Primary Sources

Primary Sources features extended conversations with politicians, artists, journalists, activists, business leaders -- each with a unique perspective on the history, society, culture, and politics of life in Arkansas.

  • 34 minutes 42 seconds
    Frank Scott
    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.
    11 January 2019, 6:00 am
  • 50 minutes 9 seconds
    James Fallows
    In a special edition of Primary Sources, James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, speaks about his book Our Towns, a vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media.” This CALS’ J.N. Heiskell Distinguished Lecture for journalism took place Sept. 27, 2018. The event was also sponsored by the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
    26 October 2018, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    George McKinney
    From 1959 to 1961, George McKinney helped lead the Arkansas Razorbacks to three shared or outright Southwest Conference championships in football, getting new Coach Frank Broyles off to a good start. He sat down with a teammate from his freshman year, U.S. District Judge Billy R. Wilson, to recall some of the great moments in Arkansas sports history, with support from Jim Rasco of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. It was said of McKinney, “He couldn’t run. He couldn’t throw. All he knew how to do was win.”
    10 August 2018, 6:00 am
  • 43 minutes 12 seconds
    Wes Ward
    Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward discusses the present and future state of Arkansas's biggest industry, how his time in the Marines has helped him as a leader, and about growing up in Lake City, Arkansas.
    6 July 2018, 6:00 am
  • 57 minutes 12 seconds
    Kelly Kissel
    Outgoing Associated Press Bureau Chief Kelly Kissel talks with Matt DeCample about 24 years of covering Arkansas people and politics.
    29 June 2018, 6:00 am
  • 45 minutes 4 seconds
    A Preview of the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival, Part
    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".
    20 April 2018, 6:00 am
  • 39 minutes 22 seconds
    A Preview of the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival, Part II
    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.
    20 April 2018, 6:00 am
  • 37 minutes 24 seconds
    Nate Smith
    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.
    8 March 2018, 6:00 am
  • 59 minutes 40 seconds
    Dr. James H. Cone
    From the 2007 Ira Sanders Distinguished Lecture, Dr. James H. Cone dicusses the Central High Crisis and it's effect on his development of Black Liberation Theology.
    1 March 2018, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Billie Jean Calloway
    Dr. Billie Jean Calloway discusses growing up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and her time as an educator duringintegration.
    23 February 2018, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Willie Booker, Jr.
    Willie Booker, Jr., describes growing up in the delta and his experience in the segregated education system. He also discusses his time as a county extension agent and his civic activities.
    16 February 2018, 6:00 am
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