The AM/DM podcast: Celebrating three holidays in two days
This week’s challenge: How to celebrate Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras at the same time.
Mary Cashiola
News Editor
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
She was also the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
There are 706 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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February 2026
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: A lot to love this weekend
If you’re planning on doing something special this particular weekend, it’ll help to have a significant other, a gal pal or a bromance going on.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Giant Rats and other mysteries
The explanation to this riddle lies in a clue: The answer is elementary, my dear Watson.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Memphis on the music scene
The Grammy Awards were held at the beginning of the month, and though there weren’t any Memphians who won a Grammy this year, Memphis was a strong throughline at the ceremonies.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Restaurant scene roundup
The restaurant industry can seem turbulent, especially in the past five years or so.
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The AM/DM podcast: The State of the City and your relationship
As the week begins, local government is back to work, but the thing you may want to note early in the week is something happening later in the week.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: A Ford era ends
Last year, Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was charged with seven counts of federal bribery and tax evasion charges. This week, he pleaded guilty to five of them.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Solidifying a legacy at 87 Adams
It was a decade ago that members of Calvary Episcopal Church decided they needed to do something about an old historical marker about Nathan Bedford Forrest on the church’s property.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Party like it’s Mardi Gras and Lunar New Year
We’re on the verge of another weekend, so today, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about this weekend’s holiday celebrations.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: The difference between Memphis and Minneapolis
The scene in Memphis has been very different from the one in Minneapolis, and there are many theories about why that is.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Back to work? Again?
It’s Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day — and this week in Memphis may feel like something of a do-over. But hopefully it’s in a hilarious, nostalgic way.
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January 2026
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: What you can do this weekend
As crazy as it may sound, there are events happening this weekend that haven’t been canceled. And we’re not just talking about YouTube yoga or your “Heated Rivalry” marathon.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: What it’s like for athletes in the portal
In the last few years, one of the largest changes to college football and basketball is the number of student-athletes changing schools between seasons.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Next steps for Germantown’s The Standard
Up until recently, the land on the southwest side of Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway was home to Carrefour at Kirby Woods.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Inside Da Sammich Spot, Crazy Coop and Fleur
Today, food writer Ellen Chamberlain talks about the viral video from Da Sammich Spot as well as some other recent developments on the local food scene.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Deannexation, superintendents and Lisa Marie
Join editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips as they discuss what’s happening this week.
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Memphis Grizzlies The AM/DM podcast: Why’d we send two sports guys to Europe?
Last week, the Memphis Grizzlies organization — the players, members of the front office, the entertainment team, the mascot — traveled to Europe. So did The Daily Memphian.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: It’s ‘snow fun’ this weekend
This weekend everything seems up in the air, whether it’s sleet, snow or that event you’ve been wanting to attend.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: When the feds came to Memphis for one of the world’s most valuable coins
In 1933, just as Franklin D. Roosevelt was about to assume the presidency for the first time, the U.S. economy was in shambles. That set off a chain of events that led to one of the world’s most valuable coins being hunted in Memphis.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Ford heads to court, Germantown wants feedback
In today’s episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips take a stroll down Carrefour’s memory lane.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: A weekend to give back, and dance
January hits hard this weekend, but there’s still stuff to do, especially if you’re ready to be put to work.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: All about orangutans, including the newest at the Memphis Zoo
Having a new baby orangutan at the Memphis Zoo is good news for the species, the world and the city — and it’s unbelievably adorable.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: xAI’s power pays
Today, we talk about the amount of power xAI is using, as well as what they are using it for, and how it fits into the national conversation.
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Education The AM/DM: U of M makes news with DEI change, hotel and Ghanaian students
The University of Memphis started classes this week, but in the run-up to the fall semester, we learned that it was closing its Office of Multicultural Affairs, in accordance with state law.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: The Tennessee legislature is in session
The 114th Tennessee General Assembly convenes in Nashville today with an aggressive, but perhaps quick, agenda.
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