Ozarks At Large

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Friday, September 20, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Kory Montgomery and his guitar inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio. He'll play two original songs and talk about a life lived a lot on the road. Plus guides are getting ready to help people navigate the new state health insurance marketplace as the enrollment period approaches. And a student-designed sex education week at the University of Arkansas begins Monday. We'll hear from some of the organizers who say they want the week to be for students and created by students..
Here are the 9 pop culture references used for today's montage: "Reel Around the Sun" from a 1995 performance of Riverdance Rudy gets ready to lead the Fighting Irish onto the field for the first, and only, time The Band backing Van Morrison on "Tura Lura Lura (It's an Irish Lullaby)" on Thanksgiving night, 1976 A Lucky Charms commercial from the early '70s Kermit the Frog being upstaged by none other than the late, great Ray Charles singing "It's Not Easy Being Green" John Wayne tries to get his bearings from local Dubliners upon his arrival in Ireland in The Quiet Man A 1979 commercial for Irish Spring soap John Lennon singing "The Luck of the Irish" A recent commercial for Jameson Irish Whiskey
"Perfect Stranger" by Dropkick Murpheys
Katy Henriksen fills us in on today's Independent Film event at the Fayetteville Public Library and tonight's Sunday Symphony.
"Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky
To close out today's show, we have another traditional Irish song by musicians Carol Widder and Richy McCusker.
Simultaneous tax cuts and hikes, charter schools and the latest on Medicaid expansion from the state legislature; jockeys prepare for this weekend's Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn; more sidewalks in Fayetteville and the population continues to grow in Northwest Arkansas; all in today's Segment A.
"Little Lion Man" by Mumford and Sons
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses home sales numbers, the governor's race and football.