The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast

Host Geoff Pender and the Mississippi Today political team bring you intimate access to the most connected players and observers in Mississippi politics. This podcast is a continuation of the mission that Mississippi Today serves: To present facts, perspectives and appropriate context on all sides of a political debate. With no focus on one side of the aisle or the other, we'll also provide you the other side of a story, giving our award-winning journalists a platform to share their insights as they cover some of the most contentious elections in the state's history

Mississippi Today analyzes the growing list of 2027 candidates for governor 08/11/2026

Governor candidate and Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson warns of data center 'bubble,' other potential AI problems 08/04/2026

What's changed about Mississippi's youth courts? 07/28/2026

Author, former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens: 'There is no Republican Party' 07/21/2026

What happened in the federal corruption case against Jackson officials? 07/14/2026

Looking back on three decades at Archives & History 07/07/2026

What happened at the Neshoba County Fair? 06/30/2026

House, Senate health chairs Creekmore and Bryan say rural health program, spending need more transparency 06/23/2026

'Torturous' conditions in Mississippi prisons are 'breeding ground for suicide' 06/16/2026

MT's Jerry Mitchell & Madeline Nguyen dive into their reporting on the Tameshia Shelton case 06/09/2026

NAACP's Derrick Johnson on call for 'Out of Bounds' sports boycott, Mississippi redistricting 06/02/2026

Should Mississippi voters choose their politicians, or politicians choose their voters? 05/26/2026

Rep. Robert Johnson on Mississippi's looming redistricting battles 05/19/2026

Senate candidate Ty Pinkins says 'Both parties have failed us' 05/12/2026

Scott Colom on why he's running for U.S. Senate 05/05/2026

Sen. Hob Bryan, on failed veto override, battle over rural health spending 04/28/2026

Former Speaker Philip Gunn says he's running for governor on his record in Legislature 04/21/2026

How bad is blight in west Jackson? 04/14/2026

PART 2: What did the Legislature do on health issues? 04/09/2026

PART 1: What happened (or more importantly didn't) in the 2026 Mississippi legislative session 04/07/2026

ACLU's Dortch warns of erosion of voting rights from court, Congress 03/31/2026

Blount: Online sports betting proposal has little support in Senate, would cost casino industry 03/24/2026

Sen. Blackmon: AI is here. Mississippi needs to be out front with regulations 03/17/2026

Barnes says voting rights are under attack on state and federal levels with legislation 03/10/2026

Unequal pay: Mississippi still has large gender, race pay gap 03/03/2026

Fresh eyes: New lawmakers give their take on the Mississippi Legislature 02/24/2026

Secretary of State Michael Watson says Mississippi needs campaign finance reform 02/17/2026

Pro tem Kirby says 'We couldn't find anybody who supported it' when school choice bill got to Senate 02/10/2026

Rep. Summers: With U.S. Supreme Court likely to dismantle Voting Rights Act, Mississippi lawmakers push for state version 02/02/2026

Senate education chairman DeBar says school choice vouchers remain a no-go n the Senate. 01/27/2026