Each week, members of MAC's staff host The Mississippi Arts Hour, a radio program broadcast on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's FM and digital radio networks. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Mississippi Arts Hour
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381 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Each week, members of MAC's staff host The Mississippi Arts Hour, a radio program broadcast on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's FM and digital radio networks. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Publishing Since
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Recent Episodes
August 9, 2026
Mississippi Arts Hour | Penny Kemp - Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience
David travels to Meridian to visit with Penny Kemp, President and CEO of the <a href="https://www.msarts.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience</a> (The MAEX). They talk about Kemp’s roots in Meridian and her previous work in the arts. They also highlight MAC’s upcoming “Day for Artists” convening at the museum and several of the MAEX’s ongoing and planned activities.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
August 2, 2026
Mississippi Arts Hour | Musician, Arnie Brenn
This week Larry travels up to Oxford to talk with singer/songwriter <a href="https://www.arniebrenn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Arnie Brenn</strong></a>. Brenn is a Laurel native who creates multi-layered psychedelic influenced rock. They talk about Brenn's childhood working as a church musician, how the bass lines in his music originate from him playing sousaphone in marching band and the freedom of creating music in a tiny house.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 26, 2026
Mississippi Arts Hour | Remembering Calvin Phelps
This week, we’re playing a classic “Arts Hour” show featuring the late <a href="https://www.facebook.com/McCombMainStreetAssociation/posts/it-is-with-deep-sadness-that-we-learned-of-the-passing-of-calvin-phelps-executiv/1403627295146715/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Calvin Phelps</strong></a>, founder and longtime director of Pike School of Art who passed away last month. Through PSA, Phelps produced a lot of innovative arts programming in McComb and across the county. The interview was recorded in May 2017 by Malcolm White, MAC’s former executive director.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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