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) We're spending millions on prison health care ... and we're not getting any
Republican House Corrections Chairwoman Becky Currie of Brookhaven began touring state prisons when she got her committee chair assignment a couple of years ago, and found a disturbing dearth of medic...Show More
7) Would school choice upend athletics in Mississippi public education system?
Ricky Neaves, director of the Mississippi High School Activities Association said that the push for expanded "school choice" by Mississippi lawmakers could have a drastic impact on athletics and other...Show More
8) House Democratic Leader Johnson discusses upcoming legislative session, his political future
Rep. Robert Johnson III of Natchez, leader of Mississippi House Democrats, says the GOP leadership's push for "school choice" is out of touch with rank-and-file Mississippians, many Republican lawmake...Show More
9) Public education advocate Loome says Mississippi parents aren't buying the pitch for school choice
Nancy Loome, executive director of The Parents' Campaign public education advocacy group counters many points proponents are making in their push for more school choice in Mississippi. Loome says siph...Show More
10) Could currently illegal psychedelic drug help opioid addiction and other problems? Should Mississippi invest in testing it?
Ben Bush, a former U.S. Army Ranger combat veteran from Brandon, shares with Mississippi Today his personal story of his struggle with PTSD after returning home from overseas combat, and how the psych...Show More