Ozarks At Large

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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers tells us about a talk about the West Memphis Three with Mara Leveritt this week in Fort Smith, as well as everything else that's up this week in the area.
"Winter" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony, in addition to giving us another song performed by Damn Arkansan in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Web Esclusive: Another Performance by Damn Arkansan
Today is Chinese New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. In honor of the holiday, Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas visits the Reptile Museum in Fayetteville to take a look at some snakes, alligators and other scaly beasts. Web Esxlusive: Images From the Reptile Museum
This is our list of items for this morning’s montage of snakes: Kaa, the snake from The Jungle Book, sings a hypnotic tune. The voice is provided by the legendary Sterling Holloway. Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, ponders his next adventure. Jim Stafford, now of Branson, sings one of his biggest hits, "Spiders and Snakes." The character Snake, from The Simpsons, watches his car get stolen. A highlight of Kenny “The Snake” Stabler running for a touchdown for the Oakland Raiders. A big (talking?) snake gets zapped in the Harry Potter movie Chamber of Secrets. Electric Light Orchestra performing "Don’t Let Me Down." The famous Spam skit from Monty Python. (python, get it…) The only part of *the* quote from the movie Snakes on a Plane we could put on the air. Duran Duran with the song "Union of the Snake."
A bill that would ban abortions early in a pregnancy moves forward in the Arkansas legislature, as does a bill on how the state handles executions of prisoners on death row. And, Senator John Boozman speaks out about potential gun control legislation in the U.S. Congress.
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers