Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.
Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.
Jennifer Waymack Standerfer of Arkansas Appleseed discusses her report on civic engagement, local reporting, party control of elections, and what democracy can look like in Arkansas.
UofA professors Jamie Baum and Erin Howie Hickey discuss how self-determination theory, screen time and outdoor play shape kids' health over summer break.
Historian Jared Phillips joins Ozarks at Large to trace the history of beef cattle in the Ozarks, from open-range grazing before the Civil War to today's cattle market.