Musicians Lacy Hampton, Pat Ryan Key and Ashtyn Barbaree discuss Les Fest, a benefit concert for Meteor Guitar Gallery founder Les Key, who is recovering from a fall.

Kyle Kellams, Sophia Nourani and Wai-Kay Carenbauer survey a week of Northwest Arkansas live music, from a Gulley Park finale to Sam Bush at the Ozark Folk Center.

Northwest Arkansas artist Zeke Peña talks about winning a Caldecott Honor for his book Sundust his childhood love of comics and illustrating Hold.

Playwright Brandon Chase Goldsmith on his one-act play, The Western District, uncovering 1870s courthouse corruption in Fort Smith that shaped the founding of Eureka Springs.

A 2022 March of Dimes report finds nearly half of Arkansas counties lack access to maternity care. Doctors and health policy experts explain why and what could help.

As climate change strains Arkansas's rice industry Little Rock Public Radio's Amir Mahmoud reports on efforts to breed rice varieties resistant to heat drought and high nighttime temperatures.

Mayor Molly Rawn signed a new policy giving City of Fayetteville staff 6 weeks of paid parental leave, a benefit years in the making, driven by staff advocacy.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has missed multiple deadlines to launch Medicaid coverage for doula services, leaving families without access, doulas without sustainable pay

Weaving NWA's Weave the People event connected Fayetteville locals with groups like Ozark Folkways, Patio Crashers, combating what organizers call a national loneliness epidemic

Eric Funkhouser, chair of philosophy at the UofA, discusses centuries of thinking about machine minds and what large language models mean for higher education.