Mississippi Moments Podcast

Mississippi Moments, a weekly radio program airing on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, is a partnership between the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and MPB.

The Podcasts

Joe Berryman, Buck Wells, and Hugh Clegg fondly recall hometown entertainment during the days of the silent film.
Direct download: MS_Moments_81.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:01 PM

Purser Hewitt, Sam Alford, and E. G. McDavid recall the spirited personality and oratorical skills of the controversial U.S. senator and Mississippi governor from Pearl River County.
Direct download: MS_Moments_71.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:36 PM

Presidential Citizens Medal recipient Oseola McCarty remarks on her lifetime of work as a washerwoman and the legacy she created at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Direct download: MS_Moments_43.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:57 PM

Joseph Wroten, Erle Johnston, and Gilbert Mason recall the creation and influence of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission during the civil rights movement.
Direct download: 16-Mississippi_State_Sovereignty_Commission.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:48 PM

Jack Pace, James "Jaybird" Smith, and Reverend F. E. Sellers reminisce about southern breakfasts, squirrel stew, and homemade syrup.
Direct download: 19-Foodways.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:49 PM

Mississippi artists Kay Allen, Jennie Lee Gorton, and Berdie Steve share how identity is discovered and revealed in the folk art forms of quilting, painting, and basket weaving.
Direct download: March_2005_Spot_5.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:11 PM

Mississippi musicians Melvin Stacks, Roger Smith, and George Cecil McLeod reflect on the centrality of music in their lives. (photo of singing school students at Greenwright School in Monroe County, 1913)
Direct download: March_2005_Spot_4.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:31 PM

Johnny Balser of McComb remembers how he parlayed skills learned as a railroad worker into support for the Allied effort in Europe during the Second World War.
Direct download: MSM_165.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:57 PM

Belzoni native Thomas Turner reflects on the origins and colorful life of gypsies who mule traded near his home in the early 20th century. 

Direct download: MS_Moments_163.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:38 PM

Mrs. Lamar Hennington, Charles Ainsworth, and Ben Earles reminisce about the days of the gigantic longleaf pine and how an industry altered the land and its people.
Direct download: MS_Moments_148.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:08 PM