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Our history expert Dr. Bill Smith looks back at the most important presidential elections in history.
Sister Mary Jo Swift, D.C., is a member of the Daughters of Charity, a worldwide community that focuses on raising awareness regarding human trafficking. She spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar regarding the problem and how we can help.
More information on human trafficking can be found on www.polarisproject.org, www.freetheslaves.net, and www.state.gov/g/tip.
The National Human Trafficking Hotline 24/7 number is 1-888-3737-888.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, details on the region’s first OCD awareness event, and KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg speaks with jazz singer Rene´ Marie in advance of her tomorrow night’s performance at Walton Arts Center. We also speak with the author of a new book on the roles of women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jazz singer Rene´ Marie spoke with KUAF’s Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsberg about her love for and unconventional approach toward music.
Dr. Kathryn Sloan is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas’ department of history. She visited KUAF to discuss her new book "Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean," and the message she hopes to get across to Latin American women everywhere.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a luncheon on Friday marks the end of the University of Arkansas’ fourth annual food drive, and Wayne Bell discusses VH1’s list of the top 100 pop songs of the first decade of the 21st century. Also on today’s show, political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cooke discuss the job approval ratings of the 3rd and 4th District Congressmen.
Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers spoke with architect Moshe Safdie, who designed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, for an upcoming story. He gives us a preview.
Political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cooke discuss the job approval ratings of the 3rd and 4th District Congressmen.
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On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we speak with mystery writer Charlaine Harris whose books inspired HBO’s True Blood series. Also on the show today, a visit to Legacy Blues, a new Fayetteville blues and jazz lounge, and an international conference on faith in the workplace will be hosted in northwest Arkansas next month.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why hundreds of people will be in Rogers this weekend to trade frags, or sections of coral. Plus, we speak to the former First Minister of Scotland about contemporary education.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says Toto (and Dorothy) will be here soon.
Louis Jordan is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Still, many Arkansans might not know about their native son. Stephen Koch, the host of Arkansongs, has written a new book about him.
Here is the list of the ten clips we used as our salute to The Wizard of Oz (and the explanation for each):
1. Pinball WIZARD by the Who
2. Jed Clampett as played by Buddy Ebsen, the actor originally cast as the...
3. ...TIN MAN, also the inspiration for a song by America.
4. A 1961 documentary about Ham, sent into space by NASA...a real-life FLYING MONKEY.
5. John Cougar Mellencamp sings Rain on the SCARECROW.
6. Famous television doctor, Dr. OZ.
7. The song Africa by TOTO.
8. A 1966 commercial for the game TWISTER. (as in the phenomenon that sent Dorothy to Oz)
9. The Tokens sing the (cowardly?) LION sleeps tonight.
10. Elton John with the title song from his album Goodbye YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Apologies to the band Kansas and the song Witchy Woman by the Eagles. Maybe next time.
Next year an LLM degree at the University of Arkansas will be obtainable in a face-to-face setting or from a distance.`
at end of show: "Amanda Jewell" by Ricky Skaggs
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, helps us dissect an odd news week.