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Project ASCENT and Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting

June 30, 2025 • 29 mins
Dr Greg Thompson the director of the Alabama Materials Institute says project ASCENT is propelling innovation from Tuscaloosa into our space program as he collaborates with other learning institutions state wide as well as the Martial Flight Center in Huntsville. Then Josh McLeod the Director of Federal Government Relations at the National Federation of Independent businesses warns of the dangers posed by “Beneficial Ownership Info...
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Thunder on the Mountain and the Home Builders Licensure Board

June 23, 2025 • 29 mins
Cynthia Cardona CEO of Vulcan Park Association talks about what’s new at the Park and Museum this year and also what we can expect this year for the July 4th Fireworks display.  Then Chip Cardon Executive Director at Home Builders Licensure Board joins us for a look at the importance of licensing in Alabama for both professionals and customers.
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Reach out & Read Al plus unrest in Iran and AG Steve Marshall

June 19, 2025 • 29 mins
Amy Crosby of Reach Out and Read-Alabama talks about their RX for Summer Reading Program, then Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan talks about America’s Role in the Isreal Iran dispute.  Finaly Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall weighs in on this week’s supreme court ruling on Gender affirming care for Minors.
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Father's Day and the Governor’s race

June 13, 2025 • 29 mins
Apostle Tommy E. Quick, founder of Christian Families Against Destructive Decisions talks about the important roll fathers play in the upbringing of kids. Then Ken McFeeders talks about his candidacy for Governor of Alabama, as he will be taking on Senator Tuberville in the Republican Primary.
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Preventing the Summer Slide, Fun on the water, and fun the the Shoals

June 6, 2025 • 29 mins
Deana Thayer a Parenting Coach with Focus on the Family-how to prevent educational decline in kids during the Summer.  Then Ellen Bradley SVP with Discover Boating talks about Watersports on our Alabama Waterways. Finaly Lewis Von Hermann talks about all the things people can do when they come to visit Muscle Shoals Alabama.
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The Silver Tsunami and BigFoot in Alabama

May 29, 2025 • 29 mins
How to protect the assets of your small business as it passes from one generation to the next:  Scott Bushkie Small Business Strategist shares his insights.  Then Anita Collier Talks about this weekend’s upcoming “BigFoot Conference” being held in Anniston Alabama.
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WE Inc of Birmingham and Memorial day

May 21, 2025 • 29 mins
Austin England with WE Inc of Birmingham explains how they give purpose and dignity to people with disabilities.  Then Robert M. Edsel highlights stories of some men from Birmingham who gave it all for America.  Finaly Linsay Mondick with the YMCA talks about water safety.
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Sleighing the Giant of Depression

May 14, 2025 • 29 mins
Sharron Tubes Dickerson, a Birmingham nurse and the author of the book “Sleighing the Giant of Depression” talks about how she has turned her struggle into hope for others. Then we find out the mission of Cornerstone Schools of Alabama to serve at risk kids as we talk with Coach Jermaine Jackson.
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Southern Research and the Catalyst Program

May 8, 2025 • 29 mins
Dr. Khalilah Brown our Chief Medical Officer at Southern Research joins us to talk about the Catalyst program they are launching in Birmingham too help include people from Alabama in research that can benefit not only them but their community.  Then Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein an Orthopedic Surgeon joins us to talk about prevention of Arthritis and Osteoporosis.
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The Alabama Games, NHTSA, & Medicaid Funding

May 2, 2025 • 29 mins
Griffin Pritchard with the Alabama Games talks about how you can participate this year, then Laura Dunn from NHTSA talks about hotcar death awareness and Dr. Christy Sadreameli from the American Lung Association on the importance of Medicaid. 
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Ashley England with the TVA, Gabe Henry, and Leeshai Lemish with Shen Yun

April 28, 2025 • 29 mins
Ashley England with the TVA shares tips on how to save Money on your electric bill this summer,  Then Gabe Henry author of Enough is Enuf talks about why English is so hard to spell.  And Leeshai Lemish with Shen Yun talks about their recent visit to Alabama and why they are facing opposition from the communist party.
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Perryn Carroll and John Clayton

April 16, 2025 • 29 mins
Perryn Carroll, the executive director of the Jimmy Hale Mission talks about how they work to Provide second chances for the Homeless in Alabama. Then we are joined by John Clayton ASAC for the Birmingham District office of the DEA to talk about next weekend’s Drug take-back day.
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Youth Towers, and Trump Tariffs

April 9, 2025 • 29 mins
Youth Towers Director and CEO Alice Westerly talks about her organizations mission to help youth who are ageing out of the foster system keep from ending up on the streets of Birmingham.  Then we are joined by Tammy Hall of Sea Harvest Fesh Shrimp in Bayou La Batre and Mark Yeager CEO of Red Kand Cotton in Moulton, two Alabama Business people who give their position on the Trump Tariffs.
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Shepards Fold

March 31, 2025 • 29 mins
Jack Hausen Executive Director and Trent Redwine, Director of Operations at Shepard’s Fold talks about their organization’s mission to reintegrate recent releasees from incarceration to being productive members of our Alabama communities.
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Emergency Home Preparedness and Palestine

March 27, 2025 • 29 mins
E.J. Snyder, the world’s #1 extreme Survivalist and author of “Emergency Home Preparedness” joins us to talk about things you can do to be prepared for spring tornado weather in Alabama.  Then a Christian Palestinian living in Birmingham provides a new way to look at the fighting and Human abuses happening in Gaza and now in the West Bank.  He also provides a historic background for what got us to this point, and offers his ideas f...
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Carl Bates, Jeffery Toobin, and Valton Johnson

March 19, 2025 • 29 mins
Carl Bates CEO of the Birmingham BBB talks about scams to watch out for following damage from severe weather, Jeffrey Toobin joins to talk about the power of the Pardon, and Valton Johnson talks about a film festival for at risk youth in Alabama.
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Gina James, Dr. Lawrence Sanders, Eric Lionheart.

March 12, 2025 • 29 mins
Gina James, Executive Director of Huntsville’s new SIGNALS Museum talks about what visitors can expect to see when they visit.  Then Dr. Lawrence Sanders SVP & Chief Medical Officer with HEAL Collaborative talks about Amyloidosis Awareness Month.  Then we finish with Eric Lionheart, president of the 1st There Foundation talking about Military Suicide rates.
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Juvenile Diabetes, Colorectal cancer, and the corporate transparency act

March 5, 2025 • 29 mins
Dr. Premilla Banwait talks about the rise of blindness brought on by juvenile diabetes, then Dr. Roberto Rodreguez Ruesga talks about the importance of screening for colorectal cancer and early treatment.  Lastly we talk with AL Sec of State Wes Allen to talk about the corporate transparency act.
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Scott Morro, Allen Treadaway, and David Poole

February 27, 2025 • 29 mins
Birmingham Attorney Scott Morro and state legislator Allen Treadaway talk about the crime epidemic in Alabama’s largest cities and offer suggestions on how to fix it.  Then health care expert David Poole talks about a drug discount program that benefits rural, working-class people in Alabama.
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Stephanie Smith, Alabama Policy Institute on Fiscal policy in Alabama

February 20, 2025 • 29 mins
Alabama Policy Institute’s President and CEO Stephanie Smith talks about fiscal and tax policy in the state of Alabama. 
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