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The 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Contest is open now for submissions from independent musicians around the country, and Fayetteville Public Television is once again helping local musicians record their submissions.
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Since 2018, more than 17,000 podcasts from every state, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have been submitted to the NPR Student Podcast Challenge. And the NPR education team is bringing the contest back for another year.
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Fluoride has been in Arkansas’ drinking water for decades, but there is legislation in Little Rock that could change that. On today's show, our reporter, Jack Travis, considers the past and possible future of fluoride in Arkansas. We’ll also talk food with the creative culinary minds behind the Rabbit Hole restaurant popups. Plus, we learn more about a one-night tribute to one of pop music’s enduring duos.
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Renee Montagne hosted All Things Considered, Morning Edition and helped establish NPR West as an important part of the network. Montagne announced her retirement from NPR late last month and spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams last week.
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Last week, Little Rock Public Radio hosted NPR political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben as part of a live taping of the weekly program the Arkansas Newswrap. The panel also included Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore, KASU news director Brandon Tabor and Little Rock Public Radio news director Daniel Breen.
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NPR's Rachel Martin is the host of the new podcast Wild Card, described as part interview, part existential game show.
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The voice of Ayesha Rascoe is one familiar to KUAF listeners. You’ve heard her as a politics reporter, a White House correspondent, and now as the host of Weekend Edition Sunday. But in the new book "HBCU Made", Rascoe says she was lonely, introverted, and deeply treasured her alone time. But when you hear her on the radio now, it’s almost hard to believe that was true.
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Aisha Harris, a co-host of NPR's podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, further examines how pop culture can form and inform in her new book, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me.
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David Sedaris, author and humorist, is back at Walton Arts Center tomorrow night. We recently talked with him about his latest book, travel and clowns.
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Reporting from outside of the United States is a challenge for a whole host of reasons. One of those reasons is often a language barrier, leading to miscommunications and phrases that don’t translate well. Gregory Warner is the host of the podcast "Rough Translation" and talks about the origins of the show, his experience as an international correspondent, and the future of his reporting.