Mississippi Moments Podcast
1) Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina: Ep. 4 - Lessons Learned
In the twenty years since Hurricane Katrina, numerous storms and tornadoes have brought death and destruction to our nation. But for Mississippi, no other event has had as much of an impact, with the ...Show More
2) Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina: Ep. 3 - Crawling from the Wreckage
As the wind and rain began to die down, people crawled from the wreckage to survey the damages left by Hurricane Katrina. The most common description of what they found was "a warzone." First came...Show More
3) Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina: Ep. 2 - Riding the Storm Out
Early in morning of Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near the Louisiana / Mississippi state line and the eyewall passed over the cities of Bay St. Louis and Waveland as a Categ...Show More
4) Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina: Ep. 1 - Preparing for the Worst...
On the afternoon of Friday, August 26, 2005, the National Hurricane Center changed the predicted landfall of Katrina from the panhandle of Florida to Mississippi. As the storm continued to increase in...Show More
5) Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina - Ep. 0 Series Introduction
On August 25th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina crossed over South Florida and into the Gulf, where it quickly strengthened into a massive category 5 storm. Gulf Coast residents watched with increasing alarm ...Show More
6) MSMO Presents: Dogwood - The Sean Cooley Story
To celebrate the publication of an important new book Dogwood, A National Guard Unit's War in Iraq, by Dr. Andrew Wiest of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society, we present this one hour sp...Show More
7) Introducing - Voices of Our People: WWII - Premiering Sept. 30
From the producers of Mississippi Moments comes a new 10 episode long form podcast, Voices of Our People: WWII. Follow this link to subscribe or search your favorite podcast directory: https://directo...Show More
8) MSMO Classic - Fatal Friendly Fire, A Double Tragedy
On this Memorial Day, we look back at episode #615 from May 2019. Jim Swager of Brookhaven joined the US Army shortly after his 18th birthday, three months before D-day. In this episode, he shares his...Show More
9) MSMO Classic - Jackson's Sports Journalist Pioneer
Today we look back at a classic MSMO from April of 2016. Carl Walters of Laurel landed his first newspaper job in the 1920s working as a printer’s assistant. In this episode, he recalls how his love o...Show More
10) MSMO Classic - Southern Miss Legend Coach P.W. Underwood
This week we look back at the storied career of USM football coach, P. W. Underwood in this MSMO classic from March of 2016. After playing football for Southern Miss, P.W. Underwood returned to Hattie...Show More