Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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We're going to talk about a new podcast coming from AL.com called "American Shrapnel." It's all about the hunt to arrest 1996 Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph after he bombed a Birmingham abortion clinic. Columnist John Archibald and producer John Hammontree will join me. First, we're going to talk a little about Bruce Pearl and politics, Huntsville's growing city limits and more details on the Amber Alert you may have received yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Griesbach of AL.com and the Alabama Education Lab joins us to talk about what she's seeing so far regarding Alabama's new school-choice law. Read Rebecca's story on the CHOOSE Act. Read more from Rebecca. Also, we have our usual daily report of stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have items on space, a leaky dam, Toomer's corner and Mac Gipson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a big change to the parole board, a company that isn't rolling over for the UAW, and two lawmakers who are giving up their seats. I'll also be taking issue with a published ranking of barbecue cities. Closer to home, you can vote on Alabama's best unsung barbecue joint by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tragedy in Texas touches Alabama. The UAW tries getting another foothold in the state. Some were hospitalized with fireworks injuries. A second Mormon temple may be coming. And longtime Guntersville radio personality Bruce Underwood has reportedly passed away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Executions and explosions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Several things we'll get to today, including legislative news on the state and federal levels, a new archbishop in Mobile, and a lawsuit over a woman who gave birth in jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're going to have AL.com's Kelly Kazek on the show to talk about a couple of old Alabama murder cases that seemed to be missing one vital part of every murder case: the actual dead person. For more on those stories click here. For more from Kelly, click here. First we have news items on Africanized honeybees, a new pedestrian-traffic pattern at a famous intersection, and what happened with that request for a judge to intervene on the new hemp law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're into music scenes in Alabama, you want to stick around for the second part of today's show. Our Caroline Vincent sat down with longtime Alabama music writers Mary Colurso and Matt Wake to talk about the brand-new Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham, the still-fairly-new Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, and how they might affect each other and their respective cities from business and cultural perspectives. That's in the second segment today. First, we'll have the hemp law in the courts, a new area code coming and the Miss Alabama results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're going to speak with AL.com reporter Ivana Hrynkiw, who's started a new investigative series with a story on a Death Row inmate who allegedly killed a woman at a crime scene at which we now know investigators collected only one person's DNA -- and it didn't belong to the guy found guilty. There's a lot to the case, and Ivana will break it down for us. Read Ivana's story here. See the stories from Ivana's "Denied" series here. First, we have stories on a fireball in broad daylight, what led to Tommy Tuberville's mosque invite, the FBI pausing a move to Redstone Arsenal, and remembering the poop cruise. Not to be confused with the poop train. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have an illegal-immigration raid, the passing of sports journalist John Pruett, a state Senate special election and a burglar in a Scooby Doo costume. We'll also speak with Haley Laurence for an update on the Unsung Alabama series. Click here to read stories from the Unsung Alabama series. Click here to share your favorite unsung barbecue restaurant in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have where the Birmingham Water Works went, more bear sightings in North Alabama and Tommy Tuberville's take on protesters who block traffic. Plus, Leigh Morgan's going to join us to go over some hurricane-season terminology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National defense is the loose topic today. We have travel restrictions, space-defense contractors, and an arrest over the handling of classified documents. Also, let's caps the stellar high school career of a girls track star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's start off the week with a little crime-news roundup. Also, RIP sports reporter Rubin Grant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have news on the Olympic gymnastics trials, tragedy on the job, and a couple ways we're honoring baseball greats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices