Real Mississippi

Real Mississippi

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Real Mississippi episodes

  • Cabbage as a Cure

    Mississippians have notoriously unhealthy diets, and they
    do little to nothing about it. This can lead to very poor gut health. One solution to this problem lies in foreign condiments such as sauerkraut and kimchi. They offer healthy alternatives or additions to southern dishes, and would create healthier diets and increase food diversity. Written and narrated by Joey Knight and produced by Jack Kirkland.

    7 min
  • A Forgotten History

    The lynching of four African Americans in Shubuta, Mississippi in 1918 forms almost no part of the understanding locals have of their own history. Looking into their deaths forces us to reckon with our relationship with our past--and the impact it has on the present. Written and narrated by Raleigh Taylor, and produced by Manpreet Singh.

    7 min
  • The Shaping’s of Success: Children’s Education

    "The Shaping’s of Success: Children’s Education" explores the intricate link between childhood experiences and education, emphasizing parental guidance, motivation, and home disruptions. The podcast discusses extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Showing how parents as architects shaping a child's educational foundation. The impact of disruptions, emphasized by interviews with
    teacher Skylar McCann, reveals challenges like motivation drops in unstable homes. The hosts address teacher shortages and advocate for supportive environments, both at home and in the classroom, to positively shape children's mindsets. The podcast stressed the need for freedom, encouragement, and resources, crucial for a child's thriving education.

    8 min
  • The Community Development Foundation: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

    Folks in Northeast Mississippi know that unless local governments and NGOs pull together, businesses will leave, economic development will fall off, and people's lives will be ruined. The Community Development Foundation (CDF) helps coordinate talent and potential so that our part of the state can thrive. Written and narrated by Olivia Cochran and produced by Brooke Anderson.

    8 min
  • Tainted Taps: Looking at a Mississippi Delta Town's Water Quality Issues

    The residents of Cleveland, Mississippi face a threat most of them don't even know about: bacterial contamination and excessive sodium in their tap water. Cleveland’s water quality has become compromised due to the city’s defective water filtration system. As a result, bacteria and sodium spread throughout the city. This has can cause many short and long-term illnesses across the population, particularly for those who need to avoid sodium. Written by Junron Zhou and produced by Savannah Bryant.

    8 min
  • No Debate About It: Young Women Thrive at Debate

    High school debate is a fantastic way for a student to make new friends, develop better communication skills, and acquire important soft skills, but there is a darker side to this activity: mansplaining. Follow Annadele Beckman as she delves into the world of high school debate and interviews her former debate coach

    about the scope of sexism in debate, as well as steps that can be taken to mitigate it.

    8 min
  • Hattiesburg's Sewer Woes

    What's that smell? In Hattiesburg, Mississippi, it may be an overflowing sewer. Updating our aging sewers is a multi-million dollar problem--and Hattiesburg isn't the only place facing it. Written and narrated by Elena Perry; produced by Chloe Wesley.

    8 min
  • The Benefits of Religion: a Southern Baptist View

    It is common to explore practices that benefit the mind and body, yet rarely is it common for one to explore how religious practices may do the same. In this episode, writer and producer Angel Viveros and guest speaker Dr. Timothy Trillet Ed.D explore the benefits of religion from a Southern Baptist perspective.

    8 min
  • A lost voice from the Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance, an upheaval in art and music in African American culture, saw the rise of many of today’s household names—Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, and Duke Ellington, for instance. William Grant Still, though, does not hold the same revered place in our national consciousness. A pioneer of the classical world, Still molded the genres of classical and jazz into today’s shapes. While his name is forgotten, his influence is unmistakable in the music of the present.

    7 min
  • Contamination in Columbus

    Danger is closer to home than many of us know. In the late 1980s many neighborhoods in Columbus, Mississippi experienced danger first hand. Kerr McGee, a company that manufactured chemically treated railroad ties and telephone poles in Columbus, Mississippi, contributed contamination in the form of creosote in the soil at and around the plant. This contamination left negative impacts, such as cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, on the lives of people that worked at the plant as well as the people that lived around it. Written and recorded by Ash Taylor and produced by Cheniya Nicholson.

    8 min

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You can't understand the world unless you understand Mississippi. People here experience all the joys and pains everyone does, but with a statewide population of just three million, everything is…