The historian and author will discuss the life and death of Edgar Allen Poe tonight on the University of Arkansas campus. We’ll hear more from him on a future edition of Ozarks at Large..
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Joe Allessi is guest trombonist at tonight's University of Arkansas Wind Symphony concert at the Walton Arts Center. On today's show, he discusses the piece he will be performing tonight, but we'll have more from the conversation on tomorrow's show.
Ozarks at Large's insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrauss talks to Christina about how insects are used in poetry, both literally and metaphorically.

The Arkansas General Assembly is considering passage of a new Voter ID law that will require government-issued photo identification to both register and to vote. Advocates claim it will suppress fraud, but some opponents believe it will suppress progressive voting. We talk with an election rights expert about the measure, as well as how Voter ID laws are trending nationally.
Officials with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration talk about the potential for making up federal funds lost to sequester cuts, and two public transit services team up in Northwest Arkansas to more completely serve the University of Arkansas community.

Here are the ten parts of our montage devoted to all things red…
- Nena with the 1980s hit "99 Red Balloons."
- Red Skelton as one og his most famous characters, Clem Kadiddlehopper.
- The theme from John Corigliano’s score for the film The Red Violin.
- Sean Connery places an order to Sam Neill in he Hunt for Red October.
- Prince and "Little Red Corvette."
- Betty Boop in a swinging version of "Little Red Riding Hood" from 1931.
- Red Barber, before his days with NPR, calling ball two on Roger Maris. Maris delivers his 61st home run of 1961 during the at bat.
- Willie Nelson and the title song from his album The Red Headed Stranger.
- Warren Beatty and Maureen Stapleton in Reds.
- The Royals Guardsmen with their huge hit, "Snoopy Versus the Red Baron." Apologies to: Taylor Swift, Red Adair and his oil-firefighting team, Red Grange…the Galloping Ghost, the baseball club in Cincinnati, Red Buttons, and any singer who crooned about red roses.
March is national Red Cross Month. To raise awareness about the organization, Christina Thomas travels to Tontitown to speak with Jeff Patrick, director of communications for the northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, September 30, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet an emerging Ozarks Marshallese community organizer. Plus, we talk to the author of "Arkansas Late in the Civil War."
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Here are our doctor references for this morning's montage . . .
Robert Palmer singing "Bad Case of Loving You"
Robert Young as the always-calm Marcus Welby (while he lit a cigarette for his patient's wife.)
The theme from "ER"
Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein as the monster stirs
That's Rex Harrison as Dr. Henry Higgins responding to Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"
Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay share an awkward moment in "Dr. Zhivago"
The first moments of the pilot episode of "Doogie Howser, MD"
Jodi Foster's Clarice first meets Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs"
An episode from "Dr. Who" highlighting the main character's ability to be eccentric
Jackson Browne's great song "Doctor My Eyes"
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
"Everyday I Write The Book" by Elvis Costello
Our tech ambassador, Ty Dennison, is back to help navigate the digital waters of Holidays 2012.
"Archangel" by Burial
Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
"One Two Three" by Kunal Ganjawala and Raghav Sachar