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On today’s show, the Scott Family Amazeum opens The Hangout, a new space for play and gathering. We also hear from National Book Award and Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat about his “Sashimi” graphic novels ahead of his visit to the Fayetteville Public Library. Plus, the new Underwood Park opens in northwest Fayetteville.

On today’s show, author Bobby J. Smith II shares the story of the New Farmers of America ahead of his Kennedy Lecture at the UofA. We also hear from SoNA Executive Director Ben Harris about the orchestra’s salute to the music of John Williams and Jay Stout, organizer of Saturday’s Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade. Plus, festival founder Brandon Goldsmith on the Fort Smith International Film Festival.

On today’s show, Arkansas Advocate editor Andrew DeMillo breaks down Tuesday’s election results, plus Daniel Caruth brings us a postcard from voters across Northwest Arkansas on Election Day. We also talk with Geo Rutherford, creator of Spooky Lake Month, ahead of her appearance at the Fayetteville Public Library’s True Lit festival.

On today’s show, it’s Election Day in Arkansas. We talk with College of Engineering Dean Kim Needy about Vision 2035, the UofA’s plan to grow the state’s engineering workforce. Plus, Fayetteville Public Library leaders discuss a proposed 15% cut to the library’s city funding.

On today’s show, economist Emily Oster discusses new research showing fewer than 1 in 6 Arkansas employers offer paid parental leave, and Autism Involves Me prepares to present the Bella Vista Police Department with kits to help first responders. We also hear more from the Pryor Center archives, and Sound Perimeter explores music as a form of prayer.

On today’s show, Michael Tilley from Talk Business & Politics reviews the week’s news, and just in time for Halloween, we look at the legacy of the unexplained in our hills. We also hear from Hot Springs Poetry Festival co-founder Samm Binns about highlighting Arkansas poets, and The Quiver archery range takes aim at pumpkins in Bentonville.

On today’s show, Radio Flyer’s chief wagon officer Robert Pasin talks about the history of the little red wagon and being the third generation to run the family business ahead of his keynote at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. We also hear from survivor and advocate Leah Juliett about a Fayetteville gathering focused on AI-generated abuse and pathways to justice for survivors. Plus, John Brown University brings “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” to the stage.

On today's show, we hear that the U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to Arkansas’ two most populous counties on Election Day. Plus, Ozarks Community Hospital in Gravette is welcoming new emergency room physicians. The UofA also prepares to honor Little Rock composer Florence Price with an international piano competition.

On today’s show, Harrison Pittman of the National Agricultural Law Center explains why Arkansas led the nation in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings last quarter, plus federal election monitors won’t be allowed inside polling sites on Nov. 3. We also visit Special Collections at UofA’s Mullins Library to see how microfilm becomes searchable digital files.

On today’s show, we hear from walkability researcher Lawrence Frank at the State of the Region event at the Fayetteville Public Library. We also continue our series on Arkansas’ modern-era governors with Randy Dixon and a look at the term of Frank White from the Pryor Center archives. Plus, a preview of “The Carpenters Songbook: A Live Celebration” at Walton Arts Center and more.

On today’s show, we learn about the Ozark Society’s youth grants for conservation projects across the region. We also meet Austin Farnam of the 11-piece jazz ensemble Groove Culture. Plus, Pilates on the farm with mini highland cows and a preview of this year’s Festival of Trees on Mount Sequoyah.

On today’s show, College of Education and Health Professions Dean Kate Mamiseishvili explains what a new $1.5 million Windgate Foundation endowment for a STEAM education chair means for the UofA. Matthew Moore talks with early voters at the Alumni House on campus. Plus, Ken Weatherford looks back on a decade of Beer & Hymns in Northwest Arkansas, and Jacqueline McKinney previews Freak Show Day Fest in Fayetteville.

On today’s show, we take a closer look at ALICE households, Arkansans who are employed but still struggling to make ends meet, as Stephanie Hoopes of United For ALICE breaks down the numbers across the state’s regions. Plus, Rutgers University’s Tracy Anthony joins our Balance series to explain how light, food and the end of daylight saving time affect our circadian rhythms. Plus, Jocelyn Cullity discusses her new novel "The Nurse at Baker Hospital," and UofA flutist Cristina Ballatori previews Monday’s Music Monday concert.

On today’s show, Arkansas Advocate editor Andrew DeMillo breaks down last week’s debates as early voting gets underway, plus we hear about first-day turnout in Benton County. We also learn about Museum as Muse, a new writing feature from the Arkansas International built around objects in the University of Arkansas Museum. Plus, our Culture Vulture has some dark comedy for the Halloween season.

On today’s show, we learn how proposed changes to the 2030 census could affect who gets counted in Arkansas, which had the nation’s largest undercount in 2020. We also revisit Bill Clinton’s first term as governor with Randy Dixon of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. Plus, an Arvest Bank branch administrator explains how to spot impostor scams, and we tour the newly renovated Walker Park in Fayetteville.