Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
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Youth Bridge Executive Director Nancy Hairston tells us about the upcoming Starry, Starry Night fundraiser.
More information available at www.youthbridge.com
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen talks to Canadian rocker Spencer Krug from the band Moonface that is set to perform this Saturday at Fayetteville’s Smoke and Barrel Tavern.
More information about the performance is available at www.smokeandbarrel.com
Arkansas Lottery Commission hopes to save money with the approval of a revised contract with its largest vendor; a group of University of Arkansas international students help rebuild Joplin for a day; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“The Set Break” by Gil Melle
Today, we begin a series on a farm to school project taking place this summer in Fayetteville. Over the coming months, Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas will give us updates on a program that connects schools with local food producers with the aim of serving their fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias and teaching kids about where there food comes from.
Today, she provides us with a bit of background on farm to school.
Syrian journalist and activist, Omar al Muqdad has been covering the Syrian Revolution since it began in March 2011, part of the Arab Spring.
Because his life was at risk, the U.S. State Department granted him political asylum. He recently settled in Fayetteville. Jacqueline Froelich met with the self-described media smuggler to bring us his story.
“Ian McKay was Right” by El Ten Eleven
