Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast
Since 2011, the Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast has been the place to go for the straight dirt on state news, politics and more. Join us each week as Arkansas Times reporters and editors discuss the top stories of the week (and whatever else is on our minds).
Episodes
272 episodes
TIF and the Downtown Little Rock Master Plan: The Week in Review Saturday Sept 28, 2024
Stories discussed this week:TIF tiff: Downtown Little Rock Master Plan calls for controversial funding tool
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Immigrant scapegoats: The Week in Review, Sept. 21, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Sarah Sanders used a July traffic stop to demonize immigrants; the dashcam footage tells a different story
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Tim Griffin's petition quagmire: The Week in Review, Sept. 14, 2024
Stories discussed this week:New animal waste rule would keep public in the dark on hog farm permits, environmental groups say
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Alice Driver on "Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company" (Sept. 5, 2024)
On this week's podcast, Arkansas author Alice Driver discusses her new book on Tyson Foods and the perils faced by its largely immigrant workforce. "Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Me...
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The best (wo)man; Skip Rutherford on the 2024 presidential election: The Week In Review podcast
The Arkansas Times has been hosting a series of fundraisers in the form of a lecture series featuring Arkansas newsmakers, politicians and writers on current events and policies. The proceeds go to the
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The Wright Stuff: The Week In Review for August 24th, 2024
Stories discussed this weekLRSD Superintendent Jermall Wright resignshttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/08/15/lr...
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The Neverending Abortion Amendment Story: The Week In Review, Aug. 17, 2024
Stories discussed this week:AG confirms no Chinese or communist ties in land purchased by Walmart supplier
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Red Scare in Fort Smith: The Week In Review, Aug. 9, 2024
Stories discussed this week:South Arkansas landowners, lithium extractors clash over royalty rates
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Inviting Big Brother? The Week in Review, Aug. 3, 2024
Stories discussed this week:LRPD is asking for access to home security cameras to fight crimehttp...
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Cult leader’s name to be removed from Riverfront Park art: The Week in Review, July 27, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Ark. Supreme Court orders secretary of state to count some abortion petition signatures
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Direct democracy vs. bureaucracy: The Week in Review, July 19, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Abortion advocates sue secretary of state over rejection of amendmenthtt...
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Why the abortion amendment still might be in play: The Week in Review for July 13, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Repro rights supporters cheer a milestone in push to put abortion on the ballot:
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Presidential debate fallout with Dave Ramsey: The Week in Review for June 29th, 2024
Stories Discussed this week:POSTMORTEM: Joe Biden and Donald Trump face off in presidential debate
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Get the F(OIA) Outta Here: The Week In Review for June 22th, 2024
Stories Discussed this week:Dashcam footage from ATF raid that killed LR airport director Malinowski released by prosecutor
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The tax cuts are coming: The Week in Review for June 14, 2024
Stories discussed this week:More tax cuts incoming: Governor calls special session next weekhttps://arktim...
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Arkansas: Abortion Free in '23? The Week in Review, June 9, 2024
Stories in this week's edition:Education vendor Solution Tree abandons ship on hefty state contractht...
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Sarah Sanders Doesn't Want You to Sign: The Week In Review, June 2, 2024
Stories discussed in this week's episode:Little Rock police say governor told them to block canvassers from public property
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Tim Griffin targets abortion by mail: The Week in Review, May 25th, 2024
Stories discussed in this episode: Attorney general threatens groups advertising abortion pills in Arkansas
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Guns in courthouses, adoption in schools: The Week In Review, May 17, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Central High principal’s salary adjustment to close a gender pay gap up for approval Thursday
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Celebrating Daisy Bates Arkansas Times' Week in Review May 10, 2024
Stories discussed this week include:Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘indoctrination’
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The Fiscal Session is Over: The Week in Review, May 3rd, 2024
On this week's show: More on the Legislature's stingy 2025 budget, a pair of new bitcoin mining laws are signed by the governor, the state makes it harder to register to vote, and Attorney General Tim Griffin sues to keep the gun show loophole ...
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Max Brantley on "The Lost Cause: The Demise of Politics and Journalism," April 26th, 2024
This week, in lieu of our regular weekly news roundup, we're sharing something special — a speech by Arkansas Times editor emeritus Max Brantley on the sorry state of politics and journalism in our state.Beginning in November 2023, the A...
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The lectern audit has landed: The Week in Review, April 20, 2024
This week: We say a bittersweet farewell to Arkansas Times city reporter extraordinaire Mary Hennigan, but not before one last update on Little Rock news. And, Matt Campbell answers everything you want to know about the #lecterngate audit and t...
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Fiscal Session 2K24: The Week in Review, April 12, 2024
Arkansas Times listeners, we need your feedback! What do you like about the podcast? What do you hate? What can we improve? Email us with your thoughts, please, at podcasts@arktimes.com.This we...
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Total Eclipse of the Arkansas Times' Week in Review, April 5, 2024
This week, Benji and Mary Hennigan discuss the latest in the case of Bryan Malinowski, who was posthumously awarded a $24,000 bonus by the Little Rock airport commission, as well as several actions taken by the city board of directors at a Tues...
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