Today's broadcast of Radio CALS features a conversation with Little Rock Catholic High School Principal Steve Straessle; Carol-Ann Blow discusses her personal experience with desegregation in Little Rock at Mount St. Mary Academy; Bizarre Arkansas; a new episode of Chewing the Fat; and more.

December 23, 2016

Radio CALS is a weekly program from the Central Arkansas Library System. Every Friday, we will share music from our archives, content from our resources, such as the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, and information about what's happening in the library system. This program is presented by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the CALS Community Outreach Department.

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Eddie Pannell, a Vietnam War veteran who joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967, talks to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Research Services Division Manager Brian Robertson. Mr. Pannell details his experience as an interpreter who assisted South Vietnamese civilians with medical treatment, infrastructure growth, and other humanitarian missions.

November 29, 2017

Traci Berry, organizer of the annual Raid the Rock Adventure Race, talks with David Stricklin about the challenges and rewards of competing in and organizing expedition races.

November 22, 2017

Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.

November 15, 2017

In this episode of Chewing the Fat with Rex and Paul, the boys talk about Paul's funeral duty and the pleasures of Piggott, Arkansas.

December 23, 2016

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