Matthew Moore

The Arkansas legislature chose three proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on in 2026.

At least three constitutional amendments will appear on the 2026 ballot for Arkansas voters. On today's show, we dig into some of the research on those revisions. Isabel Davis will also discuss her book, ”Conceiving History,” which explores the long history of trying to become pregnant. Plus, reporter Sophia Nourani and KUAF's Wai-Kay Carenbauer suggest live music shows around the region.

Matt Holden’s “what I did this summer” essay for 2025 should be interesting. On today's show, we hear that the Fayetteville teacher’s summer will include trips into the Pacific Ocean and to Africa. This summer also means the inaugural Ozark Music Festival all around northwest Arkansas, so we'll provide a glimpse of what's to come. Also, the city of Fayetteville named this year's Amazing Tree, but what makes it so special?

Between May and December of 1975, some 50,000 Vietnamese, Laotian and Hmong refugees came through Fort Chaffee, before going to live with sponsors in towns across the country.

This week marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. On today's show, we'll hear about refugees from the Vietnam War who made their way to the U.S. through Fort Chaffee. And while the war in Vietnam was half a world away, the impact was felt locally, as we hear in archival recordings of war protests from the Pryor Center.

Food banks play a crucial role in efforts to alleviate food insecurity nationwide. On today's show, we discuss the importance of food banks in 2025. Also, today, TheatreSquared is staging a world premiere. Plus, an appreciation of volunteers for National Volunteer Month.

One in 34 8-year-olds in Arkansas were identified with autism spectrum disorder in 2022. Allison Hudson, co-investigator and project coordinator for the Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring program, discusses the implications.

A 2022 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences study identified one in 34 Arkansas eight-year-olds as being on the autism spectrum. On today's show, Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore speaks with a researcher behind the project. Also today, a project to help Arkansas’ state butterfly survive and thrive. Plus, Northwest Arkansas Community College is staging its spring musical and joining with other colleges to consider higher education in the state.

On today's show, Chuck Todd, former host of "Meet the Press," says many news consumers are missing a vital source of information. Additionally, you may think you haven’t heard Jim Self play music, but you have. Plus, Becca Martin Brown returns to go "The Other Way."

The northwest Arkansas chapter of the Urban Land Institute is hosting a symposium Friday, April 25, at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership in Cave Springs to discuss wastewater solutions for a growing region.