Steve Boggan, a journalist from London, followed a ten dollar bill around the US, including Arkansas, for thirty days. What he learned he put in his book, Follow the Money.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at the current landscape of politics in Arkansas. Also, learning how to care for livestock participating in the Rodeo of the Ozarks.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke recently at the Clinton School of Public Service. While in Arkansas he talked with Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the ill-fated effort to have the White River Watershed designated as a National Blueway. It would have been just the second river to have that designation. Plus Stewart Towns talks to Christina Thomas about his book Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause. He says the oratory of confederate veterans in the years after the Civil War ended has influenced much of the south’s perspective since.
In his book Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause, Stuart Towns argues that without the words expressed during and after the Civil War, the Lost Cause movement in the American South would not have been what it was. Christina Thomas speaks with Towns about the oral history of the Lost Cause and how it has influenced the region today.Arkansas's new state treasurer is reshaping policies of the office based on input from employees of the division. The 2014 fiscal year begins today with a new budget for the state, which includes increased spending for Medicaid and higher education. Today is the deadline for public input on the state's new voter ID law. Political commentators ruminate on Tom Cotton's chances for running a successful Senate campaign against Mark Pryor. And, Benton County starts looking at building a new courts building to replace the current one, built in 1928.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, new outdoor workout equipment is installed, a new art exhibit opens and a new book is published.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comIn our weekly review of the headlines, we take a look at groups and organizations that are on the hook for more money, and one organization getting a sizable amount of money.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comLatest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we learn the trick of the trade with a monster truck driver. Plus, if you had a magazine, how would you choose its name? Would it be literal, a hint as to what's expected inside, or something completely different?
No matter how hard some may try, money is inescapable. We use it to buy stuff, and most often we pay taxes with it. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at news stories related to citiesí tax revenue from the past week.
"Money" by The Vitamin String Quartet
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.
"Numbers" by Tim Raisanen
The University of Arkansas Symphonic Band and the University of Arkansas Wind Band join forces for a concert Monday night at Walton Arts Center.
Becca Martin Brwon loves architecture, and she tells us about a new exhibit at the Shiloh Museum about architecture in the Ozarks.
"Dog Trot" by Moondog
Here is the list of our giant references for this weekís montage:
John Coltrane performing the iconic version of the jazz standard Giant Steps.
James Dean, Rock Hudson and Liz Taylor in the Oscar-nominated Giant.
The ho ho ho of the Jolly Green Giant
The band They Might Be Giants singing their song, Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
Andre the Giant (along with Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn) in the movie Princess Bride
A scene from near the end of the animated classic The Iron Giant.
Mel Blanc voicing the characters of Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the 1955 cartoon Beanstalk Bunny.
The giant version of the Staypuft Marshmallow Man attacks New York City in Ghostbusters.
Russ Hodgesí legendary of Bobby Thompsonís ìshot heard ëround the worldî in the 1951 National League playoffs.
Theme from the series Land of the Giants on ABC from 1968 to 1970. (Bonus points if you got that one!)
"Sister" by Sufjan Stevens
