Ozarks at Large

On today's show, we learn about CPR with just hands. And, as we get closer to the Oscars, our Militant Grammarian is ready to share with us terms and idioms that came directly from Hollywood.

On today’s show, more breweries keep launching in NWA, but what impact is that having on the market? We explore the growth of craft beer in the region. Plus, we explore why water scarcity is considered a major challenge for the 21st century. We’ll preview a talk on the University of Arkansas later this week about the subject.

This morning, we hear about a new yoga program designed for veterans, a new center designed to help those with substance abuse problems in the Arkansas River Valley, and we speak with an attorney to consider the ramifications, rules, and regulations regarding immigration.

On today’s show, battling human trafficking. Plus the craft beer market in northwest Arkansas isn’t slowing down. And CJ Boyd and his bass guitar are in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.

On today's show, we tour a classroom in Siloam Springs that can calm you down...then get you ready to go back to studies. Plus, we learn about yoga for an older set of people. And Stephen Karam, author of the Tony-winning play The Humans, discusses the moods his characters can inspire.

On today’s show: people who’ve suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury may lose their ability to speak, and we hear how work at the University of Arkansas is offering help for families and caregivers. Plus, a unique adventure race where you compete for points not time is returning to the Ozarks, and Siloam Springs is ready for its close-up; the city is a finalist to be the focus of a show on Hulu.

On today's show, we learn more about a new crisis stabilization unit and potential sobering center in Sebastian County that could help divert intoxicated people from jail. Also, we speak with an immigration attorney as a deadline looms for Congress to act before the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program ends. And, today is Mardi Gras, but Pastor Clint Schnekloth returns to help us consider the beginning of Lent.

On today’s show, legislators gather at the State Capital beginning today for the fiscal session. Plus, for all the good medical advancements have created, it's also worth taking inventory of history’s bad medicine. We also hear how a brutal act of vigilantism a century ago influences the courts to this day.

On this morning’s show, can affordable housing keep up with northwest Arkansas’ growth? Plus, we find out what a survey about sexual assault on campus reveals. And, we get some words with opposites you probably didn’t know existed.

On today’s show, how income inequality and a shortage of new homes might be leading northwest Arkansas to a housing crisis. Plus, a look ahead to Valentine's Day with a preview of My Funny Valentine, on-stage tonight at Walton Arts Center, and with a preview of a special Valentine's Day concert at Ozark Folkways in Winslow.