Ozarks at Large

The panemic is nearly 23 months old in Arkansas and whenever it ends, effects for people and the state will last. Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, the state epidemilogist, talks with us about the virus, Omicron, long COVID and more.

Mervin Jebaraj, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Univeristy of Arkansas, discusses the state of the labor force and more as part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report.

Courtney Lanning says a new, independent movie is silly...but there are cute animals. The Wolf and the Lion is coming to theaters this week.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe brings us a soundtrack for the snow with music by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Astor Piazzolla and Irving Berlin, featuring performances by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Astor Piazzolla’s Quintet and Billie Holiday.

On today's show, a conversation with the youngest participant in the Selma March. Plus, weather updates from the National Weather Service, the imagination involved in set design, and much more.

At the top of today's show, we prepare for winter weather across the listening area and an update on COVID-19 data across the state.

Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest participant in the Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, marking her 15th birthday during the event. Her story inspires the musical Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom. Even though the national tour was canceled, patrons of the Walton Arts Center can view a production virtually. We talked with Lynda Blackmon Lowery about telling her story.

Severe winter storm conditions are approaching our region this week. The National Weather Service in Tulsa predicts significant amounts of snow, ice and sleet through Friday morning.

On the most recent episode of Undisciplined, host Caree Banton talks to Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley about cultural competency, how to categorize it, and how to help understand it.

Creating the right set for a theater production takes imagination, cooperation, art, carpentry, and science. We talked with two set designers...Tanya Orellana and Kimberly V. Powers...who have created multiple sets for TheatreSquared.

This week's chronicle of the University of Arkansas' first 150 years is about a pioneering student, James McGahee, whose names was lost and/or forgotten for many decades.

On today's show, how history can be used to explore different perspectives. Plus, the green book advice for African-American travelers in Jim Crow South, including Arkansas, and much more.

Plenty to keep watch on this Tuesday as new numbers related to COVID-19 in Arkansas are released and meteorologists try to understand an approaching winter storm.

This summer the University of Arkansas Humanities Center will host a pair of NEH-supported summer teaching institutes for K-12 teachers from around the country. One is The Local and International Legacies of Nelson Hackett's Flight from Slavery and the other is Pandemics in History, Literature and Today. Deadline to apply is March 1st.

John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, considers the next moves in a Supreme Court nomination process. He talks with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics.

The "Green Book," an early 20th century travel guide published annually during racial segregation revealed safe places for African-American travelers to stay, dine, as well as vacation. Fayetteville history writer, Dave Edmark researched how the town of Fayetteville, starting back in the 1930's, accommodated Black travelers — his findings published in Flashback, the quarterly journal of the Washin...

The Arkansas Educators Association published a survey of the state's teachers that reveals concerns with covid-19 protocols and student learning loss during the pandemic.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, is back with a ten-year challenge. She has a list of words that entered our shared vocabulary in, or around, 2011.

On today's show, working to make sure the Holocaust is remembered and taught. Plus, Ivermectin, a prescription anti-parasite drug, is also sold over-the- counter at farm supplies, where people are purchasing it to prevent COVID-19, and much more.

A new week begins with a forecast for a continued challenge to get enough workers to fill positions for Arkansas businesses. Plus a weather forecast that has almost something for everybody.

Last week the University of Arkansas commemmorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day by dedicating the pen used to sign Holocaust education into law in Arkansas last year.

Ivermectin, an FDA-approved treatment for parasites in humans, and sold over-the-counter for domestic livestock, is increasingly being taken by people to prevent or treat COVID-19. We hear from an ivermectin enthusiast, the president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest who warns about off-label use, and a physician at Duke Clinical Research Institute leading an ivermectin theraputic i...

The number of outdoor-themed businesses in Arkansas is growing again. Washington-based Eddyline Kayaks announced a planned expansion into northwest Arkansas.

We go into our archives for archives. We listen again to a Pryor Center collection of clips we first aired in March, 2021 about movies made in Arkansas.

On today's show, setting the stage for Cyclo-Cross World Championships. Plus, working toward more inclusion in the workplace, and much more.