Michael Marks hosted a radio talk show on Fridays at noon on WJMG 92.1 with a variety of guests.
Past Episodes:
September 24, 2021 – Hattiesburg Veteran and Military Hero Charles J. Brown
October 1, 2021 – Gospel Psalmist Angela White-Carter
October 15, 2021 – National Speech & Debate Association Coach R. Scott Waldrop (Hispanic Heritage Month)
October 22, 2021 – Golden Apple Teacher Honoree Mimi Wilson and Hattiesburg High School HOSA Officers
October 29, 2021 – Judge Deborah Gambrell Chambers
November 5, 2021 – Hattiesburg Arts Council Executive Director Alehandro “Ale” Wooten (First African-American)
November 26, 2021 – ADP Executive Committee Member Anthony Harris and Noah Harris (First African- American President of Harvard Undergraduate Council)
December 3, 2021 – YMCA CEO Matt Rumph and Vice-President Joe Kinnan (2021 Hattiesburg Veteran of the Year)
December 17, 2021 – Christian Recording Artist Jasmine Murray
December 31, 2021 – Forrest County Board of Supervisors President David Hogan and Vernon Dahmer Statue Artists Vixon Sullivan and Ben Watts
January 7, 2022 – Hattiesburg Downtown Association: Executive Director Andrea Saffle, Past-President Shawn Lowery, Treasurer Shawn Harris
January 14, 2022 – Pine Belt Foundation Executive Director Mike Dixon: Hattiesburg Half Marathon
January 21, 2022 – Hattiesburg Convention Commission Museum Operations and Programs Manager Vanessa Molden
January 28, 2022 – Twin Rivers District Boy Scouts: Scout Officials Quincy DeJarnett and Bishop Browne
February 4, 2022 – Mississippi Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health CEO Dr. Sandra Melvin
February 11, 2022 – National Education Association President Rebecca Pringle
February 18, 2022 – National School Boards Association President/CEO Emeritus Miranda Beard
February 25, 2022 – Liver Cancer Benefactor/Former Ebony Fashion Fair Model Rosie M. Butler
March 4, 2022 – HHS and Harvard Grad Charles Phillips (Minority Home Ownership. SAWA.money)
March 11, 2022 – Past President, National Association of Black Journalists Kathy Y. Times
March 18, 2022 – Dance Art Dance Non-Profit: Tracey Seymour and E. Jae James (Harlem Nights Gala)
March 25, 2022 – ADP Communications and Events Manager Vanessa Henson: Hub Fest
April 1, 2022 – Visit Hattiesburg Executive Director Marlo Dorsey and Communications Director Paige Crane Robertson: Freedom Summer Tour Award/Tourism
April 8, 2022 – WCU College of Osteopathic Medicine Associate Dean Dr. Melissa Stephens and Assistant Dean Dr. Mayalya Merritt (TAR Wars)
April 15, 2022 – West Nile Survivor/Education/Research of The Bug Campaign Sandra Jordan
April 22, 2022 – High School and University Interns: The Value of Work Experience
April 29, 2022 – National Original Spoken Word Poetry Champion Logan Green (HHS Debate Student)
May 6, 2022 – Service Dogs/Dog Days Marathon Executive Director Angela Davis-Morris
May 13, 2022 – Forrest County Democratic Party: June Primaries; and Frederick Varnado: VetFest 2022
May 27, 2022 – Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Williams
June 1, 2022 – In the Heat of the Night Actress Denise Nicholas
June 1, 2022 – Festival South Co-Directors Dr. Jay Dean and Dr. Mike Lopinto
June 10, 2022 – Filmmaker/Actor Miles Doleac
June 10, 2022 – Festival South Performers Juneteenth Celebration Host Ora Reid, Finale Musical Director Britain, and Jazz Vocalist Katrina Cox
June 17, 2022 – Motown Sound Creator Mickey Stevenson
June 24, 2022 – Broadway Actor Rashad Naylor (with Retired HHS Theatre Instructor Donna Matthews)
July 1, 2022 – EUROHA Alums Doris Townsend Gaines and Carolyn Hall Abrams on their new book, The Class of 1968 – LJ Rowan High School, A Thread Through Time
July 1, 2022 – Petal Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Valerie Wilson and Petal Mayor Tony Ducker Star-Spangled Celebration on the River
July 8, 2022 – EUROHA Alumni Association: 50th Anniversary of Integration of Hattiesburg Public Schools
July 15, 2022 – Downtown Hattiesburg Owner of Four Restaurants Nelson Haskin
July 22, 2022 – FOX23 News Director Randy Swan/Voice of the Pine Belt
July 29, 2022 – Civil Rights Icon Raylawni Branch
August 5, 2022 – Retired Educator and Former 60’s Girl Group Star Rosemary Woullard
August 12, 2022 – Mississippi Teacher of the Year: Petal High School’s Skye Morgan
August 19, 2022 – Southern Miss Athletic Director Jeremy McClain
August 26, 2022 – Jackson State University Professor and Perry County Native Jennifer Steele
September 2, 2022 – One-Man Band Charles Carter & Miss Black Mississippi USA Director Kristy Arrington and State Title Holders
September 9, 2022 – Best-Selling Author Dean Meador Smith: Meador Homestead
September 16, 2022 – Former Vice-President/Chief Clinical Officer of Forrest Health Ora Shaheed
September 23, 2022 – Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival Organizer Deborah Delgado
September 30, 2022 – Hattiesburg Hall of Fame 2022 Inductees & Heat of the Night Actress and Jackson State University Professor Tommie Tonea Stewart
October 7, 2022 – Extra Table Executive Director Martha Allen and Staff
November 18, 2022 – Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins
November 18, 2022 – Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins PSA
