Mississippi Moments Podcast

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Premiering in 2005, Mississippi Moments educates and entertains by bringing the stories that connect us to our shared experience.

08/29/2025
08/28/2025

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 size and intensity, Federal, State, and local officials began planning for the worst case scenario.

In our first episode of Voices of Our People: Hurricane Katrina we look back on the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina. We examine the choices that were made and why. We hear first-hand accounts by key decision makers of the Mississippi National Guard including Major General Harold "Hac" Cross, Major General Bobbie Ginn, and Major General Janson "Durr" Boyles. We also hear from Dr. David Holt, Associate Professor of Geography School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences and coordinator of the Sustainability Sciences BS program, and Dr. Deanne Stephens, Co-Director of the USM Center for the Study of the Gulf South

To these voices, we add the stories of Mississippians from all walks of life, recorded shortly after the storm. From these raw accounts of survival and resiliency, we will hopefully gain a deeper perspective of how they prepared to meet the moment that fateful weekend in August of 2005.

In partnership with the The Center for the Study of the National Guard at Southern Miss and Mississippi Humanities Council

Available on https://www.mississippimoments.org/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

In honor of the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, June 6, 1944.
06/06/2025

In honor of the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, June 6, 1944.

Episode 8:  As Allied Forces began planning for an invasion of Europe in 1943, it faced entrenched and highly-fortified German defenses along the French coastline. There would be only one opportunity to gain the element of surprise and somehow skirt the massive army that awaited them onshore. Opera...

Click below to listen to Episode 6 of Voices of Our People: WWII
11/08/2024

Click below to listen to Episode 6 of Voices of Our People: WWII

Episode 6:  As the war progressed, manpower shortages forced Americans to reexamine the role of women in the workplace. But even as increased demand for workers created new opportunities women, in both the civilian job market and the military, many viewed such changes as an affront to the American ...

Have you subscribed to our new ten part podcast, Voices of Our People:WWII? Follow the link below to catch Episode 5, or...
10/28/2024

Have you subscribed to our new ten part podcast, Voices of Our People:WWII? Follow the link below to catch Episode 5, or scroll down to the link for Episode 1 so you don't miss any of the riveting stories of our Mississippi Veterans!

Episode 5: Perhaps no event changes a society more completely than war. Long-established cultural norms and accepted public policies can buckle under the stress of extended conflict. Indeed, WWII would change several long-held beliefs of the American public.   In the next two episodes, we will exam...

Don't miss Episode 4 of our new WWII podcast. Click below.
10/28/2024

Don't miss Episode 4 of our new WWII podcast. Click below.

Episode 4:  By the time America entered the conflict in Europe, it was clear that this war would be waged in radically different ways from the previous war, which had been fought primarily from trenches.   The development of heavy, high-altitude bombers meant that devastating destruction could be ...

Follow the link below to hear Episode 3 of Voices of Our People!
10/28/2024

Follow the link below to hear Episode 3 of Voices of Our People!

On Episode 3, we examine the early days of the Pacific war. Following their successful attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces began a campaign to subjugate nearby countries in order to obtain more resources, expand their sphere of influence along the Pacific rim, and construct a defensive perimeter...

Click below to hear Episode 2 of our latest long-form history podcast.
10/28/2024

Click below to hear Episode 2 of our latest long-form history podcast.

Welcome to the second episode of Voices of Our People: WWII. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, young people flood recruitment offices across the nation, ready to join the fight. As the United States begins shifting its massive economy to a wartime footing, our military experiences growing pains....

Listen now to Episode 1 of our new WWII podcast. Click below.
10/28/2024

Listen now to Episode 1 of our new WWII podcast. Click below.

Welcome to Voices of Our People: WWII. As Hitler's army marches across Europe, Americans are determined to sit out a second world war. However, half a world away, the Empire of Japan plans a preemptive strike on an obscure U. S. Naval base known as Pearl Harbor.   Our speakers for Episode One:   B...

https://sites.libsyn.com/546632/preview-of-episode-one-pearl-harborPremieres on Monday morning, September 30. Available ...
09/26/2024

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Premieres on Monday morning, September 30. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

Episode One drops on Monday morning, September 30. Here is a two minute preview of what you can expect to hear. Subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Voices of Our People: WWII!

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Voices of Our People, Reflections of Our Past.

Since 1971, the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage has been preserving the memories of Mississippians from all walks of life. Our collection of over 4,000 interviews and counting has proven an invaluable resource for teachers, writers, researchers, and museums. While our collection has a recognized strength in the history of the civil rights movement and veterans' histories, the Center has collected broadly. The topics covered within the collection encompass the breadth of the state’s history.

Mississippi Moments began in early 2005 as a weekly series of radio spots broadcast statewide on Mississippi Public Broadcasting with funding provided by the Mississippi Humanities Council. Each episode features stories gleaned from hours of research, edited for time and clarity and narrated by Mississippi broadcast veteran, Bill Ellison. These stories range in topic and tone, but war stories and the struggle for civil rights receive the most attention. MSMO is not a History series. History frequently comes along for the ride, but Story drives the narrative.

In 2009, the Mississippi Moments Podcast was launched as a way to make past and future episodes available online and searchable by subject. The podcast format allows us to greatly expand on the broadcast version and bonus content is a given. So give us a listen. With over 600 episodes available and new ones added each month, you are certain to find some amazing, moving stories about the diverse and colorful people who call Mississippi home.