What happens when you mix forensic engineering with abstract art? Ask Dr. Raymond Thompson. The first-gen college student turned engineering legend has spent more than 60 years looking at the hidden beauty inside metals. On this episode of Quick-Fire Quips, he joins APR's Baillee Majors to talk about, the evolution of Alabama tech, his "love letter" to the city that launched his business career—and how he's turning industrial steel into stunning public art at Sloss Furnaces.

This week on StoryCorps, Ty Cramer and her spouse Steve Romein discuss their early involvement with the organization called Common Power and how it has impacted their careers and lives.

This week, Don reviews Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

Organizers of Saturday’s voting rights protests in Montgomery and Selma say that was just the beginning. Demonstrators started at the Edmund Pettus Bridge where marchers were attacked in 1965. The day ended at Alabama’s Capitol City to oppose the redrawing of voting maps.

When is the best time to have your unaltered pet spayed or neutered? Now! It's NOW!

The humidity is rising, the lightning bugs are out and the pace of life is shifting! In Alabama Our Loud, we explore the unique rhythm of Summer Across Alabama. From the sugar-white sands of Gulf Shores to the bustling evening markets of North Alabama, we dive into how Alabamians beat the heat and make the most of the longest days of the year!

Cam Marston made a promise to his kids years ago. He was certain the passage of time would let him off the hook. He was wrong, and he's paying for it in the best possible way.

Parts of the state may be a bit busier tomorrow. Voting rights activists are planning protests following special sessions in Alabama and other states. Demonstrators plan to speak out over efforts to erase African American U.S. House seats including Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System says it will work with state and federal law enforcement to increase security at a federal dam that provides drinking water for Alabama’s Port City after a bomb was discovered.

Today on Alabama Public Radio, former APR intern James Niiler reports from Arhus, Denmark on how that European nation is trying to do Alabama “one better” on the state's 2025 law limiting cell phone use in school. Denmark is also focusing on how youngsters cope in the “real world” as opposed to going online. The issue is high tech in the classroom still has proponents around the U.S.

Alabama U.S. Senator Katie Britt is working on federal legislation to limit the access social media content creators get to the nation’s kids. It would prevent anyone under the age of thirteen from using social media. The bill would stop high tech companies from targeting youngsters under seventeen. This builds on legislation passed in Montgomery last year that limits cell phone use by students in school. In the nation of Denmark, there’s a similar effort underway. But, it goes beyond the nuts and bolts of social media to address how kids behave in general.

At night, silence fell over the Louisiana immigration detention facility where 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross was held. Then the wailing began. Her story began in Alabama.