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So far, Second Helping NWA has served about 8,000 meals. It's founder, Nate Walls, said the organization began working with Wood Stone Craft Pizza on an annual toy drive about three years ago.

This month, Stephanie Blevins was named director of Northwest Arkansas community engagement for the Arkansas Center of Health Improvement. Because of the area's growth Joe Thompson, president and CEO of the center, said there are more demands on health and the healthcare sector.

On today's episode, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement names director of Northwest Arkansas community engagement. Also, a conversation with the Cate Brothers and a report from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Plus, Nate Walls, founder of Second Helpings NWA talks seasonal happenings and more.

Paul Gatling, reporter for the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, sums up the weeks economic news. This includes SupplyPike is relocating its headquarters to Rogers, and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield revealing its corporate center.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed seven executive orders ranging from setting a general cap on government rules and regulations, to banning the word "Latinx" on all government forms. Courtney Lanning, film critic for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, finishes her top 10 favorite movies of 2022 list. Plus, Northwest Arkansas cities enter 2023 with bigger budgets, and more.

On a road trip, drivers might roll past a place with a community building, cemetery, a couple of houses and a couple old buildings. Some of these areas used to be bustling, but as industries left and community hubs such as schools closed, they faded. Historians are looking into towns no longer in their heyday such as Sulphur Springs in Yell County.

On today's show, we hear about a local youth advocacy group's alternative college fair. We also learn what was happening in "The Land of Opportunity" 50 years ago. Plus, audible enjoyment with a new edition of Sound Perimeter.

Virginia Tech’s Jason Grant explains how U.S. tariffs and potential foreign retaliation could impact Arkansas’s largest industry: agriculture.

Today, Sound Perimeter was inspired by cats—curious, sly, playful, and full of personality. We met Prokofiev’s clarinet cat in "Peter and the Wolf," smiled at Rossini’s comic duet of meowing singers, and closed with the fiery pasodoble from Penella’s "El Gato Montés."

The Jazz Scoop's Rob Wells recaps standout performances at the Newport Jazz Festival, from Tyreek McDole to Cecile McLorin Salvant and Willow.