Asa Hutchinson on Arkansas, Trump, AI & What Comes Next

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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joins Andy McNeill for a wide-ranging conversation about public service, leadership and where Arkansas, and the country, go from here.Hutchinson reflects on growing up on a farm near Gravette, the lessons he learned from his parents, his early career as the nation’s youngest U.S. attorney, and his work leading the DEA and helping build the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11.The conversation also turns to his eight years as Arkansas’ 46th governor, including job growth, tax cuts, education, highway funding, government transformation and his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.Andy and Gov. Hutchinson also dig into some of today’s biggest questions: artificial intelligence, data centers, privacy, the future of the Republican Party, national debt, political division, gerrymandering, Arkansas’ economic future and what it means to stand on principle in a changing political environment.Subscribe to Free Arkansas for conversations about the people, ideas and issues shaping Arkansas.