the underview.

Mike Rusch

The underview is an exploration of the shaping of our place viewed through the medium of bikes, land, and people to discover community wholeness. The underview is a series of discussions within and about the community of Northwest Arkansas. The underview explores our collective understanding and beliefs about the place we live. These discussions will include topics that are foundational to the identity of our region, the history of our communities, the truth of conflict with the land and its people, and the current challenges and opportunities for our community.

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the underview.

Episodes (91)

Jan 13th the moment with Mike Rusch (ep 2b, 49).
Dec 16, 2025 the journalist with Sam Hoisington (ep 2b, 48).
Dec 9, 2025 the faithful foundations with Scott Page (ep 2b, 47).

the underview.

Jan 13, 2026
10 minutes
7 MB

Send us a text This bridge episode sits in the tension of the current moment. Across two seasons, the underview has traced power in Northwest Arkansas from indigenous removal through racial terror to the displacement happening right now, asking what our institutions resisted and what they accommodated. The answer, consistently, has been accommodation: going along, choosing comfort over confrontation, narrowing the scope of who counts as neighbor. That history matters because we're watching the same choice play out nationally. When cultural agreement breaks down, when we lose our capacity to see each other, all that's l...

the underview.

the moment with Mike Rusch (ep 2b, 49).

Mike Rusch

00:00 -09:44