The 5 Best The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast Episodes
1) The many unanswered questions about abortion in Mississippi
Mississippi Today reporters Isabelle Taft, Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison discuss issues related to abortion and health care in Mississippi in light of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision saying...Show More
2) E187 Mississippi, the center of the abortion debate
Mississippi Today journalists Julia James and Will Stribling join editor-in-chief Adam Ganucheau to discuss how Mississippi was at the center of a renewed national debate about abortion access and the...Show More
3) E189 Will Mississippi lawmakers ban critical race theory?
Mississippi Today editors Kayleigh Skinner and Adam Ganucheau discuss potential Mississippi legislation that would aim to ban critical race theory from being taught in Mississippi schools — even thoug...Show More
4) E139 Key leaders want to eliminate the income tax. What does that mean?
Mississippi Today journalists Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender break down key Mississippi leaders' 2021 proposal to eliminate the state's income tax and what that decision would mean fo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Special Ep: What's It's Like Covering Mississippi as a Woman
Mississippi Today reporters Larrison Campbell, Kayleigh Skinner, Anna Wolfe, Erica Hensley and Kelsey Davis discuss the difficulties of dealing with sexism in journalism, politics and society, and the...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Anna Wolfe gives an update on Teddy DiBiase welfare scandal trial
Mississippi Today Jackson Editor Anna Wolfe, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her investigative reporting on Mississippi's massive welfare scandal, provides insight on the first -- perhaps only -- crimina...Show More
7) Jackson Mayor John Horhn and the "prototype for what ails America"
Jackson Mayor John Horhn gives an update on city issues to "The Other Side," including an arrest in the Beth Israel Congregation arson attack, the latest on the water system, the search for a new poli...Show More
8) Happy New Year, and a Happy Mississippi legislative session from 'The Other Side'
Mississippi Today's team prognosticates on some major issues the state Legislature will tackle in this year's session, which kicks off Jan. 6. School choice and teacher pay, workforce development, pri...Show More
9) Will Mississippi see meaningful prison health care reform?
Mississippi Today reporters Gwen Dilworth and Michael Goldberg recap some of the findings from their series "Behind Bars, Beyond Care," which uncovered widespread accusations of lack of adequate healt...Show More
10) Will Mississippi spend its opioid settlement dollars in a way that helps address the crisis and prevent deaths?
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state's plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler's in-depth rep...Show More