A new Startup Junkie report finds that 30–40% of neurodivergent adults in Northwest Arkansas are underemployed or unemployed, and calls structural gaps — not individual deficits — the core problem.

Jennifer Ross and Kurt Owens of Walton Arts Center preview a 10-show season featuring "The Outsiders," "Buena Vista Social Club," "Operation Mincemeat" and more.

Memphis Notre Dame superfan Traynor Jennings III dresses as a leprechaun for Fighting Irish games. He tells us about the warm welcome he got at the Arkansas-Notre Dame game last fall.

Arkansas Advocate editor Andrew DeMillo discusses the state's Freedom of Information Act, Arkansas public TV's 180-day PBS delay, and the Education Freedom Account program.

Kyle Kellams, Sophia Nourani and Wai-Kay Karrenbauer round up the week's live music and events across Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, including St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Crysis, Some Like It Hot on Broadway at the Walton Arts Center, Houndmouth at Ozark Music Hall and more.

On today's show, we hear that a new study shows 3 in 10 neurodivergent Northwest Arkansas adults are unemployed or underemployed. Plus, we learn journalists around the nation are celebrating Sunshine Week and the importance of public records requests. We also have a conversation with a leprechaun.... Sort of.

A report from the Women's Foundation of Arkansas finds nearly 70% of mothers say childcare costs are a barrier to employment, costing families $17,500 a year — 27% of the state's median household income.

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families hosted a town hall at the NW Arkansas Food Bank to discuss what proposed federal SNAP cuts could mean for working mothers and families across the state.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center revisits KATV's coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the "shock-and-awe" bombing of Baghdad to the "Mission Accomplished" speech and the war's long aftermath.

On today's show, we learn that nearly 7 in 10 mothers in Arkansas view childcare costs as a barrier to employment. Plus, we explore the Pryor Center archives and continue to reflect on coverage of a previous war in the Middle East. And we get a brand new edition of Sound Perimeter.