April 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Wednesday, April 30, 2008	Listen
	MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE SIT ON MISSISSIPPI'S DEATH ROW. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD TALKS TO US ABOUT THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW EXECUTIONS AND HOW IT WILL EFFECT THE STATE. TELEVISION IS UNDERGOING IT'S BIGGEST MAKEOVER SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF COLOR. FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOUR SET WORKING FROM MPB ENGINEER BOB BUIE. AND ALREADY YOU KNOW HIM AS A HOST ON THE FOOD NETWORK...AND NOW YOU'LL KNOW HIM AS AN ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR. WE TALK TO ALTON BROWN ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK "FEASTING ON ASPHALT:THE RIVER RUN".
	Tuesday, April 29, 2008	Listen
	IT IS THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE. ORGAN DONATIONS SAVE MANY LIVES EVERY YEAR...RONDAH MARKS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ORGAN RECOVERY AGENCY JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE GIFT THAT LITERALLY KEEPS ON GIVING FOR A LIFETIME. LOOKING TO REMODEL YOUR KITCHEN? THERE ARE PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN USE THAT NOT ONLY LOOK GOOD BUT ARE ECO-FRIENDLY AS WELL. BIANCA TODD WOODEN JOINS US TO TALK GOING GREEN. AND SINCE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT A QUALITY EDUCATION IS WE'LL TALK WITH MIKE BLANKENSHIP AND SHERRIE CHEEK FROM HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
	Monday, April 28, 2008	Listen
	IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT THINK YOU'LL EVER NEED...BUT IF YOU DO...YOU WILL SURE WISH YOU HAD IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOD INSURANCE. MICHAEL BARRY FROM THE INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT WHY EVEN LANDLOCKED RESIDENTS COULD NEED IT. IT'S NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH DR. MARY CARRUTH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S SARAH ISOM CENTER ABOUT THAT AND OTHER ISSUES FACING WOMEN TODAY. AND THEY STARTED IN A SMALL MISSISSIPPI CITY AND NOW THEY HAVE CONQUERED THE WORLD. WE TALK TO 3 DOORS DOWN'S BRAD ARNOLD ABOUT COMING HOME.
	Friday, April 25, 2008	Listen
	AS GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB MISSISSIPPIANS BEGIN TO STAY HOME. HOW DOES THIS EFFECT THE STATES ECONOMY? SENIOR ECONOMIST DR. MARIANNE HILL JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY. PBS STARTS A NEW TEN-PART SERIES THIS WEEKEND CALLED "CARRIER"...WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THIS GROUNDBREAKING SERIES. THE STATE MAY BE THE LOWEST IN MANY CATEGORIES BUT WE ARE NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING OF OURSELVES. WE'LL TALK WITH MICHELLE BAKER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE ABOUT THIS YEARS GIVE AWARDS. AND WE'LL WRAP UP THIS ACTION PACKED SHOW WITH A LITTLE JAZZ IN THE PARK.
	Thursday, April 24, 2008	Listen
	DID THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAKE THE GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION? WE'LL TALK TO HOUSE EDUCATION CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE CECIL BROWN AND FRANK YATES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS. OFFICIALS FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE TOURED THE FLOODED AREAS OF VICKSBURG AND NATCHEZ. WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH ON POSSIBLE AID HEADED TO THE AREA. AND HE WAS THE PERSONAL CHEF FOR ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL WOMEN...MISSISSIPPI NATIVE OPRAH WINFREY. ART SMITH TELLS US WHAT SHE'S PROBABLY HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
	Wednesday, April 23, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL SPEAK WITH VICKSBURG MAYOR LAURENCE LEYENS ABOUT DAMAGE WROUGHT BY THE FLOODING MISSISSIPPI. WE'LL ALSO SPEAK WITH ANDY PROSSER FROM THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATES FARMERS. AND HE IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST...THE LEGENDARY STEVE EARLE WILL TALK TO US ABOUT TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.
	Tuesday, April 22, 2008	Listen
	THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI HAS UNLEASHED A TORRENT OF FLOOD WATERS ALONG IT'S BANKS. STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. WE'LL HEAR FROM GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR ABOUT THE DAMAGE. WE HAVE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURES...IT HAS GOTTEN BRIGHTER. A NEWLY RELEASED SURVEY SHOWS THEY ARE SMOKING AND DRINKING LESS...WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS MORE...AND WAITING LONGER TO HAVE SEX. AND MEET RON THE TROLLEY MAN FROM FONDREN...WHO'LL TELL US ABOUT THE AREA AND WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE THE NEATEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AROUND.
	Monday, April 21, 2008	Listen
	MPB REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA JOINS US WITH A LOOK BACK AT THIS YEARS LEGISLATIVE...THE HITS, THE MISSES AND THE UNDECIDEDS. IS THE HOSPITATLITY STATE VERY HOSPITABLE WHEN IT COMES TO WELCOMING IMMIGRANTS? BILL CHANDLER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS ALLIANCE IS HERE TO TELL US. MISSISSIPPI'S PEARL RIVER HAS MADE A NATIONAL TOP TEN LIST...BUT IT'S NOT FOR BEAUTY OR CLEANLINESS. FIND OUT WHY IS HAS BEEN NAMED AMONG AMERICA'S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS.
	Friday, April 18, 2008	Listen
	JUST HOW LARGE IS THE GAP BETWEEN MISSISSIPPI'S RICHEST AND POOREST? ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT. ED SIVAC, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC POLICY CENTER AND LIZ MCNICHOL FROM THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES IN WASHINGTON WILL EXPLAIN. MISSISSIPPI HAS SOME OF THE LAXIST ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. MISTY VELASQUEZ FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO TOUGHEN THEM. YOU HEAR HER EVERY MONDAY MORNING ON NPR AS SENIOR NEWS ANAYLIST...AND NOW COKIE ROBERTS TALKS TO US ABOUT HER NEW BOOK....LADIES OF LIBERTY...THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED OUR NATION. AND WRAPPING UP THIS PACKED SHOW IS MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TO TELL US IF "FORGETTING SARA MARSHAL" IS WORTH REMEMBERING TO SEE.
	Thursday, April 17, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY JOINS US TO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN AN OXFORD COURTROOM YESTERDAY...AND THE INCLUSION OF STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. HAVE RACE REALTIONS IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE MEDIA'S ROLE? EDITOR-IN-CHEIF OF THE JACKSON FREE PRESS DONNA LADD, MISSISSIPPI RAPPER KAMIKAZE AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOCTORAL STUDENT REBECCA L. MILLER ARE HERE TO DISCUSS. AND WE'LL TALK WITH TWO FAMED MUSICIANS WHO WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE DELTA STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE THIS EVENING.
	Wednesday, April 16, 2008	Listen
	ATTORNEY DICK SCRUGGS IS BACK IN COURT FOR 26-MILLION REASONS...MPB REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL JOINS US FROM OXFORD TO EXPLAIN. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY 32 PEOPLE WERE SHOT TO DEATH ON THE CAMPUS OF VIRGINIA TECH. HAS CAMPUS SECURITY IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI? DID IT NEED TO? UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL LAW PROFESSOR AND SECURITY EXPERT CHESTER QUARLES AND MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY VICE-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS DR. BILL KIBLER JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. AND LOOKING FOR SOME FUN THIS WEEKEND? HEAD TO THE COAST WHERE YOU CAN EAT LOTS OF MEAT ON STICKS, HEAR GREAT BANDS AND CRUISE THE MIDWAY AT THE ANNUAL CRAWFISH FESTIVAL.
	Tuesday, April 15, 2008	Listen
	IT'S DOWN TO THE WIRE...WILL THE LEGISLATURE FINISH ON TIME? MPB REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA WEIGHS IN ON WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE THIS SESSION. IT'S APRIL 15TH...THE DAY THAT MANY AMERICANS DREAD IS UPON US...DEE HARRIS FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE JOINS US WITH LAST MINUTE FILING HELP. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI CHANCELLOR ROBERT KHAYAT TALKS OF ANOTHER BIG DAY...THIS ONE IS IN SEPTEMBER AND INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WILL BATTLE IT OUT TO BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE...WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI WITH WHAT'S OFFERED AT HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	Monday, April 14, 2008	Listen
	IS A COG IN THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE BROKEN? THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL BROKEN ACCORDING TO MISSISSIPPI INNOCENCE PROJECT'S TUCKER CARRINGTON. HE'LL JOIN US WITH THE RESULTS OF A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT. BOBBY RUSH...ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVING SOUL BLUESMEN JOINS US WITH A SONG IN HIS HEART AND A STORY OR TWO. AND TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME....HEAR ABOUT A MISSISSIPPI NATIVE WHO PINCH HIT FOR BASELBALL'S SULTAN OF SWING.
	Friday, April 11, 2008	Listen
	MEDICAID...CIGARETTE TAX...VOTER I.D. ...WITH THE END OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SIGHT WILL THESE MAJOR OBSTACLES BE OVERCOME? WE'RE JOINED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEGISLATIVE REPORTER EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS AND WLBT'S JON KALAHAR TO FIND OUT. WE KNOW GENES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN YOUR HELTH..BUT DOES ENVIRONMENT? OF COURSE IT DOES....HEAR ABOUT A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT ADDRESSES JUST HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IT REALLY IS. APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS....PLUS TORNADOES. WE'LL HEAR FROM STEVE WILKERSON OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO TALK ABOUT MORE SEVERE WEATHER HEADED TO THE STATE. AND WE WRAP UP THE SHOW WITH A REVIEW OF THE NEW MOVIE STREET KINGS.
	Thursday, April 10, 2008	Listen
	CONGRESSMAN GENE TAYLOR JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WAR AND RECOVERY. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR TOM LANSFORD JOINS US WITH A BREAKDOWN OF GENERAL PETRAEUS'S RECENT HEARINGS ON THE WAR IN IRAQ. AND MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS HEADED OUR WAY. STEVE WILKINSON JOINS US FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO TELL US WHO WILL BE AFFECTED.
	Wednesday, April 9, 2008	Listen
	HUNDREDS OF MISSISSIPPIANS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING LAST FRIDAY'S TORNADOES AND THOUSANDS ARE FILING INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR HELP. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MIKE CHANEY WILL BE OUR GUEST TO TALK ABOUT FILING AND SETTLING A CLAIM. ALSO, THE FIVE YEAR OLD IRAQ WAR--HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD THE U.S CONTINUE TO FIGHT? SEN. ROGER WICKER WILL REACT TO YESTERDAY'S SENATE HEARINGS ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ.
	Tuesday, April 8, 2008	Listen
	COULD THE SLOWING ECONOMY EVEN HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON OUR CHILDREN? WE'LL SPEAK WITH DON TAYLOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ABOUT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. AMERICA'S TOP TWO MILITARY OFFICIALS WILL BE BRIEFING CONGRESS TODAY ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ. MPB'S GARY MICHIEL WILL TALK WITH SOME MISSISSIPPI SOLDIERS STATIONED IN THE IRAQI GREEN ZONE. AND WE’LL TALK WITH A FILM MAKER ABOUT A REMAKE OF THE 1967 FILM BONNIE AND CLYDE THAT WILL SOON HAVE A MISSISSIPPI CONNECTION.
	Monday, April 7, 2008	Listen
	ROBERT ROSSON, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION TALKS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFICULT TIME A LITTLE EASIER. THE DEBATE IS ON ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT...RIGHT OR WRONG? MPB's SANDRA KNISPEL WILL HAVE A REPORT AND THE N-WORD...THE B-WORD....CAN WORDS REALLY HURT US? WE TALK WITH STUDENTS ABOUT AN EVENT AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM STINGING WORDS.
	Friday, April 4, 2008	Listen
	GRAY SKIES OR BLUE? STATE ECONOMIST DR. PHIL PEPPER SHEDS A LITTLE LIGHT ON MISSISSIPPI'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES THE STATE COULD PURSUE TO RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS? GUEST WILLIAM F. SHUGHART, ROBERT M HEARIN CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SAYS YES. TODAY MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. RETIRED FBI AGENT JIM INGRAM TALKS ABOUT THE DAY THAT A GREAT VOICE WAS SILENCED FOREVER. AND WORLD RENOWNED SINGERS TIMOTHY NOBLE AND MARIETTA SIMPSON CHIME IN ABOUT A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IN HATTIESBURG THIS WEEKEND.
	Thursday, April 3, 2008	Listen
	GOT MEDICAID? YOU MIGHT NOT FOR LONG IF THE STATE DOESN'T FIND 90-MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIRK DEDEAUX AND MARY TROUPE FROM THE MISSISSIPPIANS COALITION FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. IT'S THE LITTLE MOVIE THAT COULD....TRIUMPHANT AT SUNDANCE AND NOW BEING FEATURED AT CROSSROADS FILM FEST WE HAVE PRODUCER NINA PARIKH AND CAST MEMBER TARRA RIGGS FROM BALLAST. LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT FOOD AND SUPERB MUSIC? THEN THE CRAWDAD HOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THE PLACE TO BE. WE'LL TALK WITH CARY HUDSON OF FAMED GROUP BLUE MOUNTAIN ABOUT THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT.
	Wednesday, April 2, 2008	Listen
	BE WARNED! OUR FIRST GUESTS ARE GOING TO REALLY SCARE YOU...THEY'LL TELL US JUST HOW MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE DRINKING ALCOHOL AND USING DRUGS. TAWNI LOVORN FROM DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND KAREN WEST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BUREAU OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARE HERE WITH THE SOBERING FACTS. REVERAND AL SHARPTON JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE PERCIEVES IS THE BIGGEST CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE FACING THIS COUNTRY. AND AWARD WINNING AUTHOR RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON TELLS US ABOUT HER LATEST NOVEL AND AN MPB TELEVISION APPEARANCE.
	Tuesday, April 1, 2008	Listen
	SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMAN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT TODAY'S VARIOUS RUN-OFFS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WE PROFILE EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE.