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On today's show, a team of wildlife specialists surveys colonies of bats. Also, Matthew Moore speaks with Talk Business and Politics' Roby Brock about the election. Plus, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has a new four-legged resident.

Ozarks at Large's senior producer, Matthew Moore, talks with Roby Brock of "Talk Business & Politics" about Issue Two, Arkansas’ next Supreme Court chief justice and the likelihood of Senator Tom Cotton or Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joining the Trump administration.

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs has a new resident. Fred, the tiger cub, relocated to the accredited sanctuary after being rescued from a neighborhood in Conway. Fred’s case was one of the first prosecuted under the Big Cat Public Safety Act. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with TCWR president Tanya Smith over Zoom to touch base about the new tiger and the current landscape of illegal big cat ownership.

Mount Sequoyah welcomes the holiday season with events that will also raise money for the center. Holly Neely, director of marketing and sales for Mt. Sequoyah, said the festivities begin with the Festival of Trees: Merry Mingle Kickoff on Nov. 16. The events connected to the annual festival serve as the organization’s largest fundraiser.

Dan Macguire is a Tulsa native and now lives in Illinois. He’s a singer-songwriter who annually visits northwest Arkansas to play at venues like the Peddler’s Pub in Bentonville and the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs. This autumn, Macguire returned for a mini-tour of the region and another visit to our studio.

Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ (Ozarks Marshallese) reveals how waves of legally-present Marshallese migrants have navigated new lives on the Arkansas Ozarks over the past thirty years. The premiere episode, "First Arrival," features Carmen Samual Chong Gum, first Arkansas Consul General of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The following is an excerpt from the filmed studio conversation.

On today's show, we begin a new series about the Marshallese experience in northwest Arkansas. Also, a projected drop in Arkansas farm income. Plus, Michael Tilley brings news from the River Valley and April Wallace shares happenings across the region.

The Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center forecasts that Arkansas farmers will see a decline in income for the second year in a row in 2024. According to the "Fall 2024 Arkansas Farm Income Outlook", net farm income for the state is expected to drop by 10% from 2023, bringing it down to a total of $2.96 billion. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with extension agricultural economist Hunter Biram about the report.

Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from around the Arkansas River Valley, such as Franklin County's reaction to a recently announced state prison, a fire in downtown Fort Smith and building permits' lowered values.

April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like an intimate cabaret experience with Liz Callaway, the annual NWA Holiday Market and more.