The finale of the first season of Undsiciplined airs today, and we catch up with host Caree Banton to hear about her experience as host and what excited her the most.

Our final look at live music for 2021 includes opportunities to see metal, classical, bluegrass, punk, country, and plenty of holiday cheer. Thu, Dec 16 Chucky Waggs, Front Porch at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $10.00, 6:30 p.m. Flatland Cavalry at Majestic (Fort Smith) - $20.00, 7:30 p.m. Circle of Thirds at Six-Twelve Coffeehouse (Fayetteville) - 7 p.m. Conrad Tao at Crystal Bridges (Bentonville) - $45, $36 for members, $10 for students, 7 p.m. DJ Testtube at Gotahold Brewing

As we consider the last 150 years of the University of Arkansas, Charlie Allison takes us back to the very first commencement.

At the top of today's show, The Arkansas Department of Health is reporting an increase of 24 patients in the last 24 hours and adding another 17 deaths from the disease to the state total, a vacant state senate seat leads to primary races in a small slice of northwest Arkansas, and a Rogers native and former University of Arkansas golfer is joining the LPGA Tour.

More than 109 million Americans are expected to travel between Decmber 23 and January 2, according to estimates from AAA. Despite COVID-19 concerns and uncertainty around the new Omicron variant, travelers in Arkansas are gearing up to see nearly pre-pandemic volume of traffic on the road and in the airport.

There's still some time to pick up some books this holiday season, and Pearl's Books co-owner Daniel Jordan gives us a few different book categories for all the readers in your life. Here's a list of the books mentioned: Coffee Table Books: The Square Book: An Illustrated History of the Fayetteville Square - Anthony J Wappel and J. B. Hogan (Available in store) Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide - Cecily Wong & Dylan Thuras The Beatles: Get Back Young Readers Books: The Story

Kris Mastin has performed in various bands around Fayetteville over the years. Now, as John Charles, he has released his first album of his own original music, an effort that took about ten years to complete. We talk with him about making “Around,” and we hear a track from the album.

We start a new week with a small number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours...work begins to recover from tornadoes in Arkansas....Haas Hall seeks approval for a presence in Fort Smith.

In 1904, over four days, white mobs lynched 13 Black men in St. Charles, Arkansas. Despite being one of the worst such incidents in U.S. history, little has been said about it for more than a century. Mary Hennigan, a graduate journalism student at the University of Arkansas, has spent months researching what happened and talked with descendants of those murdered. Her reporting is part of the Printing Hate project from the University of Maryland's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.

There's still some time to pick up some books this holiday season, and the ladies at Two Friends Books in Bentonville are offering two different categories of books: those you want to read during the holidays and those you want to give during the holidays. Here's a list of the books mentioned: Books to be given (kids) Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) - Andrea Beaty All the Ways to Be Smart - Davina Bell The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart (signed copies available in