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The AM/DM is a quick morning podcast full of Memphis news brought to you by The Daily Memphian. In addition to daily news about government, education, public safety, food and sports, Mary Cashiola sits down with The Daily Memphian's journalists to get the scoop behind the stories.

2 DAYS AGO

Veganuary makes the case for plant-based eating

It's the new year and a time when people often look to make changes in their lives, whether that means getting healthier, spending more time with friends or family or finding a new job or career. That's the thinking behind Dry January. But it's also the thinking behind a similar effort, Veganuary, a 31-day challenge to have people cut animal products out of their diets. Today, The Daily Memphian's newsletter editor, Bianca Phillips, joins us to talk about her own personal journey to living a plant-based lifestyle, the local restaurants she likes and steps others can take to try eating vegan. Plus: New THC laws will reshape how Tennessee eats, drinks and gets high Buc-ee's in West Memphis and Fayette County is delayed XAI buys a building for a third Memphis-area data center in Southaven Marshall Steakhouse owner decides against selling

16 min
4 DAYS AGO

Ask Me Anything edition

Just call this The AM/DM AMA. To wrap up 2025 and answer some of our readers' most burning questions from the year, we decided to do an "Ask Me Anything" style segment. Today, digital director Holly Whitfield brings questions derived from social media channels, and we talk about media bias, if citizen groups could overcome xAI and what might happen with The Station, the would-be liquor store on White Station Road. Plus: A Christmas party shooting rekindles the fight over 'party house' rentals Kuya restaurant will blend Filipino culture and food on South Main One of the city's largest murals has been painted at Le Bonheur The former Memphis Motorsports Park is to reopen next year TVA is moving ahead with natural gas turbines in Southwest Memphis

20 min
5 DAYS AGO

What Memphians think about the task force

In the three months since the Memphis Safe Task Force began in Memphis, the operation has impacted almost everything in some way, whether it's crime rates, court dockets, school transportation or even restaurants and nightlife. We know how many of Memphis' elected officials feel about the task force, but what about regular people, just trying to live their lives? What do they think? Today, we're joined by metro editor Jane Donahoe to talk about what our reporters recently learned. Plus: The Memphis Zoo welcomes a critically endangered baby orangutan A local mission-driven apparel company returns to its roots A native Memphian is apppointed number two of the U.S. Marshals Service

12 min
6 DAYS AGO

2026 begins

The year begins officially on Thursday, and we've got a list of things for you to do on Wednesday, New Year's Eve, in our guide to the holiday. Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips set up the week for you. Plus: House GOP is set to push forward a Memphis school takeover plan with 'teeth' U of M is asking the state for $162 million for two projects A Bible education program is expanding into Germantown and Collierville public schools

9 min
26/12/2025

What to do on the last weekend of the year

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, hopefully you like music or comedy. Or both. Today, Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about those events as well as what to do on New Year's Eve. Plus: Community builder Jared Myers is to help shape Bartlett's next chapter School board members are set to vote on the future of Westwood in February Another inmate dies at 201 Poplar

10 min
24/12/2025

Collierville looks to its future

Collierville is currently developing a blueprint for what its residents' hope to see in the suburb over the next 25 years. The process will replace the old 2040 plan and take Collierville into 2050, but what that will look like — and what it will mean for the town — is still up in the air. Today, suburbs reporter Abigail Warren joins us to talk about the possibilities for the town as well as what some people want to see in the historic square. Plus: More than 70 would-be candidates get petitions for 2026 elections A DeSoto County dentist office will start 2026 with something to smile about A Chicago agriculture processor closes part of a Memphis facility and lays off 95 Paulette's welcomes a new chef

15 min
23/12/2025

BlueOval's pivot to gas-powered trucks

In mid-December, Ford Motor Co. announced new plans to build affordable gas-powered pickup trucks at BlueOval City, instead of the electric trucks it had initially planned to build in West Tennessee. The change to gas-powered trucks also means West Tennessee isn't tied to the nation's shifting EV market. So, what do people living near BlueOval think? Today, business reporter Sophia Surrett joins us to talk about the change and what it means for Stanton and Haywood County. Plus: Southaven Intermediate School Principal April Rucker has been named the district's Administrator of the Year The University of Memphis has fired the head of its foundation Trinity Church gets donated property in Collierville A Downtown midcentury highrise was bought for more than $3M

14 min
22/12/2025

The 2026 election season starts ... now

This week marks Christmas and the start of the winter holidays for public school students around the entirety of Shelby County. But today is also the day when candidates in the first of three 2026 elections in Shelby County can begin filling out qualifying petitions to run for office. And because of term limits, Shelby County will see a new mayor, new sheriff and new clerk — positions currently held by Lee Harris, Floyd Bonner Jr. and Wanda Halbert, respectively — elected in 2026. Shelby County is also guaranteed eight new County Commissioners in the year's upcoming election. And then there are the school board races, which will have local partisan primaries for the first time ever. Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and political reporter Bill Dries dive a little deeper into this first step of the elections. Plus: Stanton neighbors welcome Ford's gas truck pivot Why Memphis requires liquor stores to be 1,500 feet away from a church or a school Coach Penny Hardaway says Tigers are struggling due to a lack of 'discipline, sacrifice and buy-in' The City of Memphis and the Memphis Firefighters Association are winding down litigation A man is sentenced for aiding a former cop in a murder cover-up The National Guard could be in Memphis well into 2026 after a court ruling

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The AM/DM is a quick morning podcast full of Memphis news brought to you by The Daily Memphian. In addition to daily news about government, education, public safety, food and sports, Mary Cashiola sits down with The Daily Memphian's journalists to get the scoop behind the stories.