Craig sits down with longtime Mississippi family lawyer David Bridges for a wide-ranging conversation about his career, which spans from earning an accounting degree at LSU and completing Baylor Law School's rigorous Practice Court program to more than 25 years focused on family law in Mississippi. Craig and David have spent plenty of time across the courtroom from each other over the years. In this episode of the R+E podcast, they trade stories about practicing family law, the mentors who shaped them, the preparation required to try difficult cases, and the unique responsibility lawyers carry when helping families through some of the hardest seasons of their lives. David also talks candidly about how experiencing divorce himself changed his perspective as a family lawyer. The conversation eventually turns to David's decision to seek the open Place 3 seat on Mississippi's 11th Chancery Court District and his thoughts about the experience and temperament required of a chancellor. Along the way, Craig and David find time for some decidedly non-legal territory, including baseball, oil painting and the importance of finding something that can pull a lawyer completely into the present moment. It's a conversation between two lawyers who have competed against each other, learned from many of the same people and developed a friendship through years in the trenches of Mississippi family law.

Human trafficking rarely looks like it does in the movies. More often, it begins with a relationship built on vulnerability, grooming, manipulation and control. On this episode of the Robertson and Easterling Podcast, Matt and Mandalin sit down with Amanda Dollar, Executive Director of the Mississippi Coalition Against Human Trafficking, to discuss what trafficking actually looks like in Mississippi. Amanda explains how trafficking can happen within families, romantic relationships and online connections, and why poverty, substance abuse and other vulnerabilities can put both children and adults at greater risk. She also shares warning signs that parents, teachers, healthcare professionals and community members should recognize. The conversation explores why victims often do not identify as victims, the challenges they face when trying to leave, and the resources available across Mississippi to help survivors find safety and rebuild their lives. This episode is an important reminder that human trafficking can be hidden in plain sight. Knowing what to look for may help someone recognize what others have missed and help a victim find a way out.

In this deeply personal episode of the Robertson and Easterling Podcast, Craig sits down with his new friend Dr. Obie McNair, to explore a remarkable Mississippi life shaped by race, education, medicine, adversity, and an enduring faith in God.

Dr. McNair takes listeners back to his childhood in Jackson and his experience as one of only five black students integrating Hardy Junior High School, where he endured isolation and open racism before continuing his education at Forest Hill High School. His journey eventually led him to Tougaloo College and then to Tufts University School of Medicine after he was not accepted by the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He later trained at Emory and Howard University before returning home, becoming Mississippi's first board-certified African American pulmonologist and spending decades caring for patients in underserved communities in Jackson.

But this conversation is about more than an extraordinary medical career. In 2019, a seemingly ordinary step out of a cold plunge caused Dr. McNair's femur to break, ultimately revealing stage-four kidney cancer that had spread to his bones. Nearly seven years later, after exhausting multiple treatments, he continues to face cancer with remarkable clarity about life, death, purpose and what matters most.

Dr. McNair speaks candidly about mortality, his family, his patients and the faith that now shapes how he sees everything. His message is simple and powerful: life is short, grace is real, and God has been present through every chapter of his story.