Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Monday, January 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Springdale claims the lead in job creation for Arkansas, plus a story of moving from small-town Arkansas to post-punk fame: this week’s edition of Arkansongs highlights the career of Beth Ditto…and in about six minutes, an update on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas now that the calendar has turned.
Along with the late John Lewis, Tim McFarland founded CEO Forums in 2006 and has encouraged numerous corporate, non-profit and small business leaders in the years since.
An effort is underway in Fayetteville to increase the amount of public art in the city.
"Autumn" by Max Richter
This All Hallow’s Eve we take you to Droke House, an abandoned Washington County country estate which facilitator Vickie Kelly is seeking to transform into a final resting place for souls craving to go “to ground”—under the state’s first sustainable cemetery.
For years Frank Tavares has been the voice of NPR's underwriting announcements. He's also a writer and professor.
Here is the list for our montage on the 100th anniversary of the income tax in the United States: 1. The Beatles, of course, with Taxman. 2. John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, as the Blues Brothers, beat the tax deadline. 3. Johnny Cash sings After Taxes. 4. Robert De Niro's Al Capone thinks he can beat the tax rap in the (historically inaccurate) movie The Untouchables. 5. The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon. 6. Andy makes a reluctant partner in The Shawshank Redemption. 7. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings wonder What if We All Stopped Paying Taxes. 8. Errol Flynn challenges Claude Rains in Robin Hood. 9. A can't-miss plan is hatched by Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in the original version of The Producers. 10. Danny Kaye uses Irving Berlin's lyrics to proclaim I Paid My Income Tax Today. Apologies to: Willie Nelson, James Brown, Billy Bragg, Johnny Paycheck and the makers of The Joe Louis Story. Maybe next time.