Ozarks at Large

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.

On today’s show, we talk with Loren Lester, who plays Max Kellerman in the national tour of “Dirty Dancing,” coming to Walton Arts Center next week. We also hear about a volunteer effort offering free, nonpartisan rides to the polls in Washington County. Plus, Michael Tilley brings us the latest from Fort Smith, Alan Mantooth discusses the UofA’s new electronics research institute and we visit Punk Truck Stop in Fayetteville.