Ozarks At Large

Former President Clinton spoke yesterday on the merits of the Affordable Care Act and the Arkansas Private Option. Michael Hibblen, from our content partner KUAR has more.

Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a one-person show at the University of Arkansas takes a fresh look at immigration policy.

On this special Labor Day edition of Ozarks at Large, we hear selections from the rest of our live events from the Fayetteville Roots Festival weekend, including performances by Joe Crookston and Mary Gautier, a discussion with David Johnson of the Fayetteville Public Library about the library's plans for the future, and we talk with Hank Kaminsky about his new project on Kickstarter. And, we have a special "Labor Insecurity Day" montage, containing film and musical references to people who will likely soon be looking for work.
Those allusions are:

1. Jerry Reed singing "Guitar Man," a tune made famous by Elvis Presley
2. Jerry McGuire trying to keep his cool after being canned from his management agency
3. Johnny Paycheck and his hit "Take This Job and Shove It"
4. Olive Stanton (played by the venerable Emily Watson) trying to determine if she's in the right line at the employment office in Cradle Will Rock
5. Woody Guthrie singing his song "Blowin' Down The Road," decades before Andy Griffith or the Grateful Dead made the song their own.
6. Future Marty gets the ax in Back to the Future Part II
7. Jim Croce rapping on the difficulties of finding a decent-paying job in "Working at the Car Wash Blues"
8. The Dude gets lectured by "The Big Lebowski" on the merits of gainful employment in the movie of the same name
9. Bob Dylan singing about rambling around the country in an alternate of his tune "Tangled Up in Blue

Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, new enrollment numbers at the University of Arkansas; university officials announced this morning another record year for enrollment at the state's flagship campus. Plus, the testing isn't as often as it used to be, but there is still research being conducted on Arkansas deer for chronic wasting disease. We take a look at that and new hunting regulations as deer season approaches. And, the band Olassa performs inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.