
Ozarks At Large

The Senate passes Voter ID bill and legislators hear more about Medicaid's future in Arkansas.


A plan by a Democratic candidate for governor is not receiving an enthusiastic response from the state GOP and some legislators want to help Arkansas' aviation industry.

To close out today's show, we have another traditional Irish song by musicians Carol Widder and Richy McCusker.
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
Katy Henriksen fills us in on today's Independent Film event at the Fayetteville Public Library and tonight's Sunday Symphony.
Did you know that St. Patrick wasn't Irish? He was British. We talk to Tom Kennedy, history professor emeritus about today's holiday.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, March 26, 2016
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with House speaker designate Jeremy Gillam. Plus, we tour a compounding pharmacy in Johnson.
Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere Festival will present the Trail Mix Concert Tour this weekend. KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg will curate the concert tour. He spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams about his plans for the event.
Creative Energy Project artist Jeremy Mason McGraw will dazzle this evening with his “Electric Vision” photo installation and reception in Basin Park at 7:30pm. And we meet the artists behind "Finding Nature: Artworks in the Landscape.” A reception for 25 participating artists is scheduled in the “The Space” #2 Pine Street in Eureka May 19th.
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus gets an Associate of General Studies degree; Tyson Foods unveils its new mobile feeding unit to serve disaster-struck areas; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“My Favorite Things” by John Coltrane
The world’s largest retailer is launching several programs in south Asia and Central America to empower women by increasing the sourcing of products from women-owned businesses and providing job training and education to these women.
“You Gotta Be” by Des'ree
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has the latest Arkansas business and political news.