Arkansas Times' Week In Review Podcast

Send us a textThe new Ten Commandments Monument and coming legal challenges, the abrupt closure of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and Lakeview and the Arkansas Supreme Court's recent ruling on sovereign immunity — all covered on this week's podcast.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textArkansas Times editor Lindsey Millar and contributor Benji Hardy discuss embattled Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, a group of UA Little Rock students repeatedly shouting the n-word while singing along to a popular song, the federal corruption trial of former Sen. Jon Woods and more.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textArkansas Times editor Lindsey Millar and special guest Jay Barth talk about the latest from the Arkansas Supreme Court, the much-anticipated corruption trial involving former state Sen. Jon Woods, primary season and national politics.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textArkansas Times editor Lindsey Millar and special guest Antwan Phillips discuss the debate among Democrats vying to be the party's nominee for Arkansas’s Second Congressional district, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after his assassination and the McClellan High School coach who was put on paid leave after KARK revealed he’d made bigoted tweets.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textArkansas Times Editor Lindsey Millar and contributor Benji Hardy talk about primary season, especially gubernatorial candidate Jan Morgan; gun protests and policies; a new opioid lawsuit; and Mark Stodola on the state of the city address. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe resignation of Jefferson County Judge Henry Wilkins, the legal battle over the cultivation of medical marijuana and more.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe challenges to the state medical marijuana commission’s grading of cultivation applications, the just concluded special session of the legislature, Governor Hutchinson’s politicking, students protesting gun violence and another civil rights lawsuit from Mike Laux targeting the Little Rock Police Department and the city of Little Rock -- all covered on this week's podcast.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe latest Arkansas legislative doings and medical marijuana news. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe coming special session, a sneaky voucher bill, a big drug arrest and LR mayoral challengers answer the city's suit — all covered on this week's podcast. Download Subscribe via iTunes.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textWe're pleased to introduce the pilot episode of a new Arkansas Times interview podcast, "The Conversation" with host Matt Price talking to local folks of interest. Download. Here's Price's bio: Matt Price is a recovering politico now working in technology, business, and marketing searching for the meritocracy. "The Conversation" was borne out of the desire to talk to people who really care about what they are doing and are focused on making things better. In what he hopes will be a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, Price's first episode is a conversation with Frank Scott Jr., the Little Rock banker who is exploring a run for mayor. In a wide-ranging talk, Scott talks about growing up in Southwest Little Rock and his impressions of Little Rock beyond that area (he didn't venture into Hillcrest or the Heights until he was an adult, he says); his time at Parkview High School, where he spent time studying dance; his support for the controversi

Send us a textGovernor Hutchinson’s tax cut promises, guns, Medicaid and pharmacists and the Babe Bracket — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textA new lawsuit challenging the state’s photo ID law, Bart Hester vs. the humanities, signs of a threat to governors school, big bills for the state Supreme Court and Clarke Tucker making a run for Congress — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textState Sen. Jake Files' guilty plea in federal court; state Sen. Jason Rapert, social media and the Conway Police Department; and a proposed gag order for the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe Little Rock Police Department's decision to fire a black recruit for using a racial slur in an old social media post, the state of UAMS, a constitutional initiative and Tom Cotton — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textTough talkin’ Tom Cotton, a major state Supreme Court decision and a pivotal lawsuit for Little Rock politics — on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textTrump, Cotton and immigration; Governor Hutchinson navigating a primary challenger and the fiscal session; the hog farm in Newton County; and UAMS layoffs — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe justice department and marijuana, a new Republican gubernatorial candidate and Medicaid and Arkansas — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textThe tax bill that just cleared Congress, a Democratic candidate for governor, sexual harassment and state politics, transparency and the Razorback Foundation and turmoil at Arkansas Baptist — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textWhat Doug Jones win in Alabama means for Democrats in Arkansas, the hiring of Chad Morris at the University of Arkansas and the future of health care policy in Arkansas — all covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us a textTom Cotton headed to the CIA, Razorbackland in turmoil and more — covered on this week's podcast. Subscribe via iTunes. Download.We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com