Podcast appearances and mentions of amy bradley hole

An interview with Angie Macri, a poet featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016, conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; selections from an interview with Sgt. A. Keith Jernigan, who served in the Korean War, conducted by Brian Robertson, senior archivist and manager of Research Services at the Butler Center; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Marvin Schwartz, author of "We Wanna Boogie", published by Butler Center Books; Information about CALS' audiobook service, OneClick Digital, from Jonathan Webb and Nathan Smith, CALS Information Services staff members; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about the alligator farm that housed a mummified merman, the ostrich farm that was home to over 300 African ostriches, and more in Hot Springs during the early twentieth century; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about Mount Magazine Lodge, the Paris Chamber of Commerce, Constitutional Amendment 75 and its effects on tourism in Arkansas, the transformation of Arkansas's Department of Parks and Tourism, Mountain View, the Little Red River, the need to pay attention to electrical power generators when fishing downstream from them, Village Creek State Park, peaches, Uncle John's at Crawfordsville, West Central Arkansas, Queen Wilhelmina Lodge, Rich Mountain, Mena, bears, once-frequent plane crashes on Rich Mountain, Oliver North, DeGray Lake, the Shangri La Resort, Mount Ida, Paul's Tom Sawyer experience featuring a run-in with a barge on the Mississippi River, Snow Lake, White River Refuge, Desha County, Imboden, crappie, smallmouth bass, Crooked Creek, fishing the White River before the dams were put in, Jerry McKinnis, Lake Chicot, De Valls Bluff, Pocahontas, the Current River, Stoby's in Conway, old-time breakfast places and political discussions, Wallace Grill in Little Rock, Thelma's in Imboden, the Grill in Walnut Ridge, Paul's initiation into the grown-up world of coffee breaks, Waffle House, the back booth at the Snow White in Pine Bluff, the round table in the corner of the cafe at the State Capitol, and the Pancake Shop in Hot Springs; an interview with Suzy Parker, an author who will be featured at the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016 -- interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; an interview with Sofia Gonzales, who will teach an upcoming CALS Community Learning course on embroidery; interview conducted by Kristen Cooke, CALS staff member (continued from last week).

An interview with Kevin Brockmeier, an author featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016, conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; Selections from an interview with Dr. Ann Tice, a retired dermatologist who talks about growing up in a family of physicians and her non-traditional path to medical school; Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Vivienne Lie Schiffer, who has written a book and produced a film about the experiences of Japanese Americans who were held in internment camps in Arkansas during World War II; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about Cherokee Village, the sales force at the Village and their sometimes-shady techniques involving Elvis and Jesus, an outstanding collection of shag carpet, the emergence of retirement communities, Paul's viewing of the moon landing in July 1969, John Cooper and his other developments at Bella Vista and Hot Springs Village, messing with salesmen, Horseshoe Bend, Holiday Island, the ferry at Norfork, the beginnings of tourism in North Arkansas, Imboden (a new record: Paul took seven minutes to mention his hometown), the great rivers and streams of Arkansas, fishing for smallmouth bass, the Eleven Point River, the Spring, the Strawberry, the Current, trout fishing in the cold water from Mammoth Spring to Hardy, Black Rock, the South Fork of the Spring, drum, perch, catfish, spring break on the Spring River, jon boats, the Many Islands, the use of hammers and electricity in catching and preparing fish, W.O. Prince's place on the Cache River, Murray's at De Valls Bluff, the Caddo River, Caddo Gap, how a longnose gar frightened a fellow from Virginia who thought it was a dinosaur, the Little Red River, and Lindsey's trout resort near Heber Springs; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about reports of mysterious flying objects seen in the Ouachita Mountains in 1897; An interview with Gabrielle Simone, a very young published author who will be featured at the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016 -- interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; An interview with Sofia Gonzales, who will teach an upcoming CALS Community Learning course on embroidery; interview conducted by Kristen Cooke, CALS staff member; Selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Ed Bethune; Selections from an Arkansas Sounds concert featuring Charley Sandage and Harmony, who present original music in a traditional Arkansas folk style.

An interview with Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival, conducted by Brad Mooy, CALS' coordinator of the Literary Festival; an interview with Stephanie Meincke, president & CEO of the Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance, conducted by Christine Gronwald, CALS' development coordinator; they discuss ArkansasGives, an upcoming online giving event sponsored by the Arkansas Community Foundation on Thursday, April 7, from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; visit bit.ly/calsargives at that time to donate to Central Arkansas Library System Foundation and help CALS earn bonus dollars in addition to your donation; an interview with Angelic Saulsberry, CALS' information technology staff member, conducted by Kristin Cooke, CALS' adult programming coordinator; they discuss Angelic's top five favorite books and the library services she uses the most; an interview with Laura Neale, teen programmer at CALS McMath Library and coordinator of CALS Con 2016, a free family-friendly celebration of pop culture fandom; interview conducted by Laura Hodo, manager of CALS McMath Library; they discuss this year's expansion of the event and what self-professed nerds and geeks can expect to enjoy at this year's event; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about antique shops, Dutch ovens, Arkansas expert John Ragsdale and the possibility that sales of his several Dutch oven books to Boy Scouts have made him the best-selling author in the state's history, the care and usage of cast-iron cooking implements, scouting adventures and disasters, Troops 23, 24, and 64, the great egg fight at Paul's last Boy Scout campout, Camp Winnamocka, Camp Ozark, Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Baptist camps in New Mexico and North Carolina, Boy's Life magazine, FFA camp at Couchwood, Harvey Couch, Boys State and Girls State, Paul's expertise with parliamentary procedure, Camp Robinson, the Arkansas National Guard, former Sunday school teachers, the 1997 tornadoes, archaeology in Arkansas, the amazing and almost artistic lineup of abandoned cars and trucks outside of Biscoe, W.O.'s Arkansas caviar from the Lower White River, turtle eggs, and standing in line to get catfish steaks at the airport at Pine Bluff; an interview with Sue Gaiser, who talks about her childhood, her six siblings, and one of the most important people in her life, her mother; an interview with Mick Wiggins, an illustrator/artist who has created numerous book covers; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Arkansas Literary Festival; Wiggins will participate with other artists in a panel discussion about design at the Arkansas Literary Festival; information about Hoopla, one of CALS' digital services, presented by Jonathan Webb and Lara Browning-Kamins, CALS' information services staff members; a Take 5 interview with the Bob Boyd Sounds, a music group led by Bob Boyd who will perform for the Arkansas Sounds concert series on Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave.

Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; in this segment, Roberts discusses bond campaigns, the amount of funding approved by voters for public libraries, the growth and future of digital activity in the library system, changes in community use of library services, the increase in yearly income needed for the library to continue operating at its current levels, Roberts' plans for retirement, rural libraries in Arkansas, Roberts' work with prison systems, the positive and negative effects of term limits on the Arkansas General Assembly, and more; an interview with Laura Neale, teen programmer at CALS McMath Library and coordinator of CALS Con 2016, a free family-friendly celebration of pop culture fandom; interview conducted by Laura Hodo, manager of CALS McMath Library; they discuss this year's expansion of the event and what self-professed nerds and geeks can expect to enjoy at this year's event; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about a traveling salesman known only as "Old Mike" who became a macabre tourist attraction in Prescott when he passed away and his corpse was displayed for many years while attempts were made to determine his identity.Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who chew the fat about Girl Scout and Boy Scout camps, Cedar Valley, Camp Tula, Camp Orr, the Buffalo River, Viola, the Baptist camp at Ravenden Springs, Siloam Springs, Methodist camp meetings, the Methodist camp at Davidson, kids and camp jokes about food -- "This is Sue; she makes our stew" -- the Cedar Glade camp, Baptist Royal Ambassadors, getting poison ivy and poison oak and chigger bites at the same time, hauling hay, BLTs, Vienna sausage, homemade chocolate rolls, the "rock crusher" near Imboden and the perils of working at a gravel pit, Bauxite, "alum teeth," the Alum Fork of the Saline River, Black Rock, Herschel Bryant, Paul's friend who rode his bike into a flooded gravel pit for a dollar, the Devil's Bathtub, the Needle's Eye, Watauga Springs, Cave City, people who get gallons of water at the public fountains in Hot Springs, the believed medicinal properties of the water at Heber Springs, eating Vicks VapoRub, Rex's grandfather's obsession with Alka-Seltzer, Paul's run-in with a lady who got him to take turpentine and sugar for a stomach malady, and using aspirin and Coca-Cola as a cure-all; an interview with Erin Wood, editor of "Scars: An Anthology", which will be featured in the Arkansas Literary Festival 2016; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Lit Fest moderator chair; "Scars: An Anthology" examines the range and nuance of experiences related to scars of the body; it was published by Et Alia Press in Little Rock; Who You?, a genealogy segment featuring a continuation of an interview with Maria Hoskins, a former senior staff member of Vic Snyder; interview conducted by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert; they discuss Hoskins' process in writing her previous books and her upcoming publication, "Down Home in Arkansas: A Family Reunion Story"; an interview with Sue Geiser, who relays funny stories about her experiences with clumsiness throughout her life.

Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; the interview was conducted at Legacies & Lunch on March 2, 2016, by Clinton School of Public Service Dean Skip Rutherford; in this segment, Roberts discusses the decision to build the Children's Library & Learning Center, his work with community developers, Ron Robinson, the reasoning behind the naming of branches, and millage elections he has conducted; an interview with Katie Campbell, director of School House Rock Live, a production by the Children's Theatre at the Arkansas Arts Center; interview conducted by Kate Chagnon, the Butler Center's programming & outreach coordinator; they discuss the Children's Theatre's partnership with CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center and the Arkansas connections to School House Rock Live; an interview with Jeffrey Condran, author of Prague Summer, a novel that will be featured at this year's Arkansas Literary Festival; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Literary Festival moderator chair; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about mercantile stores that have become restaurants, Cypress Corner, the Caskey store at Des Arc, drinking Coke with peanuts in the bottle, Woodell's drug in Arkadelphia, "wiggling" as a method of determining who would pick up a lunch tab, the Pickens store near Dumas, Cherokee Village, Hardy, the Sitting Bull restaurant at Cherokee Village, developer John Cooper, Paul's attempts to disguise a disgusting odor in his car using Hai Karate cologne, and the existence of dancing at Cherokee Village and accompanying belief that it was a den of iniquity; Bizarre Arkansas, with a story about reports of mysterious flying objects seen in the Ouachita Mountains in 1897; an interview with sisters Debra Brown and Regine Notto, who share their memories of family vacations in Hot Springs and the Grand Canyon; an interview with George West, the Butler Center's education coordinator, who discusses the upcoming Summer Seminar for Arkansas teachers which will focus on the work of Arkansas's Pulitzer Prize authors; interview conducted by David Stricklin, head of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies; Who You?, a genealogy segment featuring an interview with Maria Hoskins, a former senior staff member of Vic Snyder; interview conducted by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert; they discuss Hoskins' family history and upcoming publication, Down Home in Arkansas: A Family Reunion Story; an interview with Allen Alverson, Arkansas musician and member of Lark in the Morning, a band that will perform Celtic and Ozark roots music on vintage instruments tonight, Friday, March 18, at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater for Arkansas Sounds' Celtic Cultural Celebration.

Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, who retired as director of the Central Arkansas Library System on March 4, 2016, after leading the system for almost 27 years; the interview was conducted at Legacies & Lunch on March 2, 2016, by Clinton School of Public Service Dean Skip Rutherford; in this segment, Roberts discusses library funding in Arkansas, the evolution of CALS, the CALS Main Library campus, and the beginnings of the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies; Information about CALS' digital resources from Information Services staff members; an interview with Tyrone Jaeger, author of So Many True Believers, a collection of short stories that will be featured at this year's Arkansas Literary Festival; interview conducted by Amy Bradley-Hole, Literary Festival moderator chair; Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, who talk about the St. Joe Mercantile and other general stores in Arkansas's past, including McLeod's and Matthews's at Imboden, Calahan's at Black Rock, Perry's at Ravenden, and Ernie Dunlap's at Kirby, going to Boy Scout camp at Lake Greeson, the Chidester store, Congo Mercantile, the Burdell store near Pocahontas, the Eleven Point River, the Spring River, the Hankins family store at Oil Trough, how Paul found 11 sailors from Lawrence County serving at the same time aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga, the 1992 election campaign, wood stoves, whittling benches, quail hunting, the Dalark stores, Sugar Jones, a man who fed his cow Oreo cookies, the Jingles store at Benton, and Walnut Ridge; an interview with Miss Arkansas, Loren McDaniel, for #CALSStories; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Charlotte Schexnayder, journalist and state politician; an interview with sisters Debra Brown and Regine Notto, who share their memories of growing up in El Dorado, Arkansas, with their loving, close-knit family; an interview with George West, Arkansas musician and member of Lark in the Morning, a band that will perform Celtic and Ozark roots music on vintage instruments at Butler Center Galleries.

Selections from an interview with Bobby Roberts, retiring director of the Central Arkansas Library System, conducted in 2010; selections from Legacies & Lunch featuring Bernadette Cahill, discussing women's fight for the right to vote in Arkansas, a topic she has researched thoroughly; information about CALS' digital resources from Information Services staff members; a reading of a letter from the Butler Center's collection of Civil War materials, written by George M. Blodgett, a Union sailor who spent part of the war in Arkansas; he describes an attack on the USS Mound City on the White River in Arkansas in 1862, sometimes called "the deadliest shot of the war"; Bizarre Arkansas, featuring information on Monte Ne, a partially completed, abandoned, and possibly haunted luxury resort built by failed presidential candidate William "Coin" Harvey; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; "Authors on Air" with Brad Mooy, coordinator of the Arkansas Literary Festival, and Amy Bradley-Hole, moderator chair of the Literary Festival; an interview with Geraldine Purcell Davidson, who shares her experiences at Fargo Agricultural School for African American Children, a private residential school operated until 1949 and located outside of Brinkley, Arkansas; an interview with Sgt. A. Keith Jernigan, a Korean War veteran.

Amy Bradley-Hole of Bonta Toscana talks about the Italian inspiration for her famous garlic sauce, the enticing appeal of the Hillcrest Farmers Market, and why it's important to preserve Tuscan heritage in her food.