May 2008 - Mississippi Edition

2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	Friday, May 30, 2008	Listen
	VOTER I-D AND PARTY REGISTRATION...WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RECENT 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULING CONCERNING BOTH. MPB'S SANDRA KNISPEL TALKS WITH UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER GREEN AND WE'LL ALSO BE JOINED BY DERRICK JOHNSON FROM THE NAACP AND JIM HERRING FROM THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN PARTY. STATE ATTORNEY JIM HOOD JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TELLS US IF SEX AND THE CITY IS WORTH A SECOND DATE.
	Thursday, May 29, 2008	Listen
	THE SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES. WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR? WHEN WILL IT END? MPB'S PATTY DAVIS GETS ANSWERS FROM LT. GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT. HINDS COUNTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A DISASTER AREA BY THE PRESIDENT...SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? JEFF WELSH FROM FEMA WILL TELL US. AND IN OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE TAKE A LOOK AT A REALLY COOL BOOK ABOUT MANUFACTURED ICE BY MISSISSIPPI AUTHOR ELLI MORRIS.
	Wednesday, May 28, 2008	Listen
	CASINOS...COPPER THEFT...VOTER I-D...JUST SOME OF THE ISSUES BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION. MPB'S STEPHEN KORANDA SITS DOWN WITH GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR FOR A DEBREIFING. IT'S THE REALLY BIG SHOW....JACKSON'S JUBILEE JAM...AND ORGANIZER MALCOM WHITE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. PLUS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN TELEVISION IS HEADED OUR WAY TOMORROW NIGHT. REGIS PHILBIN TALKS ABOUT HIS MANY PROJECTS, CRAWFISH AND WHAT ELSE HE'S FIXIN' TO DO.
	Tuesday, May 27, 2008	Listen
	WE ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM THE 2008 HURRICANE SEASON. ARE YOU READY? MIKE PARKER FROM THE FDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND MIKE WOMMACK FROM THE MISSISSIPPI MANAGEMENT AGENCY ARE HERE WITH TIPS TO KEEP YOU SAFE IN THE EVENT OF A STORM. HARRISON COUNTY JAIL WARDEN DON CABANA JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE IN PRISON...THE CAUSES AND THE SOLUTIONS. AND MISSISSIPPI NATIVE CLAIRE HOLLEY JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT GROWING UP HERE, HER LATEST C-D AND WILL PERFORM FOR US.
	Monday, May 26, 2008	Listen
	ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WE TALK TO THE MAYOR OF A TINY MISSISSIPPI TOWN WHICH SENT ALMOST HALF IT'S POPULATION OFF TO WAR. THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE ROCKIN'! WE CONTINUE OUR SUMMER TRAVEL SERIES WITH A LOOK AT THE BLUES BELT...AND THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE GIVES US THE LOW DOWN ON SPORTS CURSES...AND ONE THAT PLAGUES A MISSISSIPPI TEAM.
	Friday, May 23, 2008	Listen
	A RECENT REPORT SAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP KEEP YOUR TEEN FROM BECOMING SEXUALLY ACTIVE IF YOU WILL JUST TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. BUT IS THAT ENOUGH? LARRY MCADOO FROM STUDENTS TAKING A RADICAL STAND AND FELICIA BROWN WILLIAMS FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING "THE TALK". HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE EDWARD EARL OF WESSEX OF GREAT BRITIAN IS IN MISSISSIPPI TO AWARD 80 OF OUR STUDENTS...A DISCUSSION WITH HIM ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS OUR KIDS ARE DOING. JEANNE LUCKETT AND KAREN REDHEAD FROM THE EUDORA WELTY FOUNDATION ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A SPECIAL THIS WEEKEND FEATURING THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. AND WE WRAP UP THE SHOW WITH MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN WHO'LL GIVE US THE SCOOP ON THE LATEST INDIANA JONES ADVENTURE.
	Thursday, May 22, 2008	Listen
	THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST. SENIOR SPECIAL AGENT SAL BARRIENTOS FROM U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM. HARRISON COUNTY JAIL WARDEN DON CABANA JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE IN PRISON...THE CAUSES AND THE SOLUTIONS. MEET NATALIE OMATTAGE....A STUDENT AT THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE WHO HAS WON A BIG NATIONAL AWARD...AND AN EVEN BIGGER COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP. AND IN THIS WEEKS MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WE TALK ABOUT MISSISSIPPI AUTHOR HOWARD BAR'S "PELICAN ROAD" WITH JENNIFER MEADOR FROM LEMURIA BOOKS.
	Wednesday, May 21, 2008	Listen
	THEY'RE BACK! STATE LEGISLATORS ARE IN JACKSON FOR A SPECIAL SESSION TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JOINS US WITH A LOOK. NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN TRAVIS CHILDERS GOES TO WASHINGTON...AND GETS NEWCOMER ADVICE FROM THE STATES LONGEST SERVING HOUSE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE GENE TAYLOR. MISSISSIPPI WILL EXECUTE EARL WESLEY BERRY TONIGHT. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY, CLAY JOINER FROM THE STATES FIRST DISTRICT DA'S OFFICE, AND DAVID VOISIN FROM MISSISSIPPIANS EDUCATING FOR SMART JUSTICE WILL HAVE A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
	Tuesday, May 20, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI IS THE POOREST STATE IN THE NATION...AND OUR WORKING POOR HAVE A MYRIAD OF ISSUES FACING THEM. LEROY JOHNSON FROM SOUTHERN ECHO AND OLETA FITZGERALD OF THE CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND TELL US ABOUT TWO RECENT TOWN HALL MEETINGS ADDRESSING THOSE PROBLEMS. REALIZING THE VALUE OF A QUALITY EDUCATION WE CONTINUE OUR PROFILE OF ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR JAY WHITE TELLS US ABOUT JONATHON VAN EVERY.
	Monday, May 19, 2008	Listen
	IT'S A LIST WE ARE NEAR THE TOP OF...MANUFACTURING. MISSISSIPPI RANKS SEVENTH IN THE NATION FOR MANFACTURING EMPLOYMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE MANUFACTURERES ASSOCIATION JAY MOON JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR INDUSTRY. RAISE TAXES? LOWER TAXES? THERE IS NO EASY ANSWER BEFORE GOVERNOR BARBOURS TAX STUDY COMMISSION. WE ARE JOINED BY CHAIRMAN LELAND SPEED AND UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ECONOMY PROFESSOR BILL SHUGHART TO TAKE A LOOK. SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS UPON US....WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK AT IN STATE TRAVEL WITH THE AUTHOR OF "MUST SEE MISSISSIPPI" MARY CAROL MILLER.
	Friday, May 16, 2008	Listen
	WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK AT THE ECONOMY IN MISSISSIPPI. HOW DO WE STACK UP IN TERMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE OR FAMILY FINANCES? ED SIVAC FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC POLICY CENTER TELLS US. IT'S NOT JUST WHERE ELVIS WAS BORN....TUPELO HAS A FILM FESTIVAL THAT KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND. PAT RASPBERRY TELLS US ABOUT IT. AND MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN IS HERE TO TELL US IF PRINCE CASPIAN IS CHARMING OR JUST A TOAD.
	Thursday, May 15, 2008	Listen
	SHINY NEW DIPLOMAS CLUTCHED IN THEIR HAND THEY HEAD OUT ACROSS THE STATE LOOKING FOR WORK...BUT WILL THEY FIND IT? WE TALK WITH DR. ELISE GOULD FROM THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE CAREER SERVICES DIRECTOR KAREN LINDSEY LLOYD, AND GRAD DYLAN MCCLEMORE ABOUT THE SLOWING ECONOMIES AFFECT ON THE JOB MARKET. YOU WOULDN'T THINK THE LIL' RED SCHOOLHOUSE IN DREW AND THE RANDOLPH SCHOOL IN PASS CHRISTIAN WOULD HAVE MUCH IN COMMON...BUT THEY DO. THEY HAVE BOTH RECIEVED RESTORATION GRANTS...WE'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND WE TALK WITH PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR RICK BRAGG ABOUT HIS LATEST "THE PRINCE OF FROGTOWN" IN THIS WEEKS BOOK CLUB. AND WE'LL SPEAK WITH ED LEVY FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE STATE.
	Wednesday, May 14, 2008	Listen
	THE NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI'S FIRST DISTRICT WILL JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTINUING BATTLE. JUST HOW BAD IS THE STATE'S INSURANCE CRISIS? ROY MITCHELL, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH ADVOCACY PROGRAM JOINS US TO TALK THE BIG PICTURE OF HEALTH CARE. AND THEY'VE SEEN MANY A BLUESMAN ENTER THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN LEAVE AS A STAR. FIND OUT ALL ABOUT MALACO RECORDS.
	Tuesday, May 13, 2008	Listen
	THE POLLS ARE OPEN AND VOTERS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ARE CASTING BALLOTS FOR THIER NEXT CONGREEMAN. WHY HAS THIS SEAT GARNERED SO MUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION? WE'LL FIND OUT. ALSO, A NEW ETHICS BILL HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW. CAN MISSISSIPPIANS NOW EXPECT MORE OPENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE GOVERNMENT?
	Monday, May 12, 2008	Listen
	IT'S ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY TO WOMEN AND MISSISSIPPI RANKS FIFTH IN THE NATION. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WITH THE UNOFFICIAL SUMMER DRIVING SEASON JUST WEEKS AWAY, HOW WILL THE HIGH GAS PRICES AFFECT SUMMER TRAVEL? WE'LL KICK OFF OUR TRAVEL SERIES WITH THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO GO RIGHT HERE IN MISSISSIPPI THAT COULD SAVE YOU MONEY. AND FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE SPENDING THE WEEK BUILDING HOMES FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULFCOAST.
	Friday, May 09, 2008	Listen
	ARE ABSTINANCE ONLY PROGRAMS BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS ENOUGH? HAS THE RATE OF TEEN PREGNANCIES GONE UP OR DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI? WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PANEL OF EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS. AS THE COAST CONTINUES TO REBUILD FROM HURRICANE KATRINA HOUSING IS A TOP PRIORITY. DOES MISSISSIPPI GREEN BUILT HAVE THE ANSWER? PAUL PULLEN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT A PRODUCT THAT CAN WITHSTAND WINDS UP TO 200 MILES AN HOUR. MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE 21ST CENTURY MOVIE VERSION OF THE CLASSIC CARTOON "SPEEDRACER". AND THE MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB TAKES A LOOK AT MUDBOUND WITH MAGGIE LOWERY FROM JACKSON'S LEMURIA BOOKS.
	Thursday, May 08, 2008	Listen
	IT'S NATIONAL NURSES WEEK...WE CELEBRATE ALL THAT NURSES DO TO FIGHT DISEASE AND TO KEEP US HEALTHY. RICKY GARRETT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI NURSES ASSOCIATION JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE NURSING PROFESSION AND THEIR DIRE NEED FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THEIR RANKS. WHAT ARE STAT PROTEINS AND GENE CONTROL? COLUMBUS NATIVE DR. JAMES DARNELL KNOWS AND WILL TELL US. HE IS THE ONLY MISSISSIPPIAN TO RECIEVE THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE FROM THE PRESIDENT. AND AS A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SHE IS USED TO FIGHTING FOR OTHERS...BUT NOW SHE MUST FIGHT FOR HERSELF. STEPHANIE PARKER-WEAVER IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT FIGHTING CANCER AND WHAT IT PROMPTED HER TO DO.
	Wednesday, May 07, 2008	Listen
	MONEY IS HEADED OUT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI IN THE FORM OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECKS...BUT DOES THE STATE NEED THE MONEY TO HEAD IT'S WAY AS WELL? JUST HOW FLUSH IS MISSISSIPPI? STATE TREASURER TATE REEVES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE. ONLY THREE OF TEN PEOPLE NEEDING A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WILL GET ONE. MATTIE COBURN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI MARROW DONOR PROGRAM IS HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO BECOME A LIFESAVER. AND BLUES LEGEND ROBERT JOHNSON LIVES ON THIS WEEKEND AT THE FOUNDATIONS BLUES JAM.
	Tuesday, May 06, 2008	Listen
	YOU GO TO WORK EVERYDAY ASSUMING YOU ARE SAFE...BUT ARE YOU? WE'LL LOOK AT WORKPLACE SAFETY ISSUES RANGING FROM MINOR INJURIES TO PREVENTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 70'S....GIVE KIDS SOMETHING THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND THEY WILL BE EAGER TO LEARN. THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING JUST THAT. THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE BECOME MAGNETS SCHOOLS. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR. DELL PHILLIPS TELLS US MORE. AND CAPTAIN BRIAN BROWN AND RICHARD BALSER FROM THE THE NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER. AND WE WRAP UP THE SHOW WITH ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WHAT THEY CAN OFFER YOUR COLLEGE BOUND KIDS.
	Monday, May 05, 2008	Listen
	514, 635, 785.... IF YOU'VE LOOKED INTO TO BUYING A HOUSE OR AUTO LATELY THEN YOU KNOW WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE...THEY REPRESENT YOUR FICO CREDIT SCORE. IN TODAY'S MISSISSIPPI EDITION WE DELVE INTO YOUR WALLET AND ENDEAVOR TO HELP YOU FILL IT WITH MONEY NOT BILLS. CHRIS BURFORD FROM THE CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE JOINS US THIS MORNING TO TELL US HOW TO RAISE YOUR SCORE AND LOWER YOUR DEBT. HYBRID OR TRADITIONAL? NEED A NEW CAR? WE TALK WITH FRED JOHNSON FROM TOYOTECHS ABOUT SAVING GAS AND POSSIBLY THE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE WRAP UP OUR SHOW DEDICATED TO YOUR FINANCES WITH LAURA FISHER FROM THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT HELPING YOUR KIDS GET ON THE ROAD TO SAVING.
	Friday, May 02, 2008	Listen
	WE ARE OFFICIALLY LESS THAN ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON. WE'LL TALK WITH JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR BUTCH LOPER AND MEMA'S JEFF RENT TO FIND OUT JUST HOW PREPARED THE COAST IS FOR ANOTHER BUMPY SEASON. ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE FACING THE STATE IS RAILROAD SAFETY. WE'LL SPEAK WITH PATRICK WALDRON AND BOBBY WALKER FROM CN RAILROAD... ABOUT KEEPING TRACK OF KEEPING SAFE. AND YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE MISSISSIPPI..BELIEVE IT ADS AT THE AIRPORT OR MAYBE EVEN YOUR CHILDS SCHOOL. THE CIRLOT AGENCY'S RICK LOOSER IS HERE TO TELL US HOW THE CAMPAIGN STARTED AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD MISSISSIPPI HAS TO OFFER.
	Thursday, May 01, 2008	Listen
	WE ARE KNOW FOR OUR SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY...MIKE CASHION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION TELLS US HOW THE HOPSITALITY BUSINESS IS FARING BUSINESS-WISE. DR. DOLPHUS WEARY FROM MISSION MISSISSIPPI JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER...AND THE SIGINIFICANCE OF PRAYER IN TODAY'S WORLD. AND GET READY TO READ! WE LAUNCH OUR MISSISSIPPI EDITION BOOK CLUB WITH "THREE CUPS OF TEA".