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The University of Arkansas Walton College of Business is playing host to a new exhibit all about the history of procurement.

Today's temperature dropped and Lia Uribe, bassoon professor at the University of Arkansas, brings a collection of music to match the winter weather. Excerpts of Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Melancholy," Astor Piazzolla's "Winter in Buenos Aires" and Billie Holiday performing Irving Berlin's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm."

On today's show, the Pryor Center Profile highlights the Cate Brothers, and Middle-earth interpretation of a 1,000-year-old poem. Also, Teresa Turk, a Fayetteville City Council member, proposed an amendment to the city's graffiti code. Plus, hours after the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack made four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump, the Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney spoke at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Bethany Cole has long seen similarities between the protagonist in the Old English poem "The Wanderer" and Aragorn in Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. She's translated the poem for a new illustrated (by the author) volume.

We wrap up some of the week's news: crypto provides problems for many, another big bike designation for Bentonville, get those flu shots and Arkansas swimming is ranked.

There are thousands of farms in Arkansas, some families do not have an estate plan for when the time comes to pass down ownership of the land. This can lead to heirs’ property ownership. Although the Keeping it in the Family program exists to introduce conservation practices to yield a better profit, it also provides education resources for heirs' property owners.

This week, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is hosting the Arkansas Flavor Analysis Conference in Fayetteville to give researchers and industry professionals the tools to optimize the unique qualities of our food.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with Charles Robinson, the chancellor at the University of Arkansas.

In an excerpt from the latest episode of Undisciplined we hear from Dr. Calvin White, Jr. about his experience growing up in the Church of God in Christ and how that shaped his life.

Church in the African American tradition is a major element of life. For Dr. Calvin White, Jr., it was also the source material for his 2012 book The Rise to Respectability: Race Religion and the Church of God in Christ. In our conversation, we discuss the impact of growing up COGIC and more.