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
- 1936
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Friday, August 12th
Heavy rains across the southern part of the state. Then, the U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi over its treatment of citizens with mental disabilities. Later, a baby in D'Iberville dies while …
Sat 13 Aug 2016
Thursday, August 11th
A task force recommends changes to the foster care system in a Gulf Coast county. Then, the final installment in our three-part investigative feature on opioid abuse in the state. Later, a conversati…
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Wednesday, August 10th
What kind of policies does Mississippi have in place for working parents? Then, Part Two in our investigative feature on opioid abuse in the state. Later, a dollar doesn't buy what it used to. We'll …
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Tuesday, August 9th
How one historically black college is working to end modern day slavery. Then, opioid addiction in Mississippi. The first of a three-part series. Later, a StoryCorps conversation from Mississippi on …
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Monday, August 8th
A rate increase is coming for some on the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange. Then, where the state's foster care system stands on enacting reforms. Later, a visit from the experts of Ever…
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Thursday, August 4th
We talk with the mayor of Tupelo about the recent killing of an unarmed black man by a police officer there. And the fallout of that tragic night. Then, some business leaders in the state call for im…
Thu 04 Aug 2016
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
A grand jury declines to indict a white Tupelo police officer in the June eighteenth shooting death of an unarmed black man. We'll hear from the attorney for the man's family. Then, the city of Natch…
Wed 03 Aug 2016
Tuesday, August 2nd
Making agency spending more efficient in the state. Then, the Zika mosquito is now transmitting the disease in South Florida. Should Mississippians be worried? Later, a StoryCorps conversation from M…
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Monday, August 1st
Two protests conclude peacefully in Tupelo. One of them prompted by a police involved deadly shooting in June. We'll take a look. Then, voter I.D. laws across the country are coming under scrutiny in…
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Friday, July 29th
Hillary Clinton is officially the Democratic nominee for president. We'll talk live with a Mississippi delegate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Then, state Republican leaders defend their party's work…
Mon 01 Aug 2016
Thursday, July 28th
Mississippi's Giant House party continues in Neshoba County. We'll hear from two possible gubernatorial candidates. Then, an audio postcard from Day Three of the Democratic National Convention in Phi…
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Wednesday, July 27th
As the politics of the Neshoba County Fair kick off, Donald Trump Junior stumps for his father. Then, we'll hear from Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson after day two of the Democratic National …
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Friday, July 22nd
We'll analyze Donald Trump's acceptance speech with Mississippi State Republican Party Chair Joe Nosef. Then, is the number of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus on the rise? Later, giving back …
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Tuesday, July 26th
Figuring out what some recent test scores mean for Mississippi students. Then, a conversation on policing black neighborhoods in the current social climate with the sheriff of Hinds County. Later, a …
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Monday, July 25th
Mississippi delegates to the Democratic Convention are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this week. We'll talk with a couple of representatives about what the week holds. Then, a visit from the experts …
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Thursday, July 21st
A Mississippi legislator talks with us from the floor of the Republican National Convention. Then, a group of African American funeral directors on the Gulf Coast is accusing the Harrison County cor…
Fri 22 Jul 2016
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