The tale of a vegetarian religious sect (called the Grass Eaters by locals, accidentally left out of the script) that set up shop in the pre-Civil War rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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We discuss the history of Damascus, Arkansas and the time they got in trouble for issuing too many speed tickets

This episode involves a dark and heavy topic, with our first coverage of a lynching in The Ozarks. The primary focus this week is the life Walter Majors, an African American inventor from Springfield, Missouri, but we also discuss the Easter Lynchings of 1906, one of countless lynchings in The Ozarks between 1890-1910, and its lasting impact on the African American community in Springfield and Springfield as a city from then to now

The story of music festival at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in.. Sedalia of all places?

The conclusion of our Isaac Murphy series, in one episode instead of two. A major focus of the episode is on Reconstruction, and we only barely scratch the surface of it's importance, both then and now

An episode on Harris Flanagin, the Governor of Arkansas prior to Isaac Murphy. A Civil War heavy episode. Ray also commits a cardinal podcasting sin by eating ice on mic. You've been warned

We are back to our Governors of Arkansas series and focus on Isaac Murphy, Arkansas's lone vote against secession and Arkansas's most defensible governor.

The life story of David Leong, a Chinese-born Ozarks icon, and his legacy, Springfield-style cashew chicken.

A look into the history and myth of Samuel Hudson, early settler into Newton County, Arkansas

The story of William Lovely, an Irishman who became an Indian Agent and also a more in depth look into the arrival of the Cherokee into the Arkansas Ozarks, as touched on in many episodes prior