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On today's show, transgender youth resources continue to operate two years after Arkansas passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth. Also, an update on Woman-Run, a statewide initiative connecting the female entrepreneurs. Plus, a discussion on bail reform from the latest episode of "Undisciplined," local live music and more.

On today's show, WNYC's On the Media and freelance reporter Katie Thornton created the podcast series "The Divided Dial" to understand how Salem Media Group impacted conservative politics. Plus, Arkansas' tour industry appears to be bouncing back, upcoming visual art events, winter weather's impact on blood donations, wrapping up the week's news and more.

How did the little-known Salem Media Group come to have an outsized political influence? Freelance reporter Katie Thornton worked alongside WNYC's On the Media to create the podcast series "The Divided Dial" to understand the impact of Salem Media Group in conservative politics.

A wide-range of visual arts can be seen all across the region. Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, gives us a guide.

The tourism industry was among the hardest hit in Arkansas by the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business & Politics, said all across the state, the tourism industry appears to be bouncing back.

The true story of a teenager who sailed around the world is the inspiration for the new Nexflix movie "True Spirit." Courtney Lanning likes the film and said it captures the potential loneliness of sailing on the ocean. Courtney's full review can be found in today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

After a move to ban the word "Latinx" from government documents by Arkansas' new governor, we take a closer look at the term making headlines.

On today's show, Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth spoke with an activist and scholar about the word 'Latinx,' after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning the term from state documents. Plus, Arkansas legislators wait for proposals needed to form the state budget. Also, the Fayetteville Mardi Gras Parade is scheduled for Feb. 18 following a two-year postponement, winter book finds from University of Arkansas professors and more.

After a two-year pause because of the pandemic, the Fayetteville Mardi Gras Parade is coming back. The Feb. 18 parade will include more music, courtesy of Music Moves and raise money for Peace at Home Shelter.

The highly anticipated Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, constructed in the early 20th century, provided shipping and passenger railway access for the first time to isolated Ozark Mountain communities such as Eureka Springs, terminating in Helena on the Arkansas Delta. But as historian Kenneth Barnes reveals, the promising railway — plagued by infrastructure failures, labor strikes and deadly anti-union mob violence — was abandoned.