Mississippi Live Weather Chief Meteorologist Matt Laubhan hosted The Extra Mile Podcast at his studios in downtown Tupelo. Topics included building Mississippi Live Weather from scratch, severe weather prep, his thoughts on weather manipulation, and more.

For more information on Mississippi Live Weather, visit msliveweather.com

Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker hosted The Extra Mile Podcast in City Hall. Topics of conversation included Hub City happenings and accomplishments, transportation projects, and a huge college football matchup between Southern Miss and Mississippi State.

Mississippi Politico Pete Perry hosted The Extra Mile Podcast at his Neshoba County Fair cabin. Topics of conversation included Ronald Reagan's memorable fair speech, musings on MDOT, thoughts on Jackson's future and more.

MDOT Human Resources Director Terrance Yarbrough joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about how his background in psychology relates to HR, various careers at the agency, a burgeoning intern program, and more.

MEMA Director of External Affairs Scott Simmons joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about his new role, promote hurricane preparedness, highlight memorable stories from his news days, and more.

MDOT State Maintenance Engineer Matt Dugas joined The Extra Mile Podcast on location at the 2025 State Roadeo in Biloxi to provide an overview of the important training event.

• Drive safely this summer! – 00:00
• Show intro / introducing MDOT State Maintenance Engineer Matt Dugas – 00:30
• Matt's career at MDOT – 01:19
• The 2025 State Roadeo – 02:34
• Who are the favorites to win? – 06:33
• MDOT's Maintenance Division – 07:26
• Favorite place(s) to eat – 08:17
• Favorite music/concert(s) – 10:41
• Show Outro – 12:02

Michael Morris, Director of the Two Mississippi Museums, joined The Extra Mile Podcast to give an overview of the museums, talk programming and events, discuss upcoming major Mississippi Department of Archives and History projects, and more.

To support the Two Mississippi Museums, visit https://2mm.mdah.ms.gov/support/donate

• Show intro / introducing Michael Morris, Director of the Two Mississippi Museums – 00:00
• Michael's background – 01:00
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History – 03:03
• The Two Mississippi Museums – 05:11
• Programming at the Two Museums – 09:26
• New MDAH Projects – 15:28
• Historic Jefferson College – 17:31
• Margaret Ann Crigler Park – 19:13
• Favorite place(s) to eat – 21:14
• Favorite music/concert(s) – 24:02
• Show Outro – 25:36

Gerard Gibert of SuperTalk's "MidDays with Gerard Gibert" show joined The Extra Mile Podcast to discuss his background in the tech sector, how strong infrastructure plays a role in attracting businesses, his thoughts on a special session, and more.

• Show intro / introducing SuperTalk host Gerard Gibert – 00:00
• Gerard's background at Venture Technologies – 01:28
• How Gerard got into politics – 19:01
• The importance of transportation infrastructure – 41:33
• Legislative recap / upcoming special session – 47:04
• Looking ahead to 2027 election – 51:24
• Favorite place(s) to eat – 55:31
• Favorite music/concert(s) – 57:43
• Show Outro – 1:02:40

MDOT Executive Director Brad White joined The Extra Mile Podcast to discuss new recurring revenue for the agency gained during the 2025 legislative session, toll scams, National Work Zone Awareness Week and more. 

• Show intro / introducing MDOT Executive Director Brad White – 00:00
• 2025 Legislative Session overview – 00:48
• New recurring revenue stream & where it will go – 02:26
• Reauthorization of IIJA – 04:18
• MDOT mourns the passing of Former Northern Transportation Commissioner Zack Stewart – 05:33
• National Work Zone Awareness Week / Fallen Workers Memorial Ceremony – 06:54
• Toll road scams – 09:02
• MDOT's annual Trash Bash events – 11:11
• 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – 12:50
• Something fun Brad has done lately – 15:42
• Show Outro – 16:55

For the extra special 100th episode of The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session, Mississippi Transportation Commission Chair Willie Simmons joined co-hosts Will Craft and Paul Katool to provide central Mississippi project updates, give the latest on recurring revenue for MDOT, talk litter pickup efforts, and more.

• Show intro / introducing Commissioner Willie Simmons – 00:00
• Mississippians affected by severe weather / MDOT project updates – 01:48
• Museum Trail in Jackson – 10:57
• Interstate Problems in the Jackson Metro – 13:33
• Recurring Revenue for MDOT – 21:20
• Favorite place(s) to eat – 26:07
• Favorite music/concert(s) – 28:09
• Show Outro – 29:57