web01.fireside.fm Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:29:28 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Arkansas” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/arkansas Tue, 21 May 2019 21:00:00 -0400 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 42: Grace Under Pressure (An Abortion Provider In The South) https://tatter.fireside.fm/42 275ba170-6b11-4904-9d28-ad98eea02ae5 Tue, 21 May 2019 21:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent My conversation with a clinic director at an Arkansas abortion provider, and also my friend. 45:52 no ABOUT THIS EPISODE Lori Beard-Williams is clinic director at Little Rock Family Planning Services, the only full-service abortion provider in the state of Arkansas (my home state). She is also on the Board of Directors of the National Abortion Federation. Given the legislation that's been coming out of such state legislatures as Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas, we thought abortion was a timely topic. We discuss her professional path, as well as her patients, and the challenges facing her, her team, and the patients they serve. LINKS --Little Rock Family Planning Services (https://lrfps.com/) --Arkansas Abortion Support Network (https://www.arabortionsupport.org/) --"This Doctor Won't Stop Mailing Abortion Pills to the U.S.--Even Though the FDA Ordered Her To," by Carter Sherman (Vice News) (https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vb93my/this-doctor-wont-stop-mailing-abortion-pills-to-the-us-even-though-the-fda-ordered-her-to) Special Guest: Lori Beard-Williams. abortion, reproductive health, Arkansas, Roe v. Wade ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Lori Beard-Williams is clinic director at Little Rock Family Planning Services, the only full-service abortion provider in the state of Arkansas (my home state). She is also on the Board of Directors of the National Abortion Federation. Given the legislation that's been coming out of such state legislatures as Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas, we thought abortion was a timely topic. We discuss her professional path, as well as her patients, and the challenges facing her, her team, and the patients they serve.

LINKS
--Little Rock Family Planning Services
--Arkansas Abortion Support Network
--"This Doctor Won't Stop Mailing Abortion Pills to the U.S.--Even Though the FDA Ordered Her To," by Carter Sherman (Vice News)

Special Guest: Lori Beard-Williams.

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Lori Beard-Williams is clinic director at Little Rock Family Planning Services, the only full-service abortion provider in the state of Arkansas (my home state). She is also on the Board of Directors of the National Abortion Federation. Given the legislation that's been coming out of such state legislatures as Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas, we thought abortion was a timely topic. We discuss her professional path, as well as her patients, and the challenges facing her, her team, and the patients they serve.

LINKS
--Little Rock Family Planning Services
--Arkansas Abortion Support Network
--"This Doctor Won't Stop Mailing Abortion Pills to the U.S.--Even Though the FDA Ordered Her To," by Carter Sherman (Vice News)

Special Guest: Lori Beard-Williams.

]]> Episode 24: Old Times Forgotten (Talking Southern Politics) https://tatter.fireside.fm/24 bfe6bcfd-1b0c-4bc4-a9e8-03a795bc8c1c Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation ranging from Arkansas politics to national politics, with Hendrix College politics professor Jay Barth. 36:42 no ABOUT THIS EPISODE Jay Barth is the M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of Politics at Hendrix College, of which he is an alum (as is the host of this podcast). Jay recently joined Tatter to talk about Arkansas politics, Southern politics, and national politics. Topics included a discussion of just how much support Donald Trump enjoys, whether a new political realignment has occurred in the U.S., what's gotten boring and what's stayed interesting about Arkansas politics, and what it was like to teach the day after Trump was elected. LINKS Jay Barth's Hendrix College faculty profile (https://www.hendrix.edu/academicaffairs/profile.aspx?id=70900) The Hendrix College Odyssey Program (https://www.hendrix.edu/odyssey/) "The pro-Trump Republican base might not be as scary as it looks" by Jamelle Bouie, at Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/the-pro-trump-republican-base-that-many-politicians-fear-may-be-shrinking.html) "A closer look at the gender gap in presidential voting" by Richa Chaturvedi at the Pew Research Center (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/28/a-closer-look-at-the-gender-gap-in-presidential-voting/) Cover art credit: Caesar Rodney (Wikimedia Commons) Special Guest: Jay Barth. Arkansas, Arkansas politics, Southern politics, national politics ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jay Barth is the M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of Politics at Hendrix College, of which he is an alum (as is the host of this podcast). Jay recently joined Tatter to talk about Arkansas politics, Southern politics, and national politics. Topics included a discussion of just how much support Donald Trump enjoys, whether a new political realignment has occurred in the U.S., what's gotten boring and what's stayed interesting about Arkansas politics, and what it was like to teach the day after Trump was elected.

LINKS
Jay Barth's Hendrix College faculty profile
The Hendrix College Odyssey Program
"The pro-Trump Republican base might not be as scary as it looks" by Jamelle Bouie, at Slate
"A closer look at the gender gap in presidential voting" by Richa Chaturvedi at the Pew Research Center

Cover art credit: Caesar Rodney (Wikimedia Commons)

Special Guest: Jay Barth.

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Jay Barth is the M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of Politics at Hendrix College, of which he is an alum (as is the host of this podcast). Jay recently joined Tatter to talk about Arkansas politics, Southern politics, and national politics. Topics included a discussion of just how much support Donald Trump enjoys, whether a new political realignment has occurred in the U.S., what's gotten boring and what's stayed interesting about Arkansas politics, and what it was like to teach the day after Trump was elected.

LINKS
Jay Barth's Hendrix College faculty profile
The Hendrix College Odyssey Program
"The pro-Trump Republican base might not be as scary as it looks" by Jamelle Bouie, at Slate
"A closer look at the gender gap in presidential voting" by Richa Chaturvedi at the Pew Research Center

Cover art credit: Caesar Rodney (Wikimedia Commons)

Special Guest: Jay Barth.

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