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Format: 2025-06-03
A Salute To St. Patrick's Day, The Irish, and All Things Green
Here are the 9 pop culture references used for today's montage:
  1. "Reel Around the Sun" from a 1995 performance of Riverdance
  2. Rudy gets ready to lead the Fighting Irish onto the field for the first, and only, time
  3. The Band backing Van Morrison on "Tura Lura Lura (It's an Irish Lullaby)" on Thanksgiving night, 1976
  4. A Lucky Charms commercial from the early '70s
  5. Kermit the Frog being upstaged by none other than the late, great Ray Charles singing "It's Not Easy Being Green"
  6. John Wayne tries to get his bearings from local Dubliners upon his arrival in Ireland in The Quiet Man
  7. A 1979 commercial for Irish Spring soap
  8. John Lennon singing "The Luck of the Irish"
  9. A recent commercial for Jameson Irish Whiskey
St. Patrick's Day Myths Debunked
Did you know that St. Patrick wasn't Irish? He was British. We talk to Tom Kennedy, history professor emeritus about today's holiday.
House Fire Inspires Family Concert
Candy Lee is putting together a first-time-ever concert bill with her band, The Sweets, plus Shannon Wurst and Still on the Hill. The proceeds will help a family who recently lost their home.
Hit The Ground Running
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers tells us that Spring Break is scarcely long enough to fit in all of the activities going on this week.
New Swine Factory Farm Near The Buffalo River Creates Alarm
A newly permitted industrial swine breeding operation, under construction on a tributary of the Buffalo National River, will spread millions of gallons of hog waste on adjacent pastures as fertilizer. But as word spreads about the giant hog farm, an unlikely coalition of opponents is forming to stop it.



Friday, March 15, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we have our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley from The City Wire, we listen to an Irish jig inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio




Central Arkansas Library Opens
Little Rock’s new Children’s Library and Learning Center will have its grand opening ceremony tonight.
New Coaster Debuts
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers tells us that a new, wooden roller coaster at Silver Dollar City will open during Spring Break.
Parade Returns for Sophomore Year
The second annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Fayetteville begins at noon tomorrow. Event organizer Don Brown and musicians Richy McCusker and Carol Witter, recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a musical performance.

Home Sales Numbers Increase
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses home sales numbers, the governor's race and football.





Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Ahead on Ozarks: Governor Mike Beebe, Walmart and Redman and Associates come together to announce new jobs headed to northwest Arkansas. And John Brown University in Siloam Springs continues to move ahead with the establishment of a nursing program after the announcement of a six-million dollar gift. We'll also find out why glue has an important role in the latest exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground and get an idea of the deep connection between a church and the city of Bentonville.
Luncheon Focuses on Glade Community
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Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers is intrigued about a discussion at the Shiloh Museum about a small community she has not heard of.
From the Ozarks to the Delta, the White River Examined
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A new exhibit at Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale takes patrons along the length of the White River. Web Exclusive: Seeing Images of the White River Before the Dams
Comedian Makes Promise to Bring Laughter
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Comedian Ralphie May is returning to Arkansas for a handful of performances in the state later this week.
Segment A
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Fourth Congressional District Representative Tom Cotton weighed in on several prescient national issues over the weekend during a stop in Texarkana. Congressman Tim Griffin urges President Obama to disclose more to the American public about the nation's financial situation. State House Speaker Davy Carter says that the issue of a Medicaid funding shortfall is the biggest issue facing the upcoming legislative session in Little Rock. And the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History has a new director.
"See See Rider" by Lightnin' Hopkins
Smart University Classrooms Catch Cheaters
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The University of Arkansas spring semester begins today. But some professors and students have already been gathering around the “Blackboard”—a virtual classroom where a syllabus, class assignments, articles and even discussions are posted. But “Blackboard” also provides the means for instructors to catch student plagiarists.
"Fascimile" by Koufax