The AM/DM podcast: Last day at the Brooks
At least two of this week’s main events are happening in Overton Park.
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 847 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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September 2026
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Landers Center docs, text messages give new info on termination suit
Former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry claims he was fired because members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors wanted him to stop booking Black artists. New court filings now reveal additional details.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Discovering the wildlife all around us
The Memphis Zoo recently began a project focused on the wildlife of West Tennessee.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: A quintessential Memphis weekend
You have a chance this week to watch “The Matrix” on the big screen — the really big screen — at the Pink Palace, take a parking spot over as a pocket park and get your ballet on, very quickly.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: What is going on with the county’s elected officials?
Days into the new Shelby County Commission’s four-year term, two commissioners have been formally charged with crimes. And a third is under review because of a city grant.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: HBD to the DM and congrats to Calipari
Plus, Germantown is thinking 24 years ahead.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Yoga, home tours and hot takes
This weekend will have you dancing, walking and downward dogging.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Shooting black bears, bees and birds of prey
Earlier this summer, pictures of black bears in Tennessee sparked a flurry of responses on social media.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Where MATA wants to go
By next summer, the Memphis Area Transit Authority hopes to have 56 new buses on the roads.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: A Shell, a hotel and a Classic game
The big local news this week is probably the 90th anniversary of the Overton Park Shell.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: A big weekend in Memphis
It’s a weekend for some very high-profile openings.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Is Memphis at a turning point?
5C Data Centers buying the former Fred’s space raises the question of whether one era of Memphis is seguing to another.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Tigers football makes a statement
Before the game, we didn’t know much about the team. But, after Saturday, some questions have been answered.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Why the county wanted four rapid DNA testing machines
Last month, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy announced the purchase of four new rapid DNA machines, giving local law enforcement the ability to turn DNA test results around in 90 minutes.
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August 2026
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Satellite Music Hall, Metal Museum space opening
A very local holiday anchors this week but there’s plenty of other happenings coming up.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Poplar Plaza’s experiment in the experiential
The owners of Poplar Plaza are taking a new strategy with leasing for the shopping center, something they are calling dwell time.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Recess and roller derby days
It’s a weekend for nostalgia.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Memphis was once known for daycare van deaths. How it happened again.
Longtime reporter Jody Callahan is here to talk about Winter Jones’ death and the processes the state has put in place to keep kids safe.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Collierville’s Selberg situation
More than two weeks ago, then-Collierville Fire Chief John Selberg was placed on administrative leave, and rumors about why ran rampant.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: College football starts; commissioners’ time ends
It’s a time of beginnings and endings.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: ‘Mean Girls,’ former coworkers and a hot tomato
If it’s Friday, it’s time to tune in for chitchat about local Memphis events.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: Moving with the movies
Earlier this week, Malco Theatres quietly announced that it would soon offer seats that move and vibrate in reaction to what’s on screen.
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The AM/DM The AM/DM podcast: The case for — and against — crossover voting
Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn recently tweeted that the state should close its primaries, forcing voters to choose their political affiliation when they register.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: How Friends of the Library became frenemies
In early July, the new director of the Memphis Public Libraries announced the City of Memphis’ library system would no longer partner with Friends of the Library, a local fundraising group.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Election deadline, greenway update and goodbye, commissioners
Civic engagement is the watchword this week.
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