Conversations Cocktails + Connections

According to Clarke Tucker, you need to be a little bit crazy to want to pursue politics as a career. But it is clear in talking with him that he is not crazy but instead passionate about making the community and state a better place. While sipping scotch on the rocks, we visited with Clarke about his career in politics, the current hot topics in the state, and his life-changing experience with bladder cancer. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on ...

Our joyful friend of 20 years, Joy Barlogie, joined us to talk about Arkansas tourism, the hospitality industry, and her very cool vintage RV. Joy is the Vice President of Arkansas Hospitality and is passionate about the opportunities in that industry around the state. Over a Mimosa Moscow Mule, we caught up with Joy to talk about travel and dining out in the post-COVID environment. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.insta...

This week, we were joined by the two power women that are launching The Nest this fall. The Nest is a co-working space and social club for women in Arkansas to connect with each other and grow their businesses. We talked to Natalie Ghidotti and Erin Hohnbaum about their inspiration for the new space and the vision for its future. They answered all the questions and talked about how open they are to ideas for making the space accessible to all women. And we laughed a lot! Cheers! Listen wherev...

It may be 90-degrees outside, but it's officially fall, y'all! We mixed up a Sweater Weather cocktail and chatted about men exposing themselves, Free Little Libraries, collecting hobbies, and some upcoming travel. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/convoscocktailsconnections/Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redbeautylounge/Follow Emily on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyreeve...

We toasted with an Apricot Fizz and welcomed Janell Mason, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas. The Ronald McDonald House provides a home away home for families with a critically ill child and they have several fundraisers on the horizon that we are looking forward to. The first is Blue Jeans & Bubbles in October and you'll definitely want to check that one out. We had fun visiting with Janell and getting know more about her and the Ronald McDonald House. Che...

A little catch-up over happy hour and the conversation veers from gun stories to Martin Short. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/convoscocktailsconnections/Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redbeautylounge/Follow Emily on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyreeves/Support the Show.Follow the podcast on Instagram.Follow Amy on Instagram.Follow Emily on Instagram.Learn more about t...

We could have talked to Justin Acri for hours! Justin is the General Manager and co-host of The Zone on 103.7 The Buzz. And because he seems to love his job and sports (and must hate spare time), he also does play-by-play for Central Arkansas Football and Men's Basketball. While we did talk a little bit about sports, really we talked about everything else — from travel and COVID to television and booze. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on Instagr...

In this happy hour session, we talk about books, all the TV we've been watching lately, what's happening in Afghanistan and FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine. We crammed a lot into this conversation. Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/convoscocktailsconnections/Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redbeautylounge/Follow Emily on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyreeves/Support the...

It was a pleasure to welcome Kevin Shalin (aka The Mighty Rib) back to the show and this time in person! Kevin is a food writer for his own blog (The Mighty Rib) and for AY Magazine, so of course, we talked a lot about food. But as is our way on this podcast, the conversation took several tangents from everything like American Idol to sketch hand sanitizer. Kevin is a delightful guest and we will definitely have him on again soon! Cheers! Listen wherever you like to listen to podcasts. F...

We welcomed Kate Sain with a Very Sexy Martini in this episode! Kate is the Executive & Artistic Director of Opera In The Rock and the new season kicks off next week with a production of Scalia/Ginsburg opening on August 26th at the Clinton Presidential Center. We learned all about the opera and what goes into the production. And we learned a lot about Kate! Y'all, she is super interesting. From being a trained singer (yes, she can sing opera!) to being a cat fancier who is producing a ca...