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Alabama Politics This Week — 285 episodes
Alabama Democrats Reset (w/ Caroline Self and Rachel Carroll Rivas)
Is Doug Jones Really Within Striking Distance of Tommy Tuberville?
Can Bobby Singleton Unite Alabama Democrats? Plus, Phillip Ensler on Data Centers
Tuberville’s Residency Case, Democratic Infighting & Trump’s “Transistor” Moment
Can Tommy Tuberville Be Kicked Off the Ballot? Barry Ragsdale Explains
Doug Jones on Tuberville, Data Centers and the Fight for Alabama
Tuberville Tax Trouble, Campaign Lawsuit Threats and Alabama’s GOP Chaos
Alabama’s Map Mess, Tuberville’s Tax Returns & Rural Hospital Crisis
Alabama Republicans Lose Again on Redistricting + Andrew Sneed Interview
Doug Jones Wins Big, GOP Runoffs, and the Fight for Voting Rights
Shomari Figures Responds to Alabama’s Voting Rights Crisis
Has Alabama’s Old Racism Blocked Its New Gerrymander?
Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Black Representation in Alabama
No Dick-tators + “Move to California!” and Other Bad Alabama Arguments
Alabama Legislature Does Nothing for Workers While Protecting the Rich (w/ Mayor Steven Reed and Rep. Mary Moore)
The Alabama AG Race Is a Mess | Plus Rep. Patrick Sellers Joins
Can Alabama Turn Purple? Voting Rights, GOP Fatigue, and a Heated Debate
Tuberville’s Residency Trouble, Montgomery Pushback, and Alabama’s Rights Battles
Can a Democrat Win Alabama’s Reddest District? Amanda Pusczek Thinks Alabama CD-4 Can Change
Kay Ivey’s Commutation, Walker County Jail, and Pete Hegseth
School Choice, Gambling Myths, and New Voices in Alabama Politics
Nothing Says "Public Safety" Like a Surprise Power Grab (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)
Garbage Bills, Chemtrails, and the Death of the Newsroom
Who Controls the Story — and Your Utility Bill?
Alabama’s Power Struggles: Residency, the Supreme Court and Affordability (w/ Neil Rafferty and AshLeigh Dunham)
Ron Sparks Returns + Death By a Thousand Cuts for Alabama Schools
ICE Shooting + Anthony Daniels on Bipartisan Governing and the Fight for Affordability
Conviction Over Calculation: Philip Ensler on Running for Lt. Governor
Doug Jones for Governor: The Rematch vs. Tuberville, Fixing the Lottery, & ADC Drama
The Alabama Solution, Prisons, and Health Care Greed (w/ Beth Shelburne and Jerome Dees)
Can This Plumber Fix Democrats' Messaging Problem? (w/ Andrew Sneed)
PBS Showdown, Permitless Carry, and Boyd vs. Jones (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)
Epstein Emails, ACA Betrayal & the Tuberville Problem (w/ Rep. Terri Sewell & Bill Britt)
Post-Election Analysis (w/ Jeremy Devito)
From Jim Crow to “Recovering Racist” (w/ Dr. Jim Vickrey)
Will Charles Barkley Run for Alabama Governor? (+ ProPublica's Amy Yurkanin)
Can a Working-Class Democrat Win in Red Alabama? (w/ Mark Wheeler)
Montgomery Tragedy, Policy Choices, and Political Posturing (w/ Mayor Steven Reed and the SPLC)
Disaffected America: Mass Shootings, Media Fatigue, and Party Infighting (w/ Jennifer Mascia)
A Hall Pass for Hate, Tylenol Myths, and Outrage Fatigue (w/ Tabitha Isner and Candice Duvieilh)
Free Speech Under Fire & A Whistleblower Who Fought Back (w/ Dr. Toni Savage)
Trusting Charlatans Over a Century of Medical Science (w/ Dr. Michael Saag and Mayor Steven Reed)
Space Command, Mobile’s Future, and Alabama’s Opioid Scandal (w/ Barbara Drummond)
DNC Cracks Down on Alabama Democrats (w/ DNC Member Matt Hughes)
DNC to Alabama Democrats: Do It Over (Again) (w/ Jeanice Warden-Washington)
“She Belongs Here:” The Fight to Free Giovanna Hernandez (w/ Emily Barfield)
Alabama Police Shooting Sparks Outrage + MAGA's Hypocrisy on Child Abuse (w/ Mallory Hagan)
His Wife Gave Him a Kidney. Now He Has Three (w/ Rep. Anthony Daniels)
The Epstein Cover-Up, a GOP Ponzi Scheme, and Montgomery's Crime Drop (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)
BEST OF: How Can Democrats Win Back Rural Voters? (w/ Doug Jones)
BEST OF: Beth Shelburne on Alabama's Prison Abuse
Poarch Creek Indians CEO on Gaming, God, and Growing an Empire (w/ Stephanie Bryan)
Is Bruce Pearl Too Liberal for the GOP? (w/ Ryan Cagle)
Hungry Kids, Hounded Workers, and Hollow Politics (w/ Apreill Hartsfield and Dr. Will Boyd)
No Kings, No Confederates, Just Common Sense (w/ Linda Fisher)
Blood Money: Inside Alabama's Prison Abuse (w/ Beth Shelburne)
Kyle Whitmire Unpacks the Wahl and Tuberville Riddles (w/ Kyle Whitmire)
The Name Game: Who is Really Running the Alabama Republican Party? (w/ Arthur Mothershed)
Why Democrats Keep Losing the South (w/ Nina Martin and Doug Jones)
Where Does Tuberville Live? + Confronting Alabama's Confederate Symbols (w/ SPLC's Rivka Maizlish)
Stretching, Scandals, and Senate Squabbles (w/ Rep. A.J. McCampbell)
Sewage, Absentee Legislator & Immigration Law (w/ Ruby Adams)
Overtime Tax Cut Dies, CHOOSE Act Lives, Gambling Stalls & Mayor Reed Speaks Out (w/ Mayor Steven Reed)
Deportations, Police Brutality & Trump's Third Term Talk (w/ Rep. Patrick Sellers)
The Hypocrisy Is Stunning (w/ House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Does Tommy Tuberville Live In Alabama? (w/ Catherine Coleman Flowers)
Is the Democratic Party Finally Going to Invest in Alabama? (w/ DNC Chair Ken Martin)
Alabama's DEI Battle: What's Really at Stake? (w/ Margaret Huang and Nicholas Perkins)
The House Is on FIRE: Reps. Sewell and Figures on Federal Cuts
Billionaires Are Working REALLY Hard for Regular People (w/ Susan McKenney)
What Is a Woman? (w/ Rep. Neil Rafferty)
A Little Bit of Everything (w/ Decatur Council President Jacob Ladner)
The Agitator (w/ House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
A New Reality (w/ SPLC's Jerome Dees)
The Fight Against Anti-DEI Legislation (w/ Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton)
What Jimmy Carter Did for Alabama — and Nobody Talks About (w/ Joe Reed)
Sundown Towns and Santa Claus (w/ Dr. Beth Hereford Patin)
Nothing But a Hustler (w/ Alabama Democratic Party Chair Randy Kelley)
An Unmitigated Disaster That's Going Nowhere (w/ former Sen. Doug Jones)
It's Just Endless B.S. (w/ Arthur Mothershed)
A New Strategy for Democrats (w/ Rep. Barbara Drummond)
Election Aftermath (w/ Sheila Mcneil)
Garbage Words and the Real Threat (w/ Rep. Sam Jones and Elizabeth Anderson)
Just a Small Election (w/ Democratic candidate Shomari Figures)
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes (w/ Alabama Democratic Conference Chair Joe Reed)
Dollars and Justice (w/ State Rep. Chris England)
How One Family's Loss is Changing an Entire City (w/ Nicholas Perkins)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (w/ Montgomery Sheriff Derrick Cunningham)
All Blood Flows Red (w/ Dr. Jack Hawkins, SPLC's Celsa Stallworth, and HICA's Carlos Javier Torres)
The Moron Equation (w/ State Rep. Phillip Ensler)
Learning, Polling and Rambling (w/SPLC's Brandon Jones)
Why Not Screw the Working People? (w/ Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Not Your Grandfather's Convention (w/ Jerome Dees, Jess Unger, and Tafeni English-Relf)
Confederate Democrats and Weed (w/ former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones)
Harris's Rising Star and Unpacking Alabama's Political Future (w/ Shomari Figures)
District Attorney Daryl Bailey's Bold Take on Montgomery's Public Safety Challenges
Mayor Steven Reed on Crime, Racism, and Moving Montgomery Forward
Alabama Democratic Party Showdown: Another Intra-Party Lawsuit Looms?
Trump Convictions, LGBTQ+ Icons, and WNBA Rivalries
Millions in Unspent Welfare Funds, Campaign Reflections, and Court Controversies
TikTok Controversy and the Push for Medicaid Reform
Honoring John Lewis: An Interview With Jerrick Lewis
Maternal Health, Middle East, and Casino Debacles
Betting, Ballots, and Bad Judgments in the Heart of Dixie
Our Politicians Are Selling Us As Cheap Labor
Shomari Figures Is the Democratic Nominee in the 2nd District
A Delusional Republican Debate in the 2nd District
The 2nd District Is Not A Done Deal for Democrats
The Leaked Video of Stephen Perkins’ Shooting Raises More Questions Than It Purports To Answer
The Unmitigated Fiasco at the Autauga-Prattville Public Library (Guests: APR's Jacob Holmes and Rep. Sam Jones)
Katie Britt’s Play to Donald Trump (Guest: Marilyn Lands, House District 10 Candidate)
Breaking Down the Super Tuesday Primary (Guest: Candidate and House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Alabama's Theocratic Supreme Court (Guest: Jerrick Lewis)
Have You Frozen Any Children This Week? (Guest: Rep. Thomas Jackson)
If It’s a Crisis, Then Fix the Crisis (Guests: Rep. Phillip Ensler and Civil Rights Activist Sheyann Webb-Christburg)
How Kay Ivey Offered Hope for a Better Alabama — Then Took It Back (Guest: Former Sen. Doug Jones)
What Happened to Alabama's DNC Delegates? (Guest: Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Randy Kelley)
The Many Problems With Alabama's Death Penalty System (Guest: Former Gov. Don Siegelman)
What Republican Rep. Andy Whitt Learned About Gaming in Alabama (Guest: Rep. Andy Whitt)
Charges in the Murder of Steve Perkins (Guest: Attorney Carl Cole)
Nicholas Perkins on Losing His Brother Steve to Police Violence (Guests: Nicholas Perkins and Shelly Bradley)
A Lawsuit Alleges Modern Day Slavery in Alabama Prisons (Guest: State Rep. Kenyatte Hassell)
A Hopeful Community Response to Stephen Perkins’s Killing in Decatur (Guest: SPLC Alabama’s Tafeni English-Relf)
School Choice and Gambling Are Back on the Agenda for the 2024 Legislative Session (Guest: State Rep. Sam Jones)
Improving Quality of Life in the Black Belt (Guest: State Rep. Kelvin Lawrence)
The Tragic Death of Mayor Bubba Copeland and a New Candidate in CD2 (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Who’s In and Who’s Out in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District (Guest: Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed)
Alabama’s Meek Congressional Delegation (Guest: Alabama Reflector’s Brian Lyman)
What Happened to Stephen Perkins Wouldn’t Happen to Me (Guest: Attorney Carl Cole)
New Show (Guests: Fergus Bordewich and Kimball Brace)
New Map (Guest: Beth Shelburne)
Optimism v. Pessimism (Guest: SPLC Alabama Policy Director Jerome Dees)
Angry Chris (Guest: Rep. Chris England)
Scruffy White People (Guest: Alabama Democratic Party Chair Randy Kelley)
Kept Men (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
What An Ego (Guest: April Hodges)
If You Come At The King (Guest: Rep. Sam Jones)
A Tough Gig (Guest: ADP Executive Director Tom Miro)
Big Brawl (Guest: Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Rep. Prince Chestnut)
Look Who’s Back (Guests: Kalonji Gilchrist and ADP Chairman Randy Kelley)
The Getaway (Guest: Rep. Chris England)
Change of Heart (Guest: Former Gov. Don Siegelman)
Surprise, Surprise (Guest: SPLC’s Tafeni English-Relf)
Head Bangers (Guest: Alabama Arise’s Robyn Hyden)
A Heavy Weight (Guest: Rep. Neil Rafferty)
The Consequences of Tuberville (Guest: Rep. Mary Moore)
No Peace Deals (Guests: Rep. Ontario Tillman, ADP Chair Randy Kelley, and Vice Chair Tabitha Isner)
Backwards and Pregnant (Guest: Ivana Hrynkiw)
Sensitive White People
Dadeville (Guest: A.J. McCampbell)
Just Making Sense with Rep. Barbara Drummond
Like Father, Like Daughter (Guest: Rep. Penni McClammy)
Just The Two Of Us
Shouting at Clouds (Guest: Rep. Jeremy Gray)
Mic Drop (Guest: Author Kwame Alexander)
Sick Show (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Franchise The Footwash (Guest: SPLC’s Margaret Huang)
A Real Christian Soldier (Guest: Pastor John Pavlovitz)
There’s a Lady Involved (Guest: Stand Up Mobile’s Beverly Cooper)
A Billion Dollars (Guest: Alabama Reflector’s Brian Lyman)
Swoonin’ (Guest: Southern Poverty Law Center’s Tafeni English)
A Little Cussing (Guest: State Rep. Chris England)
Better Before (Guest: Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Randy Kelley)
Ivy League (Guests: Princeton historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer)
Preachin’ (Guest: Sharon Tubbs)
Weedy Education (Guest: CannaBama’s Jennifer Boozer)
Knockin’ on Doors (Guest: LaTanya Millhouse, Alabama Democratic Women president))
Amoeba Shaped Squid (Guest: Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed)
Drama, Drama, Drama (Guests: Randy Kelley, Rep. Phillip Ensler)
Content With Conspiracies (Guest: Chip Brownlee)
We All Cry The Same (Guest: Efrén C. Olivares)
As Reliable as a 30-Year Treasury Note (Guest: Joe Reed)
That’s Racist (Guest: Doug Jones)
Full Up (Guests: Cullman Comes Out, Leroy Maxwell, and AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire)
Information For Life (Guests: Letitia Jackson and Davin Rosborough)
The Early Show (Guest: Former Gov. Don Siegelman)
Inverted Privates (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
A Crack House Too (Guest: Jerry Mitchell)
Depressing Yet Informative (Guest: ADP Vice Chair Tabitha Isner)
Horror Show (Guest: Liz Bruenig)
Where’s Kay Ivey (Guests: Kyle Whitmire and Marilyn Lands)
Like Dogs Chasing Cars (Guest: Beth Shelburne)
Pandering With Lawsuits (Guest: Congresswoman Terri Sewell)
We Back (Guest: Abortion advocate Mia Raven)
Texting 101 (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
A Real American Hero (Guest: Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray)
Looking Past The Obvious (Guest: State Rep. Barbara Drummond)
America’s Very Obvious Gun Problem (Guest: Phillip Ensler)
Just F’n Stupid (Guest: Quinton Ross)
The Sixth Beatle (Guest: Dr. Will Boyd)
Six Days In Evansville (Guests: Carol Robinson and Brian Lawson)
Everything Changed (Guest: Sen. Doug Jones)
Alabama Keeping Racism Alive (Guest: Mallory Hagan)
Easter Sermon (Guest: Jaba Tsitsuashvili)
Send In The Bathroom Guards (Guest: Commissioner Violet Edwards)
A Parking Deck Orgy (Guest: State Rep. Rolanda Hollis)
Appendages In Knots (Guest: Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Long Division (Guest: Rep. Laura Hall)
Gambling 101 (Guest: Rep. Dexter Grimsley)
David’s Other Podcast (Guests: Erika Alexander and Rebkah Howard)
Just Awful (Guest: Rep. Neil Rafferty)
A Racist Merry-go-round (Guest: State Rep. Ralph Howard)
Ballin’ Out of Control (Guest: Rep. Napoleon Bracy)
All Children Left Behind (Guest: State Rep. Sam Jones)
A Real SOB (Guest: John Archibald)
State of Denial (Guest: Kyle Whitmire)
Just A Couple Fellas (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
Back With a Bullet (Guest: Beth Shelburne)
A Christmas Rant (Guest: Comedian Deno Posey)
Gotta Have Faith (Guest: UAB‘s Dr. Michael Saag)
Scared by Sex (Guest: Doug Jones)
Where Are The Baked Lays (Guest: Congresswoman Terri Sewell)
No Brisket for You (Guest: Attorney Phillip Ensler)
All Alone (Guest: Attorney Barry Ragsdale)
A Fresh Perspective (Guest: Rep. Chris England)
The Dancing Chicken Show (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
No COVID in Kansas (Guest: Former Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker)
Best of: Alabama‘s Prison Humanitarian Crisis (Guest: Chris England)
A Real Conniption (Guest: State Rep. Mary Moore)
Isolated Southerners (Guest: Pardons and Paroles Director Cam Ward)
It‘s Stupid Week (Guest: Tabitha Isner)
Snip the Balls (Guest: Karen Corps)
Dark Days (Guest: Former State Rep. Patricia Todd)
The Schools Are On Fire (Guest: Mayor Steven Reed)
Alabama Prisons Are A Humanitarian Crisis (Guest: Chris England)
My Trouble Name (Guest: State Rep. Merika Coleman)
The Communist (Guest: Dr. Mike Saag)
There Is A Plan (Guest: ADP Executive Director Wade Perry)
Accurate History of America's Racism Can Bring Us Together (Guest: Malinda Edwards)
Best of: State Rep. Mary Moore
Best of: Police chief Ken Scott
Best of: Faith in Action's JaiGregory Clarke and Daniel Schwartz
The Getaway Show (Guest: Decatur City Councilman Billy Jackson)
The Great White Hope (Guest: State Rep. Neil Rafferty)
Yippee Ki Yay (Guest: Martin Weinberg)
Out With the Old, In With the Old (Guest: Police chief Ken Scott)
Alabama Police This Week (Guest: Lecia Brooks, SPLC)
Huntsville Is Alabama (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
A Horror Movie (Guest: State Rep. Merika Coleman)
The Impediments (Guest: State Rep. Kelvin Lawrence)
Namaste (Guest: State Rep. Jeremy Gray)
A Little Hope (Guest: State Rep. Prince Chestnut)
Maybe A Good Episode (Guest: House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels)
A Sordid Affair (Guest: John Archibald)
It's All Ratchet (Guest: State Rep. Juandalynn Givan)
Jesus Would Support Unions (Guest: Josh Brewer)
Get Your Socks On (Guests: State Rep. Sam Jones and Alabama Appleseed's Leah Nelson)
Finally, Relief (Guest: State Rep. Mary Moore)
We Give You Everything (State Rep. Laura Hall)
Greed Is Bad (Guests: Faith in Action's JaiGregory Clarke and Daniel Schwartz)
Coming Out Hot
The Insurrection Will Be Televised
Guess Who's Back
All the Fury
Looks Like We Made It
It Was All Bulls--t
Everything's on Fire
A Dose of Christmas Pessimism
Whitewashed Alabama History
Let's Rumble: Secretary of State John Merrill
Pop Quiz
Get Out
Where Are We?
The Light at the End
And We're Back! With Sen. Doug Jones
Everyone's Angry
Down goes the Confederacy, again
Will protests spread COVID-19?
Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed
The Revenge of MeeMaw
Bye, Bye, GOP
Gov. Kay Ivey v. The Dummies
Will Democrats show up to the COVID-19 State House?
Rep. Terri Sewell and Dr. Ronald Wyatt
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin
Former Gov. Don Siegelman and Coronavirus Crazy
The Coronavirus Shuffle
Coronavirus Chronicles, Part III: Get the numbers to the people
This Coronavirus Sucks
The Coronavirus Goes Crazy
A Not-So-Super Tuesday and the Elf on the Shelf Returns
Can Bloomberg win in Alabama? And the ADP lawsuit is finally over.
Sen. Doug Jones on his chances
Introducing Alabama Politics This Week