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On today's show, how to prepare for a runoff election. Also, Pryor Center archives follow the path of former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Plus, a community Friendsgiving.

The nonprofit Second Helping, led by chef Nate Walls, is hosting a community Friendsgiving again. Nate, staff and volunteers will serve on Wednesday at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center from 2 to 4 p.m., though Second Helping works around the year. He spoke with Ozarks at Large Kyle Kellams about the event and his work.

This November, Arkansas elected its first Latina state representative. Diana Gonzales Worthen will represent District 9, which is also Arkansas’ first majority Latino district. Representative-Elect Gonzales Worthen joined Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore in the Bruce and Ann Applegate New Studio 2 last week to discuss her journey into politics and what motivated her to become engaged locally.

Deer hunting season is in full swing in Arkansas, and that should mean something to anyone spending time outside this fall and winter. Trey Reid is a spokesperson for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis ahead of modern gun season, which began Saturday, Nov. 9. Reid says that everyone, hunters or otherwise, should focus on safety while recreating outdoors.

Artist Jay Youngdahl's latest exhibit "What Did You Learn in School Today?" explores how school history lessons and textbooks shape our worldview, especially around race.

On today's show, we hear from an artist coming to the Fayetteville Public Library who asks, “What did you learn in school today?” Also, how you can stay safe during deer hunting season. Plus, the musical world of Burt Bacharach inspires a new production taking the stage at Walton Arts Center.

Daizhan Ennals, CEO and founder of Renewed Robotics, is revolutionizing the housing industry with autonomous technology. In this excerpt of "I Am Northwest Arkansas," he speaks with host Randy Wilburn about his groundbreaking project, the Sam: Self Assembling Municipality, designed to autonomously provide shelter and utilities in diverse environments, from disaster zones to space exploration.

Last week, the third annual Excel by Eight Foundation’s Collaborative Summit took place in Little Rock. The event brought together business leaders, chambers of commerce and heads of nonprofits. It wasn’t designed to find instant solutions to a wide-ranging problem but to expedite conversations among groups to work toward solutions. The meeting wasn’t open to the press. Still, afterward, Steve Cousins, the board chair of El Dorado-based SHARE Foundation, and Brandom Gengelbach, the president and CEO of the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce, spoke with Ozarks at Large.

Gaby Nagel is an Eastern Band Cherokee flute player, actor and model raised in Fayetteville. She recently brought part of her collection of flutes to KUAF’s Firmin Garner Performance Studio.

'Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ' is a limited KUAF/Listening Lab multimedia series on the history of Marshallese migration in our region. In episode three, noted Marshallese physician Dr. Sheldon Riklon discusses the unique health challenges experienced by Marshall Islanders resulting from centuries of foreign occupation and twelve years of U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons testing on their remote Pacific archipelago.