Melinda sits down to chat with Benton County Fair board member and organizer, Jarrett Thompson.Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis
and show sponsor, Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. HEARD IT ON
THE SHARK is a weekly interview show that airs every Tuesday at 11 am on
the shark 102.3 FM radio station based in Ripley, MS and then is
released as a podcast on all the major podcast platforms. You’ll hear
interviews with the movers and shakers in north Mississippi who are
making things happen. Melinda talks with entrepreneurs, leaders of
business, medicine, education, and the people behind all the amazing
things happening in north Mississippi. When people ask you how did you
know about that, you’ll say, “I HEARD IT ON THE SHARK!” HEARD IT ON THE
SHARK is brought to you by the Mississippi Hills National Heritage area.
We want you to get out and discover the historic, cultural, natural,
scenic and recreational treasures of the Mississippi Hills right in your
backyard. And of course we want you to take the shark 102.3 FM along
for the ride.
Bounded by I-55 to the west and Highway 14 to the south, the Mississippi
Hills National Heritage Area, created by the United States Congress in
2009 represents a distinctive cultural landscape shaped by the dynamic
intersection of Appalachian and Delta cultures, an intersection which
has produced a powerful concentration of national cultural icons from
the King of Rock’n’Roll Elvis Presley, First Lady of Country Music Tammy
Wynette, blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, Civil Rights icons Ida B.
Wells-Barnett and James Meredith, America’s favorite playwright
Tennessee Williams, and Nobel-Laureate William Faulkner. The stories of
the Mississippi Hills are many and powerful, from music and literature,
to Native American and African American heritage, to the Civil War. The
Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area supports the local institutions
that preserve and share North Mississippi’s rich history. Begin your
discovery of the historic, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational
treasures of the Mississippi Hills by visiting the Mississippi Hills
National Heritage Area online at mississippihills.org.
Musical Credit to: Garry Burnside - Guitar; Buddy Grisham - Guitar;
Mike King - Drums/Percussion
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