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Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott sits down with Matt DeCample to talk about growing up in Southwest Little Rock, what he hopes to see change as a newly elected mayor, and the unique path he took from being a shy child to an outspoken public speaker and politician.
This week, we talk with Matt DeCample of Arkansas Cinema Society about Filmland, an ACS event that's bringing Richard Linklater, Mary Steenburgen, Kristen Schaal, David & Christina Arquette and many others to town for screenings and conversation with filmmaker/Board Chair Jeff Nichols.
Outgoing Associated Press Bureau Chief Kelly Kissel talks with Matt DeCample about 24 years of covering Arkansas people and politics.
Matt Decample is used to being the center of attention with one foot in front of the camera and the other on stage. Host Natalie Ghidotti talks to the Arkansas Cinema Society communications director about the importance of a robust film culture in our state and his public battle with cancer.
Matt DeCample has conversations with four authors featured at the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival: Bill Worthen, co-author of "A Sure Defense: The Bowie Knife in America"; Laverne Bell-Tolliver, associate professor at the UA Little Rock's School of Social Work and the author of "The First Twenty-Five: An Oral History of the Desegregation of Little Rock's Public Junior High Schools"; Monica Clark-Robinson, who has written a children's book -- "Let the Children March" -- about the 1963 Children's March in Birmingham; and Jennifer Case, author of the memoir "Sawbill: A Search for Place".
Matt DeCample has conversations with three authors featured at the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival: Carmen Boullosa, author of seven volumes of poetry, two books of essays, ten plays, and eighteen novels, including "La otra mano de Lepanto" which has been deemed among the top works of literature written in Spanish in the last twenty-five years; Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word"; and David Giffels, author of "Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life", a memoir about the experience of building a coffin with his dying father.
Arkansas Department of Health Director Nate Smith sits down with Matt DeCample to discuss how his work as a Kenyan medical missionary shaped his approach to public health, this year's rough flu season, and the impact the opioid epidemic continues to have on Arkansas and the nation.
Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.
Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.
Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features Charles Stewart, founder of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame and editor of the newest publication from Butler Center Books -- "Seeds of Genius: 25 Years of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame". Stewart sits with Matt Decample to talk about how growing up in a large family help shaped his character, how he started the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and how they are celebrating the Hall's 25th anniversary.
Charles Stewart sits with Matt Decample to talk about how growing up in a large family help shaped his character, how he started the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and how they are celebrating the Hall's 25th anniversary.
Matt DeCample chats with Little Rock native Jeff Nichols, the writer and director of several critically-acclaimed films ("Mud", "Taking Shelter", "Midnight Special", and "Loving") about growing up in Little Rock, his entrance into the film industry, and the Arkansas Cinema Society.
Matt DeCample chats with Little Rock native Jeff Nichols, the writer and director of several critically-acclaimed films ("Mud", "Taking Shelter", "Midnight Special", and "Loving") about growing up in Little Rock, his entrance into the film industry, and the Arkansas Cinema Society.
Judge Reinhold chats with Matt DeCample about starting his acting career to impress a girl and how a warehouse dinner theater in Florida prepared him for Hollywood. He shares behind-the-scenes stories about his roles in "Stripes", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Beverly Hills Cop", and "Ruthless People", and discusses what it was like to be a guest on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
Judge Reinhold chats with Matt DeCample about starting his acting career to impress a girl and how a warehouse dinner theater in Florida prepared him for Hollywood. He shares behind-the-scenes stories about his roles in "Stripes", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Beverly Hills Cop", and "Ruthless People", and discusses what it was like to be a guest on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
Arkansas State University History Professor Sarah Wilkerson Freeman sits with Matt DeCample to talk about The Art of Injustice, a show she is curating at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies through the end of the year. Injustice focuses on the WWII Japanese internment camps in Southeast Arkansas and the art that shared the experiences of those who lived there.
Arkansas State University History Professor Sarah Wilkerson Freeman sits with Matt DeCample to talk about The Art of Injustice, a show she is curating at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies through the end of the year. Injustice focuses on the WWII Japanese internment camps in Southeast Arkansas and the art that shared the experiences of those who lived there.
Sally Mengel tells Matt DeCample the origin story of Loblolly Creamery and why she thinks it has grown so quickly. She also explains why vanilla ice cream has an unfair reputation as a "basic" flavor.
Sally Mengel tells Matt DeCample the origin story of Loblolly Creamery and why she thinks it has grown so quickly. She also explains why vanilla ice cream has an unfair reputation as a "basic" flavor.
Gretchen Hall, CEO Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, sits down with Matt DeCample to discuss how being a student athlete prepared her for a career in tourism, how she helps sell Little Rock to the world, and the city's potential to someday host a national table-tennis tournament.
Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Gretchen Hall sits down with Matt DeCample to discuss how being a student athlete prepared her for a career in tourism, how she helps sell Little Rock to the world, and the city's potential to someday hos a national table-tennis tournament.
Preservation Arkansas Executive Director Rachel Silva-Patton talks with Matt DeCample about her career in Arkansas history, the economic potential that preservation holds for communities throughout the state, and shares the scandalous tale of the Villa Marre.
Preservation Arkansas Executive Director Rachel Silva-Patton talks with Matt DeCample about her career in Arkansas history, the economic potential that preservation holds for communities throughout the state, and shares the scandalous tale of the Villa Marre.
Pulaski County Treasurer Debra Buckner talks with Matt DeCample about being a woman in banking during the 80's and 90's, becoming an elected official, and shares stories of showing up on doorsteps to collect back taxes.
Pulaski County Treasurer Debra Buckner talks with Matt DeCample about being a woman in banking during the 80's and 90's, becoming an elected official, and shares stories of showing up on doorsteps to collect back taxes.
Matt DeCample talks with Museum of Discovery CEO Kelley Bass about the museum's growth and ambitions, his first career at the Arkansas Gazette, and the Little Rock rock 'n roll scene during the 1980's.
Matt DeCample sits down with Kelley Bass, Executive Director of the Museum of Discovery, about his life and work.
Matt DeCample sits down with Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, President and CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, to talk about her life in non-profit work, living through Hurricane Katrina, finding Arkansas, and how the WRF is fighting the root causes of problems facing Arkansans.
Matt DeCample sits down with Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, President and CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, to talk about her life in non-profit work, living through Hurricane Katrina, finding Arkansas, and how the WRF is fighting the root causes of problems facing Arkansans.
Matt DeCample sits down with Richard Weiss, longtime director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to talk about the joys and tragedies of growing up as a missionary kid in Africa, trying to adjust to life in the United States as a young adult, and the important of good government.
Matt DeCample sits down with Richard Weiss, longtime director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to talk about the joys and tragedies of growing up as a missionary kid in Africa, trying to adjust to life in the United States as a young adult, and the important of good government.
Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a special edition of Primary Sources with hosts Matt Decample and Amy Bradley Hull interviewing authors featured at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival, including Dominic Wallimann, Cora Daniels, Hussein Hussein, Therese Oneill, and Celia Anderson. For more information about the Arkansas Literary Festival, visit arkansasliteraryfestival.org.
To help overcome the domestic abuse all around them, Little Rock-based author, mother, and inspirational speaker Cara Brookins and her four kids decided to rebuild their family by building a 3500-square-foot, five-bedroom house...on their own. With what money they had she bought the construction supplies and an acre of land and got to work. After successfully building a house with her children, Brookins wrote a memoir of her experience titled "Rise: How a House Built a Family". Since the book's January release it has been an Indy Next Pick and a Barnes and Noble front-of-the-store selection for "What We're Reading," and Brookins has been featured in several magazines, started her own Macmillan podcast, and traveled the country and the world as an inspirational speaker. Hear all about Cara Brookins and her whirlwind success story as she joins host Matt DeCample in the Radio CALS studio for the latest edition of Primary Sources.
Matt DeCample has a conversation with Cara Brookins, author of "Rise: How a House Built a Family", a memoir about a series of traumatic events that led Brookins and her four children to build a 3,500-square-foot home from the ground up. Brookins will appear at the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival. For more information, visit www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org.
Matt DeCample has a conversation with Gabe Holmstrom, Downtown Little Rock Partnership's Executive Director, about his life and work.
On this week's show, host Matt DeCample is joined in the Radio CALS studio by Little Rock Zoo director, Susan Altrui who talks in-depth about her work as recently appointed director of the Little Rock Zoo, her passion for animals and vision for the future of the Zoo.
Matt DeCample has a conversation with Susan Altrui, the Director of the Little Rock Zoo, about her life and work.
On today's episode of Radio CALS, Matt DeCample interviews Korto Momolu, Little Rock-based fashion designer, about her childhood in Liberia, emigrating to Canada, discovering her talent for art and design, and her life since moving to Little Rock and appearing on Project Runway.
Matt DeCample interviews fashion designer Korto Momolu about her childhood in Liberia; living in Canada as a refugee; discovering her love of fashion, art, and design; her participation in Project Runway; and her life and career in Little Rock.
Matt Decample sits down with Alan Leveritt, Publisher and Co-founder of the Arkansas Times, to discuss his life and work.
Matt DeCample has a conversation with Jeff Henderson, 2016 Olympic gold medalist long jumper and North Little Rock native, about his life and work.
Matt DeCample sits down with Mr. Stovall to discuss his formative upbringing in Northeast Arkansas, the series of life events that led him to a career in public service, and his work in Arkansas politics.