MPB Program Overview

2013 Spring Drive Time

It's that time of year again - Spring Drive Time! MPB Radio is asking for your support to help us continue creating the programming you love.

From the 9 AM call-in shows to the top-of-the-hour news reports and Mississippi Edition, MPB Radio brings you content by Mississippians, for Mississippians. We can't do what we do without your support.

Please consider making a contribution today. You can donate online, or text MYMPB to 80888.

High School Basketball

MPB broadcast the 2011 MHSAA/Cellular South State Basketball Championship Games to a statewide audience.

Between the Lions

Can I Kick It?

Can I Kick It - watch these videos to learn more about fighting the dropout rate in Mississippi

Composers A-Z

Composers A-Z is an hour-long classical music program that airs weeknights at 6 on MPB Music Radio. Host Karen Hearn puts together an eclectic mix of classical music that typically has only one thing in common – the composers of each piece share the same first letter of their last names. One evening, you’ll hear music by Johannes Brahms, J.S. Bach and Hildegard von Bingen.  The next, you’ll hear selections by Frederic Chopin, Luigi Cherubini and Aaron Copland. Check out Composers A-Z, weeknights at 6 on MPB Music Radio.

Conversations

Authors, athletes, entertainers.They are people we admire. Politicians, civic leaders, inventors. They are people who influence our daily lives and our futures. Join MPB as we engage these fascinating people for in-depth conversation about their lives, their efforts, and their visions. Whether they call Mississippi home or are just passing through, these icons offer insight into our world. From businessmen to benefactors, you’ll get to know them all on Conversations.

Creature Comforts

Check out Creature Comforts on MPB Think Radio! Each week, Libby Hartfield, Director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science brings a specialist into the studio to answer your questions about various animals we see in Mississippi. And of course, Dr. Troy Majure, a veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of Jackson answers your pet questions. Each week, you’ll learn more about the animals that live in our homes and the animals who live in the world around us. You’ll also find out more about family-friendly exhibits and events at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. Learn More >

David Sedaris at Millsaps College

Would you like to see This American Life contributor David Sedaris perform live? 

Divided We Stand

18 Students, 3 Countries, 1 Incredible Journey

Downton Abbey

The Great War is over and the long-awaited engagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigue, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season.

Ed Said

Ed Said, a Web-based series aimed at encouraging elementary school children to eat healthy foods and exercise, features a puppet who teaches children healthy eating habits through raps and rhymes.

Equipment Sale

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 SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE OF ALCATEL MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT BY PROCESS OF SEALED BID

 To be opened on April 16, 2013 At 2:00 P.M. CDT at

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3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, Ms. 39211

Farmweek

Farmweek airs Saturdays at 6:30pm and Monday mornings at 6am

Fit to Eat

Fit to Eat premieres April 5 on MPB TV.

MHSAA State Football Championships

The 2012 championships will air in high definition on MPB TV.

Remembering the Freedom Rides

Join MPB as we look back on the historic trip of the freedom rides. MPB has produced a series of 40 informational short-form documentaries to share the experiences of the Freedom Riders.

Friday Night Under the Lights

Tune in to MPB Think Radio every Friday starting at 10pm for Friday Night Under the Lights.

The Gestalt Gardener

Listen to The Gestalt Gardener Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 on MPB Think Radio. Each week, horticulturalist Felder Rushing shares stories, answers questions and just talks gardening. Of course, you’ll hear a bit of “cheesy music” in every program and you might hear a bad joke or two as well. The Gestalt Gardener is a long-time favorite on MPB Think Radio, due in no small part to Felder’s laid-back, your-neighbors-might-talk-but-so-what approach to gardening. 

Grassroots

The Gulf Islands: Mississippi’s Wilderness Shore

Highway 61 Radio

Highway 61 is an award winning, one hour blues program hosted by Scott Baretta at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at Ole Miss. Baretta is a writer and researcher for the Mississippi Blues Trail, former editor of Living Blues magazine and author of Mississippi: State of the Blues. Each week, Highway 61 delivers the best in blues music and culture: past, present and future. Highway 61 airs Saturday night at 11pm and again on Sunday at 6pm on MPB Think Radio.  Click here for more information on the program.

Home Front to Battlefront: Mississippi During WWII

Integrating Ole Miss

Integrating Ole Miss presents the University of Mississippi as a microcosm for the Civil Rights Movement in the state and across the nation. 

@ISSUE

In a continued effort to provide relevant, interesting and engaging programming to our statewide audience, MPB TV provides @Issue, a weekly news magazine program.  @Issue, hosted by Wilson Stribling, airs Thursday nights at 7:00 and features the latest news in Mississippi legislative news and interviews with key plalyers in State politics and policy.

Job Hunter

Job Hunter is a series of six half-hour shows created in partnership with the Mississippi Manufacturers Association that goes inside Mississippi advanced manufacturing industry to show the variety of jobs available in the field. The first season features automotive, aerospace, heavy manufacturing, unique manufacturing and plastics.

Award-Winning Smithville Reports

Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Series with reporter Sandra Knispel’s stories on the tornado-torn town of Smithville, Miss. The four-part series tells the story of Smithville’s destruction, recovery and rebuilding from an EF5 tornado that hit on April 27, 2011.

Midday Classical

Whether you can play the clarinet in your sleep or you've never even heard the word "opus," Midday Classical has something for you.  Each day, host Karen Hearn hearn uses her 25 years of classical music experience to share facts about composers, movements, and musical history with classical music experts and novices alike. 

Mississippi Arts Hour

Mississippi Edition

Mississippi Outdoors

Mississippi ReMixed

Mississippi Roads

Mississippi Roads provides viewers an insider’s guide to the towns, events, attractions, history, art, music, food, natural beauty and intriguing individuals that make Mississippi so unique. From hidden waterfalls to opulent mansions to quirky eateries to talented artists, you never know what we will uncover around the bend on Mississippi Roads.

Mississippi Edition Archive

An archive of older episodes of Mississippi Edition.

Modern Classical

Money Talks

MPB All Access

MPB All Access is your backstage pass to some of the southeast's most popular music festivals. Tag along with the crew as they bring you interviews and performances of musicians from a wide range of genres. From the latest in today's music scene, to established artists with long histories, MPB All Access is here to get you behind the scenes.

MPB Celebrates Excellence

Outdoors with Bobby Cleveland

Legendary sportsman Bobby Cleveland brings the outdoors to MPB Think Radio every Saturday morning. With Bobby's trandmark folksy style, "Outdoors with Bobby Cleveland" is an hour of interviews, comments, and more for fans of the outdoors across Mississippi.

Paul Lacoste Sports Fit 4 Change

The Paul Lacoste Sports Fit 4 Change Challenge is a program put on each year by Paul Lacoste Sports, challenging legislators, state employees and every day Mississippians to lose weight and get healthy.

PBS Arts Festival | Mississippi

This fall MPB will highlight an example of the wealth of artistic vision that exists in communities across Mississippi.

Quorum

Relatively Speaking

Rise for Relief

Thank you to everyone that called, texted and went online to help those in need during the Rise for Relief telethon.  Rise for Relief is a telethon benefiting the victims of the 2011 floods and tornadoes. 

Snapshot Mississippi

Sounds Jewish

Sounds Jewish is a weekly program hosted by Andy Muchin for MPB Music Radio. Andy’s encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish music of all different genres creates a unique sound for Sunday afternoons. In one program, you might hear a traditional klezmer piece, a stand-up comic routine from the 60s, Israeli hip-hop and the gentle tones of a singer/songwriter. There is nothing like this show anywhere else! Listen to Sounds Jewish, Sunday afternoons at 3 on MPB Music Radio.

Southern Expressions

In Southern Expressions MPB’s Ron Brown presents some of Mississippi’s best visual artists. Brown visits with artists from across the state and explores their handiwork.

Southern Remedy

Southern Remedy is a special radio show that also features periodic TV specials. Every Wednesday, Dr. Rick DeShazo answers your medical questions on MPB Think Radio from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Television specials, entitled Mississippi's Big Problem and Premature Parenthood, address Mississippi’s obesity epidemic and teen pregnancy.

Southern Remedy Healthy Living

Southern Remedy is Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s flagship wellness show dedicated to keeping Mississippians healthy.

Spelling Bee

Twenty nine students from Mississippi put their spelling skills to the test during the 2011 Statewide Spelling Bee on March 15. 

State of the State

Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) will air Governor Phil Bryant’s State of the State address live on Tuesday, January 22 at 5 p.m. The speech will be broadcast live on MPB TV and MPB Radio. 

Stock Market Game

The Stock Market Game gives students in Mississippi the chance to invest and manage $100,000 in an online portfolio. While learning hands-on experience with economical and financial concepts, the students compete for the top spot.

Sucarnochee Revue

Sucarnochee Revue features artists from the Country, Bluegrass, Southern Gospel, Rock ‘n Roll, Blues, and Black Gospel genres.

Taking Charge

Taking Charge highlights six local governments in Mississippi that took advantage of a grant program designed to help lower energy expenses. 

Teacher Wall

5 teachers talk about their inpsirations, engagement with parents, challenges and more. This project is a part of Teacher Wall, a virtual teacher town square where American educators share their stories, knowledge, and ideas, and the American Graduate initiative which seeks to help students stay on course to graduate from high school.

Thacker Mountain Radio

Thacker Mountain Radio is a live, unrehearsed broadcast out of Oxford, Mississippi, that features author readings and a wide array of musical performances. For more than ten years, Thacker Mountain Radio has broadcast literary readings and an eclectic mix of musical performances to “cheering, foot-stomping, applauding spectators” at Off Square Books, an annex of Square Books, one of America’s most prestigious independent bookstores.  The free show is taped every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. during the fall and spring before an audience of 200, who are seated in wooden chairs inside Off Square Books.  The program is rebroadcast each Saturday at 7:00 p.m. on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.   

In the fall of 2011, MPB will air a television special of Thacker Mountain Radio filmed from a live show in Canton, Miss.  Stay tuned for the release of the official air date.    

Click here to learn more about Thacker Mountain Radio. 

Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Live Cinecast Event

NPR News quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! brings laughs to the big screen! MPB Think Radio is pleased to host this rare event in Mississippi.

When? Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m

Where? The following locations in Mississippi:

• Tupelo—Cinemark Movies 8
• Meridian—Bonita Lake Cinema
• Jackson—Cinemark Tinseltown
• Gulfport—Cinemark 16

Tickets? Purchase tickets online at Fathom Events, or by visiting the theatre location box office.

Writers

Writers is an hour-long interview/discussion program with host Gene Edwards featuring authors from around the nation. The award-winning program produced at MPB is carried by public broadcasting stations across the country.