August 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Friday, Aug 29, 2008	Listen
	WILL GOVERNOR BARBOUR ISSUE A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR COAST RESIDENTS? IF SO...WHEN? HE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT PREPS BEING MADE IN ANTICIPATION OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV. WE'LL SPEAK WITH VINCENT CREEL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF BILOXI ABOUT THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF THE COAST. MISSISSIPPIANS ARE FAMED FOR THEIR GENEROUS SPIRIT OF GIVING. HOW CAN YOU BEST HELP THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED YOUR AID SOON? MARSHA MEEKS KELLY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HELPING OUT. AND LASTLY WE DISUCSS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS...THEN WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ONLINE WITH A LIVE INTERACTIVE CHAT.
	Thursday, Aug 28, 2008	Listen
	EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT SURE AT THIS POINT EXACTLY WHERE TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WILL COME ASHORE IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO PREPARE. WE START THE SHOW WITH HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RUPERT LACEY WITH AN UPDATE. MPB'S CAPITAL REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA WILL GIVE US THE LATEST IN THE ONGOING STRUGGLE TO FUND THE MEDICAID SHORTFALL. WAGE PEACE NOT WAR IS THE MANTRA OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CODEPINK. WE'LL SPEAK WITH MISSISSIPPI MEMBER KELLY JACOBS ABOUT THE GROUPS MISSION. AND....ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL????? IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE'LL HEAR ABOUT OUR STATE'S RICH FOOTBALL HISTORY FROM AUTHOR MIKE FRASCOGNA AND HOST OF MPB'S FRIDAY NIGHTS UNDER THE LIGHTS RUSS ROBINSON.
	Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008	Listen
	IT'S DAY THREE OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND JOE BIDEN'S BIG DAY. WE'LL CATCH YOU UP ON MISSISSIPPI ISSUES WITH MORE OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH NPR NEWS EDITOR KEN RUDIN. WE'LL SPEAK WITH MARY TROUPE OF THE COALITION OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED. AND THEY ARE IRREVERANT, NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT AND VERY FUNNY. WE'LL SPEAK WITH MARK EATON OF THE SINGING SATIRIST GROUP"THE CAPITAL STEPS" ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT OLE MISS THIS WEEKEND.
	Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008	Listen
	WE TALK POLITICS WITH NPR'S POLITICAL EDITOR KEN RUDIN. HE IS AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND WILL GIVE US A LOOK AT HOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE MIGHT IMPACT MISSISSIPPI. WE'LL SPEAK WITH MPB'S CONVENTION REPORTER JODIE BRIESLER ABOUT OUR DELEGATES AND WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THEM. THEN WE'LL LEARN ABOUT EDUCATION ISSUES AND THE CANDIDATES STANCE FROM NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATE DELEGATE PEGGY ROGERS FROM THE LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY OF ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	Monday, Aug 25, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE STORM THAT WAS FAY WITH THE WEATHER CHANNELS' DAVID MADDUX. WHERE IS SHE HEADED AND WHEN WILL SHE BE GONE? WE'LL PREVIEW THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLITICS OF POLITICKING. AND MPB SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE ON COLLEGE FOOTBAL...TO PAY OR NOT TO PAY... THAT IS THE QUESTION.
	Friday, Aug 22, 2008	Listen
	RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CRIME LAB TASK FORCE. ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD AND RANKIN/MADISON COUNTY D.A. MICHAEL GUEST WILL JOIN US. THE STATE'S CAPITAL CITY HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS...RANGING FROM A CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE TO VERY VISIBLE CRIME. MAYOR FRANK MELTON HAS GIVEN THE LAST STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS FOR THIS TERM AND WE ARE JOINED BY CLARION LEDGER COLUMNIST CHRIS JOYNER FOR A BREAKDOWN. KATHARINE RHODEMYER HAS PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF INCORPORATING THE ARTS INTO MISSISSIPPI CULTURE. IT'S GRILLICIOUS! IN OUR SUMMER GRILLING SERIES WE HEAD TO THE LITTLE TOWN OF POCAHONTAS FOR SOME VERY BIG BBQ AT BIG D'S TEEPEE BBQ. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TELL US IF DEATH RACE IS A CONTEST WE WANT TO SEE.
	Thursday, Aug 21, 2008	Listen
	PRESIDENT BUSH WAS ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST TO MEET WITH LOCAL LEADERS ABOUT THE REMAINING OBSTACLES TO REBUILDING POST KATRINA. WE'LL TALK TO BILOXI MAYOR AJ HOLLOWAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT. IT'S A NEW FREE WEB-BASED TOOL FOR EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT MISSISSIPPI. MPB'S NANCY PEARSON JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HOTCHALK. AND FALL IS IN THE AIR SO IT'S TIME TO LINE UP SOME NEW BOOKS FOR READING IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE. LYNN ROBERTS FROM OXFORD'S SQUARE BOOKS JOINS US FOR OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB TO TALK ABOUT THE LATEST TOMES.
	Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008	Listen
	LOOKS LIKE MISSISSIPPI SMOKERS ARE IN FOR A TAX INCREASE. THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNORS TAX COMMISSION STUDY RECOMMENDS. HOWEVER THE NON-PROFIT TAX FOUNDATION DISAGREES. WE'LL SPEAK WITH COMMISSION MEMBER PAUL BRASIL AND THE TAX FOUNDATION'S JOE HENCHMAN ABOUT THAT AND OTHER SUGGESTED CHANGES TO MISSISSIPPI'S TAX STRUCTURE. POLITICS ARE ON THE NATIONS MIND AS WE INCH CLOSER TO THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE SOUTH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN RED BUT AUTHOR BOB MOSER JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT A SHIFT TO BLUE. AND IF YOU LIKE YOUR MARTINI'S SHAKEN NOT STIRRED THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAD OVER TO THE JACKSON ARTS COUNCIL'S STORYTELLERS BALL FOR YOUR CHANCE TO BE BOND...JAMES BOND.
	Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008	Listen
	STEROIDS...MARIJUANNA...COCAINE...ALCOHOL. JUST A FEW OF THE DRUGS BEING USED BY MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING DONE TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM. EVER TAKEN ONE OF THOSE "IMPORTANT MOMENT" PICTURES THAT CAME OUT TOO DARK OR FUZZY? JACKSON PHOTOGRAPHER THOMAS BECK TAKES US TO PHOTO SHOP.
	Monday, Aug 18, 2008	Listen
	THERE WERE ALMOST ONE-THOUSAND TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN MISSISSIPPI LAST YEAR ALONE. FIND OUT WHAT IS BEING DONE TO MAKE YOUR UPCOMING LABOR DAY TRAVEL SAFER. BEEN TO RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI? THINKING ABOUT HEADING TO THE AREA JUST NORTH OF THE STATES CAPITAL CITY? WELL WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION STAYCATION GUIDE.
	Friday, Aug 15, 2008	Listen
	WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU WERE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BANK ROBBERY? SHOULD YOU TRY TO BE A HERO AND DISARM THE ROBBER? WE ARE JOINED BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS THIS MORNING TO TALK BANK SECURITY.. BILOXI ASST. POLICE CHIEF RODNEY MCGILVERY, PRESIDENT OF PEOPLES BANK CHEVIS SWETMAN, AND HEAD OF SECURITY FOR HANCOCK BANK AL TAPPER TO TALK BANK SAFETY. LAURIE STIRRAT OF OXFORD BAND BLUE MOUNTAIN TALKS ABOUT MIDNIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI. AND IT'S GRILLICIOUS...WE HEAD TO GREENWOOD FOR SALMON AT THE CRYSTAL GRILL.
	Thursday, Aug 14, 2008	Listen
	THE MEDICAID ISSUE CONTINUES TO CONFOUND ALMOST EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA LET'S US KNOW THE LATEST IN THE ONGOING SAGA. THE FUTURE IS NOW! WE TALK WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY'S DR. RAFEAL HERNANDEZ ABOUT THE BURGEONING BIOFUELS MARKET. AND SHE'S A HOLY ROLLER AND AN UNREASONABLE WOMAN. IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE TALK WITH AUTHOR DIANE WILSON.
	Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008	Listen
	THIS MORNING WE TALK TEENS...ONE ISSUE FACING OUR KIDS ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF TEEN SEX. DR. FREDA BUSH WILL TELL US ABOUT THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND ONE'S SEX LIFE. WOULD YOU RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS? WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOUR CHILD WAS ON THE BRINK OF KILLING THEMSELF? THEN WE'LL DISCUSS TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD, LINDA DUNLAP WITH THE JASON FOUNDATION AND KEVIN CARUSO OF SUICIDE.ORG. THEN AFTER THE SHOW WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION OF TEEN SUICIDE ONLINE WITH AN INTERACTIVE LIVE CHAT WHERE YOU CAN TALK WITH OUR EXPERTS.
	Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008	Listen
	THE LEGISLATIVE DNA TASK FORCE HAS MET AND SET THEIR GOALS FOR ENSURING THAT INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT WRONGLY CONVICTED IN MISSISSIPPI. WE'LL SPEAK WITH CHAIRMAN TUCKER CARRINGTON ABOUT THE MEETING. A MISSISSIPPI COUNCILMAN WANTS TO BAN HAND GUN SALES IN PAWN SHOPS TO CURB CRIME. BUT JUST HOW EASY IS IT TO BUY A GUN THERE? WE'RE JOINED BY JOHN ALLISON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND CONSUMER FINANCE TO FIND OUT. AND FILMAKER WILLIAM BEARDEN TELLS US ABOUT A PRESENTATION OF "SAINTS AND SINNERS: PEOPLE WHO MADE THE DELTA THE DELTA".
	Monday, Aug 11, 2008	Listen
	A NEW LAW DESIGNED TO COMBAT METAL THEFT IS BEING CRITISIZED AS TOUGHER ON METAL RECYCLERS THAN CROOKS. WE DISCUSS BOTH SIDES WITH STAN FLYNT WITH THE METAL RECYCLERS ASSOCIATION AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE BILL SENATOR GRAY TOLLISON. WE'RE HEADING NORTH FOR THIS WEEKS STAY-CATION. KAY ROWELL WITH THE PHILADELPHIA TOURISM BOARD TELLS US ABOUT THIS NESHOBA COUNTY COMMUNITY. AND OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR URGES US TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI QUARTERBACK...JASON CAMPBELL.
	Thursday, Aug 7, 2008	Listen
	BLACK IN MISSISSIPPI. WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES AND HOW WE CAN CHANGE IT. WE SPEAK WITH PHILLIP JACKSON OF THE BLACK STAR PROJECT AND VINCENT DICARO OF THE NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE. THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS UPON US...WE'LL TALK TO JEAN MASSEY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE SCHOOLASTIC KEYS TO SUCCESS. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB JACKSON AUTHOR GREG PRICE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS LATEST.
	Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008	Listen
	AN OUTBREAK OF HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE COULD DEVASTATE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS PLACED FLORA, MISSISSIPPI, ON THE SHORT LIST OF CONTENDERS FOR A NEW FACILITY TO STUDY ZOONOTIC DISEASES. WE'LL SPEAK WITH SENATOR THAD COCHRAN AND FLORA MAYOR SCOTT GREAVES ABOUT LURING THE FOUR-HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY HERE. HOW IMPORTANT IS BREAKFAST TO YOUR CHILDS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? FIND OUT FROM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER'S REGISTERED DIETICIAN LYDIA WEST. AND CLARION LEDGER EDITORIAL CARTOONIST MARSHALL RAMSEY JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY OF MATERIAL.
	Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008	Listen
	MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA TELLS US ABOUT WHAT DID AND DIDN'T HAPPEN AT THE SPECIAL SESSION. READING IS THE CORNERSTONE ON WHICH TO BUILD YOUR CHILDS EDUCATION FOUNDATION. CLAIBORNE BARKSDALE OF THE BARKSDALE READING INSTITUTE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOUR CHILD WILL LEARN. TONIGHT IS THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT...AND WE'LL TALK WITH RIDGELAND CHIEF OF POLICE JIMMY HOUSTON ABOUT THAT AND HOW NEIGHBODHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS CAN REALLY CURB CRIME.
	Monday, Aug 4, 2008	Listen
	THE LEGISLATURE HEADS BACK TO JACKSON TODAY TO CONTINUE THE SPECIAL SESSION. FIRST WE'LL SPEAK WITH GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR ABOUT HIS NEW PLAN TO FUND MEDICAID. THEN WE'LL SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVE CECIL BROWN TO GET THE HOUSE'S REACTION. THEN DR. MARTY WISEMAN WILL JOIN US FOR ANALYSIS FROM A POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW.
	Friday, Aug 1, 2008	Listen
	IT'S MISSISSIPPI'S BIGGEST HOUSE PARTY... THE NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR. WE'LL TALK MEDICAID AND POLITICS WITH MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA AND PATTY DAVIS. IT'S GRILLICIOUS! IN OUR SUMMER GRILLING SEGMENT WE HEAD TO THE PIGSKIN FOR TIPS FOR OUR GRILLMASTERS AT HOME. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN GETS WRAPPED UP IN THE MUMMY.