Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
On today's show, research shows more Americans are the primary caregiver for other adults. And the candidate filing period has closed in Arkansas, what can we expect? We hear from Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics.
A handful of special elections are taking place this coming Tuesday, Nov. 18. Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore speaks with Kristin Netterstrom Higgins, a program associate at the Public Policy Center for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Western swing took root in clubs, on radio and on records in the late 1920s. The Fayetteville Public Library will celebrate the legacy of the western swing genre on Nov. 16 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., with the Western Swing Rules Band.