Rex Nelson's Southern Fried Podcast

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Rex Nelson's Southern Fried Podcast episodes

October 02 Restoration and revitalization with Friends of Fouche Creek
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the Senior Center Manager for the Little Rock Audubon Center, Uta Meyer and Little Rock Sustainability Officer Lennie Massanelli about their efforts to make Fourche Creek and surrounding areas cleaner.
Meyer and Massanelli discuss Friends of Fourche Creek, an organization partnered with Keep Little Rock Beautiful to restore and revitalize Fourche Creek and the surrounding area.
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26 min
September 18 Keeping Little Rock Beautiful with Maria Craig and Lennie Massanelli
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Maria Craig, chair of the Keep Little Rock Beautiful nonprofit, and Little Rock Sustainability Officer Lennie Massanelli about Little Rock's environmental quality of life.
Craig and Massanelli discuss the nonprofit's events throughout the year and how the organization carries out its mission.
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32 min
September 04 10 years in, talking medical school with Dr. Shane Speights
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Dr. Shane Speights.
Speights discusses the school’s 10th anniversary, its strides in serving medical students, and the struggles it faced in its early years.
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33 min
August 21 Talking higher education and real world experience with Dr. Petersen of Hendrix College
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the President of Hendrix College in Conway, Dr. Karen Petersen, about the shift in higher education and how that translates to postgraduate life.
Petersen shares her journey and how her unique lived experience prepared her for academia and leadership in higher education later in life.
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31 min
August 07 Talking AI in the workforce with Mike Steely
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Luminark Global’s co-founder, Mike Steely, about the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and how it factors into the workplace.

Steely talks about the opportunities that AI provides and the benefits it can bring to Arkansas.
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34 min
July 24 Talking medical education with UAMS Chancellor Dr. Lowry Barnes
In this week's episode, Rex Nelson sits down with the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr. Lowry Barnes.
Barnes talks about his journey from starting medical school as a freshman to becoming the top executive for UAMS.
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30 min
July 10 Talking non-profit with Arkansas Community Foundation CEO Jessica Hughes Ford
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the President and CEO of Arkansas Community Foundation, Jessica Hughes Ford, about the foundation and its mission to protect, grow and direct charitable dollars in the state.

Ford discusses the challenges facing the non-profit sector in Arkansas and how the foundation helps non-profits accomplish their missions in the state.
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36 min
June 26 Talking game and fish with Doug Schoenrock
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson sits down with Doug Schoenrock, director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, to talk about some of the commission’s initiatives.
Schoenrock talks about his upbringing, the Boy Scouts and how that translated into his current role as the commission director.
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37 min
June 12 Talking maternal health with Dr. Manning of UAMS
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Dr. Nirvana Manning, head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAMS, about maternal health in Arkansas.
Manning discusses recent statistics on maternal health in the state and the work needed to improve how Arkansas delivers maternal care.
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30 min
May 29 Part 2 of Talking Public Education with Dr. Glen Fenter
This week’s episode is the second half of a conversation between Rex Nelson and Marion School District Superintendent Glen Fenter about public education.
Fenter discusses the LEARNS act and how it has changed the landscape of public education in Arkansas.
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34 min

About Rex Nelson's Southern Fried Podcast

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In this bi-weekly podcast, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette senior editor Rex Nelson sits down with fellow civic-minded Arkansans to discuss ways to foster growth in the Natural State. Along the way, Rex and…