With yesterday's runoff elections in the books, the 2010 election season is over. Roby Brock, of www.talkbusiness.net, leads a discussion about what the elections of this year mean for 2011.
Ozarks At Large
We get another call from our history doctor, this time to look back at past Congressional problems.
Earlier this month, business leaders participated in a "laboratory" to explore ways to generate revenue from sustainability. Jacqueline Froelich attended and provides an exclusive look at how the business sector is beginning to grapple with making "green" off of being "green."
On this edition of Ozarks at Large Ted Malloch talks about virtue in business. He has authored books on the subject and produced the documentary, "Doing Virtuous Business" that will air on PBS early next year. Plus a meatless cookbook aimed at carnivores and Joe Neal hangs with the blue jays.And now it's time for a little Jay Music, brought to us by Joe Neal. His latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."If you crave more veggies and less meat this Thanksgiving, Jacqueline Froelich takes us to the kitchen to talk with Kim O'Donnel, "USA. Today" columnist and author of the new "Meat Lovers Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour." www.kimodonnel.com
On today's program, the Chief of the Cherokee Nation is trying to create an education bridge between the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and his nation. Also, the Fayetteville vocal group Harmonia is celebrating the release of its latest album, we preview Washington Regional Hospice's annual autumn brunch and more.
The sound of autumn bird migration is apparent--if you know what to listen for. Joe Neal serves as a guide. Joe Neal's latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries." He is also coauthor, with Douglas James, of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas press.The headquarters of the Cherokee Nation, the second largest American Indian tribe in the U.S., is located 60 miles west of Fayetteville in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the Nation's chief is seeking to create an educational bridge to the University of Arkansas.
To learn more: cherokee.orgNational Geographic's latest project is called Great Migrations. The first installment of the series premiered Sunday on the National Geographic Channel. Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri Mudholkar spoke with the documentary's music composer Anton Sanko late last week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
In 1963, Al Kuettner covered the March on Washington and Dr. King's speech on August 28, 1963. In 2007, he talked to Ozarks at Large about that day. His memoir is titled March to a Promised Land and was published in December, 2006. He died in May 2009.
Pickin' Post host Mike Shirkey discusses his long-time relationship with music.
Those are the respective years that 3 music producers have been hosting jazz and blues shows on KUAF. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas speaks with Robert Ginsberg, Paul Kelso and Daniel Estes about how they got their start and what motivates them to keep going during the launch of our series, 3 People.
Exxon-Mobil officials meet with state lawmakers to give reassurances about the safety of the Pegasus pipeline. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture releases a report that claims manufacturing jobs in rural Arkansas towns may never return because of long-term changes to the state's economic landscape. And, state economic development incentives recieve more scrutiny after recent layoffs by companies who accepted them.
To end our summer series on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas we examine a little known aspect of the health reform law that will greatly expand opportunities for thousands of Arkansans requiring long term health care to receive help, not in an institution, but at home. The initiative is called "Community First Choice Option."
