Ozarks at Large

On today's show, we listen to a trio of conversations from 2018 connected to the Honors College at the University of Arkansas. We sat down with members of the U of A faculty...and chancellor Joseph Steinmetz...about signature seminars they’ll lead this spring. Wel cover the brain and music, aging, and BS.

On today's show, we listen back to some of the musical highlights we've captured during the last half of 2018. We hear performances from Moonsong, Pat Ryan Key, The Vine Brothers, Charley Crockett, Dylan Earl, Jaimee Harris, The Lark and the Loon, The Outliers, and more.

On today's show, all that jazz. Robert Ginsburg, host of Shades of Jazz Friday evenings at 10 on 91.3, stops by to give us his ten favorite jazz releases from 2018. We also hear some live jazz recorded by KUAF earlier in the year.

For this Christmas Day edition of the show, we revisit our first ever Christmas show from 2013. We get music from Adams Collins, Farmer and the Markets and Jones & Leah. We also get a visit from Santa and more.

On today's show, we hear highlights from our 2018 Christmas show, recorded live earlier in December at Fayetteville Public Library. Mark Landon Smith will read A Charlie Brown Christmas , and we hear music from Roots Tour, Silver Lining and Arkansauce.

On today's show, we hear how a trade delegation from Mexico encouraged Arkansas compannies this week to do business south of the border. Ashtyn Barbaree also stops by to tell us about her recent tour in Europe, and she plays a couple of songs for us. Roby Brock also helps us digest some of the week's news, and Pastor Clint Schnekloth returns for another winter reading suggestion.

On today's show, we get an update on a proposal to expand the Washington County Detention Center. Also, we learn about an effort by law enforcement to curb holiday package thefts. And, we learn how a cartoon holiday favorite might have killed the aluminum Christmas tree.

On today's show, we learn about efforts to contain an underground fire that has burned for months in Bella Vista. Also, we learn about pilot projects geared toward biking that have been installed throughout northwest Arkansas. And we get a preview of live music happening the last weekend before the Christmas holiday.

On today's show, we look at whether hemp-based CBD could become a cash crop in Arkansas. We also get a preview of the annual Oxford American music issue. Our Militant Grammarian also returns to continue a lesson on plural Latin words, and John Brummett ponders the recent federal ruling on the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality.

On today's show, looking to the past and to the future. We hear arguments for and against a public park in the heart of downtown Fayetteville, from nearly 30 years ago and from today. Also, we hear clips from Arkansas history, courtesy of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. And we approach the 50th anniversary of the film True Grit , featuring Arkansas Native Glen Campbell.