The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast
Hosted by Emily Wagster Pettus · Mississippi Today
4.6from 142 ratings
- 446
- Episodes
- 155
- Transcribed
- 142
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About 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
- Publisher
- Mississippi Today
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 May 2018
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
155 of 446 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
MSGOP Chairman Hurst on Midterms, '27 and Redistricting
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
State Democratic Party chairman says he's considering sending Trump a check for his help in revving up voters
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Colom says he's running the roads while Hyde-Smith runs ads in midterm homestretch
Inside a recent episode
MSGOP Chairman Hurst on Midterms, '27 and Redistricting
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I know, I mean, this is a decision that ultimately lies with legislators, legislative leadership, but do you think that the state legislative districts would look that radically different from what they look like now at the end? I haven't dug into all the state legislative districts um but i can say that i hope our legislature and i hope our governor continues to push for districts that are based upon um you know things that that courts have always said are traditional criteria whether it's communities or cities or precincts or you know people who live together in one. So if we focus on those non-racial traditional criterion for redistricting, I think it'll be better for everyone. […]
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- Mike Hurst
- Cheikh Taylor
- Ron Eller
- Jeffrey Hulum III
- Michael Chiaradio
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- 4.6 / 5
- 126 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 16 ratings
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- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast?
Emily Wagster Pettus host the show. Published by Mississippi Today.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast take guests?
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