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Randy Dixon of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large to reminisce about one of Arkansas' strangest former Thanksgiving traditions.

Prequels to beloved franchises often have the odds stacked against them. How do they tell a new chunk of such a well-known story while reminding audiences what they loved about the original? Well, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” manages to accomplish all that and more.

On today's show, the U.S. Senate is working across the aisle to combat the global food security crisis. Also, the cost of war on people and the environment. Plus, documenting the beauty and the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest at The Momentary.

In this week’s excerpt of “I Am Northwest Arkansas,” host Randy Wilburn talks with senior vice-president and chief administrator at Children’s Hospital Northwest Shannon Hendrix about how Children’s has expanded other services, outside of emergency and primary care, since opening.

Today on The Outline: The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling in an Arkansas redistricting case, concluding that voters may not sue to protect their voting rights. Also, the Beaver Watershed Alliance and Elkins are teaming up to restore Bunch Park's wet prairie.

The Momentary, an extension of Crystal Bridges of American Art, recently completed an update to its spaces. This weekend, curators unveiled its latest exhibition, “Enduring Amazon: Life and Afterlife in the Amazon Rainforest,” as part of the remodel. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams visited the museum and talked with director Jill Wagar, who says the new exhibit meets the contemporary criteria.

College campuses, including the University of Arkansas, observed International Education Week last week. Several campus organizations use part of International Education Week to highlight scholars and artists at risk around the world. This year that spotlight included a moderated discussion about the human and environmental costs of war. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams panelists to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to discuss the need for more visibility.

On today's show, considering the future of schooling and education in Arkansas. Also, the Arkansas Republican and Democratic parties have their candidates, and Arkansans now wait for the campaigning. Plus, an early visit from Becca Martin Brown, the arts and entertainment editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, to help us get ready for a post-Thanksgiving weekend.

Candidate filing for offices in state government, as well as federal offices, ended in Arkansas last week. Talk Business and Politics' Roby Brock visits with the state chairs of the Republican and Democratic parties about their plans for the next 12 months on his program "Capitol View."

Across the state and country, school district administrators are having trouble recruiting and retaining qualified educators. The ongoing teacher shortage is notably difficult for smaller, rural districts to overcome. Some, like the Lincoln Consolidated School District, are looking to their schools’ calendars for solutions.