Arkansas Times' Week In Review Podcast

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Synopsis

Every Friday, Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the biggest stories of the week in The Natural State. Since 2011, "The Week in Review Podcast" has been the place to go for the straight dirt on politics and culture. With more than 40 years as a journalist in Arkansas, Brantley is unrivalled when it comes to providing the broad context you need to stay in the know.

Episodes

  • The Tom Cotton Acts Like A Jerk Edition

    25/03/2022 Duration: 18min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the Hogs, Tom Cotton being a jerk during the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing, the latest on lawsuits related to voting, the Dumas mass shooting and a COVID resurgence on the horizon.

  • The Remembering Brent Renaud Edition

    18/03/2022 Duration: 28min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the verdict in the case of a Lonoke County sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a teenager in a traffic stop, the legacy of Brent Renaud, an expensive tweak to the 30 Crossing plan and the controversy surrounding a potential downtown Little Rock parking deck.. 

  • The Rotten Cotton Edition

    11/03/2022 Duration: 21min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about a range of topics, including Tom Cotton's speech at the Reagan Presidential Library, a new federal lawsuit on racial gerrymandering, Jerry Jones, Thug Nasty and more.

  • The Worthless Fiscal Session Limps On Edition

    04/03/2022 Duration: 24min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the Arkansas legislature and other odds and ends.

  • The Love for Ukraine Edition

    25/02/2022 Duration: 16min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk more about the Arkansas racial gerrymander case, the fiscal session and the big swill, Leslie Rutledge's trip to the border, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and more.

  • The Judicial Activism Edition

    18/02/2022 Duration: 21min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about a ruling in the gerrymander case, the fiscal session and highway department spending on the I-30 bridge expansion.

  • The Gerrymandered Edition

    11/02/2022 Duration: 23min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about Governor Hutchinson's push to expand the prison system, the Arkansas gerrymander trial in federal court and the GOP National Committee vote to declare the events of Jan. 6 "legitimate political discourse" and Arkansans reactions.

  • The Snow Day Edition

    04/02/2022 Duration: 29min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the coronavirus, Little Rock politics and crime and Leslie Rutledge's trip to the border.

  • The Fixing the Broken Health Care System Edition

    28/01/2022 Duration: 21min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest coronavirus news, two health care developments, mobile sports betting in Arkansas and Vino's Brew Pub.

  • The Omicron and Odds and Ends Edition

    21/01/2022 Duration: 22min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the coronavirus and a range of odds and ends, including Tom Cotton and Greenland, a friend of court brief in the anti-trans legal case and Max's 50th year reporting in Little Rock.

  • The Asa Falls Short Edition

    14/01/2022 Duration: 25min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest coronavirus news and Governor Hutchinson's leadership or lack thereof at this stage of the pandemic. They also talk about former Gov. Mike Huckabee's controversial upcoming speech at Arkansas Martin Luther King commission MLK Day event on Monday and an ethics complaint filed against state Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood.

  • The Omicron Messes Everything Up

    07/01/2022 Duration: 28min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk all about the omicron variant and all that its upending. They also discuss the Little Rock Police chief and the anniversary of Jan. 6. 

  • The Rich Get Richer (Again) Edition

    10/12/2021 Duration: 28min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the special session of the Arkansas legislature, Republican gerrymandering and Little Rock Superintendent Mike Poore's impending retirement.

  • The Bridge Crack Opens Up Questions Edition

    12/11/2021 Duration: 17min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest political news, including Attorney General Leslie Rutledge bowing out of the governor's race and the state's congressional delegation opposing the bipartisan infrastructure bill. They also talk about recently released reports that confirm that the Arkansas Department of Transportation failed in all sorts of way in relation to the cracked I-40 bridge and a likely final decision on the Pope County casino.

  • The Max is Back Edition

    05/11/2021 Duration: 21min

    Refreshed after a hop across the pond, Max Brantley gets back into the Arkansas swing with his takes on legislative redistricting, a victory for LRSD and a list of must-read banned books.

  • The Jim Bob Returns Edition

    29/10/2021 Duration: 33min

    Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest election news, the various city of Little Rock controversy and Little Rock School District and Central Arkansas Library System millage elections.

  • The 'Misinformation, Disinformation and B.S.' Edition

    08/10/2021 Duration: 26min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the Arkansas legislature, including the anti-vax legislation it passed and didn't, a redistricting effort that splits Pulaski County in three and what's coming in a special session to cut taxes.

  • The Disastrous Return of the Ledge

    01/10/2021 Duration: 30min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the legislature's disastrous return, the latest coronavirus news, the fallout at KATV over a racial incident and more.

  • The Little Rock's Cloudy Future Edition

    18/09/2021 Duration: 31min

    Arkansas Times Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the big vote against a city sales tax increase and the political considerations surrounding that result, the decision of a special prosecutor to try a former deputy in the shooting death of Hunter Brittain in Lonoke County and the latest in COVID news.

  • The Massive Resistance Edition

    10/09/2021 Duration: 32min

    Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about local reaction to a coming federal vaccine mandate, rent relief and renters rights, the death of Little Rock City Director Erma Hendrix and various Republican politicians saying and doing awful things.

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