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Mississippi Edition

By: MPB Think Radio
  • Summary

  • 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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    © Mississippi Authority for Educational Television d/b/a Mississippi Public Broadcasting 2021
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Episodes
  • 06/07/2024: Trump Rally | Hurricane Drill | State Health Exchange
    Jun 7 2024

    A week after former President Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records, some Mississippians are rallying to show support for his 2024 Presidential campaign.

    Then, Emergency responders test their communication skills as part of an annual hurricane preparedness exercise.

    Plus, a new law allows for the establishment of a state health exchange. But where does the state begin to design that system?



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    24 mins
  • 06/06/2024: Jackson Water | Skilled Jobs | Gulf Coast Land
    Jun 7 2024

    We continue our conversation about Jackson's water system and if federal oversight could have prevented a crisis.

    Then, education experts say technical training can be a big factor in filling the needs of the state's job market and getting students into promising careeers.

    Plus from the Gulf States Newsroom, For 15 years a man has been uncovering his native and formerly-enslaved heritage on Gulf Coast land.


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    23 mins
  • 06/05/2024: Year of Hate report | Gulfport Project Delayed | EPA in Jackson
    Jun 5 2024

    Several organizations in Mississippi have been named "hate groups" in a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

    Then, pushback from residents of a historically Black neighborhood in North Gulfport has local officials delaying plans to build a large cold storage facility.

    Plus, environmental advocates are asking if the EPA is doing enough to help Jackson's struggling water system.


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    24 mins

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