Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is now seeking the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor. John Brumett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , considers what this means for the 2022 election. You can hear their full conversation on YouTube .

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, loves an obscure language term. Paraposdokians is her latest find.

The Arkansas Arts Council each year (except the pandemic year of 2021) finds an artisan to be recognized as an Arkansas Living Treasure. We asked Scarlet Sims, Artist Services manager at the Arkansas Arts Council, about the nominating process.

The beginning of our show includes an update on medical marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas, an uptick in active cases of COVID-19 in the states, and the stories and experiences of people with Medicaid in Arkansas.

Researchers with the Terrorism Research Center , housed in the University of Arkansas Department of Sociology and Criminology, were awarded a major National Institute of Justice grant to conduct the most comprehensive comparative examination of risk factors associated with radicalization to terrorism and domestic extremist crime to date. We talk with lead investigators, Jeff Gruenewald and Katie Ratlcliff, the center's director and associate director about the grant project and the center's

In October, a team of students from the University of Arkansas claimed four of the top five spots in the regional soil judging competition hosted by Texas A&M. The team is coached by Dr. Kris Brye, a professor of applied soil physics, who says it's critical to understand the ground beneath your feet.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest campus in Fayetteville is now offering COVID-19 vaccines for kids age 5 to 11. The FDA approved the Pfizer pediatric vaccine earlier this month. The drive-thru clinic in Fayetteville is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

In 1979 a 32-year-old Bill Clinton began his first term as Arkansas Governor. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us archives of that day.

At the top of our final show of the week: the chief economist for the Arkansas Economic Development Institute says Arkansas fared well through the pandemic, UAMS chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson expects a jump in virus case numbers, and a freeze watch overnight across the region.

Local redistricting is supposed to be done by done by the election commission, but that might not be the case in Sebastian County. Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics talks about that and more with us today.