Audio file: 4 Arkansas podcasts to take in right now

🛶 "I am Northwest Arkansas" explores how assistant professor Taryn Mead and program manager Matthew Myers are fostering the entrepreneurial ecosystem — especially in the outdoor recreation industry — through the University of Arkansas' Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation Program.

🐔 Casey Owens, a professor of poultry science at UofA, talks with "Meatingpod" about the phenomenon of "woody breast," a meat-quality issue that arises when companies grow larger chickens.

• The conversation also touches on the use of automation and artificial intelligence in poultry plants to limit lower-quality meat from getting to consumers.

🏢 Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business, talks with Dan Andrews, CEO at Tempus Realty Partners, about the ins and outs of commercial real estate investment on the "Be Epic" podcast.