Can music help us become who we want to be? Join us for a discussion with author Michael Zadoorian about his novel Beautiful Music...
12 April 2026, 8:59 pm
52 minutes 44 seconds
Watershed with Mark Barr
Join us for a 1937 story of electricity coming to rural South and the men and women who made it possible.
1 March 2026, 10:11 pm
52 minutes 55 seconds
This Afterlife with Poet A.E. Stallings
Does poetic constraint empower creativity? Known for her received forms like sonnets and sestinas, American poet A.E. Stallings joins us in the studio to discuss her book of selected poems, This Afterlife.
13 December 2025, 4:22 am
52 minutes 57 seconds
From Dora-Mittelbau to the Moon
What is the connection between a secret concentration camp built deep inside a German mountain and NASA's race to the moon in the 1960s? Novelist Patrick Hicks takes us on a journey from humanity's deepest despair to our greatest heights.
17 November 2025, 1:37 am
51 minutes 48 seconds
She Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales
Travel with us to the high Andes of Cusco, Peru searching for folk tales with author Johnny Payne. Many know of Machu Picchu, but few Americans have heard the oral stories of the indigenous people who reside in the shadows of the 15th-century Inca citadel.
13 July 2025, 4:30 pm
52 minutes 41 seconds
Pedagogy of the Depressed
Join us for an exploration of how and why higher education is evolving with Distinguished Professor, Christopher Schaberg.
27 April 2025, 4:29 pm
51 minutes 6 seconds
All the See You Tomorrows
Can we every truly 'go home again?' Can we ever revisit or recapture 'who we were' as kids? Join us for a conversation with author, William Lychack and his novel, Cargill Falls.
17 February 2025, 2:27 am
29 minutes
Still No Word from You
What makes a good reader? What are the actual notes in the margin worth remembering? What perspective does life on the margins bring? Will Peter Orner have answers for us?
16 December 2024, 4:04 am
29 minutes
AR Poetica with Sandy Longhorn
Share time with Central Arkansas poet Sandy Longhorn as we follow her poetic tale of severe illness in America and "the industrial medical complex." Join us as we hear Longhorn's poetry and discuss complex issues surrounding women and commercial healthcare.
16 December 2024, 2:29 am
29 minutes
AR Poetica with Sandy Longhorn
Share time with Central Arkansas poet Sandy Longhorn as we follow her poetic tale of severe illness in America and "the industrial medical complex." Join us as we hear Longhorn's poetry and discuss complex issues surrounding women and commercial healthcare.
18 November 2024, 1:43 am
53 minutes 49 seconds
Know When to Hold 'em, Lady Gambler Lottie Deno
What do you do when a 19th century outlaw is your namesake? Why if you're creative Frank Thurmond, you write about him and his infamous wife, Lottie Deno the notorious 'lady' gambler!