Ozarks at Large

The Quiver, a new state-of-the-art archery range, opened to the public last week at Osage Park in Bentonville. The 20-lane facility offers up to 70 meters of shooting space with trained instructors and rental equipment available for novice and experienced archers.

On Saturday, hundreds of Arkansans attended marches for reproductive freedom in five cities across the state, including in Fayetteville and Fort Smith. The protest was in direct response to the recent law passed in Texas effectively making abortion illegal after 8 weeks of pregnancy, and the threat of a copycat law being drafted in Arkansas.

Pastor Clint Schnekloth, with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, suggests two new translations: The Gospels by Sarah Ruden and Tao Te Ching Power for the Peaceful by https://vimeo.com/571236436" target="_blank">Marc S. Mullinax.

On today's show, the legacy of lynching on the south with writer Guy Lancaster about his new book American Atrocity. Plus, imagining a post-mass incarceration Arkansas, and much more.

We begin our show today with the latest COVID-19 numbers in Arkansas, poll numbers regarding a possible income tax question on a future Arkansas ballot, and a possible shift in power for Arkansas government.

A new book authored by noted Arkansas historian Guy Lancaster titled American Atrocity tears down the historic scaffolding upholding the historic rationale for racialized lynching in America to make way for the true reasons behind the violent practice. American Atrocity is published by the University of Arkansas Press and is available at discount. Lancaster will discuss his book at Six Bridges Book Festival October 24th. Registration for the free virtual event is required.

The Cherokee nation hit two major miles stones last week - settling the largest law suit for a tribal government in the United States and reaching 400,000 enrolled citizens. The tribe's Principal Chief, Chuck Hosakin Jr., spoke with Ozarks at Large about how the payout from drug distributors will be used, how the opioid epidemic has disproprtinately affected his community and the future of an expanding Cherokee Nation.

This weekend, Zacharay Crow, with DecArcerate, will speak twice in Fayetteville about the state and prisons. Saturday night’s lecture, “Burn it Down: The Past, Present, and Future of the Criminal Injustice System in Arkansas” is at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Avenue at 7:00...with a reception that evening at 6:00. Sunday morning’s talk, “Imagining a Future: A Conversation on Transformative Justice” begins at the church at 10:00.

This week's Pryor Center Profile covers the post-college life of Jerry Jones. From the Razorbacks to the ownership of the Dallas Cowboys, we hear archives of Jones as archived at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

On today's show, We check in with journalists at ArkansasCovid.com to learn more about how the state is coping with the virus. Plus, the centuries old game of stickball, and much more.