March 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Monday, March 31, 2008	Listen
	DR. JOE PARKER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI'S POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT JOINS US WITH ANALYSIS OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAINS VISIT TO REINTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE NATION. DR. BERNADETTE MCGUIRE-RIVERA FROM THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE US THE INFORMATION ON THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION...HI-DEFINITION.
	Friday, March 28, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL TALK WITH CONGRESSMAN BENNIE THOMPSON WHO IS LEADING A GROUP OF COLLEAGUES ON A TOUR AROUND THE STATE. THEY WON'T BE LOOKING AT THE NATURAL BEAUTY WE HAVE TO OFFER, BUT INSTEAD WILL FOCUS ON AN UGLY PART OF OUR PAST. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FRANK DONATELLI JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN MCCAINS STANCE ON IRAQ AND HEALTHCARE...AND THE SENATORS MONDAY VISIT TO THE MAGNOLIA STATE. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TAKES A GAMBLE ON 21.
	Thursday, March 27, 2008	Listen
	PORTLAND, OREGON ATTORNEY DAVID ROSSMILLER JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE COUNTRY'S PERCEPTION OF A VERY LOCAL ISSUE...JUDICIAL BRIBERY. AND A MISSISSIPPI AIR FORCE PILOT WILL GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THIS WEEKENDS MERIDIAN AIRSHOW.
	Wednesday, March 26, 2008	Listen
	FLOOD WATERS LAPPING ONTO THE SHORES OF VICKSBURG HAVE THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN PREPERATION MODE. WE'LL HEAR FROM ACTING CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FRANK WORLEY ABOUT PREVENTITVE MEASURES BEING TAKEN. POVERTY-RELATED HUNGER IN MISSISSIPPI IS RAMPANT..OR IS IT? WE'LL FIND OUT WITH STAN MAGEE AND LAUREN DOVE FROM JACKSON'S STEWPOT MINISTRIES AND MARC MCRARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR NON-PROFITS. AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW WEST POINT COULD BE THE SCENE OF A NEW GUINESS BOOK WORLD RECORD.
	Tuesday, March 25, 2008	Listen
	IT'S A KILLER AND IT'S ON THE RISE...WE TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF TUBERCULOSIS...HOW TO KEEP FROM GETTING IT TO HOW THE STATE IS GOING TO FUND FIGHTING IT. WE'LL SPEAK WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DR. SKIP NOLAN FROM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE HOLLAND. THEY HAVE TRAVELED AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM SUDAN TO JACKSON. JULIE HINES MABUS IS HERE TO TELL US THE HARROWING STORY OF THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN AND HOW YOU CAN HELP.
	Monday, March 24, 2008	Listen
	HE'S GUILTY. THE FIFTH JUDICIAL BRIBERY DEFENDANT PLEADS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ZACH SCRUGGS? MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY TELLS US. WHY DID WE ENTER INTO THE WAR WITH IRAQ AND WHY ARE WE STILL THERE? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TOM LANSFORD JOINS US WITH A LOOK. AND THE BUZZ IS ALL ABOUT THE S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G-B-E-E. THE CLARION LEDGERS PAM CLEVELAND JOINS US WITH INFORMATION ABOUT TOMORROWS BIG DAY.
	Friday, March 21, 2008	Listen
	WE MIGHT NOT BE IN A RECESSION BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE HEADED THAT WAY. JOHN ALLISON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND CONSUMER FINANCE JOINS US WITH TIPS ON KEEPING MORE OF YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. WE CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE ON RACE REALTIONS IN THE STATE WITH GOVERNOR WILLIAM WINTER...HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO. AND MEET THE BROWNS...MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN IS HERE TO TELL US IF THEY ARE A FAMILY WE WOULD LIKE OR WOULD WANT TO AVOID.
	Thursday, March 20, 2008	Listen
	TODAY, WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH MISSISSIPPI'S NEWEST SENATOR, ROGER WICKER ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR FIVE YEARS LATER, KATRINA RECOVERY, AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. ORDER IN THE COURT! A TASK FORCE HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI BAR ASSOCIATION THAT WILL ALLOW THE PROFESSION TO KEEP TABS ON ITSELF. AND IT'S MARCH MADNESS ---MPB'S JAY WHITE TELLS US ABOUT MISSISSIPPI'S CHANCES AT THE BIG DANCE.
	Wednesday, March 19, 2008	Listen
	WE TAKE A LOOK AT WAR....THE WAR HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD AND WAR HERE AT HOME. MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD CROSS JOINS US TO BREAKDOWN THE PRICE MISSISSIPPI HAS PAID FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ. AND FILMAKER MYRA WILLIAMS OTTEWELL SPEAKS WITH US ABOUT THE WAR WAGED RIGHT HERE IN OUR DAILY LIVES...THE RACE WAR. AND THIS SUNDAY WE WILL CELEBRATE EASTER WITH EASTER BASKETS AND EGG HUNTS...BUT IS THAT WHAT THE HOLIDAY REALLY SIGNIFIES? JOHN PAUL FROM ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN JACKSON JOINS US WITH THE REAL MEANING OF HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SUNDAY.
	Tuesday, March 18, 2008	Listen
	WILL SMOKERS IN MISSISSIPPI BE PAYING MORE FOR THEIR HABIT? HOW WILL THE MEDICAID DEFICIT BE FUNDED? WELL IT COULD ALL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE CAPITAL TODAY. IN OUR LEGISLATIVE ROUNDATBLE WE'LL TALK WITH NATALIE CHANDLER FROM THE CLARION LEDGER AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR SEVERAL KEY BILLS. IT'S A DISEASE THAT AFFLICTS MORE THAN THREE-HUNDRED THOUSAND MISSISSIPPIANS. FIND OUT ABOUT DIABETES AWARENESS WEEK. GOT EDUCATION? WE CONTINUE OUR PROFILE OF ALL 14 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND WE WRAP UP OUR ACTION PACKED SHOW WITH SOME ACTION PACKED MOVIES. GREG WILLIAMSON FROM THE CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL WILL RUN DOWN THIS YEARS ROSTER.
	Monday, March 17, 2008	Listen
	HE IS GUILTY! WAS THE STUNNING ADMISSION IN AN OXFORD COURTROOM EXPECTED? MPB OXFORD REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL JOINS US WITH THE LATEST IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE...AND NOW THAT HE HAS PLEADED GUILTY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF A PRISON SENTENCE? PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY FROM MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW BREAKS IT DOWN.
	Friday, March 14, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI IS NUMBER ONE IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES...BUT WHERE DO WE RANK IN TERMS OF HOUSING DELIQUENCIES....RETAIL SALES...OR FARMING? FIND OUT...WE'LL BE TALKING WITH SENIOR ECONOMIST DR. MARIANNE HILL, AND ANDY PROSSER, FROM THE STATE AGRICULTURE OFFICE. THEN WE'LL TALK BEN ERULKAR WITH THE U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WAYS MISSISSIPPI CAN UP IT'S STATURE AS A FORMIDABLE POWER. AND FIND OUT THE STATES OFFICIAL BEVERAGE...WE'LL MOOOOOVE YOU TO HAVE A GLASS.
	Thursday, March 13, 2008	Listen
	AN ALARMING REPORT SUGGESTS 1 IN 4 TEENAGE GIRLS NATIONWIDE HAS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S DR. ED THOMPSON AND DR. WILL SOREY, ASSISTANT PROFESSSOR OF PEDIATRICS AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT A SHOT THAT COULD PREVENT AN STD FROM TURNING INTO OVARIAN CANCER. SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMAN TELLS US HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...AND WE WRAP UP THE SHOW WITH GOOD NEWS...YOUTH IN MISSISSIPPI DO CARE....THEY GOT OUT AND VOTED IN RECORD NUMBERS.
	Wednesday, March 12, 2008	Listen
	MILLSAPS ASSISTANT POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR ASHLEIGH POWERS JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE STATES PRIMARIES...FROM PRESIDENTIAL TO CONGRESSIONAL. JACKSON'S SHERIFF CHIEF MALCOLM MCMILLAN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT CHANGING CRIME CITY BACK INTO CAPITAL CITY. AND ATTORNEY ISSAC BYRD TELLS ABOUT A LOCAL BLUES CLUB THAT'S GAINING INTERNATIONAL FAME.
	Tuesday, March 11, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN THRUST INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT...AND OUR VOTES TODAY WILL HELP DETERMINE WHO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE WILL BE IN NOVEMBERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE. WE SPOKE WITH SENATOR BARRACK OBAMA AND PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ABOUT THE HOTLY CONTESTED RACE. CLARION LEDGER PERSPECTIVE EDITOR SID SALTER WILL ANALYZE THE RACES TODAY...FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DOWN TO THE CONGRESSIONAL. AND BILL ADAIR FROM THE ST PETERSBURG TIMES PUTS THE TRUTH-O-METER ON THE CANDIDATES...AND THAT'S NO LIE.
	Monday, March 10, 2008	Listen
	ON THE EVE OF THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS WE'LL LOOK AT THE THE STATE OF POLITICS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN JIM HERRING AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN JIM DOWDY. AND, WE'LL GET A RUNDOWN ON MISSISSIPPI'S MARCH MADNESS...LAST WEEKS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH COLOR MAN JAY WHITE.
	Friday, March 07, 2008	Listen
	THE DEMOCRATS ARE COMING...THE DEMOCRATS ARE COMING. MISSISSIPPI IS SUDDENLY HOT, AND WE'LL TALK WITH DAN DAVIS FROM THE HATTIESBURG AMERICAN AND DONNA LADD WITH THE JACKSON FREE PRESS ABOUT THE VISITING CANDIDATES. IT'S ANYONES WORST NIGHTMARE...YOUR DOCTOR GETS YOU SICK...REALLY SICK. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PROFESSOR OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DR. SKIP NOLAN TELLS US JUST WHAT THE ODDS REALLY ARE AND HOW YOU CAN AVOID IT. MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE CRITIC ANITA MODAK TRURAN JOINS US WITH HER REVIEW OF 10 THOUSAND B.C..
	Thursday, March 06, 2008	Listen
	THE NAACP IS RELEASING A REPORT "ONE VOICE, ONE VOTE" WHICH FOCUSES ON EDUCATION, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, JUSTICE AND HEALTH. STATE PRESIDENT DERRICK JOHNSON JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE REPORT AND HOW THEY PLAN TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES. AND MISSISSIPPI IS A PROVEN BREEDING GROUND FOR MUSICIANS...AND THIS GUEST JUST PROVES THE POINT FURTHER...JACKSON RAPPER KAMIKAZE JOINS US.
	Wednesday, March 05, 2008	Listen
	WE WERE WANTING AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SENATE..SO WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TOP...LT GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT JOINS US THIS MORNING TO FILL US IN. THE STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BEING TELEVISED ON MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING...AND WE'LL CHECK IN WITH STATE ATHELETIC DIRECTOR DR. ENNIS PROCTOR ON MISSISSIPPI'S MARCH MADNESS. THE PLAY "DOUBT...A PARABLE" IS IN JACKSON...WE'LL SPEAK WITH ACTOR KRISTIN PATTON AND DIRECTOR FRANCINE REYNOLDS. AND WE'LL SPEAK WITH DR. MARTY WISEMAN ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND MISSISSIPPI'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
	Tuesday, March 04, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH SENATOR JOEY FILLINGANE ABOUT THE NEW TREND IN MATRIMONY....COVENANT MARRIAGE. YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT CLASSES OFFERED AT COPIAH-LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT WILL HELP YOU TRANSITION FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE WORKPLACE. WE'LL ALSO FIND OUT ABOUT BACKYARDS AND BEYOND WITH ARTIST H.C. PORTER. PLUS AN UPDATE WITH MEMA DIRECTOR MIKE WOMMACK ON YESTERDAY'S SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE STATE.
	Monday, March 03, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVE DERYCK PARKER ABOUT TWO HOT ISSUES...DEERBAITING AND A CAP ON MALPRACTICE SUITS AGAINST MEDICAID PHYSICIANS. IT'S APPLICATION TIME FOR BOYS STATE...WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW IT WILL IMMERSE YOUR SON IN POLITICS. PLUS WE'LL HEAR FROM METEOROLOGIST DAVID MADDUX ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER HEADED OUR WAY.