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@jxnfreepress podcast of storytelling, solutions, ideas. Studio: @Podastery | Producers: @toddstauffer, Kourtney Moncure | EP: @TheRealBeauYork, @donnerkay

Jackson, Mississippi
Joined July 2014
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If y'all haven't listed to @toddstauffer's @Letstalkjackson podcast with badass @phenomenashlie, YOU MUST: soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
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The @LetsTalkJackson podcast is back and focused on #COVID_19 solutions. @jxnfreepress publisher @ToddStauffer talked yesterday to attorney @DHumphreysEsq to help you navigate small-business financial assistance, plus other worker/employer questions. soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
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The new season of @letstalkjackson is live with my podcast with Alesha Judkins of @FWDus talking Mississippi prison reform, growing up in Alabama and learning from Bryan Stevenson of @eji_org. Listen here: soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/8…
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Listen right now to an inspiring woman working to register and engage young voters in Mississippi. Much wisdom here from @ArekiaSBennett, executive director of Mississippi Votes. #mselex soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
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Rep.-elect @yatesforhouse defeated a long-time incumbent Republican man by knocking on 10,000 doors and owning her beliefs. Listen to her frank conversation with @DonnerKay about what women in Mississippi must do to lead and be elected.#MSelex
Shanda Yates, a 38-year-old Jackson-area attorney, has ousted Billy Denny, a top Republican in the #Mississippi House of Representatives who first won his seat in 1987β€”when Yates was just 6 years old. #mselex #msleg ow.ly/fxJM30pUjA9
JUST UP: Listen to Shanda Yates, a secretary-turned-lawyer who just ousted a long-time Mississippi Republican, in our @LetsTalkJackson podcast. She bucked typical wisdom, not avoiding issues vital to her to appeal to conservatives. #mselex @yatesforhouse soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
Shanda Yates, a 38-year-old Jackson-area attorney, has ousted Billy Denny, a top Republican in the #Mississippi House of Representatives who first won his seat in 1987β€”when Yates was just 6 years old. #mselex #msleg ow.ly/fxJM30pUjA9
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In this episode of @LetsTalkJackson Politics, Donna Ladd speaks with Mike Morgan, Hinds County Supervisor from District 4, who is running as an Independent to retain his seat against Democratic candidate Vern Gavin. #JXN #JFP #LetsTalkJackson ow.ly/oVcy30pOW9i
In this episode of @LetsTalkJackson, Dr. Karla McCullough urges self-care on those working to help others. "A lot of civil rights leaders, and others, die young." #JXN #JFP #LetsTalkJackson ow.ly/6TL130pOv9j
In this episode of @LetsTalkJackson, Jackson City Council President Virgi Lindsay spoke about issues in #JXN, as well as growing up among rocket scientists, being a woman leader and her time as a Clarion-Ledger reporter back when it won a Pulitzer Prize. ow.ly/ZxS130pJE4D
My @LetsTalkJackson podcast with Jackson City Council President Virgi Lindsay is up. She grew up around rocket scientists on Gulf Coast and was Clarion-Ledger reporter back in its Pulitzer days. And, of course, she talks about City's immense challenges. soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
In this special episode sponsored by the #Mississippi Museum or Art, we recorded this podcast in front of a live audience at the Museum on Sept 10th, 2019 as a part of Art Nights, which is sponsored by Baker Donelson. @LetsTalkJackson #JXN #JFP ow.ly/S0Z630pEB1b
In this episode, Donna Ladd spoke with Dr. Judy Meredith, a former TV and radio news reporter who recently completed a documentary about her husband, called "Who is James Meredith," and discussed the film, her husband and her own life and career. #JXN ow.ly/texY30pGhNm
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Just up: My podcast with Judy Meredith talking about her new documentary, "Who Is James Meredith?," about her husband, who integrated #OleMiss and was later shot on his March Against Fear. But, she said, "People don't know he can be so comical." Listen: soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
Meet Judy Meredith, my newest @LetsTalkJackson podcast with a badass Jackson woman, dropping Wednesday. She talks about her new documentary on her iconic husband: β€œWho Is James Meredith?” She talks how he wooed her, his brilliance and bravery, and her own journey. Must-listen.
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Jordan Butler, vice president of education and training at Refill Jackson, visited with #JFP publisher Todd Stauffer to talk more about the Refill Jackson workforce development program and this exciting new economic development project for the city. #JXN ow.ly/ArhG30pzkFy
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HAPPENING TODAY @ 5:45 PM | Join us for Art Nights, β€œLet’s Talk Jackson: Art” Host Maisie Brown will lead our guests β€” poet Jeffrey Caliedo, curator Elizabeth Abston, & writer Dr. RaShell Smith-Spears#newsymphonyoftime #margaretwalker @mwalkercenter @LetsTalkJackson @JxnFreePress
We cross the street for this great event tomorrow! See you there.
TUESDAY @ 5:45 PM | Join us for the first Art Nights of the Fall, where we’ll be creating the very first installment of β€œLet’s Talk Jackson: Art,” a collaboration between the Museum and the Jackson Free Press! β€’ #newsymphonyoftime #margaretwalker @mwalkercenter @letstalkjackson
In this episode of @LetsTalkJackson, #JFP Editor-in-Chief talks to Alana Willis, the younger sister of the late Cedric Willis, about her brother’s 12-year false imprisonment from 1994 to 2006 and the effect that had on their family and her as a child. ow.ly/rybH30ptFDe
I've interviewed amazing people for @LetsTalkJackson, but my new podcast with Alana Willis, sister of #CedricWillis, is in its own class. She's so honest what she went through when he was falsely convicted when she was 9, plus her own sexual assault. soundcloud.com/letstalkjxn/l…
As Pamela Junior takes over the position as director of both the Mississippi History Museum and the #Mississippi Civil Right Museum, she sat down with Donna Ladd to talk about growing up in Jackson, Mississippi. @LetsTalkJackson #JXN #JFP #2museums ow.ly/QL0P30pjwXk