Podcasts about Mississippi, United States

"Lord, we're just asking for one more year." On Crooked Letter Sports, Rick and Tyler Cleveland recount that prayer, which cited King Hezekiah's 15-year extension, from a hearing before Judge Whitwell on Trinidad Chambliss's bid for another season of college football. In The trial of trinidad...and more they describe Chambliss's mother, Cheryl, taking the stand without cross-examination, and Rick says the room might have been "the most unneutral field ever." The scene is funny, and it explains a lot about this state's listening. Sport drives this conversation, and the talk moves beyond the scoreboard. It moves toward eligibility, money, loyalty and who gets a fair hearing.

The arguments are local in a precise way. Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Southern Miss each have their own shows, sponsors and grudges, and a fan of one school can hear rivals dissected from across the state.

Away from the ballpark, the louder civic question is Jackson's future. In July 2026 Mississippi Today reported that Jackson had approved a six-month pause on new data centers. Mayor John Horhn pointed to potential tax revenue, and residents raised concerns about noise, water and energy use. The podcasts approach the capital from other directions: a free-market forum, a history conversation and a morning talk host who bills his show as incendiary. Public radio, meanwhile, offers doctors taking calls and long interviews with artists.

What Mississippi is

Mississippi is a state in the southeastern United States and the Deep South, covering about 48,434 square miles. Its musical identity is reflected in the nickname "Birthplace of America's Music." Agriculture remains central to its economy, and the state agriculture department's 2025 snapshot describes a $9.5 billion industry.

Oxford, Starkville and the cost of winning

Early in the March 30, 2026 episode of The Rebel Report with Michael Borkey, Borkey is in a sour mood. Mississippi State has just taken three games from Ole Miss in Oxford, and he calls it "absolute dominance and an embarrassing showing." He refuses the easy excuse. The problems, he argues, are evaluation, development and approach at the plate: "I don't want to hear about money." In Ole Miss bounces back with BIG series win vs. Kentucky he enjoys the win and still frets over the defense. Then he turns the money question on himself, arguing that rising costs, his own medical insurance among them, will turn people away more than transferring players will.

The Mississippi State shows tell their football season in episode titles. On September 27, 2026, Out of Left Field posted Sunday Coffee - State knocks off Missouri to stay unbeaten. A week later Thunder & Lightning followed with T&L Postgame LIVE: Alabama 56 Mississippi State 23. Thunder & Lightning comes from SuperTalk Mississippi Media, and Brian Hadad hosts it. It is quick and sponsor-heavy, with ad reads that run from Starkville coffee to John Deere tractors in Saltillo. In 7-24-26: Mississippi State Speaks Confidently at SEC Media Days, Kamario Taylor settles a fan debate over his nickname in two words: "I'm K-1."

Out of Left Field is slower and more personal. Bart Gregory and Charlie Winfield trace their roots, and Marcus Thames's, to Winston County. Near the end of Sunday Coffee - Baseball is finishing up it's roster; football media days are this week. they map recruiting town by town, from West Point and Macon down to Meridian. Then they reach Wayne County, where, one of them says, "they've sent everybody to Auburn." After a home sweep by Georgia in April, Sunday Coffee - State swept at home by Georgia; State1878 is launched. pairs a frank baseball post-mortem with reassurance for listeners who had asked whether the show was ending: "We're not going anywhere."

Justify Your Existence, from the Daily Journal's sports staff, took the same sweep more calmly in 4/7/26: Mississippi State looking to bounce back after getting swept by Georgia: "If they have problems this weekend, I think that's when you can panic." It covers both schools. In 3/20/26: Ole Miss at home for March Madness it offers a verdict that only makes sense locally: "By the standards of the state of Mississippi, Josh Hubbard is generational." The Maroon Mic is now an archive. Its Mississippi State makes grand slam hire of Brian O'Connor calls that hire the most impressive in the history of State athletics.

Hattiesburg's own hour

The Southern Miss shows sound most rooted in their surroundings. SuperTalk Eagle Hour reads ads for Movie Star Restaurant in Oak Grove and an electrical supplier in Laurel, and its interviews take their time. In SuperTalk Eagle Hour 4/10/2026, former player Jake Sandlin relives a Conference USA tournament game at Pete Taylor Park with his brother Nick on the mound: "I'd never run after a ball harder in my life." To The Top Talk, hosted by Jason Bailey and Patrick Lowery, marked its tenth birthday in The Blade. The guest, a former Southern Miss pitcher, remembers a junior year when games were on the road and salad was her "power pellets."

Crooked Letter Sports gives the widest view. Baseball excellence – and some women's hoops, too moves from Southern Miss's RPI to Millsaps women's coach Jeff Wilber, whose team had just reached the NCAA tournament.

Jackson, argued three ways

Jackson's decline and possible revival get competing explanations. The Bigger Pie Forum Podcast's publisher promotes market-driven growth. In 2000 Residents, One Street, and a Chance to Save Jackson, a speaker rejects white flight as the reason for population loss ("It's just flight") and points to older houses that cost too much to maintain as part of the problem. On Soul Sessions Jackson, in Dr. Robby Luckett | Farish Street, Luckett argues that desegregation undid Farish Street more than the Great Migration did. After 1964, he explains, Black spending dispersed away from Black-owned businesses, and he says that pattern repeated in every Southern city. The two shows, heard together, sharpen the question of whose losses a revival is meant to repair.

The Clay Edwards Show covers Jackson with sharper elbows. In THUG Teens To Be Charged As Adults For Gun Crimes In Mississippi (Ep #1,198), Edwards plays a news report on Senate Bill 2710, which the report says holds juveniles who commit crimes with guns to adult standards and provides for penalties for adults who supply the guns. The report notes that lawmakers agreed youth gun violence is serious but split over whether this was the right approach. Edwards backs the bill and accuses Hinds County judges of "catch and release." That is his claim, made in his register. Elsewhere in the feed, segments on race and gender turn openly derisive. Listeners can continue on the United States page.

Public radio's daytime company

Southern Remedy is Mississippi Public Broadcasting's call-in health program, staffed by University of Mississippi Medical Center providers, and it is plain-spoken and practical. Southern Remedy for Women | New Cholesterol Guidelines, hosted by Dr. Jasmine Kinsey, explains why fasting before a lipid panel matters under new guidelines and admits, "I don't like to fast either." Southern Remedy Kids & Teens | Vaping & Smoking, hosted by Dr. Morgan McLeod, advises parents to start the conversation early and keep a "poker face."

Mississippi Arts Hour, hosted by Mississippi Arts Commission staff, gives guests room. In The Mississippi Arts Hour | Rick Anderson, the Clarksdale-born watercolorist, still working at 78, explains how he places Delta structures such as cotton gins as spots to stop or pause. Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil says northern Mississippi is where she became a firefly guide: "I thrive in humidity." Mississippi Moments Podcast handles history. In The 761st Tank Battalion w/ Dr. Douglas Bristol, Bristol explains how Black newspaper editors, the NAACP and the Urban League pressed for Black combat roles.

Where to start

• A first taste of the sports talk: Crooked Letter Sports, The trial of trinidad...and more, a hearing told with a reporter's eye and family banter.
• Bulldog loyalists with a slow morning: Out of Left Field, Sunday Coffee - State swept at home by Georgia; State1878 is launched.
• Curious about the past: Soul Sessions Jackson, Dr. Robby Luckett | Farish Street, and listen for what Luckett says about the decline.
• Practical health questions: Southern Remedy, Southern Remedy for Women | New Cholesterol Guidelines.
• Readers drawn to poetry: Mississippi Arts Hour, The Mississippi Arts Hour | Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

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