The Legacy Lowdown

This week we sit down with Karl and Paula Lowe, the owners and chefs of Roots in Downtown Jonesboro. They explain the thought behind the cuisine and how their Ecuadorian and Southern Roots combined with community and their artistic approach has been the perfect recipe to win the hearts and stomachs of people across NEA. How do they create the ultimate culinary experience? Listen along to find out. 

 Listen up as we sit down with Jonesboro City Councilman LJ Bryant to discuss his early and successful start in politics, running for land commissioner of Arkansas to discussing his job now and explaining how city government works. We’ve had a couple of tough political years and it seems as though we are more divided than ever before as a country. Your voice seems loud on social media, but the place where you can make the most waves is local government.  

Listen this week as we sit down with real estate developer Jerry Halsey Jr., part owner of Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group. Jerry discusses how he went from being a watermelon farmer to owning and running a top real estate company and how the values he learned growing up on a farm contribute to his success today.

This week we sit down with emotion code practitioner, Lindsey Little of Root Awakening Wellness. What is emotion code you may ask. Our bodies are talking to us every day and sometimes the answers they hold can have life changing affects if we can just understand the language made up of frequencies, emotions, and suppressed memories. Listen in as we discuss Lindsey’s world travels, interesting jobs and her spiritual journey to practicing this unique take on healing. She even gets to practice on host, Tyler Watkins.

Join us as we sit down to talk to one of Jonesboro's most iconic artists, Beau Jones. You may recognize the name Beautox Art and can see his work around town and around the World. Beau opens up about challenges that he has faced throughout his journey to becoming the man and the artist he is today. Listen along to hear about his new studio on Church street in downtown Jonesboro. We can't wait to get your perspective on this episode!

When someone tells her “no,” Heather Walker-Clark hears “not yet.” Heather connects the dots from being a struggling single mom of two young boys to a serial entrepreneur in Jonesboro, building interesting businesses such as Intersect311, Glass Factory, Porch Thirty and more. They make us all excited to see what’s next! 

In this week's episode, Dr. Ivie recounts an eerie experience he had as a child and how that incident mapped out his path to becoming Arkansas's top investigator at MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). If someone reports a UFO sighting in Arkansas, he's the guy that comes to get the story, and boy does he have some stories to tell. Listen along and make sure the lights are on for this episode. 

How does a corrupt county clerk impact a community? Rose Hankins of Twisted Foods takes us on an emotional rollercoaster as she recounts how she worked day and night to build her dream business; unfortunately,  with a parasite by her side. If she can do all that with the rug pulled out from under her, what is she capable of with the wind beneath her wings? She’s back and ready to answer questions we’ve all been asking, but there’s one answer she herself may never get. Listen now to find out what’s next for Rose.

WARNING: This episode contains adult Language. Discretion is advised. A typical thru-hiker of the Appalachian trail takes 5 to 7 months to hike the entire A.T. if they decide to finish it at all. Jackson did it in 99 days. Whether it's walking 2,190 miles or opening a brew pub in a dry county, this man is on a mission. Listen along as we help him taste test the newest brew on tap while he paints a picture of what those two experiences have been like and gives us the lowdown on the Legacy he wants to leave behind.

We sit down with Joe Cook  to hear about the limitations of his past and a surprisingly not so easy childhood. He manages Sissy’s Log Cabin by day and calls sissy hunters “gummy bears” by night in his viral private Facebook group called “Unguided” (If it hasn’t been taken down again) Listen for some great stories and to find out if you’re a gummy bear on this weeks episode of the legacy lowdown.