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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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The World Cup has taken over America this summer, and it's brought more than just soccer. It's brought raccoons drinking gin.
  • Cam Marston has a confession this morning. Eighteen months ago, he and his wife made a pact to declutter their house for good. Here's why it didn't survive contact with a U-Haul trailer.
  • This week's Keepin' It Real comes from a place of real pain. Cam Marston reflects on the loss of two young men from his community, and a grief he says words can't quite reach.
  • Cam Marston spent Father's Day at church alone, then had dinner with his own dad, and somewhere in between, figured something out.