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2008 Mississippi Edition Audio on Demand
	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".
	Wednesday, April 30, 2008	Listen
	MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE SIT ON MISSISSIPPI'S DEATH ROW. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD TALKS TO US ABOUT THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW EXECUTIONS AND HOW IT WILL EFFECT THE STATE. TELEVISION IS UNDERGOING IT'S BIGGEST MAKEOVER SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF COLOR. FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOUR SET WORKING FROM MPB ENGINEER BOB BUIE. AND ALREADY YOU KNOW HIM AS A HOST ON THE FOOD NETWORK...AND NOW YOU'LL KNOW HIM AS AN ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR. WE TALK TO ALTON BROWN ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK "FEASTING ON ASPHALT:THE RIVER RUN".
	Tuesday, April 29, 2008	Listen
	IT IS THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE. ORGAN DONATIONS SAVE MANY LIVES EVERY YEAR...RONDAH MARKS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ORGAN RECOVERY AGENCY JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE GIFT THAT LITERALLY KEEPS ON GIVING FOR A LIFETIME. LOOKING TO REMODEL YOUR KITCHEN? THERE ARE PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN USE THAT NOT ONLY LOOK GOOD BUT ARE ECO-FRIENDLY AS WELL. BIANCA TODD WOODEN JOINS US TO TALK GOING GREEN. AND SINCE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT A QUALITY EDUCATION IS WE'LL TALK WITH MIKE BLANKENSHIP AND SHERRIE CHEEK FROM HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
	Monday, April 28, 2008	Listen
	IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT THINK YOU'LL EVER NEED...BUT IF YOU DO...YOU WILL SURE WISH YOU HAD IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOD INSURANCE. MICHAEL BARRY FROM THE INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT WHY EVEN LANDLOCKED RESIDENTS COULD NEED IT. IT'S NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH DR. MARY CARRUTH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S SARAH ISOM CENTER ABOUT THAT AND OTHER ISSUES FACING WOMEN TODAY. AND THEY STARTED IN A SMALL MISSISSIPPI CITY AND NOW THEY HAVE CONQUERED THE WORLD. WE TALK TO 3 DOORS DOWN'S BRAD ARNOLD ABOUT COMING HOME.
	Friday, April 25, 2008	Listen
	AS GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB MISSISSIPPIANS BEGIN TO STAY HOME. HOW DOES THIS EFFECT THE STATES ECONOMY? SENIOR ECONOMIST DR. MARIANNE HILL JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY. PBS STARTS A NEW TEN-PART SERIES THIS WEEKEND CALLED "CARRIER"...WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THIS GROUNDBREAKING SERIES. THE STATE MAY BE THE LOWEST IN MANY CATEGORIES BUT WE ARE NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING OF OURSELVES. WE'LL TALK WITH MICHELLE BAKER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE ABOUT THIS YEARS GIVE AWARDS. AND WE'LL WRAP UP THIS ACTION PACKED SHOW WITH A LITTLE JAZZ IN THE PARK.
	Thursday, April 24, 2008	Listen
	DID THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAKE THE GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION? WE'LL TALK TO HOUSE EDUCATION CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE CECIL BROWN AND FRANK YATES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS. OFFICIALS FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE TOURED THE FLOODED AREAS OF VICKSBURG AND NATCHEZ. WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH ON POSSIBLE AID HEADED TO THE AREA. AND HE WAS THE PERSONAL CHEF FOR ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL WOMEN...MISSISSIPPI NATIVE OPRAH WINFREY. ART SMITH TELLS US WHAT SHE'S PROBABLY HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
	Wednesday, April 23, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL SPEAK WITH VICKSBURG MAYOR LAURENCE LEYENS ABOUT DAMAGE WROUGHT BY THE FLOODING MISSISSIPPI. WE'LL ALSO SPEAK WITH ANDY PROSSER FROM THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATES FARMERS. AND HE IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST...THE LEGENDARY STEVE EARLE WILL TALK TO US ABOUT TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.
	Tuesday, April 22, 2008	Listen
	THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI HAS UNLEASHED A TORRENT OF FLOOD WATERS ALONG IT'S BANKS. STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. WE'LL HEAR FROM GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR ABOUT THE DAMAGE. WE HAVE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURES...IT HAS GOTTEN BRIGHTER. A NEWLY RELEASED SURVEY SHOWS THEY ARE SMOKING AND DRINKING LESS...WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS MORE...AND WAITING LONGER TO HAVE SEX. AND MEET RON THE TROLLEY MAN FROM FONDREN...WHO'LL TELL US ABOUT THE AREA AND WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE THE NEATEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AROUND.
	Monday, April 21, 2008	Listen
	MPB REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA JOINS US WITH A LOOK BACK AT THIS YEARS LEGISLATIVE...THE HITS, THE MISSES AND THE UNDECIDEDS. IS THE HOSPITATLITY STATE VERY HOSPITABLE WHEN IT COMES TO WELCOMING IMMIGRANTS? BILL CHANDLER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS ALLIANCE IS HERE TO TELL US. MISSISSIPPI'S PEARL RIVER HAS MADE A NATIONAL TOP TEN LIST...BUT IT'S NOT FOR BEAUTY OR CLEANLINESS. FIND OUT WHY IS HAS BEEN NAMED AMONG AMERICA'S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS.
	Friday, April 18, 2008	Listen
	JUST HOW LARGE IS THE GAP BETWEEN MISSISSIPPI'S RICHEST AND POOREST? ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT. ED SIVAC, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC POLICY CENTER AND LIZ MCNICHOL FROM THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES IN WASHINGTON WILL EXPLAIN. MISSISSIPPI HAS SOME OF THE LAXIST ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. MISTY VELASQUEZ FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO TOUGHEN THEM. YOU HEAR HER EVERY MONDAY MORNING ON NPR AS SENIOR NEWS ANAYLIST...AND NOW COKIE ROBERTS TALKS TO US ABOUT HER NEW BOOK....LADIES OF LIBERTY...THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED OUR NATION. AND WRAPPING UP THIS PACKED SHOW IS MISSISSIPPI EDITION MOVIE REVIEWER ANITA MODAK TRURAN TO TELL US IF "FORGETTING SARA MARSHAL" IS WORTH REMEMBERING TO SEE.
	Thursday, April 17, 2008	Listen
	MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR MATT STEFFY JOINS US TO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN AN OXFORD COURTROOM YESTERDAY...AND THE INCLUSION OF STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. HAVE RACE REALTIONS IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE MEDIA'S ROLE? EDITOR-IN-CHEIF OF THE JACKSON FREE PRESS DONNA LADD, MISSISSIPPI RAPPER KAMIKAZE AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOCTORAL STUDENT REBECCA L. MILLER ARE HERE TO DISCUSS. AND WE'LL TALK WITH TWO FAMED MUSICIANS WHO WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE DELTA STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE THIS EVENING.
	Wednesday, April 16, 2008	Listen
	ATTORNEY DICK SCRUGGS IS BACK IN COURT FOR 26-MILLION REASONS...MPB REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL JOINS US FROM OXFORD TO EXPLAIN. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY 32 PEOPLE WERE SHOT TO DEATH ON THE CAMPUS OF VIRGINIA TECH. HAS CAMPUS SECURITY IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI? DID IT NEED TO? UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL LAW PROFESSOR AND SECURITY EXPERT CHESTER QUARLES AND MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY VICE-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS DR. BILL KIBLER JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. AND LOOKING FOR SOME FUN THIS WEEKEND? HEAD TO THE COAST WHERE YOU CAN EAT LOTS OF MEAT ON STICKS, HEAR GREAT BANDS AND CRUISE THE MIDWAY AT THE ANNUAL CRAWFISH FESTIVAL.
	Tuesday, April 15, 2008	Listen
	IT'S DOWN TO THE WIRE...WILL THE LEGISLATURE FINISH ON TIME? MPB REPORTER STEPHEN KORANDA WEIGHS IN ON WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE THIS SESSION. IT'S APRIL 15TH...THE DAY THAT MANY AMERICANS DREAD IS UPON US...DEE HARRIS FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE JOINS US WITH LAST MINUTE FILING HELP. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI CHANCELLOR ROBERT KHAYAT TALKS OF ANOTHER BIG DAY...THIS ONE IS IN SEPTEMBER AND INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WILL BATTLE IT OUT TO BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE...WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR LOOK AT ALL 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI WITH WHAT'S OFFERED AT HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	Monday, April 14, 2008	Listen
	IS A COG IN THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE BROKEN? THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL BROKEN ACCORDING TO MISSISSIPPI INNOCENCE PROJECT'S TUCKER CARRINGTON. HE'LL JOIN US WITH THE RESULTS OF A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT. BOBBY RUSH...ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVING SOUL BLUESMEN JOINS US WITH A SONG IN HIS HEART AND A STORY OR TWO. AND TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME....HEAR ABOUT A MISSISSIPPI NATIVE WHO PINCH HIT FOR BASELBALL'S SULTAN OF SWING.
	Friday, April 11, 2008	Listen
	MEDICAID...CIGARETTE TAX...VOTER I.D. ...WITH THE END OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SIGHT WILL THESE MAJOR OBSTACLES BE OVERCOME? WE'RE JOINED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEGISLATIVE REPORTER EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS AND WLBT'S JON KALAHAR TO FIND OUT. WE KNOW GENES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN YOUR HELTH..BUT DOES ENVIRONMENT? OF COURSE IT DOES....HEAR ABOUT A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT ADDRESSES JUST HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IT REALLY IS. APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS....PLUS TORNADOES. WE'LL HEAR FROM STEVE WILKERSON OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO TALK ABOUT MORE SEVERE WEATHER HEADED TO THE STATE. AND WE WRAP UP THE SHOW WITH A REVIEW OF THE NEW MOVIE STREET KINGS.
	Thursday, April 10, 2008	Listen
	CONGRESSMAN GENE TAYLOR JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WAR AND RECOVERY. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR TOM LANSFORD JOINS US WITH A BREAKDOWN OF GENERAL PETRAEUS'S RECENT HEARINGS ON THE WAR IN IRAQ. AND MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS HEADED OUR WAY. STEVE WILKINSON JOINS US FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO TELL US WHO WILL BE AFFECTED.
	Wednesday, April 9, 2008	Listen
	HUNDREDS OF MISSISSIPPIANS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING LAST FRIDAY'S TORNADOES AND THOUSANDS ARE FILING INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR HELP. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MIKE CHANEY WILL BE OUR GUEST TO TALK ABOUT FILING AND SETTLING A CLAIM. ALSO, THE FIVE YEAR OLD IRAQ WAR--HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD THE U.S CONTINUE TO FIGHT? SEN. ROGER WICKER WILL REACT TO YESTERDAY'S SENATE HEARINGS ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ.
	Tuesday, April 8, 2008	Listen
	COULD THE SLOWING ECONOMY EVEN HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON OUR CHILDREN? WE'LL SPEAK WITH DON TAYLOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ABOUT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. AMERICA'S TOP TWO MILITARY OFFICIALS WILL BE BRIEFING CONGRESS TODAY ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ. MPB'S GARY MICHIEL WILL TALK WITH SOME MISSISSIPPI SOLDIERS STATIONED IN THE IRAQI GREEN ZONE. AND WE’LL TALK WITH A FILM MAKER ABOUT A REMAKE OF THE 1967 FILM BONNIE AND CLYDE THAT WILL SOON HAVE A MISSISSIPPI CONNECTION.
	Monday, April 7, 2008	Listen
	ROBERT ROSSON, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION TALKS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFICULT TIME A LITTLE EASIER. THE DEBATE IS ON ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT...RIGHT OR WRONG? MPB's SANDRA KNISPEL WILL HAVE A REPORT AND THE N-WORD...THE B-WORD....CAN WORDS REALLY HURT US? WE TALK WITH STUDENTS ABOUT AN EVENT AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM STINGING WORDS.
	Friday, April 4, 2008	Listen
	GRAY SKIES OR BLUE? STATE ECONOMIST DR. PHIL PEPPER SHEDS A LITTLE LIGHT ON MISSISSIPPI'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES THE STATE COULD PURSUE TO RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS? GUEST WILLIAM F. SHUGHART, ROBERT M HEARIN CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SAYS YES. TODAY MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. RETIRED FBI AGENT JIM INGRAM TALKS ABOUT THE DAY THAT A GREAT VOICE WAS SILENCED FOREVER. AND WORLD RENOWNED SINGERS TIMOTHY NOBLE AND MARIETTA SIMPSON CHIME IN ABOUT A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IN HATTIESBURG THIS WEEKEND.
	Thursday, April 3, 2008	Listen
	GOT MEDICAID? YOU MIGHT NOT FOR LONG IF THE STATE DOESN'T FIND 90-MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIRK DEDEAUX AND MARY TROUPE FROM THE MISSISSIPPIANS COALITION FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. IT'S THE LITTLE MOVIE THAT COULD....TRIUMPHANT AT SUNDANCE AND NOW BEING FEATURED AT CROSSROADS FILM FEST WE HAVE PRODUCER NINA PARIKH AND CAST MEMBER TARRA RIGGS FROM BALLAST. LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT FOOD AND SUPERB MUSIC? THEN THE CRAWDAD HOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THE PLACE TO BE. WE'LL TALK WITH CARY HUDSON OF FAMED GROUP BLUE MOUNTAIN ABOUT THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT.
	Wednesday, April 2, 2008	Listen
	BE WARNED! OUR FIRST GUESTS ARE GOING TO REALLY SCARE YOU...THEY'LL TELL US JUST HOW MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE DRINKING ALCOHOL AND USING DRUGS. TAWNI LOVORN FROM DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND KAREN WEST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BUREAU OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARE HERE WITH THE SOBERING FACTS. REVERAND AL SHARPTON JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE PERCIEVES IS THE BIGGEST CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE FACING THIS COUNTRY. AND AWARD WINNING AUTHOR RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON TELLS US ABOUT HER LATEST NOVEL AND AN MPB TELEVISION APPEARANCE.
	Tuesday, April 1, 2008	Listen
	SECRETARY OF STATE DELBERT HOSEMAN JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT TODAY'S VARIOUS RUN-OFFS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE STATE WE PROFILE EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
	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.
	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.
	Wed January 31, 2008	Listen
	WE'LL START OFF WITH THE LATEST ON SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT MISSISSIPPI. JERRY MITCHEL FROM THE CLARION LEDGER JOINS US WITH THE A'S TO Z'S OF THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. AND ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR CLOSEUP? ...NINA PARIKH FROM THE MISSISSIPPI FILM OFFICE WILL TELL US ABOUT THE STATE'S GROWING BODY OF WORK.
	Wed January 30, 2008	Listen
	JOINING US THIS MORNING IS CHRIS THOMAS, THE HEAD OF THE DRINKING WATER PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO EXPLAIN WHY SOME AREAS HAVE BROWN WATER AND WHAT AFFECT IT COULD HAVE ON YOUR HEALTH. ALSO DR. MARIANNE HILL WILL BE HERE TO DISCUSS SEVERAL CRITICAL ISSUES FACING WOMEN IN OUR STATE. AND WE'LL HEAR PART TWO OF AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR RAPPER AND MISSISSIPPI NATIVE DAVID BANNER ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON THE HYPOCRACY OF THE NATION.