Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a new report on children's health coverage. Also, a project looks at the idea of community, we hear an interview with gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross, and more.
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.
After listening to speculation about Tom Cotton's political future for months, he finally, formally announced his intention to run for a Senate seat. This week's montage focuses on other cottons: Zooey Deschanel's Cotton commercial Michael Jordan's Hanes Lay Flat T-shirt commercial Golden Corral cotton candy commercial "Cotton Candy Land" by Elvis Presley :Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry A clip from Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club "Cotton Mouth Man" by James Cotton (featuring Joe Bonamassa) "Cotton Fields" by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Pickin' Time" by Johnny Cash "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Flooding affects many parts of Northwest Arkansas, manufacturing defects apparently affected the Pegasus Pipeline when it was tested in 2006, and the state lottery commission is finding itsself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.
"Sistine Chapel Ceiling" by Adorable
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.
Clint Fullin is an example of the second (or third) generation of documentary filmmakers with connections to the University of Arkansas Department of Journalism.
"When I Dream of Michelangelo" by Counting Crows