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The Other Side: Mississippi Today's Political Podcast

Host Adam Ganucheau and the Mississippi Today political team bring you intimate access to the most connected players and observers in Mississippi politics.

Podcast · By Mississippi Today · English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    10 years and counting (opens the original)

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    Mississippi Today welcomes back Adam Ganucheau to look back on the early days of the newsroom and the origins of The Other Side. Plus, Mary Margaret White joins editor-in-chief Emily Wagster Pettus to look ahead to 10-year anniversary celebrations and what audiences can expect in years to come.

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Sean Tindell vows to put public safety first, go after corruption if elected AG (opens the original)

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    Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell has been overseeing the state Highway Patrol, Bureaus of investigations and narcotics, Capitol Police, drivers services, forensic lab and medical examiners, and many other law-enforcement divisions. Before that he was a state Court of Appeals Judge, state senator and a prosecutor on the Coast. He said his experience has prepared him to serve as the next state attorney general.

  3. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    Why is Democrat Cliff Johnson challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly? (opens the original)

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    Democratic nominee for Mississippi's U.S. House District 1 outlines why he is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly. Johnson, a longtime attorney, is director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi where he pushed to shut down the state's anachronistic debtor's prisons. Johnson said his focus if elected to Congress would be on affordability, access to affordable healthcare, fighting political corruption and protecting people's rights such as voting right

  4. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    Barbour: 2027 MS elections shaping up to be historic free for all (opens the original)

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    State and national GOP strategist Henry Barbour runs through likely and confirmed candidates for Mississippi races this year and next, running down the ticket from U.S. Senate, stopping just shy of dog catcher.

  5. Episode · Aug 11, 2026

    Mississippi Today analyzes the growing list of 2027 candidates for governor (opens the original)

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    Last week, Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined what's shaping up to be a crowded list of candidates running for governor in 2027. Mississippi Today reporters Michael Goldberg and Taylor Vance sit down with Mississippi Today Ideas editor Bobby Harrison to discuss the candidates who have entered the race and the policy ideas emerging in the race so far.

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