Randy Dixon

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archival recordings from the 1960s detailing anti-Vietnam War activism.

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.

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archival recordings of news stories from 50 years ago.

You can’t win ‘em all in sports or the Arkansas Legislature. On today's show, Josie Lenora from Little Rock Public Radio talks us through some bills that didn’t make it and the pivots made by lawmakers. Also, Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center offers a guide to what we might have been talking about on our show 50 years ago today.

On today's visit to the Pryor Center Archives, we remember the late Oliver Miller, a 1990s Razorback basketball star who died this year. Randy Dixon from the Pryor Center joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to help tell the story.

For decades, the Fulbright Program has fostered international exchange, creating recognition for Arkansas in the process. On today's show, we consider the legacy of The Fulbright Program. Plus, we remember an Arkansas basketball great: the late Oliver Miller.

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archives, which track how past recessions affected Arkansas.

There is talk of a possible recession, talk that has happened before. On today's show, the Pryor Center archives help us look back at past economic downturns. Plus, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas continues an active March. We also have a new edition of Sound Perimeter from Lia Uribe honoring Women’s History Month.

Randy Dixon from the Pryor Center helps us remember the day in 1990 when the state paused in case of an earthquake.

The General Assembly is several weeks into its regular session. On today's show, we hear a review of the past week with Josie Lenora, a politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio. Also, Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center tells us how the New Madrid Seismic Zone has fascinated, scared and intrigued us for two centuries.