Now You're Talking with Marshall Ramsey

On September 20th Hurricane Maria made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, as a major Category 4 hurricane around 6:15 a.m. ET with 155 mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was the first Category 4 storm to hit the island since 1932. Today or guest Cucho Gonzales and Stephanie Bruce will talk about the devastation and give first hand accounts of the affect this hurricane has had on their lives and the lives of their loved ones.

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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in Mississippi,so on today's show we welcomed Patti Herrington, a woman who lost her son to suicide but turned her pain into her purpose by creating Firefly Outreach, an organization that shares the message to take a stand for life against suicide. We will also have Sandra Parks, Director of the Division of Children & Youth Services at the Dept. of Mental Health, Molly Portera, Coordinator with the Suicide Prevention Outreach at the Dept. of Mental Health and August Patton, Director of Children & Youth Services at Hinds Behavioral Health Services in Jackson to give us insight into the mental health aspect of suicide.

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Today our guest is Renee Smith-Mader. Join us as we go inside her unique and heart - felt story as she talks about her experience of being adopted from an small orphanage in Bien Hoa, north of Saigon, by a soldier serving in the US Army during the Vietnam War.

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9/11 changed America fundamentally, far more than outsiders realized at the time. For Americans it genuinely was a new Pearl Harbor, an attack on the homeland that made them feel vulnerable for the first time in 60 years. So today, Marshall talks with our guest, Ronnie Agnew, Executive Director of MPB and Jason Klein, Director of Radio for MPB, as they discuss their 9/11 experience and how it effected their lives and the lives of people around them.

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On today's show we welcomed Natascha Donald, (G.I Jane) Competitive Bodybuilder, Fitness Trainer and motivational speaker as she talks about her journey from being an overweight single mom in an abusive relationship to sculpting one the most impressive physiques you’ll see in all of Mississippi.

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Today on Now You'r talking, we welcomed Kaye Phillips, co-author of “Nasty Women Project: Voices from the Resistance” as she discussed her life, the book and upcoming projects. We also spoke with musician Seth Power as he discussed his life and his music. We also have an exclusive for you from Seth so sit back and enjoy this episode of "Now You're Talking with Marshall Ramsey"

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If you asked her, Rita Likins Brady would tell you there is only one thing missing in her life: the baby she gave away 51 years ago. We spoke with her as she shared her story of her journey to locate her son. We also welcomed Catholic Charities Director, Stacey Pajak and Adoption Specialist Monica Mounger to give us an inside look at the process of locating a child.

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Today our guest was Mississippi native, Steve Azar, an American country music artist, hit songwriter, and producer. We went inside his story as he discusses his music, family and life as a "Modern day Renaissance Man". He spoke about his love for his hometown, sports and giving back to his community.

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On Today's show we explored the wonderful world of art. Our guest were Cassandre Connolly a Jackson Public School Art Teacher with Siwell Middle School, and Richard McKey, a prolific local artist and art gallery owner of Fondren Art Gallery in Jackson, MS.

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Today on Now You're Talking we discussed with Dr. Freda Bush the effects of early sexual behavior with teens and spoke with Neil Woodall as he shared his story of triumph with prescription drug abuse.

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