Info

Talk Business and Politics

Business and politics show from www.talkbusiness.net. Covering the news in Little Rock and around the state of Arkansas.
RSS Feed
Talk Business and Politics
2024
March
February
January


2023
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2022
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2021
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2020
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2019
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2018
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2016
December
November
October


All Episodes
Archives
Now displaying: June, 2019
Jun 24, 2019

Columnist John Brummett discusses Little Rock city politics and international diplomacy.

Jun 24, 2019

Our 20th anniversary show is set. We'll take you through the top stories of the week, and then, we'll return with two guests from our very first TV show on June 27, 1999. Former Metropolitan National Bank CEO Lunsford Bridges and Maverick Transportation Chairman and CEO Steve Williams join us. What are both men doing these days, what do they recall from 20 years ago, and what advice do they have for business leaders of today? Plus, we'll roll out the beginning of our 20 for 20 campaign. 20 new products and programs for our 20th anniversary.

Jun 20, 2019

Randy Hurban, the new executive director of The First Tee of Northwest Arkansas, talks about the nonprofit’s focus on training future business leaders.

 

Jun 18, 2019

Becca Shaddox discusses the idea behind Anchor, a new business ecosystem in Fayetteville to help prepare early-stage companies for life after incubation. Anchor will make its home in the vacant Sears building in Fayetteville — an anchor tenant of the Northwest Arkansas Mall until it was shuttered in January 2018.

Jun 17, 2019

Columnist John Brummett discusses Sarah Huckabee Sander’s prospects for Arkansas governor.

Jun 17, 2019

On this week’s agenda Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving her high profile White House press secretary post. John Burris & Wes Brown break down how her return to Arkansas could change the political dynamic. 

A legislative debate over eye surgery could be re litigated on the 2020 ballet. Optometrist vs Ophthalmologist 2.0 initiated act Representative Alex Gray & Representative John Eubanks join me to discuss.

Talk Business & Politics turns 20.  What’s in store for our two decade anniversary.

These stories and more today on Talk Business & Politics.

Jun 10, 2019

Columnist John Brummett discusses D-Day, Trump and the Senator Linda Collins-Smith murder.

Jun 10, 2019

On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics Podcast:

The high profile murder off former state Senator from Pocahontas, Linda Collins Smith.  Wes Brown joins me for commentary.

We focus on central and northwest Arkansas growth in our new series Data Points.  Economic developer Jamie Gates helps us drill down into the numbers.

The state lottery is on stable footing and growing in scholarship funding.  Director Bishop Woosley is our guest.

Those stories and more on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics.

Jun 3, 2019

Columnist John Brummett discusses Arkansas flooding, legislative ethics, and Bernie Sanders in the land of Walmart.

Jun 3, 2019

On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics:

Gov. Asa Hutchinson urges patience in the wake of historic flooding along the Arkansas River. 

KATV's Marine Glisovic offers an in-depth look at how Arkansas' constitutional officers are spending money on travel and office expenses.

Wright Lindsey Jennings law firm has opened a medical marijuana practice and two attorneys - Erika Gee and Stuart Jackson - have been busy in Arkansas and Oklahoma. How are employers and patients responding to medical cannabis? What's next on the regulatory front?

Plus, two casino CEOs vying for business in Pope County make their case. Warner Gaming CEO Bill Warner and Elite Casino Resorts CEO Dan Kehl are our guests.  

1