On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: skydiving for charity, an odd windy phenomenon that is at home in the Ozarks, Dave Barry on writing and everything you wanted to know about the Wiener Mobile.
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On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: skydiving for charity, an odd windy phenomenon that is at home in the Ozarks, Dave Barry on writing and everything you wanted to know about the Wiener Mobile.
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: an afternoon making Gibson Baskets, hiking along Rock City, time spent in the kitchen of The Hive in Bentonville and visit with Tusk, Arkansas' official mascot.Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, a conversation with one of the authors of the Mustasia series for young readers. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has plenty of suggestions for how to ring in the new year, and more.Here are out ten clips relating to Buffalo, New York and the War of 1812.
1) Ten Thousand Maniacs (from the Buffalo area) sing Because the Night,
2) Robert Redford and Wilford Brimley in The Natural (filmed in Buffalo).
3) Bruce Springsteen sings about Buffalo's Erie Canal.
4) A trailer, featuring Marilyn Monroe, for the movie Niagara…set in nearby Niagara Falls. 5) Buffalo native Rick James ponders a Super Freak.
6) A BBC documentary about the assassination of President McKinley. The shooting happened in Buffalo. (as did the subsequent swearing-n ceremony of Theodore Roosevelt).
7) The only electronic song we know of about Buffalo native Grover Cleveland.
8) Judy Garland sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow…written by Buffalo native Harold Arlen.
9) Amanda Blake, another Buffalo native, as Miss Kitty on an early episode of Gunsmoke.
10) Johnny Horton sings The Battle of New Orleans, about the final battle of the War of 1812. Arkansas connection: written by Jimmy Driftwood.
1) Ten Thousand Maniacs (from the Buffalo area) sing Because the Night,
2) Robert Redford and Wilford Brimley in The Natural (filmed in Buffalo).
3) Bruce Springsteen sings about Buffalo's Erie Canal.
4) A trailer, featuring Marilyn Monroe, for the movie Niagara…set in nearby Niagara Falls. 5) Buffalo native Rick James ponders a Super Freak.
6) A BBC documentary about the assassination of President McKinley. The shooting happened in Buffalo. (as did the subsequent swearing-n ceremony of Theodore Roosevelt).
7) The only electronic song we know of about Buffalo native Grover Cleveland.
8) Judy Garland sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow…written by Buffalo native Harold Arlen.
9) Amanda Blake, another Buffalo native, as Miss Kitty on an early episode of Gunsmoke.
10) Johnny Horton sings The Battle of New Orleans, about the final battle of the War of 1812. Arkansas connection: written by Jimmy Driftwood.
Justin Minkel, a Springdale elementary school teacher and 2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, has just written a new book aimed at young readers.
Becca discusses the top 5 entertainment stories of the year and gives us some ideas for how to celebrate New Years Eve.
Dr. Ellen Leen-Feldner, the director of the Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory at the University of Arkansas, has a new study designed to find out how parents and adolescence cope with stress and post traumatic stress disorder.
On this special edition of Ozarks we hear again some of the voices we lost during 2013, including Bill Harrison, Curley Miller, Ivan Denton and Dick Renko.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we take stock of some of the music made in 2013. Robert Ginsburg has his annual review of the year in jazz and Kevin Kinder joins Kyle in the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio for our annual comparison of our favorite music of 2013 lists.Kevin Kinder and Kyle Kellams compare their lists of favorite music for 2013.
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Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with author Joyce Carol Oates prior to her lecture in Fayetteville. Plus, a bit of tinkering before the Amazeum opens to children and the community next fall.
The results of the 2013 Blair-Clinton School Poll were released today. Questions included in the poll asked respondents about presidential politics, student loan debt, and gender issues.
To view the results of the poll, click here.
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Wayne Bell comes to the studio to give a preview of Sunday night's Grammy Awards.
January tax revenues for Arkansas beat expectations by about 13 percent, an increase of about 12 percent from collections in January 2012. Arkansas Senator Jason Rapert defends comments he made during a Tea Party rally last year in Little Rock. And, the Arkansas House advances legislation that would allow concealed carry of firearms into churches in the state.
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Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks to Rep. John Burris of Harrison, the chairman of the House Public Health Committee.
