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the underview. an exploration of the shaping of our place.

It’s quiet over here. On purpose.Sometimes the work asks you to step away from the feed and lean into the table. To choo...
01/06/2026

It’s quiet over here. On purpose.

Sometimes the work asks you to step away from the feed and lean into the table. To choose the conversation over the caption. The draft over the post. The listening over the broadcasting.

That’s where we’ve been.

Our communal theology of place is firing on all cylinders.

We’re feeling unsettled.

We’re sitting with faith communities, trying to understand what they’re building and who they’re building it for.

We’re wrestling with what dialogue even looks like anymore in a world this divided and a home that’s not.

We’re studying. Remembering. Planning. Conspiring with past guests who are out there doing the work we’ve talked about together.

There are so many stories still to tell. So many voices we haven’t heard yet. So much repair that needs practicing.

But we know that wholeness isn’t about presence everywhere all the time. It’s about showing up well where it counts. Right now, that’s in the quiet rooms. The notes app. The long drives. The drafts folder.

The public part is coming.

Season 3 is taking shape.

The work continues.

So hang in there with us. We’re still moving forward. Just doing it at the pace of the work, not the pace of the algorithm.

We’ll be back soon.

(& also we’re riding bikes)

**It’s quiet over here. On purpose.**Sometimes the work asks you to step away from the feed and lean into the table. To ...
01/06/2026

**It’s quiet over here. On purpose.**

Sometimes the work asks you to step away from the feed and lean into the table. To choose the conversation over the caption. The draft over the post. The listening over the broadcasting.

That’s where we’ve been.

Our communal theology of place is firing on all cylinders.

We’re feeling unsettled.

We’re sitting with faith communities, trying to understand what they’re building and who they’re building it for.

We’re wrestling with what dialogue even looks like anymore in a place this divided and this precious.

We’re studying. Remembering. Planning. Conspiring with past guests who are out there doing the work we’ve talked about together.

There are so many stories still to tell. So many voices we haven’t heard yet. So much repair that needs practicing.

But we know that wholeness isn’t about presence everywhere all the time. It’s about showing up well where it counts. Right now, that’s in the quiet rooms. The notes app. The long drives. The drafts folder.

The public part is coming.

Season 3 is taking shape.

The work continues.

So hang in there with us. We’re still moving forward. Just doing it at the pace of the work, not the pace of the algorithm.

We’ll see you soon.

(& also we’re riding bikes)

12/18/2025

What happens to a community when no one is paying attention? Since 2005, America has lost more than 3,200 newspapers and the number of journalists per capita has dropped from 40 to just 8 per 100,000 people. The consequences are measurable: voter turnout drops, fewer people run for office, and communities lose the capacity to know what’s happening to themselves. Bentonville had local journalism since 1857, but when local papers consolidated into regional coverage in 2015, nearly a decade passed without a news outlet focused solely on one of the fastest-growing cities in America.

Sam Hoisington, a Bentonville native whose father worked at local newspapers for 30 years before the layoffs came, returned home in 2023 after building a successful news startup in Wisconsin. What he found was a gap. In 2024, he launched the Bentonville Bulletin, and his analysis reveals that 69% of the stories he’s published have no equivalent coverage anywhere else. In this conversation, Sam discusses the real cost of growth, the infrastructure challenges facing the city, why belonging and local journalism are deeply connected, and what it takes to rebuild the connective tissue that helps a community see itself.

12/16/2025

the journalist with Sam Hoisington.

What happens to a community when no one is paying attention?

Since 2005, America has lost more than 3,200 newspapers and the number of journalists per capita has dropped from 40 to just 8 per 100,000 people. The consequences are measurable: voter turnout drops, fewer people run for office, and communities lose the capacity to know what's happening to themselves. Bentonville had local journalism since 1857, but when local papers consolidated into regional coverage in 2015, nearly a decade passed without a news outlet focused solely on one of the fastest-growing cities in America.

Sam Hoisington, a Bentonville native whose father worked at local newspapers for 30 years before the layoffs came, returned home in 2023 after building a successful news startup in Wisconsin. What he found was a gap. In 2024, he launched The Bentonville Bulletin , and his analysis reveals that 69% of the stories he's published have no equivalent coverage anywhere else.

In this conversation, Sam discusses the real cost of growth, the infrastructure challenges facing the city, why belonging and local journalism are deeply connected, and what it takes to rebuild the connective tissue that helps a community see itself.

https://www.theunderview.com/episodes/the-journalist-sam-hoisington-bentonville-bulletin

12/16/2025

What happens to a community when no one is paying attention? Since 2005, America has lost more than 3,200 newspapers and the number of journalists per capita has dropped from 40 to just 8 per 100,000 people. The consequences are measurable: voter turnout drops, fewer people run for office, and communities lose the capacity to know what’s happening to themselves. Bentonville had local journalism since 1857, but when local papers consolidated into regional coverage in 2015, nearly a decade passed without a news outlet focused solely on one of the fastest-growing cities in America.

Sam Hoisington, a Bentonville native whose father worked at local newspapers for 30 years before the layoffs came, returned home in 2023 after building a successful news startup in Wisconsin. What he found was a gap. In 2024, he launched the Bentonville Bulletin, and his analysis reveals that 69% of the stories he’s published have no equivalent coverage anywhere else. In this conversation, Sam discusses the real cost of growth, the infrastructure challenges facing the city, why belonging and local journalism are deeply connected, and what it takes to rebuild the connective tissue that helps a community see itself.

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12/11/2025

In Northwest Arkansas, where housing affordability was once the region’s greatest draw, working families are increasingly being pushed to the edges. Women with children in their cars are showing up at church doorsteps asking a question congregations struggle to answer: “What do I do? Where do I go?” When Christ and Neighbor Church in Rogers was approached about the Urban Land Institute’s Faithful Foundations program, Pastor Scott Page saw an alignment between what his church had been given and what neighbors desperately needed. Land. And a willingness to use it to make a difference.

This episode continues the Faithful Foundations conversation by going directly to one of the six churches in the first cohort. Scott Page, a lifelong Ozarker, shares why his church said yes to a program that asks congregations to consider affordable housing development as ministry. He describes the people Christ and Neighbor serves on the gritty east side of Rogers, people who are overlooked and undervalued, who work jobs in plants and live paycheck to paycheck in fear. And he reflects on holding this dream with open hands, trusting that even if this specific project doesn’t happen, the passion for affordable housing and the commitment to neighbors won’t stop.

12/09/2025

In Northwest Arkansas, where housing affordability was once the region's greatest draw, working families are increasingly being pushed to the edges. Women with children in their cars are showing up at church doorsteps asking a question congregations struggle to answer: "What do I do? Where do I go?" When Christ & Neighbor Church in Rogers was approached about the Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas Faithful Foundations program, Pastor Scott Page saw an alignment between what his church had been given and what neighbors desperately needed. Land. And a willingness to use it to make a difference.

https://www.theunderview.com/episodes/the-faithful-foundations-scott-page-christ-and-neighbor

This episode continues the Faithful Foundations conversation by going directly to one of the six churches in the first cohort. Scott Page, a lifelong Ozarker, shares why his church said yes to a program that asks congregations to consider affordable housing development as ministry. He describes the people Christ and Neighbor serves on the gritty east side of Rogers, people who are overlooked and undervalued, who work jobs in plants and live paycheck to paycheck in fear. And he reflects on holding this dream with open hands, trusting that even if this specific project doesn't happen, the passion for affordable housing and the commitment to neighbors won't stop.

12/04/2025

In a region where home prices have jumped 70.9% in five years and median rent has increased by double digits across every major city, affordable housing solutions can feel elusive. But the Faithful Foundations program, created by the Urban Land Institute of Northwest Arkansas, offers a different approach: what if churches could use land they already own to help address the crisis?

https://www.theunderview.com/episodes/the-faithful-foundations-candi-adams-urban-land-institute-arkansas-housing

Candi Adams, Director of Signature Programs for Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas, joins the conversation to discuss how this pilot program brought together six congregations from across the region to learn the fundamentals of real estate development.

ULI’s research revealed over 1,600 parcels covering 7 square miles owned by more than 650 faith organizations in Benton and Washington counties alone. Adams shares her journey from architect to nonprofit leader, the unlikely partnerships forming between faith communities and real estate professionals, and why hope remains the essential ingredient in this work.

From The Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church vision for HUD housing with hydroponic gardens to Trinity United Methodist Church Fayetteville AR plans for housing the unhoused, these congregations along with Arkansas United Church of Christ JRD, Christ & Neighbor, First Christian Church Rogers AR, and First United Methodist Church Bentonville are asking a profound question: how do we use what we have to care for who needs it most?

12/04/2025

In a region where home prices have jumped 70.9% in five years and median rent has increased by double digits across every major city, affordable housing solutions can feel elusive. But the Faithful Foundations program, created by the Urban Land Institute of Northwest Arkansas, offers a different approach: what if churches could use land they already own to help address the crisis?

Candi Adams, Director of Signature Programs for ULI Northwest Arkansas, joins the conversation to discuss how this pilot program brought together six congregations from across the region to learn the fundamentals of real estate development. ULI’s research revealed over 1,600 parcels covering 7 square miles owned by more than 650 faith organizations in Benton and Washington counties alone. Adams shares her journey from architect to nonprofit leader, the unlikely partnerships forming between faith communities and real estate professionals, and why hope remains the essential ingredient in this work. From Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church’s vision for HUD housing with hydroponic gardens to Trinity United Methodist’s plans for housing the unhoused, these congregations are asking a profound question: how do we use what we have to care for who needs it most?

Deeply humbled that the underview’s second season, “the story of Northwest Arkansas,” won the History award at the inaug...
11/27/2025

Deeply humbled that the underview’s second season, “the story of Northwest Arkansas,” won the History award at the inaugural ARKAST Podcast Festival. But this honor belongs to our incredible guests who trusted me with their stories.

Season 2 explored the stories that shaped our region - themes of place and belonging, power and resistance, memory and renewal. Through conversations with Indigenous descendants, Black Arkansans whose families built communities here through reconstruction, immigrant communities, and 5th-generation Ozarkers, we examined difficult histories to understand how we can build a different future together.

It’s through our honest histories that we create a better tomorrow, where understanding our full story becomes the foundation for genuine belonging.

Celebrating fellow Arkansas storytellers for their vital community storytelling.

Special thanks to , without her, this season wouldn’t exist. Her work and generosity of relationship made these conversations possible. This award belongs as much to her as anyone.

Thank you for elevating Arkansas storytelling when storytelling needs it most.

The stories we tell about our places shape what’s possible within them.

Thank you for listening and being the most important part of what our community is becoming.

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