February 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Friday, February 29, 2008	Listen
	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TRAINING TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE'LL SPEAK WITH HEATHER WAGNER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERALS PREVENTION DIVISION AND ANNA WALKER CRUMP DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABOUT THE TRAINING AND HOW TO STOP THE ABUSE. PLUS, A MOVIE MADE IN MISSISSIPPI ABOUT A SUICIDE AND IT'S RAMIFICATIONS ON A DELTA FAMILY HAS BEEN SCREENED ACROSS THE GLOBE...ANITA MODAK TRURAN IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT BALLAST AND THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL.
	Thursday, February 28, 2008	Listen
	MPB OXFORD REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL TALKS ONE-ON-ONE WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD ABOUT RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF PERSUASION IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. WE'LL SPEAK WITH SENATOR THAD COCHRAN ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ALL PERILS INSURANCE AND JOHN MCCAIN. IT'S TAX SEASON...WE'LL HEAR FROM CATHY WATERBURY AT THE STATE'S TAX COMMISSION ABOUT FREE FILING FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.
	Wednesday, February 27, 2008	Listen
	THE LATEST CHAPTER IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. MPB OXFORD REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL SPEAKS WITH JACK WILLIAMS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S SCHOOL OF LAW AND WE'LL ALSO TALK TO MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY ABOUT THE VARIOUS MOTIONS FILED IN THE CASE. ALSO...GOT A HOUSE FOR SALE? WE'LL TALK WITH REALTOR DEE DENTON ABOUT THE STATE'S MARKET COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY....IS IT A BOON OR A BUST?
	Tuesday, February 26, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL TALK WITH CONGRESSMAN BENNIE THOMPSON ABOUT THE NATION'S HOMELAND SECURITY...AND THE STATE'S PRESEDENTIAL PRIMARY. AND BECUASE OF THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE INNOCENCE PROJECT SEVERAL PRISONERS HAVE BEEN EXNERATED USING D-N-A EVIDENCE. THEY MAY BE FREE PHYSICALLY BUT HOW HAS THEIR PSYCHE BEEN AFFECTED? WE'LL TALK WITH PSYCHIATRIST MAXIE GORDON ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INNOCENCE.
	Monday, February 25, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL SPEAK WITH STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR. HANK BOUNDS ABOUT THE U-S SECRETARY OF EDUCATION'S RECENT TRIP TO THE STATE AND WHAT ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED DURING HER VISIT. ALSO...THERE'S CHANGE AFOOT AT THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS. WE'LL TALK TO PARTY CHAIRMAN WAYNE DOWDY ABOUT THOSE CHANGES AND THE UPCOMING PRIMARY. AND IN TODAY'S COMMUNITY PROFILE WE LOOK AT THE KEY CITY IN THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE.
	Friday, February 22, 2008	Listen
	MPB REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL INTERVIEWS AN ATTORNEY WHO FACED DICK SCRUGGS IN JUDGE BOBBY DELAUGHTERS COURT OVER ASBESTOS CASE FEES. HE DESCRIBES THE PROCEEDINGS AS UNREAL AT TIMES. AND...THEY STRIVE TO PROMOTE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE, STRENGTHEN OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND EMPOWER US WITH A VISION FOR THE FUTURE...AND TONIGHT THEY WILL BE HONORED AT THE MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL AWARD DINNER. WE'LL BE JOINED BY THE COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BARBARA CARPENTER TO TELL US ABOUT THESE EXTRAORDINARY MISSISSIPPIANS.
	Thursday, February 21, 2008	Listen
	A NEW HIGH-PROFILE NAME CAME UP IN SWORN TESTIMONY YESTERDAY IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY TRIAL...WE'LL TELL YOU WHO. MPB'S SANDRA KNISPEL HAS BEEN COVERING THE HEARING OF THE PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS IN OXFORD AND WILL JOIN US WITH THE LATEST. WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER AT THE CAPITAL? WLBT'S JOHN KALAHAR IS HERE TO CATCH US UP TO SPEED ON THE CIGARETTE TAX..THE OBESE BILL...AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. AND THIS SPRING WHEN THE I-R-S TELLS YOU THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL...THEY'LL REALLY MEAN IT. DIERDRE HARRIS WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HERE TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW HOW TO GET OUR ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK.
	Wednesday, February 20, 2008	Listen
	THERE ARE TWO PLACES THAT OUR CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL SAFE...HOME AND SCHOOL. HOWEVER SCHOOLS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING A VERY UN-SAFE PLACE...WE WILL TALK TO SCHOOL SAFETY EXPERT CHESTER QUARLES ABOUT CHANGING THAT. HOW ABOUT GAS FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR A GALLON??? IT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING IN NEWTON....BUT THERE'S A CATCH. IT'S GAS WITH ETHANOL....WE'LL EXPLAIN. ALSO...THEY ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANDS IN THE WORLD...YET YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER HEAR THEIR MUSIC ON THE RADIO...UNTIL TODAY. WE WILL SPEAK WITH JOJO HERMAN, WITH WIDESPREAD PANIC ABOUT LIFE ON THE ROAD THAT TAKES HIM AWAY FROM HIS FAVORITE PLACE...OXFORD...PLUS WE'LL LET YOU HEAR SOME OF THEIR JUST RELEASED ALBUM...FREE SOMEHOW.
	Tuesday, February 19, 2008	Listen
	JUST HOW POOR ARE THE POVERTY-STRICKEN IN THE NATION'S POOREST STATE? WE'LL FIND OUT FROM MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND. PLUS WE START OUR SERIES ON EDUCATION...WE EXAMINE ISSUES FACING OUR KIDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. TODAY....IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT STARTING SCHOOL...IT'S ABOUT STAYING IN SCHOOL. WE'LL HEAR FROM ONE FOUNDATION WHO MIGHT HAVE THE ANSWER TO KEEPING OUR YOUTH FROM DROPPING-OUT...AND ONCE THEY GRADUATE PICKING A COLLEGE TAILOR MADE FOR THEIR INTERESTS.
	Monday, February 18, 2008	Listen
	A LOOK AT THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL...AT WHAT COSTS ARE THESE GIRLS BEING REHABILITATED? AND WE'LL TALK WITH THE WOMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING DOWN ONE OF THE NATIONS LARGEST COMPANIES....CYNTHIA COOPER THE WORLDCOM WHISTLE-BLOWER.
	Friday, February 15, 2008	Listen
	THE STATE SENATE HAS PASSED SWEEPING LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE ETHICAL AND OPEN. WE'LL TALK WITH DAVID HAMPTON THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR FROM THE CLARION LEDGER. ALSO WE HEAR FROM A WHISTLE BLOWER THAT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE ON THE GULFCOAST. THE SIERRA CLUB FIRST RAISED A RED FLAG ABOUT TOXIC FEMA TRAILERS LAST YEAR.
	Thursday, February 14, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL TALK WITH TUCKER CARRINGTON FROM MISSISSIPPI'S INNOCENCE PROJECT ABOUT GIVING THE WRONGLY CONVICTED THEIR LIVES BACK. AN EARTHQUAKE IN MISSISSIPPI? IT HAS AND COULD HAPPEN AGAIN...WE'LL TALK WITH MIKE WOMMACK, MEMA DIRECTOR ABOUT PREPARING...AND DO THE STATE'S SCHOOLS MAKE THE GRADE? WE'LL BE JOINED BY U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION MAGARET SPELLINGS TO FIND OUT.
	Wednesday, February 13, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH SENIOR COUNSEL AND VISITING LAW PROFESSOR MARC HARROLD ABOUT THE MOTIONS FILED IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE AND HOW THEY MIGHT AFFECT THE OUTCOME.
	Tuesday, February 12, 2008	Listen
	THE SECRECY SURROUNDING MISSISSIPPI'S OPEN MEETINGS WITH SUN HERALD EDITOR STAN TINER AND FIRST AMENDMENT SPECIALIST LEONARD VAN SLYKE. AND "LOVE DOES NOT HURT"...A TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE WILL SPEAK WITH JSU ADVOCACY SPECIALIST KIRA JOHNSON ABOUT ABUSE AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT.
	Monday, February 11, 2008	Listen
	IT'S THE CASE THAT JUST WOULDN'T GO AWAY. MORE FALLOUT IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE WITH CLARION LEDGER COLUMNIST JERRY MITCHELL. WE'RE HEADING BACK TO COLLEGE THIS MORNING....THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THAT IS. ASHLEIGH POWERS FROM THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT MILLSAPS COLLEGE WILL GIVE US A LESSON ON THE PEOPLE THAT WILL ELECT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. PLUS WE'LL TALK WITH CLARKSDALE NATIVE AND WRITER PERIAN CONERLY ABOUT HER LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS.
	Friday, February 8, 2008	Listen
	WE LOOK AT THE STATE'S HEALTH INSURANCE CRISIS WITH JAQUELYN WEATHERSPOON FROM THE Mississippi Health Advocacy Program. WE'LL ALSO BE JOINED BY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR AND FORMER FOSTER CARE KID ASHLEY RHODES-COURTER WHO IS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT TODAY'S WRAPUP OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI CHILD WELFARE INSTITUTE CONFERENCE AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY. PLUS IN OUR NEW YEAR NEW YOU CAMPAIGN WE'LL GET INTO YOUR HEAD WITH PSYCHOLOGIST AMY STAPLETON WHO WILL TELL US ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GETTING INTO SHAPE.
	Thursday, February 7, 2008	Listen
	THE LATEST ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING PERMITTING THE ELECTION FOR TRENT LOTT'S VACATED SENATE SEAT TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER. WE'LL SPEAK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION, MALCOLM WHITE, ABOUT THIS YEARS GOVERNORS AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS. AND IN OUR NEW YEAR NEW YOU SEGMENT WE'LL GET PHYSICAL....WE'LL BE JOINED BY TRAY FROM TRAK PERSONAL TRAINING STUDIO TO GET OUR PULSES RACING AND METABOLISM IN HIGH GEAR.
	Wednesday, February 6, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL HAVE A SEVERE WEATHER RECAP WITH THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. JUST HOW SUPER WILL MISSISSIPPI'S VOTE BE AFTER SUPER TUESDAY? THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMAN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT IDENTIFICATION ISSUES...NEEDING ONE TO VOTE AND KEEPING THE ONE YOU HAVE FROM BEING STOLEN. AND IN OUR NEW YEAR NEW YOU SEGMENT WE ARE JOINED BY NUTRITIONIST JACINDA ROCH FROM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TO GIVE YOUR DIET A KICK-START.
	Tuesday, February 5, 2008	Listen
	DO THE THREE R'S NOW STAND FOR READING, WRITING AND REAPPLYING? WE'LL BE JOINED BY STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR. HANK BOUNDS TO TALK ABOUT TEACHERS IN ONE JACKSON SCHOOL FORCED TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR POSITIONS...PLUS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND AND DROPOUT PREVENTION. WE THEN FAST FORWARD TO THE COLLEGE YEARS AND WE'LL BE JOINED BY DR. JASON PUGH AND DR. DEBORAH WEST FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD TO LEARN ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE STATE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. AND WE KICK OFF OUR NEW YEAR...NEW YOU CAMPAIGN...WE'LL HELP YOU GET INTO SHAPE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. Director of the comprehensive weight loss program at UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DR. ANNETTE LOW IS HERE TO TELL US THE REASONS WHY GETTING FIT IS CRUCIAL.
	Monday, February 4, 2008	Listen
	MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA UPDATES US ON THE GROUNDBREAKING LAWSUIT MISSISSIPPI VERSUS MEMPHIS...DICK SCRUGGS GIVES A DEPOSITION TODAY IN A CASE INVOLVING ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD...REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL HAS THE LATEST...AND QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY? THE ADMINISTATIONS'S SHAWN MERCER WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWERS.
	Friday, February 1, 2008	Listen
	WE SIT DOWN WITH JACKSON'S SHERIFF CHIEF MALCOLM MCMILLAN WHO'LL TELL US ABOUT REIGNING IN CRIME IN A CITY NOTED FOR IT. WE'LL TALK TO LEE TYNER, ATTORNEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, ABOUT THEIR APPROACH TO HELPING STUDENTS MAKE GOOD LIFE CHOICES. AND IT'S A HUGE WEEKEND FOR FOOTBALL FANS....WE'LL HEAR FROM WLBT'S SCOTT VELAN ABOUT HOMEBOY ELI MANNINGS SUPERBOWL DEBUT.