Friday, December 22, 2006
Lots of listening available on my home page
The two-hour Christmas Special is online!
The interiview with Kurt Voigt, author of Year of the Dog, was one for the time capsule. We get all the appropriate background on Mitch Mustain's mon, Gus, Houston and the fine people at Notre Dame.
You should hear the Oaklawn preview with Mark the Magician.
Arkansas Travelers Manager, Bill Valentine, is always a scream. He talks about Damean William and the Springdale parents. Valentine is all over the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. He talks about the new park and the best restaurants - including Luigi's on Chicot Road.
Author, reporter, and activist Mara Leveritt came by and talked about her recent opportunity to go through the records Dan Harmon kept as Saline County Sheriff while he was also a drug kingpin. We talked about the train deaths, the West Memphis Three and the high cost of phone calls for prisoner's families.
Ben Mays is on the State Board of Education and he says that Arkansas public schools spend over $200 million dollars anually in inter-school sports.
John Deering, the Democrat-Gazette's crack editorial page cartoonist had a few things to say about a few things. We talked about taking the Christmas Trees down in the SeaTac airport, putting Santa hats on the Little Rock nine, and the latest developments in cartooning on the web.
Leifel Jackson and the staff of Our Club in North Little Rock have a great story about helping young inner-city boys and girls stay out of trouble. Leifel talked about his battle with drugs and gangs. He is also doing a toy drive for kids that do not get a lot. Give him a hand. His number is (501) 541 1417.
Was the American Civil War the first "modern war?" I am sure you have spent many hours discussing this stimulating topic and it occupied me and Dr. Carl Moneyhon from UALR for one hour.
Our Assistant Resident Moral Theologian, Bill Elkins, came by the studios recently to talk about the "emerging church." We also got into "faith and reason:" along with a little romp over why men don't like church.
It was a two-hour non-stop laughfest when the two Arkansans from "Deal or No Deal" showed up with me. Meet Brooks Leach and Ronnie Fewell!