The Extra Mile Podcast

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Accelerate MS Executive Director Ryan Miller Sep 07, 2023

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Accelerate MS Executive Director Ryan Miller joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about the exciting work his office is doing in the realm of workforce development among other topics.

Show intro, introducing Accelerate MS Executive Director Ryan Miller - 01:28
What Accelerate MS does - 02:41
Ryan Miller's background - 03:39
Second annual MS Horizons Workforce Symposium - 07:17
Current focus for Accelerate MS - 09:26
On Accelerate MS successes so far - 11:21
Regarding Workforce Enhancement Training (WET) Funds - 12:11
Accelerate MS's future approach structure - 14:28
Challenges Accelerate MS faces in accomplishing goals - 19:02
Transportation related career growth - 25:04
How Accelerate MS relates to economic development - 28:02
Top careers with needs and growth - 31:02
Favorite current music - 35:58
Favorite concert(s) - 37:30
Favorite place(s) to eat around Mississippi - 39:53
Show outro - 42:02

MDOT State LPA Engineer Lee Frederick Aug 24, 2023

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MDOT State LPA Engineer Lee Frederick joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about how his division helps to facilitate countless local, public projects across Mississippi among other topics.

Show intro, introducing MDOT State LPA Engineer Lee Frederick - 01:28
What LPA means - 02:51
How MDOT works with local public agencies - 04:32
Types of LPA projects - 06:03
LPA division team - 06:47
Why you would want to work for MDOT - 09:50
Lee Frederick's favorite LPA projects - 14:06
Transportation Alternatives (TA) program - 16:05
Other upcoming projects - 17:07
Litter in Mississippi - 18:34
Favorite place(s) to eat around Jackson - 19:05
Top restaurants outside of Jackson - 20:13
Favorite music - 21:43
Favorite concert - 23:14
Lee Frederick's Mississippi summer travel spots - 24:03
MDOT's free travel resources - 25:18
Show outro - 28:04

MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White - August 2023 Aug 10, 2023

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MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about the importance of preparedness as we enter peak hurricane season along with other topics.

Show intro, introducing MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White - 01:32
About the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) - 02:28
What Malary White does at MEMA - 04:32
How MEMA approaches peak hurricane season - 07:30
On hurricane preparedness - 10:00
MEMA resources, including their app - 12:40
Overview of contraflow - 17:12
Lessons learned from past events - 19:06
Clarifying common MEMA misconceptions - 22:20
Hurricane season predictions - 24:16
Favorite place(s) to eat - 27:38
Favorite music and concert - 28:26
Favorite summer travel spots - 29:52
Show outro - 31:47

State Senator Jenifer Branning and State Representative Scott Bounds at NCF 2023 Jul 27, 2023

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State Senator Jenifer Branning and State Representative Scott Bounds joined The Extra Mile podcast on location at the Neshoba County Fair to talk Mississippi's Giant House Party, highlight 2023 legislative accomplishments/discuss future priorities and drop favorite summer travel destinations.

Show intro, introducing State Representative Scott Bounds - 01:07
What's going on at the Neshoba County Fair - 02:06
Speech preview - 05:50
Prep for the fair - 08:10
Reviewing the 2023 legislative session - 09:45
Future legislation aims - 10:50
Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music - 13:09
Favorite Neshoba County Fair concert - 16:02
Introducing State Senator Jenifer Branning - 19:19
What Fair events Senator Branning is looking forward to - 20:58
Highlights from 2023 legislative session - 22:14
Upcoming legislative goals - 24:35
Summer fun in Senate District 18 - 25:20
Senator Branning's favorite summer travel destinations - 27:15
Favorite Neshoba County Fair concert - 28:42
Show outro - 30:34

Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr. - July 2023 Jul 13, 2023

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The Extra Mile Podcast made a return trip to Vicksburg to visit with Mayor George Flaggs, Jr. to talk transportation projects in the area, the Dick Hall Welcome Center, city happenings and more.

Show intro, introducing Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr. - 01:12
July 4 in Vicksburg - 03:01
Regarding the Miss Mississippi Pageant - 04:14
Vicksburg pickleball and goat yoga opportunities - 05:31
On the Dick Hall Welcome Center - 07:46
Improvements to I-20 Flowers Interchange - 09:03
I-20 frontage road extension and bridge repair - 13:04
Port update - 14:11
City's litter management - 15:25
Favorite place(s) to eat - 19:00
Favorite summer trip - 20:57
Favorite music - 21:57
Show outro - 23:07

Ardenland Owner Arden Barnett Jun 29, 2023

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Our summer travel theme continued on The Extra Mile Podcast as the team visited with concert promoter Arden Barnett, owner of Ardenland!

Show intro, introducing concert promoter and owner of Ardenland Arden Barnett - 00:37
About Duling Hall - 01:37
How Arden got into music - 03:00
Why Duling Hall's location matters for music - 05:05
Importance of transportation network for shows - 06:16
Cathead Jam - 08:59
Upcoming event at MSU Riley Center - 10:08
Keath Killebrew Memorial Rodeo - 11:40
Regarding litter - 13:37
Favorite place(s) to eat - 15:46
Favorite music - 16:50
Show outro - 19:35

State Senator Lydia Chassaniol Jun 15, 2023

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State Senator Lydia Chassaniol, Chair of the Senate Tourism Committee, joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about summer travel destinations in the great State of Mississippi.

Show intro, state Senator Lydia Chassaniol - 00:35
About the building and location - 01:26
Senator Chassaniol's service history - 02:58
On the Mississippi culinary travel project - 03:45
Promoting town to town marketing - 07:57
Recent trip to Ocean Springs - 11:52
Regarding a visit to Laurel - 13:55
Favorite place to eat - 16:25
Favorite music - 19:21
Passion for art - 22:23
Show outro - 23:54

Coast Transit Authority Executive Director Kevin Coggin May 24, 2023

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Kevin Coggin, Executive Director of the Coast Transit Authority, joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about his organization, the need for public transit, the importance of hurricane preparedness and more.

Show intro, introducing Coast Transit Authority Executive Director Kevin Coggin - 00:36
On the Gulfport Transit Center building - 01:15
What is the Coast Transit Authority - 03:29
Van pool operations - 05:54
How the Coast Transit Authority relates to MDOT - 06:51
Recent funding for multimodal transportation - 08:29
Experience during Hurricane Katrina - 09:59
Response to hurricanes - 12:34
Lessons learned from Katrina - 13:51
Importance of a hurricane plan - 15:20
Future challenges for transit - 20:11
Autonomous and EV type vehicles for transit - 21:18
Favorite place(s) to eat - 22:57
Favorite music - 24:56
Show outro - 25:33

MDOT Engineers Colby Kimmel & Jessica Dilley May 11, 2023

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Colby Kimmel, Assistant Chief Engineer - Pre-construction, and Jessica Dilley, Assistant State Planning Engineer, joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk women in engineering, why they got in to the field, the benefits of working at MDOT and more.

Show intro, introducing MDOT Engineers Colby Kimmel and Jessica Dilley - 00:38
Beginnings at MDOT - 03:07
Regarding the Women in Transportation Seminar Mississippi group - 04:26
WTS Social Media - 10:00
Why Colby Kimmel decided to become an engineer - 10:10
Contact details for WTS and STEM video resources - 11:36
What drew Jessica Dilley to engineering - 14:17
Why girls should study engineering - 16:16
Importance of diversity in teams at MDOT - 20:20
Reasons why MDOT is a great place to work - 23:02
Favorite place(s) to eat - 27:22
Show outro - 30:22

Legislative Session 2023: MDOT Executive Director Brad White Apr 13, 2023

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MDOT Executive Director Brad White joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session on location at the Mississippi Capitol to recap a successful 2023 Legislative Session.

Show intro, introducing MDOT Executive Director Brad White - 00:31
On the State Capitol room setting - 01:16
2023 legislative session impact for MDOT - 02:18
Importance of multimodal investment - 05:55
Dick Hall welcome center - 08:02
Funding for capacity project highlights - 09:47
Current MDOT priorities - 13:38
Response to recent storms - 17:04
Favorite place(s) to eat - 19:47
Favorite music - 20:31
Updates on Will's family - 21:41
Show outro - 22:41