
Between the Headlines: Columbus
Hosted by David and Zack · The Dispatch
5.0from 30 ratings
- 87
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Between the Headlines: Columbus
Between the Headlines dives deep into the stories shaping Columbus and Lowndes County, Mississippi. Hosted by The Commercial Dispatch managing editor Zack Plair and local businessman and commentator David Chism, this show goes beyond the front page to bring you the real conversations behind local politics, policies and people. Zack’s journalistic expertise and David’s insight deliver in-depth analysis, spirited debate, and behind-the-scenes context you won’t get anywhere else. It's honest discussion on what matters.
- Publisher
- The Dispatch
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Feb 2025
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 87 episodes have a transcript.

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Trip Hairston Makes a Case for The W and His Choice for School President
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The W is very different. It's niche. That's a good thing, in my opinion. I do not think for one minute, and you've heard this argument before, that you're going to save money by allowing a University of Mississippi, a Southern, or a Mississippi State to part out the programs. First thing that Glenn Boyce and those guys are going to do is say, hey, I can't do this for the money that they were doing it on, and I need more money to run this program. And it's going to be one of those things that the legislature will probably have to listen to if they've got one of the larger university presidents saying, you've got to give me more money if you're going to give me this program. […]
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David and Zack host the show. Published by The Dispatch.
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