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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

On today's show, we hear that doula care was supposed to be covered by Medicaid in Arkansas starting in June, but administrative bottlenecks have prevented any doulas from being cleared to bill the state. Plus, as AI changes our world, we consider our long relationship with machines and our minds. Plus, Fayetteville Mayor Molly Rawn announces parental leave for city staff.

Three KUAF summer interns tackle a six-question quiz on Benton County history, from Pea Ridge's namesake plant to the endangered Benton cavefish's lifespan.

On today's show, we meet Robert Petkoff, who will be front and center when Moulin Rouge! The Musical is on stage at Walton Arts Center next week, but you may have already spent time with his voice on one of the audiobook bestsellers he’s narrated. Plus, three of our summer interns, all graduates of Benton County high schools, get six questions they shouldn’t be expected to know the correct answers to. We also get River Valley news from Talk Business & Politics.

UAMS has launched a toolkit to integrate doulas into hospitals and improve maternal and infant outcomes, piloted first at Mercy Hospital in Rogers.