Down In Alabama With Ike Morgan

We'll talk about DEI at Auburn, traffic speed cameras that've been lying to us (I've said that about radar guns before), Colin Powell's widow, Alma, who has died, and the pygmy hippo calf in Montgomery. Also, Jonathan Sobolewski's going to tell a 1930s-era Alabama story about a man who got in trouble for going on a drunken elephant ride. You can read that however you want to, because both he and the elephant had a little prohibited whiskey before the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have Choccolocco Creek cleanup (why it's needed what it'll take), another golf phenom and rain and storms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we have reporter Ivana Hrynkiw on the show to update us on her series on the paroling system in Alabama. She has a story about Roy Moore going to bat for an inmate hit with life after a shoplifting case that happened back when Moore was still chief justice. First, though, we have an elected mayor in Newbern, more war of words with Mexico over Vulcan Materials property there, and a former Crimson Tide football player convicted of animal cruelty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trash talk, an early census, university presidential earnings “Down in Alabama” listeners get a month's free subscription to The Huntsville Times, The Birmingham News, or the Mobile Press Register by going to al.com/digitalsubscription/exclusive and enter the promo code DIA24.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The University of Alabama System schools close their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. A state-record bull shark at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Roade. Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy's death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill would let the Alabama governor or attorney general appoint interim police chiefs in certain circumstances. The state is a step closer to taking over Bessemer City Schools. Alabama's Democrats line up behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Ben Flanagan joins us. He's the host of "Beat Everyone," a new podcast about University of Alabama football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Alabama politicians were saying after Joe Biden's announcement Bibb County family mass shooting Homewood Police officer's shooting Update on Auburn's Brian Battie Saban Field Alleged church theft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about a different kind of industrial spill, the execution of an inmate and possible name for the Crimson Tide's football field. We have a guest on the show today: environmental reporter Dennis Pillion, who will talk about the work he's done (including his "Ancient Alabama" series) and take our review quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll talk smart phones and teenagers, the Congressional District 2 race, Birmingham's call for a cease-fire in Gaza, and relatively cooler temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today talk Alabama Winn Dixies that are converting to Aldis, the newest state lawmaker and Alabama's fifth veterans' home. And music and entertainment writer Matt Wake going to join us to talk Alabama singers -- and his list of the 20 greatest ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sen. Katie Britt speaks at the Republican Convention; the Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower dies; the back-to-school tax holiday is nearly here; and Nick Saban makes a ... preseason prediction? Also, "Beat Everyone," an Alabama football podcast, is launching next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking about shootings. The one at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and a couple during an extremely deadly night in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have state cabinet pay hikes, a Death Row inmate's autopsy request and the closing of a restaurant dating back to the 50s. Also, weather reporter Leigh Morgan takes our news review quiz. For the promo on The Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Mobile Press-Register digital editions, go to al.com/digitalsubscription/exclusive and enter the promo code DIA24 for a free month's subscriptions (It's $10 per month after that).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have the a possible state takeover of a school district, marijuana drinks, more rural medical woes, and an award for missing firearms. After the break we have some creepy history as Amanda Khorramabadi tells us about Bryce Hospital -- a former Tuscaloosa insane asylum that's now a museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have standardized test performances, a lawmaker's arrest, update on the Underwater Forest bill, and a fairly wild crime roundup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today let's talk about an AI degree, a fall at Little River Canyon, baseball all-stars, a soccer Olympian and a Sam's perk that's going away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have who's been trying to hire in Alabama, a state lawmaker in ICU, ammo vending machines, Hoss Mack's retirement and Forrest Gump's anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking tributes to baseball legends, a cyber attack that could affect Alabama teachers, students and parents, and a fireworks accident in Jacksonville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Independence Day, we're reflecting on Alabama's role in the American experiment. We've also got a weather update for tonight's fireworks, some news about the upcoming Transplant Games in Birmingham, an update on a lawsuit challenging Alabama's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ike Morgan is off this week, so we’re going to discuss religion, marijuana, and homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices