Immigrants and especially second and later-generation immigrants face intense pressure to assimilate into their new nation, which often results in the loss of their cultural heritage. A better solution is for immigrants to acclimate: adjusting to the new culture while maintaining a strong connection to their roots rather than losing that connection entirely. 

In this episode of Real Mississippi, host Michael Baggett illustrates and discusses the issues of foundational learning in classrooms, specifically of the environment. Baggett argues that the visual and sensory parts of a classroom have a critical impact on a child's ability to learn, stating that optimizing these is essential to supporting further educational growth in Mississippi.

This episode of Real Mississippi explores how artificial intelligence shapes students’ career choices through interviews with students pursuing different majors.  It highlights how AI impacts fields like psychology and computer science in distinct ways.  While some careers remain rooted in human interaction, others require adapting to and collaborating with AI, raising skill expectations.  AI’s influence is unavoidable, but its effects vary by profession.  Ultimately, students must consider AI’s role when planning their futures and develop the skills needed to navigate an evolving job market.

In this episode of Real Mississippi, kinship care is explored as an alternative to foster care, specifically regarding educational outcomes for the children affected.

This episode of Real Mississippi is a fun and informative podcast with the purpose of helping the listener determine whether they would like to own backyard chickens or not. The podcasts helps the listener make this decision by providing various pros and cons associated with owning chickens. In this production, interviews with Victoria Diamond and Bryon Ramsey, two credible backyard chicken farmers, are also used to help give more insight into backyard chicken farming by providing their own opinions. 

The topic of whether Mississippi’s state education is adequate or not is up for debate. In terms of opinions, many do not originate from Mississippi. People who have never experienced living in Mississippi claim to know what the state of education is like. In this episode of Real Mississippi, we dive into the roots of where these opinions come from.

In this episode of Real Mississippi, Bones Cole explains why the video game development industry is nearly non-existent in Mississippi by exploring the culture, logistics, and structure of the wider industry.

Food deserts are classified as areas with low availability of fresh foods. Despite being an agricultural powerhouse, the majority of Mississippi is classified as a food desert. This episode of Real Mississippi discusses the effects of food deserts in Mississippi and introduces some possible solutions to this problem.

In this episode of Real Mississippi, we explore the problem of increasing digital child sexual abuse material in Mississippi due to widespread use of AI.

In this episode of Real Mississippi, we discuss the ongoing infant mortality crisis in Mississippi. While national infant mortality rates (IMR) have improved overall, Mississippi continues to have the highest IMR in the nation. Much of this crisis stems from mistrust in Mississippi’s healthcare system between providers and patients, which can lead to a lack of meaningful dialogue and further strain relations between the two groups. Simultaneously, access to adequate healthcare resources remains limited. Ultimately, this episode advocates addressing this systemic mistrust and resource limitations between healthcare providers and patients to improve Mississippi’s disproportionately high IMR.