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Josie Lenora
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Ozarks at Large
Reviewing failed bills from the 2025 General Assembly — The news of April 1975
You can’t win ‘em all in sports or the Arkansas Legislature. On today's show, Josie Lenora from Little Rock Public Radio talks us through some bills that didn’t make it and the pivots made by lawmakers. Also, Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center offers a guide to what we might have been talking about on our show 50 years ago today.
2025-04-14
54 min
Ozarks at Large
Lawmkers continue in Little Rock — Living on the New Madrid Fault
The General Assembly is several weeks into its regular session. On today's show, we hear a review of the past week with Josie Lenora, a politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio. Also, Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center tells us how the New Madrid Seismic Zone has fascinated, scared and intrigued us for two centuries.
2025-03-10
54 min
Ozarks at Large
Another week at the 95th Arkansas General Assembly — Jim Guy Tucker
Lawmakers at the State Capitol are gathering momentum. On today's show, Josie Lenora, the politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio, helps us digest the latest from the General Assembly. We’ll also track the life of former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, who died this month. Plus, Lia Uribe embraces France in her latest installment of Sound Perimeter.
2025-02-24
54 min
Ozarks at Large
Updates from the legislature — Billy Bob Thornton
The Arkansas Legislature is hitting high gear. On today's show, Josie Lenora, politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio, gives us the latest from the Capitol. We’ll also spend time with Pryor Center archives surveying the career of Arkansas-born Billy Bob Thornton.
2025-02-17
54 min
Ozarks at Large
Updates from Little Rock — Alzheimer's and Dementia Awareness Day
The Arkansas Legislature moves into a fifth week of the 95th General Assembly today. On today's show, we review last week at the Capitol with Josie Lenora from Little Rock Public Radio. Also, Ozarks at Large host Kyle Kellams speaks with the director of public policy at the Alzheimer's Association in Arkansas about efforts to obtain more support for Arkansans living with dementia and their caregivers. Plus, the Pryor Center explains how US AID has historic connections to Arkansas.
2025-02-10
54 min
The Pink State
Framing Femininity - How the media cover women in politics
In this third episode, we talk with two journalists who cover politics in their states to discuss media framing of women in politics. This episode’s guests include Holly McCall, a 37-year veteran journalist who is editor in chief of the Tennessee Lookout in Nashville, and Josie Lenora, a more recent j-school graduate who is currently working as a politics and government reporter with KUAR in Little Rock, Arkansas. Copyright info: Music Pixabay License purchased. Licensor's user name: https://pixabay.com/users/lemonmusicstudio-14942887/ Sound effects under Creative Commons (Rewind: Marko Duca (end) and Cla...
2023-08-30
28 min
Ozarks at Large
Central Arkansas counties brace for impacts of book regulation laws
On today's show, KUAR's Josie Lenora ends a two-part series on how Arkansas libraries are preparing for a state law affecting access to certain books. Also, a conversation with John Colbert, Fayetteville Public Schools' first African American principal, special education teacher and superintendent. Plus, Women of Oz Sunset Summit scheduled for September and more.
2023-06-20
53 min