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Keepin' It Real (Opinion)
Fridays at 7:45 a.m. and 4:44 p.m.

Host Cam Marston brings us weekly commentaries (opinion pieces) on the world he observes as it goes on around him. Learn more about Cam at www.CamMarston.com.

Local support provided by Roosters. Theme music: “Tchfunkta” by Stanton Moore featuring Charlie Hunter and Skerik.

  • On today's Keepin' It Real, Cam wishes us a happy independence day and reminds us that on July 4th, 1776, nearly thirty percent of the population didn't want it.
  • A beach conversation earlier this week caught Cam's attention, and he asks if we've ever had so many known solutions to a common problem and ignored them.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam Marston seems to think writers are a good bit like Labrador retrievers - they can't not chase the stick, and writers can't not tell a story.
  • On this week's Keepin' It Real, is Cam talking to his plants? Talking to himself? Both? And what's the message?
  • Saturday afternoon, Cam was on this eastern shore of Mobile Bay. On this week's Keepin' It Real, he tells us how he got there.
  • This week on Keepin' It Real, Cam Marston stands at the register at a coffee shop and what comes out of his mouth is a complete surprise to him.
  • This week, Cam offers some insights to new college graduates on some basic workplace skills that will make them effective in their workplace. He's advised his clients for over twenty years on these, so maybe he should have something worthwhile to say.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, lots of people celebrated last week. Cam was one of them. It was a case of determination and unwavering belief that was finally rewarded.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam wonders if we have what it takes any more. If the thumbs up button is as far as we'll go or as much as we'll do.
  • On this weeks Keepin' It Real, Cam tells us that based on a series of recent events, he has two people he'd like to offer up as potentially superb spies.