Christina Tobin is the president and founder of the non-partisan group Free and Equal, a group interested in shifting power away from the traditional political parties and back to the individual voter.Ozarks At Large
Christina Tobin is the president and founder of the non-partisan group Free and Equal, a group interested in shifting power away from the traditional political parties and back to the individual voter.
Today, Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas has news about tax cuts, the governor's race, and Walmart's new sustainability goals. 
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to string an extra high voltage transmission line across Benton and Carroll Counties to better serve the region’s growing electrical needs. But a group of affected residents have organized “Save the Ozarks” to block the transmission corridor. Recent numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Arkansas' unemployment rate remains lower than the national average, though the size of the state's workforce has shrank. Governor Mike Beebe touts the state's growing art tourism industry, Senator Mark Pryor's reelection bid will determine whether a Democrat can still be competitive in the state, and the Razorbacks split a series over the weekend, while the Naturals drop another three-game set at home.
Ahead on weekend Ozarks, hat ladies, red hat ladies to be specific, beauty professionals and the 15th annual Komen Race for the Cure.
Here are the 11 clips heard during today’s hat montage;
- Joe Cocker’s version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On."
- The greatest Bond villain of the them all, Oddjob, throws his lethal bowler.
- "Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat" by Bob Dylan.
- From the late 1950’s, a commercial for Mattel’s beanie copter.
- Fred Astaire sings "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails." From the movie Top Hat.
- Woody Woodpecker and Wally Walrus debate just what is a top hat.
- Gene Watson gives birth to a great phrase in his song "All Hat No Cattle."
- Maggie Smith gets the sorting hat ready in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
- Carmen Miranda (who else?) and the song "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat." From the movie The Gang’s All Here.
- Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, needs his hat in Toy Story.
- The Men Without Hats sing "The Safety Dance."
Jacqueline Froelich visits a local beauty school to learn what it takes to become a licensed professional stylist, and is given a haircut, by future professional, Leah Conrad.
For details about classes, visit the Paul Mitchell website and search for Fayetteville. Katy Hneriksen gives us a preview of this week's KUAF Sunday Symphony, as well as a look at this month's Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Each April 22nd, the world unites to celebrate Earth Day to draw attention to environmental protection. Monday evening, a group will gather at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Fayetteville for a concert for the earth. On this edition of Ozarks, the only hour of radio you'll hear today with classical flute and hip hop performed live. Brice Smith will play the flute while Smar-T-Jones provides the rhymes. Plus our weekly conversation about business and politics with Michael Tilley and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, traveling by horseback along the Buffalo River with the Buffalo River Back Country Horsemen. Plus, a discussion of the one-dimensional stereotype by which Hollywood has portrayed Arabs for more than a century.
Even though the lovers' holiday isn't yet here, Becca Martin Brown has another activity.
"I Love You Period" by Dan Baird
The fiscal session of the Arkansas legislature continued yesterday, with talk about the Private Option and NOT talk of dealying Common Core implementation. The Washington county Sheriff's Office moves its enforcement and investigation divisions into the same space after remodeling 10,000 square feet of the department's east annex. The search for a missing Arkansas Forestry Commission pilot ended sadly yesterday. And Walmart is the latest in a string of multi-million dollar donors to the new Arkansas Music Pavilion under construction in Rogers.
"I Don't Believe It's Through" by Greg Laswell
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas asks Governor Beebe questions submitted online by Arkansans.
When the Federal Communications Commission opened up licensing opportunities for thousands of new independent low-power non-commercial FM radio stations in 2010, several dozen Arkansas groups applied. In northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville Community Radio appears to have made the cut. We meet Joe Newman, station manager, and volunteers Olivia Hines and Moshe Newmark.
"Koud Edhaz Ernin" by Tinariwen
Becca tells us where we can go to make crafts for our valentines.
