Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Senator Mark Pryor, and many different takes on the art of fundraising, engaging an audience and even attracting insects.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Senator Mark Pryor, and many different takes on the art of fundraising, engaging an audience and even attracting insects.Here are the pieces used in today's pop culture montage dealing with asking questions.
- The Moonglows with their hit "Who Wrote The Book of Love"
- The ultimate question, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
- Bob Dylan with his breakout 1963 hit "Blowin in the Wind"
- Laurence Olivier asks Dustin Hoffman "Is it safe?" in the chilling thriller Marathon Man
- The Big Bopper wonders "Who Put the Bop in the Bop-Shoo-Bob"
- The question that many Verizon customers continually ask: "Can you hear me now?"
- Dionne Warwick asks "Do You Know The Way To San Jose"
- The famous scene from Dallas that left many asking who shot J.R.?
- Robert De Niro nearly loses his wits when he asks his taxi-driving reflection "Are you talking to me?"
- Rockapella asks "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
Senator Mark Pryor stops by the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk immigration reform, sequestration, proposed changes to the nation's gun control laws and the recent oil spill in Faulkner County.We take a look back at the accident at Arkansas Nuclear One and the oil spill in Faulkner County, Arkansas GOP efforts to raise awareness about the new voter ID law and an effort by the city of Fayetteville to keep air traffic control operations running at Drake Field.
Ahead on Ozarks, the customary Friday conversation with Michael Tilley of The City Wire, Senator Mark Pryor stops by the KUAF studios, and music for the start of the farmers' market season from inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Farmer & the Markets will perform at the downtown square when the Fayetteville Farmers Market returns tomorrow.
Web Exclusive: Fayetteville Band Covers Dr. DogSenator Mark Pryor stops by the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk immigration reform, sequestration, proposed changes to the nation's gun control laws and the recent oil spill in Faulkner County.
Aside from wanting the Razorbacks to avoid a nail-biting finish against the Crimson Tide, Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that the governor's race is just getting heated up, several hundred jobs are coming to Fort Smith and Walmart and other retailers are revamping inventory systems to make sure the shelves don't run out of peanut butter.State Republicans gear up for an awareness campaign in the wake of their veto override of a controversial voter ID law, a NWA Council survey finds that the area is ripe for another low-cost air carrier, and state revenue collections for March come in below budget officials' forecasts.
Ahead on Ozarks, an update from the oil spill in Mayflower, and the jugglers are coming: to Fayetteville, Eureka Springs and Springdale.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, December 9, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of this evening's Sunday Symphony and Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"The Red Violin" by Joshua Bell
Pluto was discovered 83 years ago on Monday, but it has since been downgraded to a dwarf planet. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Robert Beauford, a doctoral student in space and planetary sciences at the University of Arkansas about how and why Pluto was downgraded.
Here is our out-of-this-world list of material that made up our space montage this morning. If you correctly identified them all, buy yourself a cold glass of Tang.
"Major Tom," as performed by David Bowie
Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.
Charlton Heston just before his space ship crashes into future earth. Spoiler alert: there are APES. This is the opening scene from the original Planet of the Apes
A commercial for Tang
HAL takes over in 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shocking Blue with their biggest hit, "Venus"
A piece of the trailer for the disaster movie Armageddon. That's nativa Arkansan Billy Bob Thornton explaining "It's a meteor shower."
Pluto, the dog, barking in his 1952 cartoon, "Pluto's Party."
The worst bit of dialogue ever in a movie ("Future events such as these will affect you in the future.") from Plan 9 From Outer Space"
Holst's Mars from "The Planets"
"Pluto" by Clare and the Reasons
The Arkansas Legislature moves forward with a voter ID bill, the city of Fort Smith gets ready for some new fire equipment, and Bill Halter speaks out against changes to the lottery scholarship.
"Meteor" by The Bird and the Bee
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about strong homes sales in northwest Arkansas so far in 2013...and the murky future of an aquatic park in Sebastian County.
