Memphis Morning News With Ditch & Tim
Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Tim talk about the issues and with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country.
Episodes
Ditch and Tim are joined by MLGW President & CEO Doug McGowen to get an update on his team's restoration efforts following Saturday's bow echo storm.
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Cooper Jones, Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Revenue Officer at the University of Memphis on rev-share, conference importance, stadium rediness and managing the athletic department with the "right people on the bus and in the right seats on that bus".
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Ditch and Tim are joined for the first time by the Governor of Arkansas (and youngest governor in the country) Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of legendary Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, as she discusses everything from data centers to Socialism to religious freedom.
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Ditch and Tim are joined by TN Representative Tim Burchett to weigh in on the debate over the legality (or lack thereof) of Flock Cameras.
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Ditch and Tim are joined by Naomi Fabricant from The Scars Foundation to discuss the history and impact her nonprofit has had on assisting those struggling with suicide.
No matter what your scars are - abuse, mental illness, disabilities, bullying, addiction - none of them are defects, but a part of your unique story.
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Ditch and Tim are joined by Bill Gibbons from the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission to discuss the positive statistics for safety in the Bluff City.
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Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright responds to the recent audit of Memphis Shelby County Schools.
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Ditch and Tim are joined by TN Secretary of State Tre Hargett to get a summary of the overall business condition of Tennessee, data centers, and "Focused Bachelor's Degrees."
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Ditch and Tim are joined by TN US Senator Bill Hagerty to discuss everything from the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, the SAVE America Act, to the potential elimination of Daylight Savings Time.
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A brother and sister were trying to make a few extra bucks in a Boston, MA neighborhood when two suspects approached them with a gun and stole the cash drawer with about $50 bucks.
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Congressman David Kustoff says a bill passed in the US Senate under reconciliation to pay border patrol and ICE and will be sent to the House for a vote this week.
Federal debt has surpassed the size of the U.S. economy and more voters are starting to show real concern. Mr. Kustoff says he's hearing more and more concerns about the national debt than he used to and people are truly worried about the mounting debt....
Cheif economist at Heritage Foundation, EJ Antoni says that the good news in the economic numbers that is not being discusssed, is the government jobs number.
"You have to go back to 1966 to find a time when there are fewer fedral bureaucrats than there are today. Six decades of growth (federal jobs) this President has been able to undo".
According to the numbers, on average one federal job created, requires about 80 pr...
Lin Neal "The Real Deal" shared the news this morning that Darana Memphis Motorsports Park plans have changed. The IHRA Midsouth Team Finals from October 15–18, a...
Former Shelby County Commissionor Terry Roland told Ditch & Tim during Memphis Morning News that the county is broke and a forensic audit needs to be performed on Mayor Lee Harris administration.
Terry also says that the state takeover of Memphis Shelby County Schools will be overturned after a federal court looks at it. He explains that one body is appointed and the other is elected.
Our air travel and aviation expert, Jay "The Fly Guy" Ratliff says one airline has a new policy- leave your robots home because they aren't allowed in the cabin or in cargo department.
Plus, TSA is trying a bold new plan to get passengers through security more efficiently.
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County Commissioner Amber Mills - District 1, gave an example of how some of the mayor's grant pool money is used by commissioners.
Commissioner Brooks presented an item for $65,000 to be granted to a friends consulting firm with no volunteers, no employees for the non-profit listed on the request. Mills says that Brooks brought the item back up a 3rd time and suddenly there were two volunteers listed and the requ...
Do you consider yourself a luddite? Are you fighting the use AI as the answer to furthering civilizations? Ditch, Tim & Producer Max took a few minutes to opine on "neo-luddism" and the idea that questioning the rapid advancement of AI may not categorize someone as a luddite.
Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer Grok calls Memphis home. The facility, Colossus 1 as it's known, was built in an existing Electrolux facto...
Ditch and Tim are joined by Andreas Johansson, owner of the Mid-South Monarchs, a new minor league hockey team that is set to debut at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, in October 2026.
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Ditch and Tim are joined by TN Representative Andy Ogles to discuss everything from redistricting, the man behind the President, and how he hopes to serve ALL Tennesseans, regardless of party or any other such affiliations.
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Leslie Taylor and Ron Walker from Memphis Crime Beat provided and update with all new data set on the Shelby County Justice system. Comparing Memphis justice data to other cities in Tennessee. Memphis & Shelby County justice data is leading in some, not so good, categories.
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