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Hi, my name is Harrison Otis, and welcome to Likely Stories. Today I'll be reviewing Steve Saint's 2005 memoir, End of the Spear.

Straight Street Holiness Church’s raw recording of “I Want the Lord to Do Something for Me” has a joyful energy all its own.

When Baylor recruited Karen Foli as the first endowed chair in the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, the University opened countless possibilities to speak into mental health needs experienced in the nursing profession. Foli, a recognized scholar and leading author on these topics, comes to Baylor from Purdue to serve as the Louise Herrington Endowed Chair of Mental Health Nursing

Art doesn’t just show us history — sometimes it travels through it. Statues, paintings, entire collections make their way across centuries and continents, carrying their stories with them. In today’s David and Art, host David Smith follows one of those journeys, from ancient Rome to Texas.

On this edition of David in Art, host David Smith looks at how a specific case of political leadership supported, inspired and influenced countless artists, both professional and amateur alike.

The Eisenhower years are usually remembered for buttoned-up politics and post-war calm, but behind the scenes, some unexpected conversations were happening about art. The kind that hinted at big changes ahead.

“Mr. Texas,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, is a novel about the making of a Texas state legislator.

Last week, David followed Diego Rivera into Detroit, where art, industry, and public opinion all collided. Today, he looks at what happened next.

The Williams Family and the legendary Canton Spirituals combine for one of the funkiest Christmas songs of all time, “Down Home in Mississippi".

Last week, host David Smith looked at Diego Rivera’s Detroit murals, and how heated the debate over art could get in the 1930s. Today, a new commission put Rivera face-to-face with a very different kind of pushback.