On today's edition of Ozarks, one of our "book club" editions of the program. We speak with former NPR commentator Kevin Phillips about his new book. John Homans also tells us about his new book about man's best friend. Plus, the Natural State's Dr. Matthew Pate on his book about pain and punishment around the world.Ozarks At Large
On today's edition of Ozarks, one of our "book club" editions of the program. We speak with former NPR commentator Kevin Phillips about his new book. John Homans also tells us about his new book about man's best friend. Plus, the Natural State's Dr. Matthew Pate on his book about pain and punishment around the world.In his new book, Dr. Matthew Pate of Pine Bluff takes a look at the use of pain as punishment by governments around the world. Malcolm Glover of our content partner KUAR in Little Rock has more.
John Homans is the executive editor of New York Magazine, and he previously worked at Esquire, Details, Harper's and The New York Observer. He says the last thing he would have thought he would've written about for his first full-length nonfiction book is dogs, but that's just what he did.
There is a tendency to catalog events by single years. 1776 has its own place in American history, the revolution that led to independence. It's the road to independence that Kevin Phillips examines in his new book.
On today's edition of Ozarks at Large, we close 2012 by continuing the tradition of looking back at some of the better albums from the year. Here are the lists of the favorite CDs of 2012 as selected by Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Kyle Kellams from Ozarks at Large:
- Kyle's list:
- Dr. John -- Locked Down
- Bruce Springsteen -- Wrecking Ball
- Bobby Broom -- Upper West Side Story
***and*** Carter Sampson -- Mockingbird Sing (late 2011 release) - Mumford and Sons -- Babel
- Iris Dement -- Sing the Delta
- Cat Power -- Sun
- Jack White -- Blunderbuss
- Kendrick Lamar -- Good Kid: M.A.A.D. City
- Of Men and Monsters -- My Head is an Animal
- The Lumineers -- The Lumineers
- Kevin’s List
- Shearwater -- Animal Joy
- The Cloud Nothings -- Attack on Memory
- Avett Borthers -- The Carpenter
- Alabama Shakes -- Boys and Girls
- The Mynabirds -- Generals
- Jack White -- Blunderbuss
- The Lumineers -- The Lumineers
- Passion Pit -- Gossamer
- The Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
- Tame Impala -- Lonerism
On this edition of weekend Ozarks, we take a look at some of our favorite musical performances from the past year. Those performances include Dan Knight at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway piano, J. Wagner inside Studio 123, Effron White from the Anthony and Susan Hui news studio, Five Forty Express caroling in the KUAF lobby, Yaniv Taubenhaus and Rotem Sivan reunited in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, the David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio swinging from the Fayetteville Public Library, La Vera Costanza playing some early music, Pat Hall, Ezra Idlet and John Stires give Kyle a singing lesson and KUAF's Katy Henriksen and Sofie Kidd perform "The River" by Joni Mitchell.We have one more day of reviewing some of our favorite stories from 2012. This day's list has: the development of a museum devoted to the hardwood tree, lessons about Evergreen Cemetery, the all-its-own language of Waffle House, the resilient nature of Ozark English, Steel Wheels live at the Fayetteville Public Library and a goodbye from a pal.
Today we grab some more of our favorite stories from 2012 and listen to them again. Choice on today's program include: a retro arcade in Fayetteville, a music park underway in Eureka Springs, the true story of a player-piano genius, live fiddles in our studio, renters' rights in Arkansas and a memorable trip to a school cafeteria.More of our favorite stories from 2012 make up today's edition of Ozarks at Large. On the Wednesday menu: a glass blower in the middle of the University of Arkansas campus, same-sex classrooms in Washington County, a t-shirt gun at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, two U of A MFA graduates doing well and the concept of time travel.Today's program continues our week-long retrospective of favorite stories from 2012. On the program today: searching for waterfalls in Crawford County, the problem the summer gave farmers in need of hay, the return of the concept of the grange, a day's work for a school social worker and an afternoon at the Fort Smith Landfill.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, August 25, 2013
On this special edition of Weekend Ozarks, we revisit Jacqueline Froelich’s five-part series, which has been airing over the summer, examining how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect individuals, small business, non-profit health clinics, Medicaid expansion, and the insurance industry in Arkansas.
A proposal to cut maximum unemployment benefit payouts moves forward in the Arkansas Legislature, as do discussions regarding expansion to the state's Medicaid system. And, the proposal for the state to provide several million dollars in financing for the Big River Steel project passes the state House, though representatives still need to sign off on a budget bill for the proposal to be final
April 15th is just around the corner and many of us are scrambling to file our income tax returns. To help out, the AARP Foundation has set up seasonal tax preparation centers across the country. We take you to a Fayetteville center to see how it works. To find an AARP Foundation tax aid center near you, click here.
"Henry the Fifth" by Brass Band Lutzelfuh
Dr. Donald Steinkraus says that insects use sound to attract other insects, much in the same way that public radio uses sound to attract listeners.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us the heads up on when to catch Anything Goes, running through the end of the week at Walton Arts Center.
Patricia Limerick is considered a vanguard of the "new western history." She says that many questions should be asked when trying to balance living in the west with current attitudes toward energy consumption.
"Henry Portraits" by Anthony Phillips
