In a continued effort to provide relevant, interesting and engaging programming to our statewide audience, MPB Think Radio provides Mississippi Edition, a weekday news magazine program. Mississippi Edition, hosted by Desare Frazier, features the latest news of the day and interviews with the people who are making the news themselves.
The program not only provides Mississippi news but also addresses the ways that national and world news affects our state. Desare Frazier as she shares the latest on Mississippi news, culture, and current events.
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A look at digital privacy in a post-Roe world.
Then, how one group is working to combat gun violence in Jackson.
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The state's largest hospital looks to tele-health services to reach more in need of care.
And, a new study reveals there's more to shipwrecks than sunken treasure.
Plus, understanding the historic Pa…
A multi-agency approach to improving safety in the capital city.
Then, how an upcoming opinion from the Supreme Court could shape gun-control efforts.
Plus, a new documentary examines maternal health i…
Two Republican Congressional incumbents are facing run-offs for their party nomination. We examine those races and recap the primaries.
Then, a look at the second amendment as the gun-control debate c…
We recap the congressional primaries.
And, how the digital world will have to adapt to a post-Roe world.
Then, a new book explores American Indian identity in William Faulkner's writing.
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It's primary election day and both major parties have contests in Congressional districts throughout the state. We hear from party chairs about their outlook on the races.
And high input costs and lo…
One the eve of primary day in Mississippi, we talk elections with the Secretary of State
Then, how one prospective patient influenced his town's decision to opt into the state's medical cannabis progr…
We examine local solutions to the national epidemic of gun violence.
Then, how the Gulf Coast can protect itself against sea level rise.
And, another hot and humid Mississippi summer is paradise for ho…
We talk with a Mississippi doctor working to make sense of long COVID.
Then, a look at a project to help Black Mississippians secure the rights to their ancestors' property.
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It's the first day of hurricane season. We learn about the new tools researchers are using to make sense of storms.
Then, how inflation and labor shortages are affecting the state's community college…
A massive twist in a sleepy judicial race.
Then, we talk with reporter Rosemary Westwood about her new podcast on abortion rights in Mississippi.
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We talk COVID with the President of the state Health Association.
Then, ahead of Memorial Day, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney reflects on his military service.
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We examine a new report that details a sexual abuse crisis within the Southern Baptist Convention.
And, we talk with poet James Dickson.
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We check in on a fledging cannabis company in Mississippi.
Then, a standout Alabama school superintendent is headed to New Orleans.
And, why the Gulf Coast has become ground zero in a battle over who…
We return to our conversation with Jackson criminologist Kevin Levine.
Then, we talk with a call center employee on strike today in Hattiesburg.
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Violent crime rates are high in Mississippi's capital city. We ask why.
Then, an update on COVID-19.
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We ask a legal expert to break down Mississippi's abortion trigger law.
Then, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some part of the country. Should we be worried?
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An NAACP lawsuit alleges Mississippi discriminated against Black and law-income people in its COVID response.
Then, we talk with writer Jenny TING-way Jhung ahead of her appearance in Oxford tonight.
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An update on Mississippi's nursing shortage.
Then, the future of telemedicine in the state.
And, we return to our conversation with Sisters in Birth CEO Getty Israel.
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