Join us on 1819 News: The Podcast for an inspiring journey through the life and mission of Victor Marx, a humanitarian, speaker, martial arts expert, and child advocate. In this compelling series, Victor shares his raw and redemptive personal testimony—overcoming a childhood marked by severe abuse, trauma, and instability to find healing through faith in Christ. From surviving unimaginable horrors to becoming a beacon of hope, Victor’s story is a testament to God’s transformative power. Together...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 174
Election integrity, immigration, and inflation are the issues that matter most to the people of Alabama, and there are folks in Montgomery making decisions on those things right now. This week we're bringing one of them on the podcast: Rep. Jamie Kiel. Kiel has been a conservative stalwart in the Alabama House for seven years now, consistently voting against tax increases, medical marijuana, and gambling expansion despite the tremendous pressure from leadership to vote for those things. Kiel is ...
Apr 02, 2025•30 min•Ep. 173
This week's podcast is another Alabama business spotlight, this time on Nathan Cox, the dynamic founder of 68 Ventures. Cox, a seasoned entrepreneur and storyteller, dives deep into his remarkable journey, tracing his path from humble beginnings to building a powerhouse development and investment company along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. The podcast blends inspiration, practical insights, and old-fashioned grit, offering listeners an unfiltered look at what it takes to turn ambition into action. The e...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 172
Richard Scrushy is back in the news and is asserting that exculpatory evidence was intentionally withheld which would have exonerated him from an unjust conviction back in 2006. In the early 2000s, Scrushy, the CEO of HealthSouth Corporation, was hit with charges of fraud and bribery. Acquitted of the fraud charges, he was eventually found guilty of paying $500K into then Gov. Don Siegelman's education lottery fund in exchange for a seat on the state's Certificate of Need Board. This week host B...
Mar 19, 2025•46 min•Ep. 171
Talk radio has been the one bastion for truth conservatives have relied upon for decades. While it may be true that nationally syndicated radio shows are going the way of the dodo since Limbaugh's death, that is not true for local, news/talk radio. This week Bryan sits down with Alabama's biggest news/talk radio host, Leland Whaley, of Leland Live on Talk 99.5 in Birmingham to hear his story as well as discuss some of the pressing issues and topics of our day. Leland recently wrote an opinion ar...
Mar 12, 2025•58 min•Ep. 170
1819 News has no problem calling out both bad actors and bad things in state government. That being said, we think it is just as important to highlight good people doing good things. This week 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson sits down with State Senator Chris Elliott who has consistently been a strong voice for good in the Alabama Senate. That includes being a “no” vote, despite tremendous pressure, on the terrible gambling legislation last session. In this podcast you will hear about how Sen Elliott...
Mar 05, 2025•40 min•Ep. 169
Join us for an inspiring podcast featuring John McInnis III, the dynamic CEO of McInnis Industries and co-owner of the iconic Flora-Bama Lounge, as he shares his remarkable entrepreneurial journey and deeply personal faith walk. This episode dives into the life of a third-generation business leader who transformed a family legacy in construction into a multifaceted empire spanning heavy infrastructure, disaster recovery, and entertainment, all while staying rooted in his Christian beliefs. Born ...
Feb 26, 2025•36 min•Ep. 168
The Department of Government Efficiency has been the primary topic in the national news cycle since Jan. 20th. You may have thought to yourself, Alabama needs a DOGE. Well, you're in luck because the Alabama Policy Institute (API) is working on that exact thing with ALDOGE. API has been around for over 35 years working towards limited government, free markets, and strong families in Alabama. Now they have a unique opportunity to replicate the national trend of identifying and eliminating waste a...
Feb 19, 2025•43 min•Ep. 167
In February 2023, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville discovered that the Department of Defense, under the Biden administration, was paying travel and PTO for female employees who desired to kill their unborn children but were prevented from doing so by state law. There were not many options for the Senate minority to stop this, but Tuberville placed holds on the mass promotion of military officers, drawing the ire of radical leftists, mainstream media, the Biden regime, and worst of all, many fellow Rep...
Feb 12, 2025•27 min•Ep. 166
The 2025 Legislative Session has begun and we here at 1819 News have it covered for you! We have more reporters than anyone else covering every aspect of what is happening in Montgomery with a dedicated House reporter and Senate reporter, as well as an Editor who is filling in the gaps and doing a radio show from the statehouse. As citizens of Alabama, each of us has a responsibility to keep an eye on our state government and to make our voices heard. The flip side of that is the fact that many ...
Feb 06, 2025•52 min•Ep. 165
What we have witnessed since the swearing in of President Donald Trump has been nothing short of incredible. Conservatives have never seen what it looks like for one of our people to ascend to power and then wield that power for the objective good. This is new for us, and it’s riveting to watch. This week, Dawson breaks down what he believes led to the steely resolve we are seeing in President Trump. From the fake Russian collusion accusations to China Flu and eventual lawfare and assassination ...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 164
After 31 years, The Rick & Bubba Show has ended. It was a great run, and in those three decades the show became a staple in the Alabama cultural and media landscape, as well as across the Southeast. At the beginning of the year, host Rick Burgess launched his own show—The Rick Burgess Show—retaining much of the former program’s staff and affiliate stations. Rumors abound about how and why The Rick & Bubba Show ended and why Bubba isn’t continuing. Burgess joins Bryan Dawson this week to ...
Jan 22, 2025•46 min•Ep. 163
In October 2024, Gov. Kay Ivey used her "supreme executive power of this state" to unilaterally fire then-Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis. Quite a saga led up to this unceremonious removal of the beloved ADVA commissioner, and many questions remain on whether Ivey has the authority to terminate a state agency head that serves at the pleasure of an appointed board of directors, in this case the State Board of Veterans Affairs. A similar situation arose in the COVID p...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 162
Two Alabama Political Firestorms to Start the New Year Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) head David Bronner recently published an article in the RSA's monthly publication The Advisor in which he bashed conservatives and conservative organizations, lamenting that we never offer any positive solutions and then pitching gambling as the panacea for all that ails the state. He named 1819 News specifically as one of those “smart” but troublesome organizations. Bronner added to his attack with a lett...
Jan 08, 2025•48 min•Ep. 161
In the 2016 Presidential election there was much discussion of a populist uprising. They tried to throw negative connotations towards the term, like they do every other thing that threatens their power. In this monologue episode of 1819 News: The Podcast, Bryan defines populism as the combined political force of the working class and goes into the history of how the working class ended up in the Republican Party. He also discusses the meteoric rise of populism on the national stage under Donald ...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 160
God is always weaving His way through apparently terrible circumstances. This week we get to hear a story that exemplifies this in an unpredictable way. Kaleb Dillard is a young military veteran who grew up in Birmingham and attended Briarwood Christian School. A relatively normal, upright young man, Dillard found himself questioning the 2020 election results, a fact which landed him at the national Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a day that will unfortunately go down in history. Dillard was caught up ...
Dec 18, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 159
If we learned anything through the COVID nightmare it is that the medical industrial complex has no limits and no conscience. The things done and the decisions made and enforced from on high had horrific consequences and few positive results, yet no consequences came from the complete failure that was the COVID response. This week Bryan Dawson hosts Dr. Jordan Vaughn, recent recipient of The Albert Patterson Courage Award. Vaughn, CEO of MedHelp in Birmingham and a Co-Executive Director of Conce...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 158
The worst thing for conservatives to do now that Trump has won is to go back to their normal lives and assume everything is going to be hunky dory because our guy won. No, winning the election was the first battle in the war to reclaim our nation and to save Western Civilization. We are in an existential crisis, meaning that if we don't do what is necessary in these next two years, the America you know and love will not exist in any real or meaningful way. This week, Bryan does his first monolog...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 157
From the locker room speech in Coach Bryant's last game to "The Fumble" in the 1987 AFC Championship games, Jeremiah Castille had an incredible career filled with some memorable moments. He comes on the podcast this week to share his incredible life story of growing up in Phenix City to coming to know Jesus, playing for Bear Bryant, and even playing in a Super Bowl. This week's overtime segment is probably the best overtime segment we've done to date, As the University of Alabama's football chap...
Nov 27, 2024•42 min•Ep. 156
The question is often asked on this podcast, ""We have a church on every corner in Alabama, but those churches have done little to nothing to slow the spread of radical progressive ideas into our institutions and culture. Why is that?"" Today, we are bringing you one of the greatest contemporary Christian authors and cultural commentators of our day, Eric Metaxas, to answer this question. Metaxas was in Birmingham as the keynote speaker at 1819 News’ inaugural Albert Patterson Gala to specifical...
Nov 20, 2024•36 min•Ep. 155
In business, quality results are the only thing that matter. Were the customers satisfied? Did you do what you said you were going to do? On this week’s 1819 News: The Podcast, CEO Bryan Dawson sits down with Alabama businessman Gerrick Wilkins to discuss the absolutely insane, 2024 election cycle through the lens of a businessman who has also jumped into the political arena. Gerrick Wilkins ran for Congress in Alabama's 6th Congressional District because he felt Congressman Gary Palmer should h...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 154
This week Bryan sits down with Emily Jones of Moms for Liberty to discuss the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) agenda and the fact that ASCA is in every school in the state of Alabama. As the Moms for Liberty website states, “school counselors are the most radical department in K-12 today.” ASCA works tirelessly to enact a Leftist agenda of CRT, gender equity, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and more in schools across the country and our state by setting guidelines and training sc...
Nov 06, 2024•56 min•Ep. 153
1819 News: The Podcast has a unique episode for you this week! A few things have been getting under CEO Bryan Dawson’s skin lately. Naturally, he sat down with Joey Clark on his radio show News and Views, which airs on Montgomery's News/Talk 93.1, to air some of those concerns. We thought the “radio rant” was too good not to share! Bryan and Joey's conversation begins with the discussion of Alabama State Health Officer Scott Harris' new appointment as the president of the Association of State an...
Oct 30, 2024•42 min•Ep. 152
You've probably heard the political ads for people running for PSC in which they tout their conservative bona fides and then attack their opponents as tree-hugging hippies. Those ads don't really help us understand what goes on at the PSC, but they certainly get stuck in your head...""Always totin' Jeremy Oden"" comes to mind. Unfortunately, Alabamians often know very little about positions in our state government that impact them the most directly. The Public Service Commission (PSC) is certain...
Oct 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 151
With the recent influx of Haitians to Alabama and other states, there have been a number of Christian talking heads shaming other Christians into accepting open-ended immigration. Using selective Bible verses, these influencers claim immigration is a good, Christian principle despite the fact current foreigners brought into the country are quite often hostile towards Christian society and the American way of life. In response, 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson is joined on this podcast with Pastor Rich...
Oct 16, 2024•58 min•Ep. 150
One of the most incredible ministries in the world is located right here in Alabama. The Big Oak Ranch has been providing a home to children who need a chance for 50 years now. The circumstances that lead each child to Big Oak Ranch are unique. But one aspect of their stories is the same: they have known abuse, neglect, and abandonment by the very people who should have loved them above all. Prior to coming to Big Oak Ranch, the children there have suffered in ways that are impossible to imagine...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 149
Everyone loves a good story, and there has never been a more riveting one playing out right before our very eyes than the story of Donald Trump's attempt to save America. From him coming down the escalator in June of 2016 to being shot in the head on July 13th, 2024, at the rally in Butler, PA, it has been an incredible ride. Throughout Trump’s time in politics, Americans have watched the D.C. Regime – both Republicans and Democrats – attempt to destroy him at every turn through media, bureaucra...
Sep 27, 2024•17 min•Ep. 148
Buckle up, because this podcast is going to take you for a ride. The influx of Haitian migrants in Alabama has been the lead story on 1819 News for over a month now. Haitian immigrants started popping up in Albertville and Athens, then in Enterprise and Sylacauga. Springfield, Missouri is getting all the national headlines but it's happening right here in Alabama. Many of the city and county leaders, as well as the media outlets, have resorted to calling the citizens racist rather than trying to...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 147
Extra audio only episode. Bryan guest hosted the biggest news/talk radio show in Alabama, Leland Live on Cumulus Birmingham's Talk 99.5, on Wednesday, September 11th. Pastor Rich Lusk of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham joins Bryan to discuss Megan Basham’s new bestselling book Shepherds for Sale. Megan joins the conversation to discuss what caused her to write the book. Progressive Marxists know the American church is the last bastion between them and complete takeover of the West. The...
Sep 23, 2024•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 146
Alabama Legend: Buckmaster’s Jackie Bushman
Sep 18, 2024•50 min•Ep. 145
