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What happens when a childhood dream refuses to let go? In this episode, I sit down with cartoonist and Lum and Abner historian Donnie Pitchford to explore how old-time radio, comic strips, and a love for storytelling shaped his life. Donnie shares how he grew up inspired by classic radio shows like Lum and Abner, pursued art despite setbacks, and eventually brought the beloved Pine Ridge characters back to life through a modern comic strip and audio adaptations. We talk about creativity, persistence, radio history, and why imagination still matters in a visual world. If you care about classic radio, cartooning, or staying true to your calling, I believe you will find this conversation both inspiring and practical. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how a childhood love of Lum and Abner sparked a lifelong dream of becoming a cartoonist. 08:00 Hear how college radio and classic broadcasts deepened a passion for old time radio storytelling. 14:33 Understand how years of teaching broadcast journalism built the skills that later fueled creative success. 23:17 Learn how the Lum and Abner comic strip was revived with family approval and brought to modern audiences. 30:07 Explore how two actors created an entire town through voice and imagination alone. 1:00:16 Hear the vision for keeping Lum and Abner alive for new generations through comics and audio. Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: Donnie Pitchford of Texas is a graduate of Kilgore College, Art Instruction Schools, Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Texas at Tyler. He has worked in the graphic arts industry and in education, teaching at Hawkins High School, Panola College, and Carthage High School at which he spent 25 years directing CHS-TV, where student teams earned state honors, including state championships, for 20 consecutive years. In 2010, Donnie returned to the endeavor he began at age five: being a cartoonist! The weekly “Lum and Abner" comic strip began in 2011. It is available online and in print and includes an audio production for the blind which features the talents of actors and musicians who donate their time. Donnie has created comic book stories and art for Argo Press of Austin, illustrated children's books, written scripts for the "Dick Tracy" newspaper strip, and produced the science fiction comedy strip "Tib the Rocket Frog." He has collaborated with award-winning writers and cartoonists George Wildman, Nicola Cuti, John Rose, Mike Curtis, Joe Staton, and others. In 2017, Donnie began assisting renowned sculptor Bob Harness and currently sculpts the portraits for the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame plaques. Awards include the 1978 Kilgore College "Who's Who" in Art, an Outstanding Educator Award from the East Texas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in 1993, the CHS "Pine Burr" Dedicatee honor in 2010, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018 from Spring Hill High School. In 2024, Donnie was inducted into the City of Carthage Main Street Arts Walk of Fame which included the placement of a bronze plaque in the sidewalk and the Key to the City. Donnie and his best friend/wife, Laura, are members of First Methodist Church Carthage, Texas. Donnie is a founding officer of the National Lum and Abner Society and a member of Texas Cartoonists, Ark-La-Tex Cartoonists, Christian Comic Arts Society, and the National Cartoonists Society. 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Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I've been looking forward to this one for a while. We have Donny Pitchford as our guest today. You're probably going, who's Donnie Pitchford? Well, let me tell you. So years ago, I started collecting old radio shows. And one of the first shows that I got was a half hour episode of a show called Lum and Abner, which is about a couple of characters, if you will, in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. And I had only heard the half hour show sponsored by frigid air. But then in 1971 when ksi, out here in Los Angeles, the 50,000 watt Clear Channel station, started celebrating its 50 year history, they started broadcasting as part of what they did, 15 minute episodes of lemon Abner. And I became very riveted to listening to lemon Abner every night, and that went on for quite a while. And so I've kept up with the boys, as it were. Well, a several years ago, some people formed a new Lum and Abner society, and Donnie Pitchford is part of that. I met Donnie through radio enthusiast of Puget Sound, and yesterday, USA. And so we clearly being interested in old radio and all that, had to have Donnie come on and and talk with us. So Donnie, or whatever character you're representing today, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Donnie Pitchford  02:58 Huh? I'm glad to be here. Michael Hingson  03:00 He does that very well, doesn't he? It's a Donnie Pitchford  03:04 little tough sometimes. Well, I'm really glad to be here. Thank you. Michael Hingson  03:10 Well, I appreciate the audio parts of lemon Abner that you you all create every week, and just the whole society. It's great to keep that whole thing going it's kind of fun. We're glad that that it is. But let's, let's talk about you a little bit. Why don't you start by telling us about the early Donnie, growing up and all that. I'm assuming you were born, and so we won't worry about that. But beyond that, think so, yeah. Well, there you are. Tell us about tell us about you and growing up and all that, and we'll go from there. Donnie Pitchford  03:42 Well, I was born in East Texas and left for a little while. We lived in my family lived in Memphis, Tennessee for about seven years, and then moved back to Texas in 1970 but ever since I was a kid this I hear this from cartoonists everywhere. Most of them say I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was five years old. So that's in fact, I had to do a speech for the Texas cartoonist chapter of the National Cartoonist Society. And that was my start. I was going to say the same thing, and the President said, Whatever you do, don't do that old bit about wanting to be a cartoonist at age five. Everybody does that, so I left that part out, but that's really what I wanted to do as a kid. And I would see animated cartoons. I would read the Sunday comics in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and then at some point, my dad would talk about radio, and my mother would talk about listening to radio. We would have the reruns of the Lone Ranger television show and things like Sky King and other programs along those lines, and my parents would all. Way say, Well, I used to listen to that on the radio, or I would hear Superman on the radio, or Amos and Andy or whatever was being rerun at that time, and that fascinated me. And I had these vague memories of hearing what I thought were television programs coming over the radio when I was about two years old. I remember gunshots. I remember, you know, like a woman crying and just these little oddball things. I was about two years old, and I kept thinking, Well, why are we picking up television programs on my mother's radio? Turns out it was the dying gasps of what we now call old time radio. And so at least I remembered that. But when I was about, I guess eight or nine we were, my dad took me to lunch at alums restaurant in Memphis, and I saw that name, and I thought, What in the world? So what kind of name is that? And my dad told me about London Abner, and he said it reminds me. It reminded him of the Andy Griffith Show or the Beverly Hillbillies. I said, I'd love to hear that. He said, Ah, you'll never hear it. He said, those were live they don't exist, but years later, I got to hear them. So yeah, but that's how I grew up wanting to be a cartoonist and coming up with my own characters and drawing all the time and writing stories and that sort of thing. Michael Hingson  06:24 So when did you move back from Memphis to Texas? Donnie Pitchford  06:28 July 2, 1970 I just happened to look that up the other day. How old were you then? I was 12 when we came back. All right, so got into, I was in junior high, and trying to, I was trying to find an audience for these comic strips I was drawing on notebook paper. And finally, you know, some of the kids got into them, and I just continued with that goal. And I just, I knew that soon as possible, you know, I was going to start drawing comics professionally. So I thought, but kept, you know, I kept trying. Michael Hingson  07:06 So you, you went on into college. What did you do in college? Donnie Pitchford  07:11 Well, more of the same. I started listening to some old time radio shows even as far back as as high school. And I was interested in that went to college, first at a college called Kill Gore College, here in East Texas, and then to Stephen F Austin State University. And I was majoring in, first commercial art, and then art education. And I thought, well, if I can't go right into comics, you know, maybe I can just teach for a while. I thought I'll do that for a couple of years. I thought it wouldn't be that long. But while I was at Stephen F Austin State University, the campus radio station, I was so pleased to find out ran old time radio shows. This was in 1980 there was a professor named Dr Joe Oliver, who had a nightly program called theater of the air. And I would hear this voice come over the radio. He would run, he Well, one of the first, the very first 15 minute lemon Abner show I ever heard was played by Dr Oliver. He played Jack Benny. He played the whistler suspense, just a variety of them that he got from a syndicated package. And I would hear this voice afterwards, come on and say, It's jazz time. I'm Joe Oliver. And I thought, Where have I heard that voice? It was, it's just a magnificent radio voice. Years later, I found out, well, I heard that voice in Memphis when I was about 10 years old on W, R, E, C, radio and television. He was working there. He lived in Memphis about the same time we did. Heard him on the campus station at Nacogdoches, Texas. Didn't meet him in person until the late 90s, and it was just an amazing collection of coincidences. And now, of course, we're good friends. Now he's now the announcer for our audio comic strip. So it's amazing how all that came about. Well, I Michael Hingson  09:16 I remember listening to sort of the last few years of oval radio. I think it was, I don't remember the date now, whether it's 57 or 50 I think it's 57 the Kingston Trio had come out with the song Tom Dooley, and one day I was listening to K and X radio in Los Angeles. We lived in Palmdale, and I heard something about a show called suspense that was going to play the story of Tom Dooley. And I went, sounds interesting, and I wanted to know more about it, so I listened. And that started a weekly tradition with me every Sunday, listening to yours truly Johnny dollar and suspense, and they had a little bit of the FBI and peace and war. Then it's went into half and that that went off and Have Gun Will Travel came on, and then at 630 was Gun Smoke. So I listened to radio for a couple of hours every week, not every Sunday night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. And so that's how I really started getting interested in it. Then after radio went off the air a few stations out in California and on the LA area started playing old radio shows somebody started doing because they got the syndicated versions of the shadow and Sherlock Holmes with Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. And I still maintain to this day that John Gielgud is the best Sherlock Holmes. No matter what people say about Basil Rathbone and I still think Sir John Gielgud was the best Sherlock Holmes. He was very, very good. Yeah, he was and so listen to those. But you know, radio offers so much. And even with, with, with what the whole lemon Abner shows today. My only problem with the lemon Abner shows today is they don't last nearly long enough. But that's another story. Donnie Pitchford  11:11 Are you talking about the comic strip adaptation? Okay, you know how long, how much art I would have to 11:21 do every week. Michael Hingson  11:25 Oh, I know, but they're, they're fun, and, you know, we, we enjoy them, but so you So you met Joe, and as you said, He's the announcer. Now, which is, which is great, but what were you doing then when you met him? What kind of work were you doing at the time? Donnie Pitchford  11:45 Well, of course, there was a gap there of about, I guess, 15 years after college, before I met him. And what ended up happening my first teaching job was an art job, a teaching art and graphic arts at a small high school in Hawkins, Texas, and that was a disaster. Wasn't a wasn't a very good year for me. And so I left that, and I had worked in the printing industry, I went back to that, and that was all during the time that the National London Abner society was being formed. And so I printed their earliest newsletters, which came out every other month. And we started having conventions in MENA, Arkansas and in the real Pine Ridge and the my fellow ossifers As we we call ourselves, and you hear these guys every week on the lemon Abner comic strip. Sam Brown, who lives in Illinois, Tim Hollis, from Alabama. Tim is now quite a published author who would might be a good guest for you one day, sure. And just two great guys. We had a third officer early on named Rex riffle, who had to leave due to various illnesses about 1991 but we started having our conventions every year, starting in 1985 we had some great guests. We brought in everybody we could find who worked with lemon Abner or who knew lemon Abner. We had their their head writer, Roswell Rogers. We had actors, I'm sure you've heard of Clarence Hartzell. He was Ben withers, of course, on the Old Vic and Sade show. He was Uncle Fletcher. We had Willard Waterman, parley Bayer, some of their announcers, Wendell Niles. And my memory is going to start failing me, because there were so many, but we had Bob's, Watson, Louise curry, who were in their first two movies. We had Kay Lineker, who was in their third movie. The list goes on and on, but we had some amazing when did Chester lock pass away? He passed away? Well, Tuffy passed away first, 1978, 78 and Chet died in 1980 sad. Neither of them, yeah, we didn't get to media. Yeah, we didn't meet either one of them. I've met Mrs. Lock I've met all of chet's children, several grandchildren. We spoke to Mrs. Goff on the phone a time or two, and also, tuffy's got toughie's daughter didn't get to meet them in person, but we met as many of the family as we could. Michael Hingson  14:32 Still quite an accomplishment all the way around. And so you you taught. You didn't have success. You felt really much at first, but then what you taught for quite a while, though, Donnie Pitchford  14:45 didn't you? Yes, I went back to the printing industry for about a year, and in the summer of 85 about two weeks before school started, I had got a call that they needed someone to teach Broadcast Journalism at. Carthage High School, and we had a department called CHS TV. I ran that for 25 years. I taught classes. We produced a weekly television program, weekly radio program. We did all kinds of broadcasts for the school district and promotional video. And then in the last I think it was the last 10 years or so that I worked there, we started an old time radio show, and we were trying to come up with a title for it, and just as a temporary placeholder, we called it the golden age of radio. Finally, we said, well, let's just use that, and I think it's been used by other people since, but, but that was the title we came up with. I think in 19 I think it was in 93 or 9495 somewhere in there. We started out. We just ran Old Time Radio, and the students, I would have them research and introduce, like, maybe 45 minutes of songs, of music, you know, from the 30s, 40s, maybe early 50s, big band and Sinatra and Judy Garland and you name it. Then, when the classes would change, we would always start some type of radio program that was pre recorded that would fill that time, so the next class could come in and get in place and and everybody participated, and they went out live over our cable television channel, and we would just run a graphic of a radio and maybe have some announcements or listing of what we were playing. And we did that for several years, usually maybe two or three times a year. And then in I think it was 2004 or so, we had an offer from a low power FM station, which was another another county over, and we started doing a Sunday night, one hour program each week. And I think we ended up doing close to 300 of those before I left. And so we got old time radio in there, one way or the other. Michael Hingson  17:03 Well, I remember. I remember, for me, I went to UC Irvine in the fall of 1968 and by the spring the last quarter of my freshman year, I had started getting some old radio shows. So started playing shows, and then in the fall, I started doing a three hour show on Sunday night called the Radio Hall of Fame, and we did radio every night. And what I didn't know until, actually, fairly recently, was our mutual friend Walden Hughes actually listened to my show on Sunday, and so did the gas means actually, but, but we had a low power station as well, but it made it up, and so people listened to it. And I've always been proud of the fact that during the fact that during the time I ran the Radio Hall of Fame, I'd heard of this show called 60 minutes with a guy named Mike Wallace, but never got to see it. And then it was only much later that I actually ended up starting to watch 60 Minutes. Course, I always loved to say I would have loved to have met, met Mike Wallace and never got to do it, but I always said he had criminal tendencies. I mean, my gosh, what do you think he was the announcer on radio for the Green Hornet, a criminal show, right? Sky King, a lot of criminals. Clearly the guy. Anyway, I would have been fun to meet him, but, Donnie Pitchford  18:31 and his name was Myron. Myron Wallach at the time. Wallach, you're right. I think that's right. Michael Hingson  18:37 But it was, it was fun and and so I've actually got some Sky King shows and green Hornets with him. So it's, it's kind of cool, but Right? You know, I still really do believe that the value of radio is it makes you imagine more. I've seen some movies that I really like for that the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Kevin McCarthy back in 1955 I thought was such a good movie because they didn't show the plants taking over the humans. It was all left to your imagination, which was so cool, and they changed all that in the later remake of it with Leonard Nimoy, which I didn't think was nearly as good, not nearly as suspenseful. But anyway, that's just my opinion. But radio, for me was always a and continues to be a part of what I like to do. And so I've been collecting shows and and enjoying and, of course, listening to lemon Abner, So what made you decide to finally end teaching? Donnie Pitchford  19:38 Well, you know, I could only do that so long. I was getting I was getting very tired, getting kind of burned out, and I had to have a change. There's something had to change. And I was able to take a few years early and retire, and I still the whole time I had a. That it was like a haunting feeling. I, you know, I wanted to be a cartoonist. I would pray, you know, you know, Lord, is there some way can I, can I get out of this? And can I do what I really want to do? And I had some mentors that was finally able to meet people that I would write letters to as a kid, a cartoonist and comic book editor named George Wildman was one of them. He was nice enough to answer my letters when I was a kid, and I'd send him drawings, and he would encourage me, or he would send little corrections on there, you know. And another one was a gentleman named high Eisemann, who passed away recently at age 98 on his birthday, but men like this inspired me, and that it kept at me through the years. I finally met George in 1994 at a convention of the the international Popeye fan club. And I'm I'm at high the same way, and also a writer named Nicola Cuddy, who wrote some Popeye comics. I met him the same way, same event, we all became friends, and I had a good friend named Michael Ambrose of Austin, Texas, who published a magazine devoted to the Charlton Comics company. Sadly, he's deceased now, but Mike and I were talking before I retired, and finally I got out of it. And he said, now that you're out of that job, how would you like to do some art? I said, That's what I want to do. So he gave me the opportunity to do my first published work, which was a portrait of artist George Wildman. It was on the cover of a magazine called Charlton spotlight, then I did some work for Ben Omar, who is bear Manor media publisher for some books that he was doing. One was Mel Blanc biography that Noel blank wrote, did some illustrations for that. This was all happening in 2010 and after that. So I was getting it was getting rolling, doing the kind of work I really wanted to do. And there's a gentleman named Ethan nobles in Benton, Arkansas, who wanted to interview me. I'd gotten, I don't know how he I forgot how he got in touch with me. Maybe he heard me on yesterday USA could be wanted to interview me about London Abner. And so he was starting a website called first Arkansas news. And somewhere in early 2011 we were talking, and I said, you know, you want this to be an online newspaper, right? He said, Yes. I said, What about comics? He said, I hadn't thought about that. So I said, Well, you know, you're a big Lum and Abner fan. What if we could we do a Lum and Abner comic strip? He said, Well, who would Where would I get? Who would do? And I said, Me. So I drew up some proposals, I drew some model sheets, and we did about four weeks of strips, and got approval from Chester lock Jr, and he suggested there's some things he didn't like. He said, The lum looks too sinister. He looks mean. Well, he's mad. He said he's mad at Abner. This won't happen every week. He said, Okay, I don't want LOM to be I said, Well, you know, they get mad at each other. That's part of the that's the conflict and the comedy Michael Hingson  23:30 at each other. Yeah. Donnie Pitchford  23:33 So we, we ironed it all out, and we came up with a financial agreement, and had to pay royalties and one thing and another, and we started publishing online in June 2011, and about six weeks later, the MENA newspaper, the MENA star in MENA, Arkansas, which was the birthplace of Lyman, Abner, Chet Locke and Norris Goff, they picked it up, and then we had a few other newspapers pick it up. And you know, we're not, we're not worldwide, syndicated in print, but we're getting it out there. And of course, we're always online, but and the first Arkansas news went under three or four years later, and so now we have our own website, which is Lum and Abner comics.com so that's where you can find us Michael Hingson  24:24 online. So where's Pine Ridge? Donnie Pitchford  24:28 Pine Ridge is about 18 miles from Mena, Arkansas. MENA is in western Arkansas, and Pine Ridge is about 18 miles east, I believe I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but it's it's down the road, and it actually exists. It was a little community originally named for a postmaster. It was named waters, waters, Arkansas, and in 1936 the real. At cuddleston. He was a real person who owned a store there in waters, and was friends with the locks and the golfs with their parents, as well as Chet and Tuffy. But he proposed a publicity stunt and an actual change of name to name the community Pine Ridge. So that's how that happened. Michael Hingson  25:24 Now, in the original 15 minute episodes, who is the narrator? Donnie Pitchford  25:28 Well, it depends what era their first one trying to remember. Now, Gene Hamilton was an early announcer in the Ford days, which was the early 30s. We don't have anything recorded before that. Charles Lyon was one of the early announcers, possibly for for Quaker Oats. I don't have any notes on this in front of me. I'm just going on memory here. Memory at the end of a long week. Gene Hamilton was their Ford announcer. Carlton brickert announced the Horlicks malt and milk did the commercials when they 1934 to 38 or so. Lou Crosby took over when they were sponsored by General Foods, by post them, the post them commercials, and Lou stayed with them on into the Alka Seltzer era. And his daughter, the celebrity daughter, is Kathie Lee Crosby, you may remember, right, and she and her sister Linda, Lou were a couple of our guests at the National lemon Avenue society convention in 1996 I think let's see. Crosby was Gene Baker came after Crosby, and then in the 30 minute days, was Wendell Niles. Wendell Niles, yeah, in the CBS the 30 minute series and Wendell. We also had him in Mina, super nice guy when it came, when it got into the later ones, 1953 54 I don't remember that announcer's name. That's when they got into the habit of having Dick Huddleston do the opening narration, which is why we now have Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston doing that every week. Michael Hingson  27:27 So was it actually Dick Huddleston? No, it Donnie Pitchford  27:30 was North golf, tough. He always played the part of Dick Huddleston. Okay, the only, the only time that, as far as I know, the only time the real dick Huddleston was on network radio, was at that ceremony in Little Rock Arkansas, when they changed the name of the town that the real dick Huddleston spoke at that event. And we actually, we discovered a recording of that. I was just gonna ask if there's a recording of that there is. Yeah, it's on 12 inch, 78 RPM discs. Wow. And they were probably the personal discs of lock and golf, and they weren't even labeled. And I remember spinning that thing when Sam Brown and I after we found it, it was down in Houston, and we brought them a batch of discs back, and I remember spinning that thing and hearing the theme song being played, I said, this sounds like a high school band. And suddenly we both got chills because we had heard that. I don't know if it was the Little Rock High School band or something, but it's like, Can this be? Yes, it was. It was. We thought it was long lost, but it was that ceremony. Wow. So that was a great find. Michael Hingson  28:45 Well, hopefully you'll, you'll play that sometime, or love to get a copy, but, Donnie Pitchford  28:50 yeah, we've, we have we played it on yesterday, USA. Oh, okay, so it's out there. Michael Hingson  28:57 Well, that's cool. Well, yeah, I wondered if Dick Huddleston actually ever was directly involved, but, but I can, can appreciate that. As you said, Tuffy Goff was the person who played him, which was, that's still that was pretty cool. They were very talented. Go ahead, Donnie Pitchford  29:19 I was gonna say that's basically tough. He's natural speaking voice, yeah, when you hear him as Dick Huddleston, Michael Hingson  29:24 they're very talented people. They played so many characters on the show. They did and and if you really listen, you could tell, but mostly the voices sounded enough different that they really sounded like different people all the time. Donnie Pitchford  29:41 Well, the fun thing are the episodes where, and it's carefully written, but they will, they will do an episode where there may be seven or eight people in the room and they get into an argument, or they're trying to all talk at the same time, and you completely forget that it's only two guys, because they will overlap. Those voices are just so perfectly overlapped and so different, and then you stop and you listen. So wait a minute, I'm only hearing two people at a time, but the effect is tremendous, the fact that they were able to pull that off and fool the audience. Michael Hingson  30:15 I don't know whether I'd say fool, but certainly entertained. Well, yeah, but they also did have other characters come on the show. I remember, yes, Diogenes was that was a lot of fun listening to those. Oh yeah, yeah, that was Frank Graham. Frank Graham, right, right, but, but definitely a lot of fun. So you eventually left teaching. You decided you accepted jobs, starting to do cartoons. What were some of the other or what, well, what were some of the first and early characters that you cartooned, or cartoons that you created, Donnie Pitchford  30:50 just, you mean, by myself or Well, or with people, either way, I did some things that were not published, you know, just just personal characters that I came up with it would mean nothing to anybody, but a little bit later on, I did a little bit of I did a cover for a Popeye comic book. Maybe 10 years ago, I finally got a chance to work with George Wildman, who was the fellow I talked about earlier, and it was some of the last work he did, and this was with Michael Ambrose of Argo press out of Austin, Texas. And we did some early characters that had been published by Charlton Comics. They had, they had characters, they were, they were rip offs. Let's be honest. You know Harvey had Casper the Friendly Ghost. Well, Charlton had Timmy, the timid ghost. There, there was Mighty Mouse. Well, Charlton Comics had atomic mouse, so and there was an atomic rabbit. And Warner Brothers had Porky Pig. Charlton had pudgy pig, but that was some of George's earliest work in the 1950s was drawing these characters, and George was just he was a master Bigfoot cartoonist. I mean, he was outstanding. And so Mike said, let's bring those characters back. They're public domain. We can use them. So I wrote the scripts. George did the pencil art. Well, he inked the first few, but Mike had me do hand lettering, which I don't do that much. So it was that was a challenge. And my friend high Iseman taught lettering for years and years, and so I was thinking, high is going to see this? This has to be good. So I probably re lettered it three times to get it right, but we did the very last story we did was atomic rabbit and pudgy pig was a guest star, and then George's character named brother George, who was a little monk who didn't speak, who lived, lived in a monastery, and did good deeds and all that sort of thing. He was in there, and this was the last thing we did together. And George said, you know, since I've got these other projects, he said, Do you think you can, you can ink this? So that was a great honor to actually apply the inks over George's pencil work. And I also did digital color, but those were some things I worked on, and, oh, at one point we even had Lum and Abner in the Dick Tracy Sunday comic strip, and that was because of a gentleman named Mike Curtis, who was the writer who lived in Arkansas, was very familiar with Lum and Abner, and he got in touch with me and asked, this was in 2014 said, Would it be possible for me to use Lum and Abner in a Sunday cameo? So I contacted the locks. First thing they first thing Chet said was how much I said, I don't think they're going to pay us. I felt like, Cedric, we hunt, no mom, you know. And I felt like he was squire skimp at the time, yeah, but I said, it's just going to be really good publicity. So he finally went for it, and Lum and Abner had a cameo in a Sunday Dick Tracy comic strip, and about four years later, they honored me. This was Mike Curtis, the writer, and Joe Staton, the artist, who was another guy that I grew up reading from as a teenager, just a tremendous artist, asked if they could base a character on me. And I thought, what kind of murderer is he going to be? You know, it was going to be idiot face or what's his name, you know. So no, he was going to be a cartoonist, and the name was Peter pitchblende. Off, and he was, he said his job was to illustrate a comic strip about a pair of old comedians. So, I mean, who couldn't be honored by that? Yeah, so I don't remember how long that story lasted, but it was an honor. I mean, it was just great fun. And then then I had a chance to write two weeks of Dick Tracy, which was fun. I wrote the scripts for it and and then there's some other things. I was able to work with John rose, a tremendously nice guy who is the current artist on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. We did a story, a comic book story, on Barney Google on Snuffy Smith in a magazine called Charleton spotlight, and I did the colors, digital coloring for that. So just these are just great honors to me to get to work with people like that. And Nick Cuddy, I did some inking, lettering coloring on some of his work. So just great experience, and Michael Hingson  36:02 great people, going back to atomic rabbit and pudgy pig, no one ever got in trouble with, from Warner Brothers with that, huh? Donnie Pitchford  36:09 Well, not, not on atomic rabbit, however, pudgy pig created a problem because George was doing some art, and I think somebody from Warner Brothers said he looks too much like Porky, so the editor at the time said, make one of his ears hang down, make him look a little different. But pudgy didn't last long. Pudgy was only around maybe two or three issues of the comic book, so, but yeah, that's George. Said they did have some trouble with that. Michael Hingson  36:44 Oh, people, what do you do? Yeah, well, I know you sent us a bunch of photos, and we have some of the Dick Tracy ones and others that people can go see. But what? What finally got you all to start the whole lemon Abner society. Donnie Pitchford  37:07 Oh, well, that goes back to 1983 right, and I'll go back even farther than that. I told you that my dad had mentioned lemon Abner to me as a kid. Dr Joe Oliver played a 15 minute lemon Abner show on KSA you at Stephen F Austin State University. That got me. I was already into old time radio, but it was the next summer 1981 there's a radio station, an am station in Gilmer, Texas Christian radio station that started running Lum and Abner every day. First it was 530 in the evening, and then I think they switched it to 1215 or so. And I started listening, started setting up my recorder, recording it every day. And a friend of mine named David Miller, who was also a radio show collector, lived in the Dallas area, I would send them to him, and at first he wasn't impressed, but then suddenly he got hooked. And when he got hooked, he got enthusiastic. He started making phone calls. He called Mrs. Lock chet's widow and talked to her. He spoke to a fellow who had written a number of articles, George Lily, who was an early proponent or an early promoter of lemon Abner, as far as reruns in the 1960s and it was through George Lilly that I was put in touch with Sam Brown in Dongola, Illinois, and because he had contacted Mr. Lilly as well. And before long, we were talking, heard about this guy named Tim Hollis. Sam and I met in Pine Ridge for lemon Abner day in 1982 for the first time, and hit it off like long lost friends and became very good friends. And then in 84 I believe it was Sam and Tim and Rex riffle met again, or met for the first time together, I guess in Pine Ridge. And I wasn't there that time. But somehow, in all of that confusion, it was proposed to start the national lemon Abner society, and we started publishing the Jot them down journal in the summer of 1984 Michael Hingson  39:43 and for those who don't know the Jotham down journal, because the store that lemon Abner ran was the Jotham down store anyway, right? Donnie Pitchford  39:50 Go ahead, yes. And that was Tim's title. Tim created the title The Jotham down journal, and we started publishing and started seeking information. And it started as just a simple photocopy on paper publication. It became a very slick publication. In 1990 or 91 Sam started recording cassettes, reading the journals, because we were hearing from Blind fans that said, you know, I enjoy the journal. I have to have somebody read it to me. This is before screen readers. And of course, you know this technology better than I do, but before any type of technology was available, and Sam said, Well, I'll tell you. I'll just start reading it on tape and I'll make copies. Just started very simply, and from then on, until the last issue in in 2007 Sam would record a cassette every other month, or when we went quarterly, four times a year, and he would mail those to the the blind members, who would listen to those. And sometimes they would keep them, and sometimes they would return them for Sam to recycle. But incidentally, those are all online now, Michael Hingson  41:03 yeah, I've actually looked at a few of those. Those are kind of fun. So the London Avenue society got formed, and then you started having conventions. Donnie Pitchford  41:14 Yes, yes. First convention was in 1985 and we did a lot of things with we would do recreations. We would do a lot of new scripts, where, if we had someone that we got to the point where we would have people that hadn't worked with lemon Abner. So we would have lemon Abner meet the great Gildersleeve. Actually, Willard had worked on the lumen Abner half hour show at some point. I believe les Tremain had never worked directly with them, but he was well, he was in some Horlicks malted milk commercials in the 1930s and of course, the Lone Ranger was never on the London Abner show and vice versa, until we got hold of it. So we had Fred Foy in 1999 and he agreed to be the announcer, narrator and play the part of the Lone Ranger. So we did Lum and Abner meet the Lone Ranger, which was a lot of fun. We had parley bear, so Lum and Abner met Chester of Gun Smoke. And those were just a lot of fun to do. And Tim, Tim would write some of them, I would write some of them, or we would collaborate back and forth to come up with these scripts. Did love and amner, ever meet Superman? No, we never got to that. That would have been great. Yeah, if we could have come up with somebody who had played Superman, that would have been a lot of fun. We had lemon Abner meet Kathie Lee Crosby as herself. Yeah, they met Frank brazzi One time. That must be fun. It was a lot of fun. We had some people would recreate the characters. We had the lady who had played Abner's daughter, Mary Lee Rob replay. She played that character again, 50 years later, coming back home to see, you know, to see family. Several other things, we had London Abner meet Gumby one time. Of all things, we had Dow McKinnon as a guest. And we had Kay Lineker come back and reprise one of her roles, the role she played in the London Abner movie. Bob's Watson did that as well. Some years we didn't have a script, which I regret, but we had other things going on. We had anniversaries of London Abner movies that we would play. So whatever we did, we tailored it around our guest stars, like Dick Beals, Sam Edwards, Roby Lester, gee whiz. I know I'm leaving people out. Michael Hingson  43:52 Well, that's okay, but, but certainly a lot of fun. What? Yes, what? Cartoonist really influenced you as a child? Donnie Pitchford  44:01 Oh, wow. I would say the first thing I saw that got my attention was the Flintstones on on prime time television, you know, the Hanna Barbera prime time things certainly Walt Disney, the animation that they would run, that he would show, and the behind the scenes, things that would be on the Disney show, things like almost almost anything animated as a kid, got my attention. But Walter Lance, you know, on the Woody Woodpecker show used to have, he'd have little features about how animation was done, and that that inspired me, that that just thrilled me. And I read Fred lachel's Snuffy Smith Chester Gould's Dick Tracy. Tracy, which that was a that's why the Dick Tracy connection, later was such a big deal for me. Almost anything in the Sunday comics that was big. Foot. In other words, the cartoony, exaggerated characters are called, sometimes called Bigfoot, Bigfoot cartooning, or Bigfoot characters. Those were always the things I looked for, Bugs Bunny, any of the people that worked on those some were anonymous. And years later, I started learning the names of who drew Popeye, you know, like LZ seagar, the originator, or bud sagendorf or George Wildman, and later high eysman. But people like that were my heroes. Later on, I was interested in I would read the Batman comics, or I would see Tarzan in the newspaper. I admired the work of Russ Manning. Michael Hingson  45:49 Do you know the name Tom Hatton? Yes, I do. Yeah. Yes. Tom did Popeye shows on KTLA Channel Five when I was growing up, and he was famous for, as he described it, squiggles. He would make a squiggle and he would turn it into something. And he was right on TV, which was so much fun. Donnie Pitchford  46:09 We had a guy in Memphis who did the same thing. His name was, he's known as Captain Bill, C, A, P, you know, Captain Bill. And he did very much the same thing. He'd have a child come up, I think some, in some cases, they're called drools. Is one word for them. There was a yeah, in Tim hollis's area, there was cousin Cliff Holman who did that. And would he might have a kid draw a squiggle, and then he would create something from it right there on the spot, a very similar type of thing, or a letter of the alphabet, or your initials, that sort Michael Hingson  46:43 of thing. Yeah. Tom did that for years. It was fun. Of course, I couldn't see them, but he talked enough that I knew what was going on. It's kind of fun. My brother loved them, yeah? So later on, when you got to be a teenager and beyond what cartoonist maybe influenced you more? Donnie Pitchford  47:03 Well, I would have to say George, probably because I was corresponding with him, right? Also, I would see the work of Carl Barks, who created Uncle Scrooge McDuck and the Donald Duck comics and all that. His stuff was all in reprint at that time, he was still living, but I didn't know he could be contacted. I didn't try to write to it, right? Years later, years later, I did get an autograph, which was, was very nice. But those people, a lot of people, Neil Adams, who did Batman, the guys at Charlton Comics, Steve Ditko, who was the CO creator of spider man, but he had a disagreement with Stan Lee, and went back to Charlton Comics and just turned out 1000s of pages, but his work was was inspirational. Another was Joe Staton, who was working at Charleton comics, who I got to work with on several projects later on, and I would say just all of those guys that I was reading at the time. Pat Boyette was another Charlton artist. I tend to gravitate toward the Charlton company because their artists weren't contained in a house style. They were allowed to do their own style. They didn't pay as much. But a lot of them were either older guys that said, I'm tired of this, of the DC Marvel system. I want to just, you know, have creative freedom. Charlton said, come on. And so they would work there and less stress, less money, probably one guy named Don Newton started there and became a legend in the industry at other companies. So I found all of those guys inspiring, and I felt I could learn from all of them. Michael Hingson  48:59 Well, you always wanted to be a cartoonist. Did you have any other real career goals, like, was teaching a goal that you wanted to do, or was it just cartooning it? Donnie Pitchford  49:07 Well, it was just a secondary, you know, as I said, when I started, I thought, I'll just do that for a few years. You know, I didn't know it was going to be like 27 but I we had a lot of success. We had, I had some student groups that would enter video competitions. And for 20 straight years, we placed either first, second or third in state competition with one Summit, one entry, another or another every year. And that was notable. I mean, I give the kids the credit for that. But then about five or six of those years, we had what we call state championship wins, you know, we were like the number one project in the state of Texas. So, you know, we had some great success, I think, in that so a lot of years there, I really, you know, that was a blessing to me. Was that career, you. Well, it just, it just got to be too much time for change. After a while, Michael Hingson  50:05 was art just a talent that you had, and cartoon drawing a talent you had, or, I don't remember how much you said about did you have any real special training as such? Donnie Pitchford  50:14 Well, all of my training was, I just couldn't afford to go to a specialized school. You know, at one time, the Joe Kubert School opened just about the time I graduated high school, it was in New Jersey. I just couldn't make that happen, so I went to state colleges and universities and did the best I could. I took commercial art classes, drawing classes, design classes, even ceramics, which came in very handy when I did some sculpting here in the last eight or nine years and worked as an assistant to a sculptor named Bob harness who lives here in Carthage, but I never had any actual comic strip slash comic book training, so I learned as much of that as I could from guys like George wild. And then after I started the lemon Avenue comic strip, an artist named Joe, named Jim Amish, who worked for Marvel, did a lot of work for the Archie Comics. And tremendous anchor is his. He's really a tremendous anchor, and does a lot of ink work over other artists pencils. Jim would call and say, he said, I want to give you some advice. I'm like, okay, at 3am he's still giving me advice. So I'd go around for two or three days feeling like a failure, but then I would, I would think about all the lessons, you know, that he had told me. And so I learned a lot from Jim and tremendous, tremendous guy. And I would listen to what high, sometimes high would call up and say, Why did you use that purple beg your pardon. So it was fun. I mean, those fellows would share with me, and I learned a great deal from those guys. Michael Hingson  52:11 Are you in any way passing that knowledge on to others today? Donnie Pitchford  52:16 I don't know that I am. I've had an offer or two to do some teaching. I just don't know if I'm if I'm going to get back into that or not. Yeah, I'm so at this point, focused on, quote, unquote, being a cartoonist and trying to make that, that age five dream, a reality, that I'm not sure I'm ready to do that again. And you know, I'm not, I'm not 21 anymore. Michael Hingson  52:45 I didn't know whether you were giving advice to people and just sort of informally doing it, as opposed to doing formal teaching. Donnie Pitchford  52:51 Well, informally, yes, I mean, if anybody asks, you know, I'll be glad to share whatever I can. But yeah, I'm not teaching any classes at this point. Michael Hingson  53:01 Well, you have certainly taken lemon Abner to interesting places in New Heights. One, one thing that attracted me and we talked about it before, was in 2019, lemon Abner in Oz. That was fun. Donnie Pitchford  53:17 Well, the credit for that goes to Tim Hollis. Tim wrote that as a short story years ago when he was first interested in lemon Abner. And I don't know if he ever had that published through the International oz society or not. I don't remember, but Tim later turned that into a radio script when we had a batch of guests. This was in 2001 we had, let's see Sam Edwards, Dick Beals, Roby Lester and Rhoda Williams. And each of them had done something related to Oz, either the children's records or storybook records or animation or something. They were involved somewhere in some type of Oz adaptation. So Tim turned his short story into a radio script that we performed there at the convention. So that was a lot of fun. And then he suggested, Why don't I turn that into a comic strip story? So that's what we did. But that was fun, yeah, and we used the recordings of those people because they had given us permission, you know, to use a recording however we saw fit. The only problem is we had a mistake. The fellow that was running the sound had a dead mic and didn't know it. Oh, gosh. So some of them are bit Off mic in that audio, but we did the best. I did the best I could Michael Hingson  54:40 with it's it sounded good. I certainly have no complaints. 54:45 Thank you for that. Michael Hingson  54:47 I I said no complaints at all. I think it was really fun and very creative. And it's kind of really neat to see so much creativity in terms of all the stuff that that you do. As a cartoonist, me having never seen cartoons, but I learned intellectually to appreciate the talent that goes into it. And of course, you guys do put the scripts together every week, which is a lot of fun to be able to listen to them well. Donnie Pitchford  55:17 And that's what that was, the audience I hoped that we would would tap into right there and it, it was guys like you that would would talk to me and say, What am I going to do? You know, I can't see it. So that's why the audio idea came about. And it's taken on a life of its own, really. And we've got Mark Ridgway, who has created a lot of musical cues for us that we use and Michael Hingson  55:45 who plays the organ? Donnie Pitchford  55:47 That's Mark Ridgway. It is Mark, okay, yes, yes. And it's actually digital, I'm sure. I think it's a digital keyboard, Michael Hingson  55:55 yeah, but it is. It's a, it's a really good sounding one, though. Donnie Pitchford  55:59 Yes, yes. There are a few cues that I did, which probably are the ones that don't sound so good, like if we ever need really bad music. If you remember the story we did, and I don't remember the name of it, what do we call it anyway? Lum tries to start a soap opera. Think this was about a year ago. Yeah, and Cedric is going to play, I don't remember it was an organ or a piano, and I don't remember what he played, but whatever it was, I think was Mary Had Michael Hingson  56:32 a Little Lamb, Mary's, Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano. Sort of kind played. Donnie Pitchford  56:35 It was played very badly, well that, yes, it was on purpose. When mom plays lum tries to play the saxophone. That was me, and I hadn't played this. I used to play the sax. In fact, I played in a swing orchestra here in Carthage, Texas for about five years back in from the early 90s. And so I had this idea, and I hadn't played the horn probably since, probably in 20 years, and his. So I got it out, and I thought, you know, it's gonna sound terrible because it needs maintenance, but it doesn't matter. It's lump playing it, so I got to play really badly. Michael Hingson  57:14 It was perfect. It was perfect, Donnie Pitchford  57:16 yeah, because it had to sound bad. Michael Hingson  57:19 How do y'all create all these different plots. I remember so many, like the buzzard, you know, and, oh yeah, that was fun. And so many. How do you come up with those? Donnie Pitchford  57:28 Well, I used to get some really good ideas while mowing the yard. Don't ask me, why? Or I get ideas. I get ideas in the weirdest thing, weirdest places. Sometimes I have ideas in the shower. You know, I said, I better write this down. Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea, but there the ideas just come to me. Yeah? The buzzard was fun. I'd had that one. Pretty creative. Yeah, the one about, the one about, let me see. Oh, there was one we did, where wasn't the buzzard? What was that other one? I called the Whisper? Yeah, there was a strange voice that was coming lum thought it was coming from his radio. And he turns his radio off, and He still hears it, and it was a villain who had somehow hypnotized everyone so that they wouldn't see him and he would use his voice only. And then there's a character I came up with, and let me see Larry Gasman played it, and I called him Larry John Walden, and he was the only guy he was blind. He was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized because he couldn't see the you know, I use the old thing about the watch in front of the eyes. I mean, he was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized, so he wasn't fooled by the whisper, and he could track him, because his hearing was so acute that he was able to find him. In fact, I think he could hear his watch ticking or something like that. So he was the hero of that piece. But, well, I just, I just think up ideas and write them down. Tim Hollis has written some of the scripts, maybe three or four for me, I've adapted some scripts that London Abner did that were never broadcast or that were never recorded. Rather, I've adapted a few, written several, and I keep saying, Well, when I completely run out of ideas, I'll just have to quit. Michael Hingson  59:32 Well, hopefully that never happens. What? What are your future plans? Donnie Pitchford  59:38 Well, right now, there's nothing major in the works other than just maintaining the strip, trying to continue it, trying to make it entertaining, and hopefully doing a little work on the website and getting it into the hands of more people. And I'd like to increase. Least newspaper coverage, if at all possible. And because this thing doesn't, you know, it's got to pay for itself somehow. So you know, I'm not getting rich by any means. But you know, I want to keep it fun. I want to keep having fun with it. Hopefully people will enjoy it. Hopefully we can reach younger readers, listeners, and hopefully lemon Abner can appeal to even younger audiences yet, so that we can keep those characters going. Michael Hingson  1:00:29 Yeah, there's so much entertainment there. I hope that happens now in the the life of Donnie Pitchford. Is there a wife and kids? Donnie Pitchford  1:00:40 Yes, there's a wife of almost 40 years. We unfortunately don't have any children. We've almost feel like we adopted several children all the years we were teaching. We we've adopted several cats along the way. And so, you know, we've had cats as pets for almost ever, since we were married. But that's she's, she's great, you know, she's, she's been my best friend and supporter all these years. And we were members of first Methodist Church here in Carthage, Texas, and doing some volunteer work there, and helping to teach Sunday school, and very involved and active in that church. Michael Hingson  1:01:19 So I have a cat, and I hear her outside, not outside the house, but outside the the office here, she wants me to go feed her, and we, we shaved her yesterday because her hair gets long and Matt's very easily. So she got shaved yesterday. So she's probably seeking a little vengeance from that too, but, but my wife and I were married 40 years. She passed away in November of 2022 so it's me and stitch the cat and Alamo the dog, and Karen is monitoring us somewhere. And as I tell everyone, I've got to continue to be a good kid, because if I'm not, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be good. But it's a lot of fun. Well, I want to thank you for being with us today. This has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot, but it's just been great to have another podcast talking about old radio shows. And you said again, if people want to reach out, they can go to lemon Abner comics.com if people want to talk to you about doing any kind of cartooning or anything like that. What's the best way they can do that? Donnie Pitchford  1:02:24 Well, they can go to the London Abner dot lumen, Abner comics.com website, and there's a contact a link right there at the top of the page. So yeah, they can contact me through that. Probably that's the easiest way to do it. Michael Hingson  1:02:37 Okay, well, I want to thank you again for being here, and I want to thank all y'all out there. That's how they talk in Texas, right? It's all y'all for everybody. Donnie Pitchford  1:02:46 Well, some of them do, and some of them in Arkansas do too. Well, yeah. Michael Hingson  1:02:49 And then there's some who don't, yeah, y'all means everything, and it Speaker 1  1:02:54 don't, yeah, I don't think squire skimp says it that way. Michael Hingson  1:02:58 Well, Squire, you know, whatever it takes. But I want to thank you all for being here, and please give us a five star rating wherever you're listening or watching the podcast. Donnie would appreciate it. I would appreciate it, and also give us a review. We'd love to get your reviews, so please do that. If you can think of anyone else who ought to be a guest, and I think Donnie has already suggested a few. So Donnie as well, anyone else who ought to come on the podcast, we'd love it. Appreciate you introducing us, and you know, we'll go from there. And I know at some point in the future, the Michael hingson Group Inc is going to be a sponsor, because we've started that process for lemon. Abner, yes, thank you. Thank you. So I want to, I want to thank love and Squire for that 1:03:45 years. Well, it's been my pleasure. Michael Hingson  1:03:50 Well, thank you all and again, really, seriously, Donnie, I really appreciate you being here. This has been a lot of fun. So thank you for coming. Donnie Pitchford  1:03:58 Thank you. 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We're headed to Rock Town for this episode as we chat with Cai Lane, Marketing Specialist for Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau. LRCVB, which is a destination marketing organization, also manages venues in the Central Arkansas Region, including Robinson Center, Statehouse Convention Center, First Security Amphitheater, and River Market Pavilions. Cai tells us about the city and about each of the venues their CVB manages. We learn about the culture and scene of Little Rock, which Travel + Leisure declared the most underrated city in the south. We dive into a day in the life with him, learning about his role with the venues, digging into buyer personas, and how he works with promoters to set realistic and stretch goals before making a comprehensive plan. From making Little Rock shine and promoting venues to his side businesses in real estate and recording music – you're bound to enjoy this episode, which is filled with infectious joy, fascinating information, and great BBQ recommendations.Cai Lane: Instagram | LinkedInLittle Rock Convention & Visitor's Bureau: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn ––––––ADVENTURES IN VENUELANDFollow on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or X/TwitterLearn more about Event & Venue Marketing ConferenceMeet our team:Paul Hooper | Co-host, Booking, Branding & MarketingDave Redelberger | Co-host & Guest ResearchMegan Ebeck | Marketing, Design & Digital AdvertisingSamantha Marker | Marketing, Copywriting & PublicityCamille Faulkner | Audio Editing & MixingHave a suggestion for a guest or bonus episode? We'd love to hear it! Send us an email.

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MoB aka Rootstar is a songwriter, producer, & vocalist. born in born in Little Rock Arkansas,raised in a small community Bookman/Grapevine,Arkansas,  ARTIST SUMMARY:Genres:Southern Soul/Blues, R&B/ / independent artist, song writer, entertainerManagement: Me, Myself & I :501-533-5436Mo'B aka Rootstar his voice and sound captures the ears and hearts of music lovers, Mr. AL Bell STAX RECORDS FOUNDER mentored Mo'B & has given Mo'B the knowledge of the music business, PASSION is the HEART BEAT OF SONG Marrisee Boyd known to his friends as Mo'B aka Rootstar, was born in Little Rock Arkansas, as a young child found the love of music and songwriting, today as a true artist Mo'B lyrical concepts and powerful vocals make the crowds move with every performance. Mo'B aka Rootstar has soul and has captured the ears of everyone that has heard him, Mo'B l release November 2016 of "Beautiful", has captured the ears of fans from the South, East, North and West coast. His song defining the women of the world Mo'B hometown of Little Rock Arkansas radio station KOKY 102.1 has mentioned and given him countless rotation from the song "Beautiful" this is just the beginning of a seasoned artist, Mo'B is on numerous radio stations, online radio, commercial and dj's playing his songs. Mo'B Toast it Up and Kitty Kitty has stormed people to the dance floor. This entertainer has really gave the industry of good ole fashion Southern Soul mixed with soulful R&B sound, Mo'B is a one man band that wears the hats of songwriter, producer and vocalist, whose passion for his craft will touch the hearts and souls of the world.  His unbridled and dedicated passion for his craft is sure to touch the hearts and souls of music lovers all over the world.His lyrical concepts and vocal range, accompanied by his smooth and soulful voice make for amazing songs and a dynamic live show. His performance offers an up-tempo, southern soul funk and a feel good atmosphere that entertains and moves crowds from all walks of life,“ If you haven't heard my music before, then it's still new”…. says MoB aka RootstarBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ladydiva-live-radio--2579466/support.

Over and over in the Scriptures, God makes it clear that He loves the orphan, and that He expects His people to do the same. Dennis and Barbara Rainey outline five ways we can care for what the Bible calls "the fatherless."

In radio news, Audacy emerges from Bankruptcy.  A new sports talk station arrives in San Francisco California.  We let you know what is happening on the street, and begin our look at those Personal People Meter ratings.  This weeks classic aircheck is KAAY AM from Little Rock Arkansas with Phil North from May 18th 1971.  Our featured station is KKPT FM also from Little Rock Arkansas with their Classic Rock format.

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network continues its 134 college football team preview series with the Arkansas State Red Wolves 2024 Season Preview. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & CJ Sullivan (@CJSullivan_) break down the Arkansas State Red Wolves offense, defense and special teams and key in on their upcoming 2024 schedule. Can Butch Jones get Arkansas State to the Sun Belt Championship in 2024? Did Arkansas State win or lose the transfer portal in the offseason?Can star QB Jaylen Raynor avoid the sophomore slump that so often occurs? Will the Arkansas State run game be elite in the Sun Belt in 2024 with Ja'Quez Cross and Zak Wallace? Is this the best wideout room Arkansas State has had in some time with Corey Rucker, Reagan Ealy, and Courtney Jackson? Is Emmanuel Stevenson a name to lookout for at the tight end position? Does returning 3 of 5 up front mean Arkansas State should be fine on offense in 2024?Will Rob Harley be able to get this Arkansas State defense to put up better numbers in 2024? Is Tim Hardiman a name to watch out for on the defensive line? Is the linebacking core in decent shape with Charles Willekes, Dane Motley and Cam Jeffrey? Is the glaring weakness on the defensive side of the ball the secondary and what can they do to improve? What would be a great season for Butch Jones in Jonesboro? We talk about it all and more on this Arkansas State Red Wolves edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network continues its 134 college football team preview series with the Memphis Tigers 2024 Season Preview. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Lonte Smith (@xxLontexx) break down the upcoming Memphis Tigers offense, defense and special teams and key in on the Memphis Tigers 2024 schedule. Will the Memphis Tigers and Ryan Silverfield be the team to make the first ever 12 team college football playoffs? Will Seth Henigan be a nice dark horse Heisman Trophy contender?Will the Memphis Tigers run game be elite with Mario Anderson and Sutton Smith? What do we make of the Memphis Tigers wideouts with Roc Taylor, Demeer Blankumsee and Koby Drake? Is tight end Anthony Landphere a name to watch out for this upcoming season? Does Memphis returning 3 of 5 upfront mean the run game and offensive numbers will be even better in 2024?Can the Memphis Tigers fix their defensive woes with new defensive coordinator Jordon Hankins? Will the defensive line be in great shape with the likes of Cormontae Hamilton, Patrick Lucas, and William Whitlow? Is the linebacking core loaded with Elijah Herring, Matt Hudson, Chandler Martin and Tahj Ra-El? Could the secondary be an area of concern heading into the 2024 season? What would be a great season for the Memphis Tigers and what would be a disappointing season for them? We talk it all and more on this 2024 Memphis Tigers edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

This Netflix docuseries follows 46 inmates in the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility in Little Rock Arkansas as they participate in an experiment to see what happens if the guards are removed and the inmates are let out of their cells. Will they be able to co-exist and police themselves or will it devolve into chaos?We have a PATREON! click on link below to check out the extra content:PatreonPlease SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and give us a 5-star rating and review.We are on Instagram and TikTok @psychlegalpopEmail: psychlegalpoppodcast@gmail.com#netflix, #unlocked, #prisonreform, #docuseries, #documentary, #reality TV,, #mentalhealth, #psychology, #attorney, #law, #lawyer, #therapist, #popculture, #pop culture, #popularculture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is Jaylon Marshall, a young welding entrepreneur out of Little Rock Arkansas. Jaylon has a massive work ethic and is super savvy when it comes to business strategies. Right now he's in the process of taking his current business to the next level. In this episode we talk about how and why he chose welding as a career path and how he started his business. Jaylon shares some of the ways he got setup and how he initially marketed his new business to his community. He has an extremely interesting story! Follow Jaylon on Instagram Here   Arc Junkies Podcast: Instagram: @Arcjunkiespodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arcjunkiespodcast9253 Email: Show@arcjunkies.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-becker-45407b72?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BKipEwR3uQXCmCjaEfNzo6w%3D%3D Arc Junkies Website: https://arcjunkies.com Arc junkies Merch: https://shop.threadmob.com/arcjunkie/shop/home Underground Metal Works: https://www.underground-metalworks.com/   Friends of the Show: Outlaw Leather LLC Outlawleather.com Instagram: @outlawleatherusa Use ARCJUNKIES for 15% off all in-stock leather goods CK Worldwide https://www.ckworldwide.com/ Fronius USA https://www.fronius.com/en-us/usa    Everlast Welders Instagram: @everlastwelders  YouTube: Everlast Welders         Online: https://bit.ly/37xJstI Use Codeword ARCJUNKIES at checkout to get upgraded to a free Nova Foot Pedal and TIG Torch with the purchase of any machine that comes with a stock foot pedal and TIG Torch. SendCutSend Instagram: @SendCutSend Online: https://sendcutsend.com/ ISOTUNES: Instagram: @isotunesaudio Online: https://shop.isotunes.com/arcjunkies10.  Use ARCJUNKIES10 at checkout and save $10 on your purchase    

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The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the upcoming 2024 Arkansas Razorbacks football season. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Chase Sessoms (@OfOaklawn) break down the upcoming Arkansas Razorbacks season and key in just how the Razorbacks will do in 2024. Will head coach Sam Pittman survive the hot seat in Fayetteville, Arkansas? Will the Arkansas offense be much improved with the return of the legendary Bobby Petrino back in Fayetteville, Arkansas? Did the Arkansas Razorbacks win the transfer portal by landing Taylen Green from the Boise State Broncos?Will the Arkansas Razorbacks miss Rocket Sanders after he left for the South Carolina Gamecocks? Did the SEC give Arkansas a lighter schedule than they normally get? Will Rashod Dubinion be a name the entire SEC will be familiar with after 2024? Is Luke Hasz a name to watch at the tight end position? What should we make of the Arkansas Razorbacks offensive line? Can Travis Williams get the Arkansas Razorbacks vastly improved from his first year in Fayetteville? Should the Arkansas Razorbacks play the LSU Tigers every year in the final game of the season in Little, Rock Arkansas? We talk it all and more on this episode of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersNYRA Racing code SGPN25 - $25 FREE BET and $200 Deposit Bonus - https://racing.nyrabets.com/sign-up-bonus/sgpn25?utm_source=sgpn&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=sgpn_25&utm_content=1080x1080Underdog Fantasy code TCESGPN - 100% Deposit Match up to $100 - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/Football Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the upcoming 2024 Arkansas Razorbacks football season. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Chase Sessoms (@OfOaklawn) break down the upcoming Arkansas Razorbacks season and key in just how the Razorbacks will do in 2024. Will head coach Sam Pittman survive the hot seat in Fayetteville, Arkansas? Will the Arkansas offense be much improved with the return of the legendary Bobby Petrino back in Fayetteville, Arkansas? Did the Arkansas Razorbacks win the transfer portal by landing Taylen Green from the Boise State Broncos?Will the Arkansas Razorbacks miss Rocket Sanders after he left for the South Carolina Gamecocks? Did the SEC give Arkansas a lighter schedule than they normally get? Will Rashod Dubinion be a name the entire SEC will be familiar with after 2024? Is Luke Hasz a name to watch at the tight end position? What should we make of the Arkansas Razorbacks offensive line? Can Travis Williams get the Arkansas Razorbacks vastly improved from his first year in Fayetteville? Should the Arkansas Razorbacks play the LSU Tigers every year in the final game of the season in Little, Rock Arkansas? We talk it all and more on this episode of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersRithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmNYRA Racing code SGPN25 - $25 FREE BET and $200 Deposit Bonus Promo code SGPN25 - http://nyrabets.com/sgpn25Underdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnRoyal Retros code SGPN - 10% off - https://www.royalretros.com/Gametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/Football Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/ ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io

The Stadium Heads podcast is back with another episode this time breaking down all of the new 16 SEC Conference team stadiums. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Michael Barker aka (@CFBcampustour) break down every single SEC stadium from its history to current updates of the stadiums. Do the LSU Tigers and Tiger Stadium really deserve to be called "The Real Death Valley"? How has Kyle Field improved so much over the past 15 years? Is Neyland Stadium one of the greatest stadiums in America? Will the upgrades to Vanderbilt Stadium make a big difference? How should we grade Bryant-Denny Stadium compared to say The Swamp or Jordan-Hare? Is Commonwealth Stadium an up and coming stadium in Lexington, Kentucky?Where does Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia rank on our favorite SEC Stadiums? Do the Texas Longhorns and Darrell Royal Stadium offer something unique to the SEC and College Football in general? Do the South Carolina Gamecocks have one of the best home field edges at Williams-Brice?  Are the Arkansas Razorbacks ever going to go back to Little Rock, Arkansas for the LSU Tigers matchup? Is the Egg Bowl the most underrated rivalry in all of college football and what we make about the SEC Stadiums in Starkville and Oxford, Mississippi? We talk it all and more on this episode of The SEC Stadiums on the Stadium Heads podcast. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersNYRA Racing code SGPN25 - $25 FREE BET and $200 Deposit Bonus - https://racing.nyrabets.com/sign-up-bonus/sgpn25?utm_source=sgpn&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=sgpn_25&utm_content=1080x1080Underdog Fantasy code TCESGPN - 100% Deposit Match up to $100 - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/Football Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

Join us for the thrilling adventures of 'The Boring Friend Chronicles' as we recap our road trip and prepare for the ultimate challenge: running a half and full marathon (or at least attempting to without ruining our kneecaps)." Strap on your running shoes and dodge crime one of the top rated crime cities in America,  Little Rock, Arkansas.  And learn why 2 of the 4 girls had a mental breakdown in the concert during the song "Dawns"

Nicole is Talent Acquisition at Central Arkansas Water in Little Rock Arkansas. In this episode we chat about what her role consists of and some of the challenges she deals with day-to-day. We also cover topics like Legacy Programs and best practices for finding the right position for yourself. Give the show a listen and remember to thank your local Public Works Professionals.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/public-works-podcast--3064636/support.

Little Rock Arkansas's married duo of Cliff and Susan have been on the road an average of 200 dates a year since they met in 2016. Along the way they created a music production company, and launched a music festival. The couple join us on this edition of Americana Music Profiles to talk about their career in music and their most recent album, Fiddle & Keys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil Erisman is the head coach of the Little Rock Arkansas wrestling team.

Live from STUDIO G- in the heart of America- I'm STEVE GRUBER- saying the things you wish you could -every day- Fighting for you from the Foxhole of Freedom and defending this great nation—  This is THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW!   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— The first major narco sub of 2024 has been caught and confiscated over 1750 pounds of cocaine valued at $27 million dollars—and the band played on—   Number Two— Ohio has now made it illegal to perform life altering surgeries or give powerful drugs for kids to pursue an alternate gender—AND banned boys from competing as girls in sports too—what a day!   Number Three— Reckless and dangerous policies from the Biden Administration—lawsuits flying back and forth and a narrow Supreme Court decision this week have brought America as close to a Constitutional Crisis—as I have ever seen in my lifetime—   With unprecedented numbers of illegals flooding into the Country after Joe Biden dismantled our border security with more than 90 Executive orders—the nation and its people have reached the breaking point—   So along the way Arizona and Texas tried to stem the flow—which is officially more than 8 million illegals over the border just since Joe Biden took office—   When Arizona put up steel shipping containers to slow the flow of illegals—the Biden Administration sued—and forced them to be removed—the election of a left-wing governor in 2022 meant Arizona would keep the floodgates open—   BUT in Texas Governor Greg Abott was not going to take the ongoing flood of illegals lying down—he intended to fight alongside his firebrand Attorney General Ken Paxton—they kept working to shut the border down—and protect the Lone Star state from further devastation—   Governor Abott began shipping illegals by the busload and the planeload to dark blue cities like New York and Chicago—that quickly began howling and screaming that the Texas Governor was playing political games—when in fact he was just sharing the wealth of millions of people in the country with no job, no house, no food and no job with the very people who claimed they wanted them—when they declared their cities sanctuary cities—   As 2021 moved into 2022 and the numbers of those crossing illegally continued to climb—people began to take notice—but the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkis was more than happy to sit in front of Congress and lie time and time again about the border being secured—   Texas began to build some wall sections in some areas but that was shut down too—   More recently they placed giant rubber balls and razor wire barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande River in an attempt to slow the invasion—and stop what had obviously become far worse and had grown far beyond a problem for Texas into a National Security crisis— Once again, the Biden Administration defended its open border policies in court and had those barriers removed—   And during the entire year of 2023—new records for daily encounters with illegals set daily, monthly and eventually an annual record of illegals coming into America, unchecked, unvetted and unleashed on our nation—   Almost 2 million in 2021, 2.8 million in 2022 and 3.2 million last year—for a total of 8 million illegals—and those are just the ones that the Biden Administration admits to—and the number could easily be twice as high—   So in September, Governor Abott declared an invasion under Article 4 section 4 of the United States Constitution—that clearly states that the federal government “shall protect” each state from invasion—   Despite this obvious clarity—the feds didn't care and kept stopping the efforts from the Governor at every turn—then a couple of weeks ago the Texas National Guard seized a park in Eagle Pass Texas and kicked out all federal agents—the Biden Administration was outraged and took the matter straight to the Supreme Court—and in an unbelievable ruling—sided with Joe Biden and his reckless destructive open border policies 5-4—   But if you thought that would be the end of it—you were wrong—   Not only has Texas refused to leave the park—they have sent National Guard reinforcements and put up more barriers along the disputed 2 and half mile stretch of the Rio Grande and the border with Mexico—   Which brings us to this Constitutional Crisis—the Supreme Court has ruled—and ruled in favor of the administration—and Texas—its Governor and its Attorney General—do not seem to care—instead of backing off and allowing the invasion to continue full speed in Eagle Pass—they are standing their ground—   And yesterday Governor Abbott released a statement—accusing the United States of violating the Constitution and breaking the compact between the states—   Folks, this is serious—and you really need to pay attention to what is going on—   Abbott wrote in part; “The Executive branch of the United States has a Constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting the states… including immigration laws on the books right now.”   Governor Abbott further outlined that President Biden has violated his oath to execute immigration laws, instructing his agencies to violate federal law, wasting taxpayer dollars to destroy the right of the state to remain protected from an illegal invasion and much more—   And not only does Governor Abbott cite the US Constitution and its guarantees against invasion—BUT he also cites the Texas Constitution and the authority given to protect itself—   So far he is not moving— BUT how long can the Governor stand—and what will Joe Biden and his Administration do?   What happens next? Will Biden and his ailing Secretary of Defense try to federalize the Texas National Guard?    Will federal troops march on Texas—it has happened before—Dwight Eisenhower took control of the National Guard to integrate schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957—BUT Joe Biden ain't Ike—who led the allied victory over Germany in World War Two—   And what about the political ramifications? The border has become the number one issue for voters—that according to several recent polls—   The border crisis is a major disaster for Joe Biden and his car full of clowns—   So, seriously Federal troops marching on Texas to rip down border barriers to allow the continued invasion by millions of people into this country with no regard at all for the citizens and our national sovereignty—I am pretty sure that won't sell on the evening news—NOT even on MSNBC—   So, do they let Texas rule the roost? You cannot let that happen because then every state will feel empowered to do that.    Is this all part of the plan—so that when Donald Trump is re-elected, he will be powerless to put down riots in the streets by using the National Guard in places like Minneapolis—because Texas set the precedent to ignore the Supreme Court and the Administration in charge?   You had better damn well think about what is happening right now in Eagle Pass—because whether you see it yet or not—it could soon affect every single one of us— AND—there are plenty of people paying attention besides me—so even though it may not be getting a lot of coverage on the corporate media channels I can guarantee you right now—its getting a lot of attention from those in Washington—and their counterparts in Austin—   And by the way—this is also fueling the rise in the movement to have Texas leave the union—the Texit movement was small and insignificant just a couple of years ago—it is neither today.  

Eden is back in the US with her sissy, Pagan, and they've got lots to say. Listen as they catch up and review the latest episode of Fresh Fish- a local drag competition at Club Sway in Little Rock Arkansas. Hosted by Eden and Pagan's drag mother, Holly Matrimony.

WYK from Little Rock with Governor Mike Beebe, Ray White from Heifer International, Mike 'Savage' Davis from the Whole Hog Cafe, musical guests Runaway Planet and the whole gang, John, Jeff, Clyde, Jim and Michael--

Maurice Ford is a native of Little Rock Arkansas. His desire is to inspire the youth and help prevent them from committing crimes and becoming a career criminal like so many before them. He remembers as a youth, his father Robert Ford instilling life in him. Although he strayed away from those values in his youth, he was able to come back to standing on those principles and values. He's learned how to be a good person and how to work hard for the things he wants in life. His purpose is to help the youth through speaking engagements at schools and juvenile facilities and pushing his book to those facilities in order for them to learn through his story. Maurice currently has a 12th grade education. He graduated from Mills High School in 1999. In 2018 Maurice graduated from Pinebluff truck driving school and has been driving on the road ever since. One quote Maurice lives by is “Life may be hard at times, but it's fair.” This quote is how things worked out personally for him. His aspirations in life have been to continue to work on himself mentally, spiritually, and physically. He believes that your personal health is your wealth. You can find Maurice on Facebook: Maurice EL Instagram: Lakrisha_ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quisha-king/message

The 2023 NAI National Conference, "Building Bridges," took place in Little Rock, Arkansas, took place last week, November 7-11. This episode features a series of visits with conference participants who share their conference experience!

Comedians Alex Stein and Tim Butterly join Big Jay Oakerson, Luis J. Gomez, and Dave Smith to discuss Alex's beef with Marshawn Lynch, transgender retired WWE star Gabbi Tuft, and a phish fan who clawed his own eyes out. Plus the the Carnival of Combat fighters discuss their strengths and weaknesses and attempt to determine who strikes the hardest. All This and More, ONLY on The Most Offensive Podcast on Earth, The LEGION OF SKANKS!!!Air Date: 10/16/23Support our sponsors! Fans over the age of 21, head to YoDelta.com and use promo code GAS for 25% off your order!Visit PrizePicks.com/skanks and use code SKANKS for a first deposit match up to $100!Peppermint Hippo has nine locations across the country, places like Vegas, Reno, Akron, Toledo, Little Rock Arkansas and more, make it your go-to party place on the road!SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST► https://www.youtube.com/@LegionPod?sub_confirmation=1Get Your L.O.S. Merch ►https://www.merchengine.com/collections/legion-of-skanksTICKETS TO CARNIVAL OF COMBAT Nov 4th in St. Petersburg, Florida: carnivalofcombat.comFREE LIVESTREAM every Monday & Friday at 8PM EST, only on https://play.gasdigital.com/liveFor a limited time: Sign up to GaSDigital.com with promo code LOS and get a 7 day FREE TRIAL! You'll get EVERY SINGLE episode of Legion of Skanks (and our entire GaS Digital library) ad-free and uncensored in FULL HD, chat with other members during shows, watch episodes right after the livestream (days before the public) and so much more! https://gasdigital.com/why-high-octane LIVE STANDUP DATEShttps://bigjaycomedy.comhttps://luisofskanks.comhttps://comicdavesmith.comFOLLOW THE WHOLE SHOW►Alex Steinhttps://instagram.com/primetimesteinhttps://twitter.com/alexstein99►Tim Butterlyhttps://instagram.com/timbutterlyhttps://twitter.com/timbutterly►Legion of Skankshttps://instagram.com/legionofskankshttps://twitter.com/legionofskanks►Big Jay Oakersonhttps://youtube.com/@bigjayoakerson?sub_confirmation=1https://instagram.com/bigjayoakersonhttps://twitter.com/bigjayoakerson►Luis J Gomezhttps://youtube.com/@luisjgomezcomedy?sub_confirmation=1https://instagram.com/gomezcomedyhttps://twitter.com/luisjgomez►Dave Smithhttps://youtube.com/@partoftheproblem?sub_confirmation=1https://instagram.com/theproblemdavesmithhttps://twitter.com/comicdavesmith ►GaS Digitalhttps://youtube.com/@gasdigitalnetwork?sub_confirmation=1https://instagram.com/gasdigitalhttps://twitter.com/gasdigitalSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As we covered in the previous episode, number 143, of Breaking Walls, In Little Rock, Arkansas on September 4th, 1957, nine African-American students attempted to attend their first day of high school at the newly integrated Little Rock Central High. The National Guard, on the orders of Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, prevented the students from entering the school. The Governor then locked himself in his mansion, refusing to come out. President Dwight D. Eisenhower soon met with the Governor, and the National Guard was removed. On September 23rd, the nine students entered Little Rock Central High for the first time, ignoring verbal abuse and threats from a crowd outside. When the mob realized the students had entered the school, violence erupted, and seven journalists were attacked. As the situation deteriorated, school officials, fearing for the students' safety, dismissed the Little Rock Nine at lunchtime. The next day, President Eisenhower ordered paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to escort the students to the building, signaling out those bent on disrupting the federal integration mandate. Over the following days, Eisenhower federalized ten-thousand Arkansas National Guardsmen, removing them from the control of the Governor. The Little Rock Nine were finally able to attend classes in late September, but they faced threats, verbal abuse, and hazing from both white students and adults alike. On Thursday October 17th, 1957 NBC Radio broadcast a special with students from Little Rock Central High about their feelings on integration. Although the conditions the Little Rock Nine had to endure were deplorable, when the Spring of 1958 came around eight of the nine had successfully completed the school year.

J.D. T from Little Rock Arkansas tells his story at the Space Coast Roundup held in Jacksonville Florida in 2005 he got sober in 1977 making him 28 years sober. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Events: I just added  a number of new events to the calendar so if you will be in Arizona, California, New Zealand, Australia, Washington, or Las Vegas take a look. AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

A team of ex-government officials including the former president, his chief of staff and campaign lawyers, are all expected to surrender in Georgia next week, accused of engaging in a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. The Fulton County Sheriff has suggested he wants to treat Trump and the others similar to any other defendant, which means they would have mugshots taken and be fingerprinted. Also tonight: Little Rock Arkansas will teach AP African American Studies despite the state's objections, the little known country song that has become a chart topping anthem for Conservatives almost overnight, and a brand-new update from the National Hurricane Center about how hurricane Hilary could affect Los Angeles.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A team of ex-government officials including the former president, his chief of staff and campaign lawyers, are all expected to surrender in Georgia next week, accused of engaging in a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. The Fulton County Sheriff has suggested he wants to treat Trump and the others similar to any other defendant, which means they would have mugshots taken and be fingerprinted. Also tonight: Little Rock Arkansas will teach AP African American Studies despite the state's objections, the little known country song that has become a chart topping anthem for Conservatives almost overnight, and a brand-new update from the National Hurricane Center about how hurricane Hilary could affect Los Angeles.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Andrew is calling all the way from Little Rock Arkansas just to beat Steve! 

WHAT THE?!Needed to get this off my chest. You CAN!!!

The cigar lounge ambiance experience with Kevin in NYC at the Davidoff Lounge and Aaron at West End Cigars in Little Rock Arkansas.

The legendary Ernie Green, who along with eight other brave African American teenagers integrated Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, has been watching the racial developments of the last three years. He says "we have to keep banging the drum and be willing not to be loved by everyone".  Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.

This is Dr Mary Travelbest: FAQ is: What about immunizations other than Covid? Where can I go for good medical advice? . Today's Destination is: Little Rock, Arkansas Today's Mistake- Taking too much luggage Travel Advice: Tips for Wildlife Watching: photos and using binoculars   FAQ:  Do I need other immunizations besides Covid, such as Typhoid fever immunization?   Answer: Are you traveling to countries that are known for having diseases? Find out. This makes a big difference when solo, especially in Steps 4 and 5 travel.   RSV, Covid, Flu? Triple whammy. Typhoid is bad in what countries? Hepatitis is bad. Malaria is where? Tetanus shots? Every ten years? Polio?   Ask your doctor. What immunizations do you need? Get your official International Certificate of Immunization that contains a record of your vaccinations and immunizations for you to keep with your passport. There are at least 10 recommended immunizations you may need. Go to a health seminar for travelers, and search for the best ones. You will likely be paying out of pocket for all of the services, including immunizations, so choose wisely. In most cases, health insurance does not cover these visits, generally speaking. Today's destination: Little Rock, Arkansas 200,000 people live here. It's a step one or two trip, in the 5 Steps to Solo Travel. Best time to visit is the summer, even though it's muggy hot. Long days and short nights make for some fun in the sun, shade, and breezes along the river. The hospitality is wonderful in Arkansas. Clinton Presidential Museum is one of the highlights of downtown. Indians influenced the river and are honored at Riverfront Park. Carve time to enjoy this park, free and easy to navigate. If you're coming from the east, it's an easy drive from Memphis, Tennessee.  Bright parts: Greenery is abundant here. Plenty of water is available for walks on the paths, along the shore, and exploring solo as a Step 1 or Step 2 traveler. https://www.littlerock.gov/ https://www.rivermarket.info/ Riverfront park has concerts, events, and plenty to entertain and amuse. Check the calendar when you are visiting. There's plenty to do here, just find what makes you tick. zoo, river, parks, museums, and history, including a lof of Arkansas history. Don't forget to sample some of the local home-style cooking and local favorite dishes. Do pack the bug repellent and watch for poison ivy. Today's Mistake-  Too much luggage Today's Travel Advice-Tips for Wildlife Discovery: photo tips and using binoculars First: Wildlife Watching Tips: Your car serves as a good “blind” for watching wildlife, protecting you and the animals from one another. Pull all the way off the road, turn off the motor and the lights. Keep young children and pets quiet and inside the car. Don't trespass on private property and, when in the national park or national forest, observe posted signs.  Next: Photo Tips: Use a telephoto lens and tripod. Respect the safety and welfare of your subject, aiming for photos of calm, dignified, unstressed animals. Morning and afternoon lights are best, with the sun at your back. If you don't have a telephoto lens, show the animal in its natural surroundings rather than trying to move in too close. You could lose the shot altogether by spooking the subject.  Last: Binocular Tips: First find the subject with the unaided eye and, bringing the eyepieces just under your eyes, sight the subject over the tips of the eyepieces. Slowly bring the binoculars to your eyes and focus. I like binocs that are small and compact. What do you like?   Connect with Dr. Travelbest Drmarytravelbest.com Dr. Mary Travelbest Twitter Dr. Mary Travelbest Facebook Page Dr. Mary Travelbest Facebook Group Dr. Mary Travelbest Instagram email: info@drmarytravelbest.com Dr. Mary Travelbest Podcast Dr. Travelbest on TikTok Dr.Travelbest onYouTube

Ronald finds himself on the road selling out venues across the united states doing performances with a particularly gifted pig. While in the south he ends up in Little Rock Arkansas where he discovers Lynette Grynsock, a state fair champion. "Champion of what?" you may ask. If you ask her, she'll tell you it's a shorter list for first prize ribbons she hasn't won. Follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/butthatsapod/ Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/butthatsapod Visit us at https://www.butthatsapodcast.com/ Written, Recorded, and Directed by Andrew Damitio and Dan Cabrera Music by Andrew Damitio

Whew! What a convicting, freeing, healing, and encouraging conversation we're having today with our new friend, Kathryn Maack. Kathryn Maack (yes--two a's, double AWESOME) is the co-founder/leader of Dwellings Ministries. Kathryn is passionate about the future of the Church, and she loves encouraging people toward their highest kingdom potential. Kathryn lives in Little Rock Arkansas with her husband BJ alongside their 4 beautiful children: Libby, Anna, Rachel, and Andrew! In this episode we chat about...-Closing the gap between head and heart knowledge of God -Frequent barriers that may hold Christians back from wholly giving themselves to God -Encouragement to believers who feel discouraged and disconnected from God -Kathryn's personal journey to wholeness and healing -How Kathryn's husbands journey in his faith has strengthened their marriage-Kathryn's new book, "WHOLE" To purchase, "WHOLE" click HERE! To learn more about Dwellings, click HERE! Thanks for joining us in the conversation! -GBYou are so loved! Let's hangout! Instagram YoutubeWebsite

Digital Health training from high school students to clinicians. In this episode, we have a conversation with Amy Moses, Program Director for the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, Melony Stokes, Senior Director of Program Implementation for the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, and Tracey Brown, Biology and Research teacher as well as STEM sponsor for Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. This is a story of how a grant is fostering education, training, and exposing the next generation of medical professionals to the world of digital health.

Today on the podcast we welcome Chris Sheppard from Everyone Asked About You. If you're not aware, this band was a late 90s gem of a band that I missed myself during this time. After finding out about them through some friends at Numero Group and talking to Chris, they intersected and overlapped with many of the bands of the time in their home of Little Rock Arkansas.Chris and I talk a lot about where he's from, seeing early emo bands, being in a band with a woman around that time, connecting with Ken Shipley from Tree Records who now runs Numero Group and the subsequent reunion shows and music being available again for the world. Plus we preview the upcoming Numero 20 showcase they're playing in LA next month. Finally, we talk to Chris about his career now that I guarantee you will not want to miss.I have to say, talking to bands I never knew then but connect with instantly continues to affirm my belief in this special time as a genre and as a music scene. This band I would have been obsessed with back in the day. Girl and guy vocals, super dissonant and great peaks and valleys. Heaven.

In Today's episode we have guest, Nathan Davis from Little Rock Arkansas, to share his heart and his testimony. He shares his story of walking away from God but finding his way back into the loving arms of the Heavenly Father! He is living the blessed life now, tune in and be blessed! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/apostolictheory/support

Joe McQ, (the Joe from the Joe & Charlie Big Book Workshops) telling his story. Joe is from Little Rock Arkansas and got sober in 1962, he is speaking in 1987 at an unknown event in Vancouver Washington. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Three Rivers Bigbook Weekend IV: September 22nd-24th 2023. Location: Richland WA. Eastern Washington's Woodstock of AA at the Riverfront Hotel & Convention Center. This 3 day event will be focusing on the 12 Steps. Details: https://www.threeriversbigbookweekend.org If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast Sober Cast has 2000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

In this, the last ITBP episode of the 2022, we go full throttle. We discuss how President Biden, Amtrak Joe, is stepping in to keep American railway workers from striking. Why would a known friend of the Unions like Biden jump in to stop workers from fighting for their desired benefits? Also, LeBron James calls out the media for their unbalanced coverage of a recent photo of a 15yo Jerry Jones on the steps with a White mob keeping Black students from integrating into a Little Rock Arkansas high school. All of this emerged via the recent Washington Post Report covering NFL Ownership and lack of diversity in the coaching field. And how do you teach kids to be more mindful on the internet? A 16yo California girl's family was murdered after VA Police Officer “catfished her and drove over 2000 miles to see her. We discuss all this. And much more. In formed. Intelligent. In The Black.

In this, the last ITBP episode of the 2022, we go full throttle. We discuss how President Biden, Amtrak Joe, is stepping in to keep American railway workers from striking. Why would a known friend of the Unions like Biden jump in to stop workers from fighting for their desired benefits? Also, LeBron James calls out the media for their unbalanced coverage of a recent photo of a 15yo Jerry Jones on the steps with a White mob keeping Black students from integrating into a Little Rock Arkansas high school. All of this emerged via the recent Washington Post Report covering NFL Ownership and lack of diversity in the coaching field. And how do you teach kids to be more mindful on the internet? A 16yo California girl's family was murdered after VA Police Officer “catfished her and drove over 2000 miles to see her. We discuss all this. And much more. In formed. Intelligent. In The Black. Please consider becoming part of the ITBP Family by joining us over at Patreon. Follow us on social media @InTheBlackPdcst on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Check out our In The Black Podcast Merchandise

How close do you feel to your spouse? No matter what the state of your union, there are things you can do and say to grow closer to one another. Longtime radio cohost of FamilyLife Today, Bob Lepine has a new book titled "Build a Stronger Marriage." On today's episode, we'll talk about: 3:20 It's my spouse that needs to change, not me 5:00 Finding a mentor couple 8:00 When you're a morning person and you marry a night person 11:30 What does this psalm of worship have to do with marriage? 14:40 Four areas of the past that you must talk about 16:30 Patterns and problems from your family of origin 19:45 Hurts need to addressed if we want to be healed 21:05 How to interest your spouse in changing your marriage 22:55 What issues should you confront and what should you overlook? 26:45 Four horsemen of marriage apocalypse 30:00 Try this to celebrate your spouse Bob Lepine serves as the teaching pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Little Rock Arkansas, and was the long time radio cohost of FamilyLife Today. Bob speaks at marriage and pastors events across the country. You can read Bob's blog here: redeemerlr.org Learn about his new book, Build a Stronger Marriage - The Path to Oneness Get Arlene's free monthly resource, The Gratitude Workout - 10 ways to build the muscle of thanksgiving in your child's life happyhomeuniversity.com/subscribe The Happy Home is sponsored in part by Talk About. Use Promo Code HAPPYHOME to get 1 month free at TalkAboutDiscipleship.com.

Ben and Wayne welcome Emily Scott Robinson to discuss the self-titled album from Anais Mitchell (2022) along with Emily's album “American Siren” and latest project with Violet Bell and Alisa Amador.  Plenty of other discussion including faith, hotels in Little Rock Arkansas, learning things the hard way, Ben's potential most listened to song of 2022, words like revenant and gloaming, nostalgia, Felix McTeigue, Emily calls an audible, watershed moments in our lives, and the genius of Anais Mitchell. Check out Emily at:https://www.emilyscottrobinson.com/Check out Anais at:https://www.anaismitchell.com/Check out other episodes at RecordsRevisitedPodcast.com, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, iHeartMedia, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Additional content is found at: Facebook.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast or twitter @podcastrecords or IG at instagram.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast/ or join our Patreon at patreon.com/RecordsRevisitedPodcast

In this exclusive interview Rachel gives an insight into what it takes to be a competitive body builder. She describes what motivates her, as well as the mental and physical discipline it required to win the overall in the bikini category at the All South Championship in Little Rock Arkansas.

This week, Kerry catches up with the car-man Steve Landers, and gets to the bottom of why he decided to come out of retirement fo run for mayor!

Had a great time speaking at the first ever Delta Annual event in Little Rock Arkansas and wanted to rewind that conversation for a podcast. @dr_duck and @thefowlhunter sit down this week talking about bulldozing through summer, finding air conditioning and most importantly, five things that are important to us while hunting public land ducks that we wanted to share with you. #enjoythejourney

*** Top Golf coming to Little Rock *** Arkansas' Morning Show High Five - Southwest intros first mother/daughter co-pilot team *** CMA Fest airs tonight on ABC *** Brandon gives a shout out to his idol Dane Cook, on his recent engagement *** KFIN BREAKFAST CLUB powered by Families Inc: *** Coach Butch Jones: Head Coach A-STATE Football - Training Camp *** Elea Allen - 1st National Bank hosting: Annual Golf Tournament for Arkansas State Police Foundation *** Jerrica Fox - American Red Cross: Future blood drives and the need for O+ and O- blood types *** Rodney Poff - Occasions Magazine: Jonesboro Event Roster *** Wet Nose Wednesday w/ Dr. Kevin Reed: Pet care with Vetcare ***

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0:09: This is the game where we find out about the Flurona. Where a Fox has travelled West to seek Kayne, and no it's not Kim. Where T-Pain tells aspiring artists how to promote their music. And where Jason Derulo will lay hands on you if you think he looks like Usher.9:14: Takeoff (Intro)10:47: We kick things off with showing love to the newest albums that Nas and Rick Ross are distributing out here on these streets. Which one is the better album? I don't think we answer that lol. But we do get the speculation on why a Black Mayor puts a Black Police Chief in Little Rock Arkansas is on administrative leave after shooting at a suspect who shot and injured someone. Is this proper protocol? Jerz, Co Pro Smartz and The Pilot discuss.23:11: Antonio Brown. Once a Top Ten WR in the 2010-2020 era, is now the posterchild for immaturity. However, is his man-child presentation good ol' fashioned NFL WR Diva-ness? Or is he the product of what the aftermath of CTE can be when a football player's only way to make money, is to profit from the pain of the NFL.38:40: Who is Kevin Corke? He's a Black American Journalist on Fox News who thinks it's cool to use his Melanin to speak on Vaccination Hesitation in urban communities. The Pilot and Jerz get out the way to let Co Pro Smartz dismantle Kevin. We love you though brother, But c'mon Fox News?! lol 49:01: We discuss Poly Family Dynamics through the lens of Cult leader J.D. and his stable of men and women in the state of Texas. J.D is the leader of a polyamorous faction whose music business, S4TF (Somethin' 4 Tha Fellas) has grossed 300,000 bucks in 2020/2021 but is that enough for 9 adults and children to live off of. And why be poly in the first place? Sounds like a broke person's sexual and pyramid scheme desire to go poly if you ask us. But if you do poly, keep poly'n. No hate here.59:57: This segment is called "Lil Help" where the Pilot, gives a unique perspective to the Fun-Size Smurf-Americans. On this episode, the Pilot dismantles the Napoleon Complex. Stay Tall my friends.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy