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Verlon Stone is a special advisor at the Indiana University Liberian Collections, but his main goal is to help connect people with the sort of resources and research that helps them to build their own communities and understanding. He joins us to discuss his work, his passions, and more.

The sport basketball was famously invented by James Naismith in 1891, and within a matter of years, African Americans picked up the sport and began playing. Claude Johnson is the author of The Black Fives and has researched extensively the history of African American basketball teams predating integrated professional basketball leagues in the United States.

Do you remember the first time you were keenly aware of your body? Maybe a bully a school pointed out your skin tone, or you noticed your hair didn't look quite like your siblings. Body image plays a major role in our lives, and not just as kids. On today's episode we hear from Dr. Angela Mensah, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.

Joseph Wood is a surprising man in many ways. He was abandoned on the streets as a baby and was eventually fostered and adopted. He nearly became a Catholic priest. He’s a proud alumni of the historically black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. He’s a Chicago native Republican. And he’s also the first black county judge in the state of Arkansas. He sits down for an interview to discuss his life and time in politics with the Undisciplined crew.

Coming to you live from the Squire Jehagan Outreach Center in Fayetteville, we take the podcast on the road to discuss the story of black erasure in northwest Arkansas. Our panel includes Sharon Killian, Chris Seawood, Tommie Davis, and Ngozi Brown. For details on upcoming live recordings, head to https://kuaf.com/livepodcast

Undisciplined will be having a live taping June 11th at NorthWest Arkansas Community College's Juneteenth Celebration event! The live podcast episode will be called “Movement Towards Freedom Now” and will feature Sarah Moore and Beth Coger from the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition as well as Monique Jones from the Food Pantry at St. James Baptist Church in Fayetteville. For more, visit kuaf.com/livepodcast

In part two of our conversation with Michael Pierce, we hear what happens to Nelson Hackett, his impact on fugitivity and slavery in North America, and more.

Host Caree Banton is joined by Michael Pierce, an associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas to talk about the story of Nelson Hackett's escape from Fayetteville.

Singer-songwriter Mia Gjeldum sits down with Leigh Helm and Chrissy Sanderson of Mockingbird Kitchen, Cyrenthia McLennan, and Leigh Wood to talk building community through music and food for our Lunch Hour podcast.

BAANG performs in the KUAF lobby for our first ever Lunch Hour!The lunch hour live Conversation in the Black Expohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYoE6oaG_wIn the live conversation of this lunch hour, we went around and interviewed black business owners who offer their thoughts and insights about their business in the Black Expo to express their power and drive for the black businesses in Arkansas.