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Mississippi Edition

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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Update frequency
every day
Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
1933
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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6/14/2022 - Digital Privacy | Gun Violence

6/14/2022 - Digital Privacy | Gun Violence

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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00:22:50  |   Tue 14 Jun 2022
6/13/2022 - Telehealth | Shipwrecks | Parchman Ordeal

6/13/2022 - Telehealth | Shipwrecks | Parchman Ordeal

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…

00:23:34  |   Mon 13 Jun 2022
6/10/2022 - Crime Summit | Second Amendment | Our Bodies, Our Births

6/10/2022 - Crime Summit | Second Amendment | Our Bodies, Our Births

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…

00:24:42  |   Fri 10 Jun 2022
6/9/2022 - Primary Reaction | 2nd Amendment | Pickle Fest

6/9/2022 - Primary Reaction | 2nd Amendment | Pickle Fest

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…

00:23:57  |   Thu 09 Jun 2022
6/8/2022 - Primary Recap | Post-Roe Digital World | Faulkner and American Indian Identity

6/8/2022 - Primary Recap | Post-Roe Digital World | Faulkner and American Indian Identity

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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00:22:21  |   Wed 08 Jun 2022
6/7/2022 - Primaries | Milk

6/7/2022 - Primaries | Milk

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…

00:23:34  |   Tue 07 Jun 2022
6/6/2022 - Primaries | Cannabis Patient | State of Pre-K

6/6/2022 - Primaries | Cannabis Patient | State of Pre-K

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…

00:23:13  |   Tue 07 Jun 2022
6/3/2022 - Gun Violence Solutions | Sea Level Rise | Mold

6/3/2022 - Gun Violence Solutions | Sea Level Rise | Mold

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…

00:23:22  |   Fri 03 Jun 2022
6/2/2022 - Long COVID | Heirs' Property

6/2/2022 - Long COVID | Heirs' Property

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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00:19:20  |   Thu 02 Jun 2022
6/1/2022 - Hurricane Season | Community Colleges

6/1/2022 - Hurricane Season | Community Colleges

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…

00:22:02  |   Wed 01 Jun 2022
5/31/2022 - Doug Evans | 'Banned' Podcast

5/31/2022 - Doug Evans | 'Banned' Podcast

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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00:22:41  |   Tue 31 May 2022
5/27/2022 - COVID-19 | Memorial Day

5/27/2022 - COVID-19 | Memorial Day

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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00:21:34  |   Fri 27 May 2022
5/26/2022 - SBC | Poet James Dickson

5/26/2022 - SBC | Poet James Dickson

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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00:22:57  |   Thu 26 May 2022
5/25/2022 - Cannabis | Amtrak

5/25/2022 - Cannabis | Amtrak

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…

00:22:40  |   Wed 25 May 2022
5/24/2022 - Crime | Call Center Workers' Strike

5/24/2022 - Crime | Call Center Workers' Strike

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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00:21:36  |   Tue 24 May 2022
5/23/2022 - Crime | COVID-19

5/23/2022 - Crime | COVID-19

Violent crime rates are high in Mississippi's capital city. We ask why.

Then, an update on COVID-19.


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00:13:18  |   Mon 23 May 2022
5/20/2022 - Trigger Law | COVID-19

5/20/2022 - Trigger Law | COVID-19

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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00:21:33  |   Fri 20 May 2022
5/19/2022 - COVID Discrimination Lawsuit | Writer Jenny Tinghui Zhang

5/19/2022 - COVID Discrimination Lawsuit | Writer Jenny Tinghui Zhang

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.


00:19:16  |   Thu 19 May 2022
5/18/2022 - Investigative Reporter Anna Wolfe

5/18/2022 - Investigative Reporter Anna Wolfe

We talk with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about her new series "The Backchannel."

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00:24:18  |   Wed 18 May 2022
5/17/2022 - Nursing Shortage | Telehealth | Getty Israel

5/17/2022 - Nursing Shortage | Telehealth | Getty Israel

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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00:24:20  |   Tue 17 May 2022
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