The AM/DM podcast: Librarians make a surprise visit to City Council
Last week, a group of the city’s librarians showed up at Memphis City Council, unannounced, to ask for a change to their employment.
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 634 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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August 2025
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: The trolley problem
Memphis Area Transit Authority officials have said it’s possible to make the Downtown trolley system operational again. But there are a lot of questions to answer before the trolleys start rolling down the tracks.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: How a potential grave robbery led to Graceland’s Candlelight Vigil
Fewer than two weeks after Elvis Presley died, three would-be grave robbers tried to take his body from Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: The DM loves a sing-a-long and other weekend fun
In today’s The AM/DM, Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about the weekend events they’re excited about, including a Labubu meetup, another sing-a-long and the local production of one of Cashiola’s favorite Broadway shows.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: New ideas for MSCS board terms
In this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead.
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Suburbs The AM/DM podcast: Having a beer in Collierville could hit different soon
On this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and suburbs reporters Abigail Warren talk about the reasons behind the proposed change and the implications of it.
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Health Care The AM/DM podcast: Ways to fix the local nursing shortage
The U.S. is expected to hit a shortfall of more than 100,000 health care workers in just three short years, with nurses and nursing assistants being some of the most in-demand jobs.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: City Council has a big decision to make, and Bluey is coming
In this morning’s episode of the AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss the biggest news events of the coming week.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Time to plan your weekend shenanigans
There’s singing, there’s dancing and there’s backyard rabbitry. Just not all at the same time.
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Business The AM/DM: Digging into Food Files
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola sits down with Food Files writer Sophia Surrett to talk about the column as well as some of the recent moves within the restaurant industry.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: Sing along to KPop Demon Hunters or Darius Rucker
In this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about what to do this weekend.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Liza’s Run returns and so do colleges
On this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead, including Liza’s run returning, more conversations about a possible new jail, and colleges being back in class.
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Real Estate The AM/DM podcast: Behind the plan to pay for a new jail
Some area leaders believe the county needs to build a new jail, but one question is how to pay for it.
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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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Public Safety The AM/DM podcast: Inside the acquittal of an accused murder mastermind
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and criminal justice reporter Aarron Fleming talk about why prosecutors’ arguments might have fallen short in the latest Young Dolph murder trial.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Fall starts with fairs, 901 Day
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips help shepherd you through the Labor Day weekend and into 901 Day fun.
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September 2025
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Podcasts The AM/DM: Singing of the opera, running of the weenies
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.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: Memphis’ arts scene and how we’re covering it
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.
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Public Safety The AM/DM podcast: How the Tyré Nichols’ cases got so complicated
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.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Mocha mousse and cat videos
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.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Festivals, 4-milers and hummingbirds
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.
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Education The AM/DM podcast: MSCS is looking to close schools — here’s why and why now
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.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: The fall and rise and potential fall of Shelby County’s reentry director
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.
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Germantown The AM/DM podcast: Why 33 acres in Germantown could be so important
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.
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North Mississippi The AM/DM podcast: A big change coming to Landers Center
Late last month, ground was broken on the Landers Center’s $85 million expansion, which includes a unique hotel-convention center project.
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