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On today's show, Pastor Phil Allen Jr. discusses how video impacts cultural change through his book, The Prophetic Lens. An excerpt of the upcoming Points of Departure episode highlights PortAdventura Foundation's Dreams Program. Plus, Ozark at Large's Matthew Moore and Anna Pope play a holiday quiz.

Phil Allen, Jr. is a pastor, speaker, and the author of The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency From MLK to Darnella Frazier. He discusses the impact of everything from Spike Lee to citizen-captured video of news events can shape public conversations.

This year's guest of the University of Arkansas Scholars at Risk Committee, Saladdin Ahmed, came to our studio to discuss his latest book, Revolutionary Hope After Nihilism: Marginalized Voices and Dissent.

Jeff Ayers' first novel, "Skate the Thief," is a rollicking adventure incorporating elements of crime, wizardry and fun. The Rogers School District teacher talked to us about the book.

Andrea L. Rogers' collection of short stories "Man Made Monsters" offers up familiar scares: werewolves, vampires and ghosts. But it also examines real-life terrors of cultural genocide and more.

On today's show, plans to build a neurodivergent residential community, local music and educating about the lack of access to toilets or basic sanitation. Plus, Alison Parker highlights Mary Church Terrell in her book, "Unceasing Militant."

Mary Church Terrell was a giant when it came to advocating for the rights of others. She worked with Ida B. Welles on high-profile anti-lynching campaigns, she was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women, a tireless worker for women’s suffrage and a founder of the NAACP. Her life is detailed in the book “Unceasing Militant” by Alison Parker.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti doesn't underestimate her readers. She writes nonfiction work intended for young readers about the Hitler Youth, the birth of the Ku Klux Klan, and other hard topics. She will be at the True Lit Festival to discuss her latest book, How Women Won the Vote.

We mark the day with a conversation with Christopher Farris. He discusses his novel The Fountain, why he puts some Ozark magic into the book and how pulps influenced him from an early age.

Sley House Publishing presents novels and short stories rooted in mystery, horror and fantasy. And inside those stories are matters of concern those of us in the real world.