Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2025 Alabama Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
APR listeners have the opportunity to attend live musical performances across Alabama for free! Check out our ticket giveaways here.
Keepin' It Real (Opinion)
Fridays at 7:45am and 4:44pm

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.

Theme music: “Tchfunkta” by Stanton Moore featuring Charlie Hunter and Skerik.

  • On today's Keeping It Real, Cam recounts his birthday week, which has some unexpected surges of happiness.
  • On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam explains the Ft Lauderdale accord and how it's telling him that it's time to move on.
  • On today's Keepin It Real, Cam reports back about his most memorable event on his recent trip to Brazil. He traveled a long way to come back with this...
  • Today on Keepin' It Real, Cam looses focus and finds his mind wandering about an upcoming trip instead of focusing on what needs to be done.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam reacts to a text from a friend about the hopelessness she feels today as a result of the new presidential administration. There are two sides to this, Cam says, and the healing must begin within, but it won't be easy.
  • Tuesday, Cam watched as a 130 year old weather record was shattered. He took it all in, savoring it as best as he could .
  • On this week's Keepin' it Real, Cam Marston's new effort has been a year in the making and it's finally ready. It's learning delivered the way it used to be, and he's very excited for it.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam has found infinite inspiration for commentaries for years and years to come.
  • On Keepin' it Real this week, Cam takes us back to 1988 when he and his team lined up to upset the world order in an all out international rowing competition. It was one for the record books.
  • On this week's "Keepin' It Real," Cam Marston has just returned from a few days in Fort Lauderdale. It's a different world down there, Cam says. One that he might have envied at one point in his life.