Cam Marston
Host, Keepin' It RealCam Marston is the self-described genius behind the twice Fridays Keepin’ It Real, now in its fourth year on Alabama Public Radio. Described as “observations of the world as it goes on around me,” Cam’s commentaries have gained a loyal following on APR. A native of Mobile, Cam and his wife are the proud parents of three great children out of a total of four with one child rotating out of the “good” category at any given moment. His wife, Lisa, is a high school volleyball coach.
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Cam Marston swore off politics on social media years ago. On Monday he broke that vow, and he promised himself he wouldn’t reply to a single comment. One friend’s jab is testing that promise. Here’s Cam, with a little help from Mark Twain. -
A year ago, commentator Cam Marston was plotting his escape from a job he’d come to hate. This morning, he tells us what changed, and why it’s made these commentaries harder to write. -
Most of us define ourselves by what we do for a living, and that label can stick long after the job is gone. Commentator Cam Marston met a man in Chicago this week who was struggling to let go of his, and the conversation hit closer to home than Cam expected. -
Cam and his wife finally got the traveling life they'd talked about for years. This week, he files a report on what that dream actually looks like from an uncomfortable chair in the Atlanta airport.
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On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam sat in a church fundraising meeting and pitched drawing the termites as the devil himself. It did not go over the way he'd hoped.
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For years, Cam Marston wondered how he'd handle the empty nest once his last kids left home. This week, with his youngest twins dropped off at college, he finally gets to find out.
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This weekend Cam Marston watched 130 girls squeal with joy on Auburn's quad. Here's why his mind went straight to the ones who didn't get the call.
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On this week's Keepin' It Real, It's August in Alabama, which means two things: the air conditioner is running non-stop, and somewhere in a house near you, a married couple is fighting over the thermostat. Cam is losing that fight.
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On this week’s Keepin' It Real, Cam Marston insists there's nothing going on between him and his favorite AI..., which is exactly what a man in love would say.
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Cam Marston has been digging into what makes retirement happy, and it turns out, part of the answer is that spouses need a break from each other.
