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Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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.

Exports, chicken, Ivermectin and Eastaboga

6 mins; February 18, 2025

Tornadoes, former Marshall chief, hoops

5 mins; February 17, 2025

Coral Reefer Band news and more

32 mins; February 14, 2025

Federal jobs; defining men and women; eliminating sports

6 mins; February 13, 2025

Expanding the death penalty?

6 mins; February 12, 2025

Defense, space and Alabama under Trump II

21 mins; February 11, 2025

Trump effects, Tuskegee Airman, Lick Skillet

7 mins; February 10, 2025

Whales in Perdido Pass

7 mins; February 07, 2025

Buffett exhibit; a virus named after an Alabama town

6 mins; February 06, 2025

Crime and Gov. Ivey's State of the State

8 mins; February 05, 2025

A good Report Card for Alabama

26 mins; February 04, 2025

Highlands pastor, Mardi Gras, warm weather

5 mins; February 03, 2025

Hospital in trouble; teacher award; Alabama News Quiz

18 mins; January 31, 2025

More ICE updates; 'Iron Dome for America'; LEGO's return

7 mins; January 30, 2025

More ICE arrests, Mr. Football, your Gulf names

11 mins; January 29, 2025

Why the price of eggs isn't coming down

7 mins; January 28, 2025

News updates, Fort Morgan's namesake, your Gulf name

11 mins; January 27, 2025

Space Command HQ saga continues

6 mins; January 24, 2025

Birth/death rates; big snow in a small town

7 mins; January 23, 2025

Snowy coast; Trump executive orders

8 mins; January 22, 2025

January 21, 2025

4 mins; January 21, 2025

Stories that made a difference in 2024

33 mins; January 17, 2025

Two takes on aid to California

8 mins; January 16, 2025

The news and evolving social media

40 mins; January 15, 2025

Are we all-in on DST?

7 mins; January 14, 2025

Breaking the crime cycle

4 mins; January 13, 2025

Medical cannabis update; rise and fall of Visionland

12 mins; January 10, 2025

CHOOSE Act: students, schools apply

21 mins; January 09, 2025

Politics and the Gulf of America

5 mins; January 08, 2025

Revenge-porn bill; waffle-fry tweak

6 mins; January 07, 2025

Snow? Could be

14 mins; January 06, 2025

From our 'You Ain't From Around Here Are You Son' news category

7 mins; January 03, 2025

New Orleans connection; Birmingham's new homicide record

5 mins; January 02, 2025

Dentists and insurance reform

7 mins; January 01, 2025

Cold weather; missing toddler; 2024 in sports

43 mins; December 31, 2024

Top legislative stories of 2024; Jimmy Carter reflections

28 mins; December 30, 2024

The Russian Taylor Swift covers mystery

6 mins; December 27, 2024

Ozzie Smith's birthday, teen actor's death, country-music festival

4 mins; December 26, 2024

A few random "gifts"

5 mins; December 25, 2024

December 24, 2024

4 mins; December 24, 2024

December 23, 2024

5 mins; December 23, 2024

Crime and punishment

6 mins; December 20, 2024

Mysterious case of the missing boy

12 mins; December 19, 2024

So far, so good with latest pig kidney transplant

6 mins; December 18, 2024

Bird flu, Choose Act, Brother Chette

6 mins; December 17, 2024

What's your word of the year?

6 mins; December 16, 2024

Quiz day! Also: a dog fetching human remains

18 mins; December 13, 2024

Social Security debate, and some random great advice

5 mins; December 12, 2024

Braves play-by-play broadcaster Brandon Gaudin joins us

40 mins; December 11, 2024

A honey-bee die-off

5 mins; December 10, 2024

What Spotify said about you

7 mins; December 09, 2024

Artemis, Batman and the quiz

24 mins; December 06, 2024

Mobile Bay mud, Birmingham food trucks

4 mins; December 05, 2024

Alabama waiting to see on Trump tariffs

5 mins; December 04, 2024

Expensive airports, Korean War soldier's remains

5 mins; December 03, 2024

More public-school kids ... for now

5 mins; December 02, 2024

Looking ahead to Christmas, Mardi Gras and pickleball

4 mins; November 29, 2024

How accurate were the hurricane predictions?

4 mins; November 28, 2024

Alleged killing spree, IVF's future, drought relief

5 mins; November 27, 2024

Grading the state: Schools, heart disease

5 mins; November 26, 2024

Small-town politics gone bad

20 mins; November 25, 2024

News quiz, Katt Williams' purchase, another execution

16 mins; November 22, 2024

A lawsuit follows arrests of school officials, journalists

5 mins; November 21, 2024

Tuberville's 'out' clause on Gaetz

7 mins; November 20, 2024

Alabama's wealthiest counties; Super 7 future

8 mins; November 19, 2024

Bald eagle controversy; highest-paid mayor

5 mins; November 18, 2024

Infant health, social studies, celeb dogs - and the quiz

20 mins; November 15, 2024

Confirmation politics; hard time at 'The Kay'?

8 mins; November 14, 2024

Florida's election success and early voting

26 mins; November 13, 2024

Freshwater jellyfish in Alabama

5 mins; November 12, 2024

Washington jobs; RIP Bobby Allison and James Buskey

6 mins; November 11, 2024

Live lions and tigers and college campuses

15 mins; November 08, 2024

Conversation with travel author Sarah Gilliland

26 mins; November 07, 2024

Presenting our 2024 Election Awards

7 mins; November 06, 2024

It's election day!

8 mins; November 05, 2024

Dehydrated governor, football 'drama'

6 mins; November 04, 2024

Florida's weed amendment; Alabama news quiz

24 mins; November 01, 2024

Fire danger, and a debate over high-driver tests

15 mins; October 31, 2024

Proposed amendments and a last visit by the S.S. United States

6 mins; October 30, 2024

St. Vincents sale, world's tallest okra, election notes

10 mins; October 29, 2024

Alabama District 2, Wurlitzer return, Bobby Allison's win

5 mins; October 28, 2024

BPD change, a math discovery, and the news quiz

17 mins; October 25, 2024

Lawmakers get blunt with parole board chair

7 mins; October 24, 2024

The latest in election polling

10 mins; October 23, 2024

Afraid migrants, Amtrak groundbreaking

6 mins; October 22, 2024

Early voting (and the lack of)

5 mins; October 21, 2024

Bitcoin caper, Morgan Wallen's takeover, 'I Hate Tennessee'

10 mins; October 18, 2024

Mass shooting arrest, another Methodist lawsuit

6 mins; October 17, 2024

Unemployment, Alabama and the Supreme Court

18 mins; October 16, 2024

Finally feels like fall

10 mins; October 15, 2024

Alabama Dist. 2 candidates on economy, immigration

19 mins; October 14, 2024

IV-fluid shortage, Spann's beef, Alabama news quiz

21 mins; October 11, 2024

Dental problems, West Nile virus and the Alabama mummy

7 mins; October 10, 2024

Milton evacuees, migrant program, 1970s icons

15 mins; October 09, 2024

SCOTUS, Stephen King and prep coaches

8 mins; October 08, 2024

Vandy's penalty and Butterbean's wish

7 mins; October 07, 2024

Solar fees, dock workers and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

24 mins; October 04, 2024

DNA evidence and a Death Row conviction

8 mins; October 03, 2024

Mobile and the longshoremen's strike

12 mins; October 02, 2024

State House vote; Britt in the spin room

7 mins; October 01, 2024

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