If you have any questions regarding Facebook, email us at kuafinfo@uark.edu, write on Ozarks at Large’s wall on Facebook, or message us on Facebook or Twitter. Ozarks at Large’s tech expert Tyrel Denison will answer them this Wednesday.
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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.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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.
Route 66 Playhouse brings together actors and musicians from the region to recreate the “Golden Age of Radio.”
“Green Hornet” by Link Wray
Today, violinist Boujidara Kouzmanova and guitarist Virginia Luque perform together at 7 p.m. at Covenant Church in Fayetteville. In today’s conversation, Boujidara talks about how a balance between the intense sound of violin and the easy sound of guitar is achieved.
Admission to the concert is free. For more information, call 442.5267.
For a video of Boujidara playing a love song, click here.
More than 400 of Arkansas’s 1081 public schools are listed as needing improvement under “No Child Left Behind.” But critics say the federal law is sorely in need of improvement so will provide waivers to applicant states.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com discusses Arkansas metros’ income gains, the review of water, sewer efficiency in Fort Smith and First National Bank’s Sam M. Sicard’s passing.
“After” by Joshua Redman
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we make a stop in Galena, Kansas and meet Melba the Mouth.
