The AM/DM podcast: Rocky Horror, Widespread Panic and Swifties
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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 638 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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October 2025
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Collierville The AM/DM: Famous for its drive-thrus, McDonald’s asks Collierville for more parking
Collierville restaurants currently can have one parking space for every two eatery seats, at the most. But that may be changing — and it may be due to a McDonald’s.
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Podcasts The AM/DM: Seven years and counting of the DM
Seven years ago, a new startup began in Memphis to bring people local news.
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September 2025
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: You wanted to know about lizards; Ask the Memphian delivered
Memphis’ native lizards, known as skinks, generally prefer a natural, wooded habitat, away from people. But that’s not true of other, invasive species of lizard.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: New FedEx board member, Peppertree in news this week
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead, including Richard Smith joining the FedEx board and new plans for Whitehaven’s Peppertree Apartments.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Fire, fairs and Gonerfest this weekend
Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about some of the fun events happening this weekend on The AM/DM podcast this morning.
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Metro The AM/DM: Commission votes to align school board terms, but it’s not a recall. Or, is it?
Today, Mary Cashiola talks with Bill Dries about the 7–5 vote, the backstory to the clash and what might happen next.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: A deeper dive into comments
Readers love the comments. They hate the comments. They love to hate the comments.
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High School Sports The AM/DM podcast: An unlikely soccer story as Bolton rebuilds
For the first time in years, Bolton High School’s girls soccer team is back on the field — and it’s about more than the score.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: The first of fall and the beginning of the Greenline
In this look at the week ahead, The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about two related proposals in front of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and how the Shelby Farms Park Greenline started oh-so-many years ago.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Football fun and a hot air balloon blast
On this morning’s episode of The AM/DM, we get into the Memphis Tigers’ last SEC football game (for a while, at least), where you can see hot air balloons take flight and why you might want to hit the Totally Rad Vintage Fest.
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Business The AM/DM podcast: Duck decor — a look inside the Peabody’s new digs
The Peabody Memphis — the city’s most iconic hotel — has unveiled a $19 million makeover of its guest rooms.
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Public Safety The AM/DM podcast: How a new MPD position rankled the department
In the wake of Tyré Nichols’ death, the Memphis Police Department decided it had an absence of supervision in the field, and set out to fix that problem by creating a new position — the second lieutenant. But that solution caused a string of other problems.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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August 2025
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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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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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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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