June 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Monday, June 30, 2008	Listen
	A LOOK AT THE NEW LAWS TAKING AFFECT WITH OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH MPB'S LEGISLATIVE REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA. SURE THOSE MOSQUITOES ARE PESKY...BUT ARE THEY DEADLY AS WELL? WE FIND OUT WITH DR. SKIP NOLAN, OF THE DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THE SLUG BURGER WILL HAVE IT'S DAY IN CORINTH. FIND OUT WHAT'S IN IT...HINT..NO SLUGS...AND WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO AND EAT THERE IN OUR SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES.
	Friday, June 27, 2008	Listen
	HOW WILL MISSISSIPPI BE AFFECTED BY THE SURPREME COURTS RULING STRIKING DOWN THE D.C. GUN BAN? WE'LL FIND OUT FROM MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY. THE KIDS ARE HOME AND WANT TO PLAY OUTSIDE. HOW CAN YOU KEEP THEM SAFE FROM RANDOM ANIMAL ATTACKS? CHRISTINE HARRIS FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI GIVES US TIPS ON ANIMAL SAFETY. IT'S GRILL-LICIOUS! IN OUR SUMMER GRILLING SEGMENT WE SPEAK WITH CHEF AND AUTHOR ROBERT ST. JOHN ABOUT HIS LATEST "NEW SOUTH GRILLING". AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEW INTERN MICHAEL MODAK TRURAN TELLS US IF WALL-E WILL LEAVE YOU WALL-EYED.
	Thursday, June 26, 2008	Listen
	TOMORROW THE WORLD WILL KNOW HOW MUCH TIME DICK SCRUGGS WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS..IF ANY, FOR JUDICIAL BRIBERY. WE SPEAK WITH ATTORNEYS TOM FREELAND AND DAVID HOWORTH ABOUT LETTERS SENT ON SCRUGGS BEHALF... SOME REQUESTING LENIANCY AND SOME NOT. WE'LL FIND OUT JUST WHAT JOBBLE-TEX MEANS AND WHY THAD COCHRAN IS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE HEAR ABOUT A DECADE OF BEACH WALKS FROM COAST AUTHOR GEORGE THATCHER.
	Wednesday, June 25, 2008	Listen
	WE KEEP HEARING THAT MISSISSIPPI IS NOT AS AFFECTED BY THE NATIONS SLOW ECONOMY AS OTHER STATES. SO WE WENT TO THE AUTHORITY TO FIND OUT IF THATS TRUE. WE ARE JOINED BY JULIE STACKHOUSE, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT AND WILLIAM R. EMMONS, ECONOMIST WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS. THEN BILL MOAK FROM THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WANTS TO WARN YOU ABOUT HOME REPAIR FRAUD AND A VERY COSTLY ZIP CODE SCAM. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE TELLS US ABOUT THE ROLE FATE PLAYS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
	Tuesday, June 24, 2008	Listen
	STATE TREASURER TATE REEVES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT RISING GAS PRICES, RISING FOOD PRICES, AND HOW MISSISSIPPI IS FARING IN RELATION TO THE REST OF THE NATION. THEN WE ARE JOINED BY DAVID RUMBARGER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION TO TALK ABOUT TOYOTA'S NEW PLANT AND HOW IT CAN BOOST OUR ECONOMIC PICTURE. IN OUR SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES WE WANT YOU TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY STAYING IN-STATE THIS YEAR. HOW ABOUT HATTIESBURG? CHRISTIE FAIRLEY FROM THE HATTIESBURG CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TELLS JUST WHAT MAKES THAT CITY SO PERFECT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
	Monday, June 23, 2008	Listen
	JULY FIRST IS THE DAY MEDICAID CUTS WILL GO INTO EFFECT UNLESS A COMPROMISE IS REACHED IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR. MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA WILL FILL US IN ON JUST WHAT THE STATE'S HOUSE AND SENATE ARE PROPOSING. AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MONTHS AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN WE HAVE A SUPER-SPOOKY MISSISSIPPI GHOST STORY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE FRIGHT...THE TALE OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN AND OUR OWN BERMUDA-TRIANGLE.
	Friday, June 20, 2008	Listen
	WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY PULLS TOGETHER AND DEMANDS ACTION? JUSTICE! WE'LL TALK WITH JIM PRINCE, EDITOR OF THE NESHOBA DEMOCRAT AND MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA COALITION ABOUT HOW CIVIL RIGHTS MUDERS CHANGED HIS COMMUNITY. THEN WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE 44TH ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYRS MEMORIAL SERVICE, CONFERENCE AND CARAVAN FOR JUSTICE. IT'S GRILL-ICIOUS! WE KICK OFF FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IN A MOST TASTY WAY...WITH THE FIRST SEGMENT OF OUR LOOK AT GRILLING ACROSS THE STATE. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TELLS US IF GET SMART WILL LEAVE US FEELING INTELLIGENT OR DUMB FOR WASTING SEVEN BUCKS ON A TICKET.
	Thursday, June 19, 2008	Listen
	GRANT MONEY IS HEADED TO MISSISSIPPI FOR RANDOM DRUG TESTING IN SCHOOLS. BUT WILL THE PROGRAM DETER DRUG USE? WE SPEAK WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, THE DRUG CZAR, DR. BERTHA K. MADRAS ABOUT TEENS AND DRUG ABUSE. RUN FOR THE HILLS! DINOSAURS ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN JACKSON...WELL...NOT REALLY. BUT THEY SURE LOOK LIKE IT AT THE DINOSAURS ALIVE EXHIBIT AT THE DAVIS PLANETARIUM. WE'LL HEAR ALL ABOUT IT. AND STORYTELLER AND CHEF MARTHA HALL FOOSE JOINS US FOR OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB TO COOK UP SOME FUN WITH HER NEW BOOK "SCREEN DOORS AND SWEET TEA".
	Wednesday, June 18, 2008	Listen
	TYPE TWO DIABETES...SLEEP APNEA...HEART DISEASE...CANCER. JUST A FEW OF THE DISEASES THAT CAN OCCUR IN COJUCTION WITH OBESITY...SO GET FIT NOT FAT! WE ARE JOINED BY A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO HELP YOU LOSE THE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF. CATHY GILMORE, BARRIATRIC COORDINATOR AND MAX MCDANIEL, WELLNESS WORKS COPORATE HEALTH CONSULTANT FROM RIVER OAKS HEALTHCARE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR DROPPING THE WEIGHT. BARBARA BROADWATER, EDITOR OF BE FIT AND HEALTHY MAGAZINE WILL TELL US HOW TO KEEP IT OFF. AND GASTRIC BYPASS PATIENT JACK KIMBALL WILL TELL US HOW SURGERY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIM ON THE ROAD TO WEIGHT LOSS BUT IT ALONE WON'T KEEP HIM THERE....HIS SECRET TO LOSING ALMOST TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
	Tuesday, June 17, 2008	Listen
	ARE FLYING CARS IN OUR FUTURE? WELL....WHO KNOWS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE FUTURE DEFINITELY INVOLVES CARS THAT CAN RUN OFF ANIMAL WASTE AND CORN. SUMESH ARORA, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC BIOMASS INIATIVE AT THE MISSISSIPPI TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE JOINS US WITH A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. THEN ANDY PROSSER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRICES AT THE PUMP AFFECTING PRICES AT THE MARKET. AND WE TALK WITH PERRY JENKINS FROM MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE.
	Monday, June 16, 2008	Listen
	HOGTIED, SHACKLED, CHOKED AND BEATEN....JUST SOME OF THE ABUSES SUFFERED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE NOW CLOSED COLUMBIA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. NOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED IS IT BETTER? BEAR ATWOOD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI YOUTH JUSTICE PROJECT JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE. AND IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT IN-STATE VACATION TRAVEL WE PROFILE THE CAPITAL CITY...GINA ASWELL FROM THE JACKSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY WITH SOUL.
	Friday, June 13, 2008	Listen
	PROPANE TANKS AND HOME OWNERS INSURANCE...STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MIKE CHANEY DISCUSSES BOTH WITH US. A FOOD THAT IS USED ON EVERYTHING FROM HAMBURGERS TO B.L.T.'S IS IN THE NEWS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE SALMONELLA CONTAMINATION. WE'LL TALK TOMATOES WITH DR. JONGHONG MENG FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND JOINT INSTITUTE FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION. AND WE PROFILE A MISSISSIPPI TOWN THAT CELEBRATES THE TOMATO EVERY YEAR WITH A FESTIVAL...WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE ONE-TIME TOMATOPOLIS OF THE WORLD.
	Thursday, June 12, 2008	Listen
	IT'S BOTH GOOD NEWS AND BAD. TEEN PREGNANCY RATES ARE DOWN, BUT OUR INFANT MORTALITY RATES ARE UP. RESEARCH DIRECTOR RON COSSMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI KIDS COUNT JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE STATE IS HEADED WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS. MORE GOOD NEWS...THE STATES DROPOUT RATE IS DOWN...AND WE WILL TALK WITH MISSISSIPPI'S DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION MARTEZ HILL ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. BURNITA SHELTON MATHEWS, A COPIAH COUNTY NATIVE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY THAT PUT A DENT IN THE GLASS CEILING.
	Wednesday, June 11, 2008	Listen
	THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF UNLEADED GAS HAS ALREADY HIT THE FOUR DOLLAR MARK. WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON A RURAL AND POOR STATE LIKE MISSISSIPPI? DR. CHARLES CAMPBELL FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY WILL ANALYZE THIS CONTINUING GAS CRISIS. ALSO TO HELP SAVE MONEY AT THE PUMPS....WHAT ABOUT TAKING A STAY-CA-TION? THAT'S A STAY AT HOME VACATION WITH A TRIP TO TUNICA. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THERE TO SEE AND DO IN THIS NORTH MISSISSIPPI TOWN. AND IT'S KNOWN AS THE BASEBALL CAPITOL OF THE SOUTH AND INSPIRED A SONG WRITTEN BY JOHNNY CASH. WHAT MISSISSIPPI TOWN IS THIS?
	Tuesday, June 10, 2008	Listen
	THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS LOSING THEIR HOMES CONTINUES TO RISE. WHAT'S THE SOLUTION TO THIS FORECLOSURE NIGHTMARE? PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE TRYING TO FIND HOUSING SOLUTIONS. WE'LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE MISSISSIPPI FORECLOSURE SUMMIT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR LATER TODAY. CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT HANCOCK COUNTY WERE WIPED OUT WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA ROARED ASHORE NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. NOW THE AREA MAY SOON RECIEVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL HELP. WE'LL TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE MAYOR OF WAVELAND ABOUT HOW THE MONEY WILL BE USED. AND FORMER MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL COACH RON POLK STRIKES OUT WITH MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE.
	Monday, June 09, 2008	Listen
	IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA DECIMATED THE COAST. IT HAS BEEN LONG ENOUGH FOR SOME HOMES TO BE REBUILT AND MOST OF THE DEBRIS TO BE REMOVED. BUT HAS IT BEEN LONG ENOUGH TO HEAL THE MENTAL WOUNDS? WE ARE JOINED BY JOHN HOSEY FROM THE INTERFAITH DISASTER TASK FORCE ABOUT A MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL ASPECTS OF RECOVERY. HE WAS AT TIMES REVILED BY MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY...BUT WAS HE A HERO HERE IN THE SOUTH? WE TALK WITH PERCIVAL BEACROFT ABOUT A PROJECT HE COMMISSIONED ON THE ONLY PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY...MISSISSIPPI'S JEFFERSON DAVIS.
	Friday, June 06, 2008	Listen
	WE TALK POLITICS. STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN WAYNE DOWDY AND ASSISTANT POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT MILLSAPS COLLEGE ASHLEIGH POWERS JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE DOWN TO STATE RACES. SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS WAS MURDERED ON JUNE 12TH 1963... WE TAKE A LOOK AT HIS LEGACY WITH HIS BROTHER CHARLES EVERS. AND...THE STATE HAS LOST A MUCH DECORATED WAR HERO. MPB'S PATTY DAVIS TELLS US ABOUT JACK LUCAS.
	Thursday, June 05, 2008	Listen
	HAS MISSISSIPPI'S DROPOUT RATE GONE UP OR DOWN? IS THE NEW "GET ON THE BUS" CAMPAIGN WORKING? FIND OUT FROM DR. SHERIL SMITH FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STERLING LLOYD FROM EDITORIAL PROJECTS IN EDUCATION. IT IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND YOU COULD BE A VICTIM AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR IDENTITY FROM THEFT WITH JUDD ROUSSEAU OF IDENTITY THEFT 911. AND, HE CHRONICLED THE SUMMER OF 1961...AND THE STORY OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HOPPED ON BUSES IN AN EFFORT TO END SEGREGATION. TODAY'S MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB SELECTION IS MISSISSIPPI AUTHOR ERIC ETHERIDGE'S BREACH OF PEACE: PORTRAITS OF THE 1961 FREEDOM RIDERS.
	Wednesday, June 04, 2008	Listen
	MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA WILL JOIN US WITH THE LATEST ON THE LEGISLATURES SPECIAL SESSION. WE'LL TALK WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONS MARY GIPSON AND THE FEDERAL EMERNGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S JEFF WELSH ABOUT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE IN THE WAKE OF APRIL'S SEVERE WEATHER. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF NATCHEZ.
	Tuesday, June 03, 2008	Listen
	IS THE HOUSING MARKET STILL HURTING IN MISSISSIPPI? ARE THE FORECLOSURE RATES UP OR DOWN? WE'LL DISCUSS THIS WITH ING'S BRIAN MYERS. IT'S JUNE AND IT'S HURRICANE SEASON. IS FEMA BETTER PREPARED FOR RESPONDING? AND HOW CAN YOU BE BETTER PREPARED? FEMA DIRECTOR DAVID PAULISON JOINS US FOR A LITTLE HURRICANE PREP. WE CONTINUE OUR PROFILE OF ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI WITH MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	Monday, June 02, 2008	Listen
	PRIMARY SEASON IS ALMOST OVER AND TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES STILL REMAIN...WE'LL SPEAK WITH SENIOR POLITICAL STRATEGIST BRAD CHISM ABOUT THE RACE. WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD...HE'LL TALK ABOUT FRAUD AND SCAMS...AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. BOON OR BUST? DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS BEN ALLEN WILL TELL US HOW THE CAPITAL CITY IS FARING. OUT WITH THE OLD..IN WITH THE NEW...MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE TAKES A LOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI'S FOOTBALL COACH.