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Alabama Politics This Week, 296 episodes. Page 1 of 3.

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Jasmyne Crimiel on Montgomery Schools + Tough Questions for Tuberville’s Campaign

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Election countdown, "American Hate," and Stephen Perkins

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Votes, Tolls and Working Families: Alabama's Election Crossroads

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Dale Strong’s Debate Dodge, Alabama’s Police Problems and the Surveillance Fight

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Tuberville Talks Furries. Ron Sparks Talks Farmers.

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Is the White House Distracting the Press?

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Who is Alabama working for? NIL, data centers and local politics

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Tommy Tuberville's Grocery Tax Pledge Sounds Familiar

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Tuberville’s Data Center Plan, Rural Alabama’s Crisis & the Cost of Living

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Chris England: Alabama Prisons Can Be "Worse Than Death"

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Tuberville, Doug Jones and the Fight Over Social Security

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Alabama Democrats Reset (w/ Caroline Self and Rachel Carroll Rivas)

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Is Doug Jones Really Within Striking Distance of Tommy Tuberville?

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Can Bobby Singleton Unite Alabama Democrats? Plus, Phillip Ensler on Data Centers

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Tuberville’s Residency Case, Democratic Infighting & Trump’s “Transistor” Moment

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Can Tommy Tuberville Be Kicked Off the Ballot? Barry Ragsdale Explains

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Doug Jones on Tuberville, Data Centers and the Fight for Alabama

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Tuberville Tax Trouble, Campaign Lawsuit Threats and Alabama’s GOP Chaos

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Alabama’s Map Mess, Tuberville’s Tax Returns & Rural Hospital Crisis

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Alabama Republicans Lose Again on Redistricting + Andrew Sneed Interview

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Doug Jones Wins Big, GOP Runoffs, and the Fight for Voting Rights

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Shomari Figures Responds to Alabama’s Voting Rights Crisis

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Has Alabama’s Old Racism Blocked Its New Gerrymander?

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Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Black Representation in Alabama

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No Dick-tators + “Move to California!” and Other Bad Alabama Arguments

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Alabama Legislature Does Nothing for Workers While Protecting the Rich (w/ Mayor Steven Reed and Rep. Mary Moore)

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The Alabama AG Race Is a Mess | Plus Rep. Patrick Sellers Joins

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Can Alabama Turn Purple? Voting Rights, GOP Fatigue, and a Heated Debate

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Tuberville’s Residency Trouble, Montgomery Pushback, and Alabama’s Rights Battles

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Can a Democrat Win Alabama’s Reddest District? Amanda Pusczek Thinks Alabama CD-4 Can Change

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Kay Ivey’s Commutation, Walker County Jail, and Pete Hegseth

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School Choice, Gambling Myths, and New Voices in Alabama Politics

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Nothing Says "Public Safety" Like a Surprise Power Grab (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)

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Garbage Bills, Chemtrails, and the Death of the Newsroom

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Who Controls the Story — and Your Utility Bill?

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Alabama’s Power Struggles: Residency, the Supreme Court and Affordability (w/ Neil Rafferty and AshLeigh Dunham)

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Ron Sparks Returns + Death By a Thousand Cuts for Alabama Schools

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ICE Shooting + Anthony Daniels on Bipartisan Governing and the Fight for Affordability

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Conviction Over Calculation: Philip Ensler on Running for Lt. Governor

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Doug Jones for Governor: The Rematch vs. Tuberville, Fixing the Lottery, & ADC Drama

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The Alabama Solution, Prisons, and Health Care Greed (w/ Beth Shelburne and Jerome Dees)

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Can This Plumber Fix Democrats' Messaging Problem? (w/ Andrew Sneed)

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PBS Showdown, Permitless Carry, and Boyd vs. Jones (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)

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Epstein Emails, ACA Betrayal & the Tuberville Problem (w/ Rep. Terri Sewell & Bill Britt)

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Post-Election Analysis (w/ Jeremy Devito)

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From Jim Crow to “Recovering Racist” (w/ Dr. Jim Vickrey)

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Will Charles Barkley Run for Alabama Governor? (+ ProPublica's Amy Yurkanin)

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Can a Working-Class Democrat Win in Red Alabama? (w/ Mark Wheeler)

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Montgomery Tragedy, Policy Choices, and Political Posturing (w/ Mayor Steven Reed and the SPLC)

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Disaffected America: Mass Shootings, Media Fatigue, and Party Infighting (w/ Jennifer Mascia)

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A Hall Pass for Hate, Tylenol Myths, and Outrage Fatigue (w/ Tabitha Isner and Candice Duvieilh)

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Free Speech Under Fire & A Whistleblower Who Fought Back (w/ Dr. Toni Savage)

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Trusting Charlatans Over a Century of Medical Science (w/ Dr. Michael Saag and Mayor Steven Reed)

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Space Command, Mobile’s Future, and Alabama’s Opioid Scandal (w/ Barbara Drummond)

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DNC Cracks Down on Alabama Democrats (w/ DNC Member Matt Hughes)

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DNC to Alabama Democrats: Do It Over (Again) (w/ Jeanice Warden-Washington)

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“She Belongs Here:” The Fight to Free Giovanna Hernandez (w/ Emily Barfield)

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Alabama Police Shooting Sparks Outrage + MAGA's Hypocrisy on Child Abuse (w/ Mallory Hagan)

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His Wife Gave Him a Kidney. Now He Has Three (w/ Rep. Anthony Daniels)

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The Epstein Cover-Up, a GOP Ponzi Scheme, and Montgomery's Crime Drop (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)

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BEST OF: How Can Democrats Win Back Rural Voters? (w/ Doug Jones)

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BEST OF: Beth Shelburne on Alabama's Prison Abuse

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Poarch Creek Indians CEO on Gaming, God, and Growing an Empire (w/ Stephanie Bryan)

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Is Bruce Pearl Too Liberal for the GOP? (w/ Ryan Cagle)

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Hungry Kids, Hounded Workers, and Hollow Politics (w/ Apreill Hartsfield and Dr. Will Boyd)

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No Kings, No Confederates, Just Common Sense (w/ Linda Fisher)

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Blood Money: Inside Alabama's Prison Abuse (w/ Beth Shelburne)

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Kyle Whitmire Unpacks the Wahl and Tuberville Riddles (w/ Kyle Whitmire)

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The Name Game: Who is Really Running the Alabama Republican Party? (w/ Arthur Mothershed)

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Why Democrats Keep Losing the South (w/ Nina Martin and Doug Jones)

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Where Does Tuberville Live? + Confronting Alabama's Confederate Symbols (w/ SPLC's Rivka Maizlish)

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Stretching, Scandals, and Senate Squabbles (w/ Rep. A.J. McCampbell)

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Sewage, Absentee Legislator & Immigration Law (w/ Ruby Adams)

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Overtime Tax Cut Dies, CHOOSE Act Lives, Gambling Stalls & Mayor Reed Speaks Out (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)

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Deportations, Police Brutality & Trump's Third Term Talk (w/ Rep. Patrick Sellers)

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The Hypocrisy Is Stunning (w/ House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)

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Does Tommy Tuberville Live In Alabama? (w/ Catherine Coleman Flowers)

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Is the Democratic Party Finally Going to Invest in Alabama? (w/ DNC Chair Ken Martin)

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Alabama's DEI Battle: What's Really at Stake? (w/ Margaret Huang and Nicholas Perkins)

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The House Is on FIRE: Reps. Sewell and Figures on Federal Cuts

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Billionaires Are Working REALLY Hard for Regular People (w/ Susan McKenney)

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What Is a Woman? (w/ Rep. Neil Rafferty)

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A Little Bit of Everything (w/ Decatur Council President Jacob Ladner)

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The Agitator (w/ House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)

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A New Reality (w/ SPLC's Jerome Dees)

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The Fight Against Anti-DEI Legislation (w/ Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton)

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What Jimmy Carter Did for Alabama — and Nobody Talks About (w/ Joe Reed)

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Sundown Towns and Santa Claus (w/ Dr. Beth Hereford Patin)

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Nothing But a Hustler (w/ Alabama Democratic Party Chair Randy Kelley)

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An Unmitigated Disaster That's Going Nowhere (w/ former Sen. Doug Jones)

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It's Just Endless B.S. (w/ Arthur Mothershed)

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A New Strategy for Democrats (w/ Rep. Barbara Drummond)

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Election Aftermath (w/ Sheila Mcneil)

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Garbage Words and the Real Threat (w/ Rep. Sam Jones and Elizabeth Anderson)

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Just a Small Election (w/ Democratic candidate Shomari Figures)

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Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes (w/ Alabama Democratic Conference Chair Joe Reed)

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Dollars and Justice (w/ State Rep. Chris England)

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How One Family's Loss is Changing an Entire City (w/ Nicholas Perkins)

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Weapons of Mass Destruction (w/ Montgomery Sheriff Derrick Cunningham)

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All Blood Flows Red (w/ Dr. Jack Hawkins, SPLC's Celsa Stallworth, and HICA's Carlos Javier Torres)