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The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast

Aug 31, 2020

Mississippi native and Georgia activist Stacey Abrams, in a fundraiser earlier this summer, discussed Mike Espy’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2020.


Aug 24, 2020

Mississippi Today political reporters spent a couple weeks digging into the Senate campaigns of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy. What they found were completely different strategies and infrastructures.


Aug 17, 2020

Mississippi Today’s political reporters discuss how Gov. Tate Reeves’ heavy-handed leadership style in previous years has led to contentious moments with Republican legislative leaders in 2020


Aug 10, 2020

Gov. Tate Reeves announced last week he would allow most of the state's public schools to reopen this month, even after medical experts urging him to delay. Mississippi Today's editors discuss why Reeves made the decision and what could happen next. 


Aug 3, 2020

Jarrius Adams, a 23-year-old activist, is one of several young Mississippians working to influence politics and policy in the state. Adams, who co-organized Jackson’s massive Black Lives Matter protest in June, joins Mississippi Today Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau to discuss why he’s doing the work and forecast...