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The AM/DM podcast: New FedEx board member, Peppertree in news this week

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:10:38 -0500

Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead, including Richard Smith joining the FedEx board and new plans for Whitehaven’s Peppertree Apartments.

The AM/DM podcast: Fire, fairs and Gonerfest this weekend

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:17:38 -0500

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about some of the fun events happening this weekend on The AM/DM podcast this morning.

The AM/DM: Commission votes to align school board terms, but it's not a recall. Or, is it?

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:04:23 -0500

Today, Mary Cashiola talks with Bill Dries about the 7–5 vote, the backstory to the clash and what might happen next.

The AM/DM podcast: A deeper dive into comments

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:21:10 -0500

Readers love the comments. They hate the comments. They love to hate the comments.

The AM/DM podcast: An unlikely soccer story as Bolton rebuilds

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:19:20 -0500

For the first time in years, Bolton High School’s girls soccer team is back on the field — and it’s about more than the score.

The AM/DM podcast: The first of fall and the beginning of the Greenline

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:27:44 -0500

In this look at the week ahead, The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about two related proposals in front of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and how the Shelby Farms Park Greenline started oh-so-many years ago.

The AM/DM podcast: Football fun and a hot air balloon blast

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 22:35:36 -0500

On this morning’s episode of The AM/DM, we get into the Memphis Tigers’ last SEC football game (for a while, at least), where you can see hot air balloons take flight and why you might want to hit the Totally Rad Vintage Fest.

The AM/DM podcast: Duck decor — a look inside the Peabody's new digs

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:20:08 -0500

The Peabody Memphis — the city’s most iconic hotel — has unveiled a $19 million makeover of its guest rooms.

The AM/DM podcast: How a new MPD position rankled the department

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:13:51 -0500

In the wake of Tyré Nichols’ death, the Memphis Police Department decided it had an absence of supervision in the field, and set out to fix that problem by creating a new position — the second lieutenant. But that solution caused a string of other problems.

The AM/DM podcast: A big change coming to Landers Center

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:29:04 -0500

Late last month, ground was broken on the Landers Center’s $85 million expansion, which includes a unique hotel-convention center project.

The AM/DM podcast: B.B. King and The Daily Memphian have birthdays

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:21:41 -0500

In this episode of The AM/DM, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and columnist Chris Herrington talk about the week ahead, which includes The Daily Memphian’s upcoming anniversary.

The AM/DM podcast: The ’90s are alive in Memphis this weekend

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:23:12 -0500

In this episode of The AM/DM, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and digital producer Kelsey Bowen talk about the weekend ahead, which is ripe with events that hearken back to the dot-com era.

The AM/DM podcast: Why 33 acres in Germantown could be so important

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 06:13:46 -0500

Out of all Shelby County’s municipalities, Germantown may have the least available land left to develop. But there are 33 acres of what could be prime real estate just west of the popular Saddle Creek shopping center.

The AM/DM podcast: The fall and rise and potential fall of Shelby County's reentry director

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:16:36 -0500

For more than a decade, DeAndre Brown was one of Memphis’ most visible advocates for giving people leaving prison a second chance. But now, that story has taken a dramatic turn.

The AM/DM podcast: MSCS is looking to close schools — here's why and why now

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Tue, 9 Sep 2025 06:58:13 -0500

Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond’s administration is expected to produce a list of schools to close or consolidate later this month, and at least one board member said there’s no need to keep kicking the can down the road.

The AM/DM podcast: Festivals, 4-milers and hummingbirds

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Mon, 8 Sep 2025 06:22:29 -0500

In this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss the week ahead, and the week ahead signals the beginning of fall festival season.

The AM/DM podcast: Mocha mousse and cat videos

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Fri, 5 Sep 2025 06:21:59 -0500

During this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about all the fun events happening in the Mid-South this week.

The AM/DM podcast: How the Tyré Nichols' cases got so complicated

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 4 Sep 2025 06:18:30 -0500

A home invasion and shooting of a law clerk started a chain of events that has resulted in three former Memphis police officers getting a new criminal trial for their role in Tyré Nichols’ death.

The AM/DM podcast: Memphis’ arts scene and how we’re covering it

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Wed, 3 Sep 2025 06:11:55 -0500

In today’s episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and arts and culture editor Elle Perry discuss the arts scene in Memphis, including The Daily Memphian’s new arts newsletter.

The AM/DM: Singing of the opera, running of the weenies

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Tue, 2 Sep 2025 06:14:04 -0500

In this post-Labor Day episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead, including anniversaries of two local tragedies, 30 Days of Opera and the annual Running of the Weenies.