Preservation Arkansas Executive Director Rachel Silva-Patton talks with Matt DeCample about her career in Arkansas history, the economic potential that preservation holds for communities throughout the state, and shares the scandalous tale of the Villa Marre.

Encyclopedia of Arkansas author Bick Satterfield interviews Capi Peck, owner of Trio's Restaurant and Little Rock City Director for Ward 4. Capi's grandparents were the legendary Sam and Henrietta Peck, who owned the Hotel Sam Peck in Little Rock from the 1930s through the 1970s. This episode focuses on Capi's memories growing up in the hotel, her grandfather's flair for design, his friendship with the famous architect Edward Durell Stone, and Capi's life in the restaurant industry.

Pulaski County Treasurer Debra Buckner talks with Matt DeCample about being a woman in banking during the 80's and 90's, becoming an elected official, and shares stories of showing up on doorsteps to collect back taxes.

Matt DeCample sits down with Kelley Bass, Executive Director of the Museum of Discovery, about his life and work.

Matt DeCample sits down with Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, President and CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, to talk about her life in non-profit work, living through Hurricane Katrina, finding Arkansas, and how the WRF is fighting the root causes of problems facing Arkansans.

Matt DeCample sits down with Richard Weiss, longtime director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to talk about the joys and tragedies of growing up as a missionary kid in Africa, trying to adjust to life in the United States as a young adult, and the important of good government.

Brief interviews with authors featured at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival, including: Hussein Hussein (01:04), Kanishk Tharoor (07:51), Dominic Walliman (18:50), Ed Bethune (24:18), Celia Anderson (35:35). For more information, visit www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org.

Brief interviews with authors featured at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival, including: Alex Beam (01:10), Cora Daniels (11:30), Odie Lindsey (20:48), Therese Oneill (29:45), Owen Laukkanen (41:35).For more information, visit www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org.

Matt DeCample has a conversation with Cara Brookins, author of "Rise: How a House Built a Family", a memoir about a series of traumatic events that led Brookins and her four children to build a 3,500-square-foot home from the ground up. Brookins will appear at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival. For more information, visit www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org.

Arkansas Sounds Music Series Coordinator John Miller interviews Rodney Block, an Arkansas native and classically-trained jazz musician whose work blends traditional jazz, gospel, hip-hop, bebop, funk, and soul.