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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 this week’s Keepin’ It Real, Cam has a message for parents whose children are playing high school sports as his youngest children enter their final year of high school. Every high school sport is suffering from a shortage of officials and referees. Zip it, he says, please just zip it.
  • On this week's Keepin' It Real, there are some arrogant folks showing up in Cam’s life these days. They don't’ commiserate with Cam’s struggles, they gloat.
  • On this week’s Keepin It Real, Cam and his family grieve the loss of their family pet. It was sudden. Their dog, Lucy, was with them for nine and a half years and they buried her late at night in the back yard.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam wonders where he can go where he is wanted but not needed. We all need a few of these places, he says, and we could all probably use a few more.
  • This week on Keepin' It Real, Cam Marston has noticed a trend amongst his empty nester friends and what their hobbies become once the kids are gone. The predictability of it gives him comfort.
  • On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam Marston got some blowback from a social media post this week. He asks us, "How do you deal with haters?"
  • On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam and a client discuss employee retention issues, and he shares an idea that may get you through any business turmoil that may lie ahead.
  • 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.