtains for one Alabama movie theater.

    Plus, for National Medal of Honor Day we'll highlight one of Alabama's past recipients.

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    25 March 2025, 9:46 am
  • 6 minutes 21 seconds
    Spelling champ, rabid fox, Frog Eye

    Today we have a spelling-bee champ, a rabid fox, how Frog Eye got its name and more.

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    24 March 2025, 8:33 am
  • 5 minutes 39 seconds
    From chemtrails to cougars

    Today we have a chemtrails bill, an IOC president with Alabama ties, and plenty more.

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    21 March 2025, 10:26 am
  • 34 minutes 40 seconds
    Prisons, paroles and Death Row

    Today we have AL.com reporter Ivana Hrynkiw on the show to update us on some prison issues. Her series on Alabama's parole practices last year caught a lot of attention, so we'll get updated on that. Also, we'll talk about a couple of high-profile death-penalty cases -- one that was recently commuted by Gov. Kay Ivey and another -- involving Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson -- that has gotten a lot of attention already.


    Click here to read all Ivana's work.


    First, we'll talk about an American command position in NATO, do another legislation roundup, and see who else is now using nitrogen gas to execute Death Row inmates.

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    20 March 2025, 9:54 am
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