July 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Thursday, July 31, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI DOCTOR EDWARD J. HILL IS THE CHAIR OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE? AND HOW CAN WE RAISE OUR STANDING? DR. HILL JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT HEALTH ISSUES HERE IN MISSISSIPPI. TOMORROW MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVESARY OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN MINNEAPOLIS WHICH KILLED 13 PEOPLE. M-DOT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUTCH BROWN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT BRIDGE SAFETY HERE AT HOME. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE SPEAK WITH CHUCK LOGAN ABOUT HIS MURDER MYSTERY "SOUTH OF SHILOH".
	Wednesday, July 30, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN NUMBER ONE IN OBESITY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THIS MORNING WE SPEAK WITH DR. JANIE ZOELLNER WITH THE DEPTARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SYSTEMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ABOUT HOW TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST. SCAM JAM...IT MAY SOUND LIKE FUN...BUT IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO TEACH YOU HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM OF IDENTITIY THEFT AND FRAUD. SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMANN IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT. AND...SURE HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVIE STARS IN THE WORLD...BUT HIS FIRST LOVE IS MUSIC. WE ARE JOINED BY BILLY BOB THORNTON AND THE BOXMASTERS TO TALK ABOUT HEADING TO THE MAGNOLIA STATE.
	Tuesday, July 29, 2008	Listen
	ACROSS THE NATION CANCER DEATHS ARE DECLINING. BUT ARE THEY IN MISSISSIPPI? WE'LL TALK WITH CANCER DOCTOR RALPH VANCE FROM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ABOUT AVOIDING CANCER AND DR. DEBORAH WINN FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCER ABOUT THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITY COHORT STUDY. SCHOOL STARTS IN JUST WEEKS, BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO SNEAK IN A STAY-CATION. IN OUR SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES WE HEAD TO THE CITY OF DISCOVERY. AND IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WE PROFILE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	Monday, July 28, 2008	Listen
	THE ECONOMY IS STILL REELING...BUT A NEW BILL COULD HAVE A CALMING EFFECT. WE'LL DISCUSS THE HOUSING BILL WITH QUENTIN WHITWELL FROM THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI AND MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY HOUSING PROFESSOR DR. MIKE HIGHFIELD. AND OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR TELLS US ABOUT A GIRL NAMED WILLYE AND HER ASTONISHING FEET.
	Friday, July 25, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPI LEADS THE NATION IN PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. WE'LL HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES FACING OUR STATE'S DISABLED. JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION? ACCORDING TO DAVID KIRP, AUTHOR OF "THE SANDBOX INIATIVE" IT CAN DECREASE CRIME AND RAISE EMPLOYMENT LEVELS. IT'S GRILL-ICIOUS. IN OUR SUMMER GRILLING SEGMENT WE HEAD TO THE PIG OUT INN IN RIDGELAND. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TELLS US IF STEPBROTHERS IS THE RED-HEADED STEPCHILD OF SUMMER MOVIES.
	Thursday, July 24, 2008	Listen
	THE SECOND PERSON TO BE EXECUTED IN MISSISSIPPI SINCE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RE-INSTATED THE DEATH PENALTY DIED LAST NIGHT AT PARCHMAN. MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA WAS THERE AND WILL TELL US ABOUT THE PROTOCAL OF WITNESSING. HARRISON COUNTY JAIL WARDEN DON CABANA WILL TELL US WHAT A PRISONERS LAST DAY IS LIKE. THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH HAS UNDERGONE CHANGES TO HELP MISSISSIPPIANS COPE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. DIRECTOR ED LEGRAND JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS TRANSFORMATION. AND AUTHOR ELLIS NASSOUR TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOK "HONKY TONK ANGEL:AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF PATSY CLINE".
	Wednesday, July 23, 2008	Listen
	TONIGHT AT SIX P.M. DALE LEO BISHOP IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUT TO DEATH AT PARCHMAN. WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO SUCH A FATE? COULD HE GET A LAST MINUTE REPRIEVE FROM THE GOVERNOR OR THE SUPREME COURT? THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS AND HERE TO ANSWER THEM IS ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE DEATH PENALTY ITSELF WITH BISHOPS ATTORNEY JIM CRAIG AND CLAY JOINER, A TUPELO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WHO DEFENDS THE STATES STANCE.
	Tuesday, July 22, 2008	Listen
	A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT SAYS THAT THIS DISEASE HAS TAKEN HOLD IN THE DEEP SOUTH AND WILL CONTINUE UNCHECKED UNLESS STEPS ARE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY. WE'LL SPEAK WITH ROBIN WEBB OF THE SOUTHERN AIDS COALITION ABOUT THEIR PLANS TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THIS INSIDIOUS DISEASE. JAMIE FRANKS WAS JUST ELECTED AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN FOR THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HE TELL US HIS VISION FOR THE PARTY'S FUTURE. AND HISTORY BUFF GEORGE DALE JOINS US FOR A LITTLE MISSISSIPPI TRIVIA.
	Monday, July 21, 2008	Listen
	THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS MAKING IT EASY FOR RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECKS. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW. THEN RETIRED UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR DR. JOE PARKER JOINS US FOR A LOOK AT DEMOCRAT HOWARD DEAN'S BUS RIDE THROUGH MISSISSIPPI. ELVIS WAS BORN THERE, BUT THAT ISN'T ALL THERE IS TO SEE IN TUPELO. WE'LL TALK WITH LINDA JOHNSON FROM THE TUPELO CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. AND FOOTBALL IS HUGE IN MISSISSIPPI...BUT WHAT ABOUT GOLF? OR BASKETBALL? OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR TAKES A LOOK AT OUR TRIUMPHS OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
	Friday, July 18, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI RANKS VERY HIGH ON THE LIST FOR A VERY UGLY REASON...DOMESTIC ABUSE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ISSUE FROM THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES...THE LEGAL, THE ADVOCATE AND THE VICTIM. HE HAILS FROM JACKSON AND HIS NEWLY RELEASED ALBUM IS RACING UP THE CHARTS. WE SPEAK WITH RAPPER, ACTOR AND HEALTH ADVOCATE DAVID BANNER. IT'S GRILLICIOUS! WE HEAD TO ELVIS COUNTRY AND TALK PORK WITH MO'S BBQ IN TUPELO. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TELLS US IF THE NEW BATMAN MOVIE IS WORTH THE HYPE.
	Thursday, July 17, 2008	Listen
	JACKSON MAYOR FRANK MELTON HAS PLED NOT-GUILTY TO THE NUMEROUS CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. WE TAKE A LOOK AT MELTONS POSSIBLE FUTURE WITH ATTORNEY MIKE ESPY AND HIS DEFINATE PAST WITH JACKSON FREE PRESS EDITOR DONNA LADD. IN NEED OF SOME NEW GADGETS? HEAD OVER TO THE MISSISSIPPI LIBRARY COMMISSION FOR THE LATEST IN GADGETRY...SHARMAN BRIDGES SMITH GIVES US A PREVIEW. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE ARE JOINED BY JACKSON AUTHOR J.J. SALEM TO TALK ABOUT HIS FUN BEACH READ...TAN LINES.
	Wednesday, July 16, 2008	Listen
	THE NATION CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH HIGH GAS PRICES AND HOUSE FORECLOSURES. IS MISSISSIPPI FOLLOWING THAT TREND? SENIOR ECONOMIST DR. DARRIN WEBB JOINS US FOR A LOOK AT OUR MONEY. HE HAS BEEN AWARDED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES FOR HIS TEACHING...AND THE LATEST AWARD COULD GARNER HIM NATIONAL STANDING. MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHER CHUCK YARBOROUGH JOINS US TALK ABOUT TEACHING OUTSIDE THE BOX. AND WE ARE JOINED BY REPRESENTATVIES OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OUR ONGOING LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI.
	Tuesday, July 15, 2008	Listen
	THE ONGOING BATTLE TO FUND THE MEDICAID SHORTFALL RAGES ON. WE ARE JOINED BY DR. MICHAEL BAILEY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT THEIR NEXT MOVE TO PREVENT OVER THREE-HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS. WE'LL ALSO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVE DIRK DEDEAUX AND SENATOR BILLY HEWES ON THE APPARENT STALEMATE IN THE LEGISLATURE CONCERNING FUNDING. MPB'S SANDRA KNISPEL TALKS WITH JUDGE HENRY LACKEY ABOUT THE CASE THAT SHOOK THE LEGAL WORLD. AND WE ARE JOINED BY REPRESENTATVIES OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OUR ONGOING LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI.
	Monday, July 14, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI IS AT THE TOP OF A LIST YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE REALIZED EVEN STILL EXISTED. WE ARE TOPS IN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS. WE'LL HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE PROS AND CONS OF SCHOOL PADDLINGS. LA NINA...EL NINO...WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER? THE WEATHER CHANNELS DAVID MADDUX JOINS US FOR A CLIMATE LESSON. THE CITY OF LIGHTS IS ALSO THE CITY OF MOVIE MAKING. JOANNE GORDON FROM THE CANTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU JOINS US FOR OUR SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES. AND IS HE OR ISN'T HE RETIRED? OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR LOOKS AT THE ON-AGAIN OFF-AGAIN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRETT FAVRE AND FOOTBALL.
	Friday, July 11, 2008	Listen
	GOVERNOR BARBOURS PLAN FOR MEDICAID HAS BEEN THWARTED. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? JACKSON'S MAYOR HAS BEEN INDICTED. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY TELLS US. THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL EFFECT THE STATE BOTH POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY. IT'S GRILLICIOUS! WE HEAD TO JACKSON'S FOODIES FOR OYSTERS AND SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE. AND OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER TALKS ABOUT HELLBOY 2.
	Thursday, July 10, 2008	Listen
	DNA TESTING...THE DEATH PENALTY...AND YOUTH COURT. JUST A FEW OF THE AREAS THAT COME UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STATE'S SURPREME COURT. WE ARE JOINED BY CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES SMITH TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE STATE. IT'S ONE OF THE TOP INDUSTRIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND IT'S GOING GLOBAL. WE TALK TOURISM WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S CRAIG RAY. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE TAKE A PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR OF VICKSBURG'S PAST.
	Wednesday, July 09, 2008	Listen
	ONE MISSISSIPPI CITY MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE NATIONS ENERGY CRISIS. WE SPEAK WITH SOUTHAVEN MAYOR GREG DAVIS ABOUT AN OLD IDEA THAT COULD BECOME A NEW SOLUTION. LOOKING TO ADD TO YOUR BROOD? WE ARE JOINED BY LYNDA ROBINSON FROM SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT LOVING KIDS THAT NEED LOVING FAMILIES. AND AUTHOR NOEL POLK TELLS US ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH AND EDITING WILLIAM FAULKNER.
	Tuesday, July 08, 2008	Listen
	WITH ENTERGY RAISING RATES BY 28-PERCENT WILL THE AVERAGE MISSISSIPPIAN BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILL? IS SUCH A LARGE PRICE HIKE JUSTIFIED? THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WANTS TO KNOW. WE ARE JOINED BY SOUTHERN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER LEONARD BENTZ TO TALK ABOUT HEARINGS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK. DOES YOUR CHILDS SCHOOL HAVE A SCHOOL NURSE? SHOULD THERE BE ONE? REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE OFFICE OF HEALTHY SCHOOLS JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT KEEPING OUR KIDS HEALTHY. AND...ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR CLOSEUP? RICK MOORE FROM EYEVOX TELLS US ABOUT MISSISSIPPI'S FILM INDUSTRY.
	Monday, July 07, 2008	Listen
	GOVERNOR BARBOUR IS NOT SITTING IDLY BY DURING THIS LATEST RECESS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION. WLBT'S STATEWIDE REPORTER JON KALAHAR JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT BARBOURS LATEST MOVE. CHARLIES ANGELS, MATLOCK, WILL AND GRACE... ALL TELEVISION SHOWS THAT FEATURE MISSISSIPPI ACTOR GARY GRUBBS. HE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS CAREER THAT BOASTS OVER 200 CREDITS. AND OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR TALKS ABOUT A FOOTBALL COACH'S MISSTEPS.
	Friday, July 04, 2008	Listen
	GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR CALLED THIS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AND NOW A NEW INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO CURB THIS HAS JUST TAKEN EFFECT. THE PROBLEM IS....METAL THEFT. STAN FLYNT FROM THE METAL RECYCLERS ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT IT. ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY WE TALK TO A MISSISSIPPI MUSICIAN WHO'S RED, WHITE AND BLUE...COUNTRY SENSATION STEVE AZAR. IT'S GRILLICIOUS! IN OUR SUMMER GRILLING SEGMENT WE'RE GONNA GET FED AT THE SHED. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN IS HERE TO TELL US IF HANCOCK IS A HERO OR A ZERO.
	Thursday, July 03, 2008	Listen
	VETERAN CARE HAS BEEN UNDER FIRE RECENTLY FOR BEING SUBSTANDARD. IS THERE A BETTER ANSWER? SENATOR ROGER WICKER THINKS THE ANSWER IS RIGHT HERE IN TUPELO. HE JOINS US WITH ALAN BROWN FROM MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES TO TALK ABOUT THE GREEN HOUSE CONCEPT. TWO OUR MPB REPORTERS ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT THEY HAVEN'T COVERED BEFORE....THEMSELVES. WE SPEAK WITH EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD WINNERS SANDRA KNISPEL AND RON BROWN. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE SPEAK WITH LILY KOPPEL ABOUT ANOTHER WOMANS LIFE AND HER NOVEL "THE RED LEATHER DIARY".
	Wednesday, July 02, 2008	Listen
	NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND...DROPOUT RATES...TEACHER SHORTAGE. WE TALK WITH KEVIN GILBERT, PRESIDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS ABOUT ISSUES CONCERNING OUR KIDS AND SCHOOL. THERE IS A BIG HOLIDAY WEEKEND COMING UP...ONE THAT IS SOMETIMES CELEBRATED WITH ALCOHOL. WHICH CAN MEAN THERE WILL BE PEOPLE ON THE ROADS THAT SHOULDN'T BE. WE SPEAK WITH SERGEANT JAMES WALKER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL ABOUT STAYING SAFE. HEAD NORTH YOUNG MAN....AND EVERYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. THIS WEEKEND IS THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI HILL COUNTRY PICNIC IN POTTS CAMP. WE'LL HEAR ALL ABOUT IT.
	Tuesday, July 01, 2008	Listen
	PRESIDENT BUSH WILL BE STUMPING FOR SENATOR ROGER WICKER IN MISSISSIPPI TODAY. WILL THE MOVE BE SEEN AS A HELP OR A HINDERANCE? DR. MARTY WISEMAN FROM THE STENNIS INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT JOINS US TO DISCUSS. DICK SCRUGGS SON ZACH WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW FOR HIS ROLE IN THE JUDICIAL BRIBERY SCHEME. HAS THE ATTORNEY PROFESSION GOTTEN A PROVERBIAL BLACK EYE FROM THIS CASE? WE'LL SPEAK WITH ATTORNEY DAVID PITRE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE ABOUT IT. WE HEAD SOUTH TO CONTINUE OUR PROFILE OF ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR HAS AN ODE TO SPORTS AGENTS.