Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy

Today on Up in Your Business, we’ll listen to my interview with Mr. Ernie Dumas, the unlikely country boy from small-town Arkansas, who became the associate editor of the Arkansas Gazette and one of Arkansas’s most prolific political experts. Ernie has been covering Arkansas politics since 1960 and recently wrote a book; a political memoir called The Education of Ernie Dumas. An apt title not just...

I am fascinated by nuns and put them in a category all to their own, like royalty. That is why I am thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Sister Deborah who is well-known for her 22-year career of excellence, as the teacher, principle, and president of Mt. Saint Mary’s Academy, an all-girls high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sister Deborah has traveled the world. As a young nun she...

This week Kerry talks with Jim Keet, and his son Jake, about their string of successful restaurant ventures from Wendy's, to Taziki's, to Cypress Social, and more! Learn what it takes to operate a franchise and hear their prediction about the future of fast food.

This week, Kerry sits down for an interview with Nate Coulter, the Executive Director of Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) to find out all about the public library system, and what makes it such a pillar to the central Arkansas community!

This week, Kerry talks with marketing expert, Martin Thoma, of Little Rock's Thoma Thoma. Listen to learn all about the ins and outs of advertising, how to navigate a potential recession, and the biggest little mistake business make.

Bemis Family Farms is a family-owned and operated holding company for three Bemis Family businesses. In 1992, Tracey and Donna Bemis purchased a tree farm and established Bemis Tree Farm with their two sons, Nathan and Jeremy The tree farm specializes in a variety of residential and commercial shade trees, evergreen trees, ornamental trees and shrubs. In 2012, the family business expanded into pro...

Kerry learns all the sweet secrets to success as she talks with former Community Bakery owner, Joe Fox.

Spring is finally here and there's no better way to kick-start the season than by hanging out with landscape designer and entrepreneur, Chris Olsen! He and Kerry talk all about his time at Oxford University, the challenges of running a seasonal business, and his renovation of the historic Edgemont House in North Little Rock.

This week on Up In Your Business we’ve combined the Reverend Dr. Chris Keller’s 2017 interview, of when he was the Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, in Little Rock, Arkansas, with his more recent interview in 2021 as the author of his book Getting On Toward Home. We chose Dr. Keller’s interviews for the obvious reason that it is Holy Week and he is a theologian. But also, because he is a deep t...

Ep 340 | Aired 3/17/2023 | Originally Aired 7/22/2022 This week, on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy I had the pleasure of talking basketball with one of Arkansas’ favorite sons, Mr. Joe Klein. We had a fun time reminiscing about all the “Greats” he played with and competed against, ie. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Magic Johnson, just to name a few. And some...

Ep 339 | Aired 3/10/2023 | Originally Aired 1/13/2021 My guest today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy is one of the few men I know that really looks good in a puka shell necklace, the well-known and former Razorback football player, David Bazzel. David played linebacker for the University of Arkansas in the 1984 season and had a total of 113 tackles before he was sidelined with shoulder and...

You’ll recognize the name of my guest today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy because he is a long-time activist, businessman, and political figure in Arkansas; Mr. Sheffield Nelson. Born in the Arkansas Delta, Mr. Nelson studied and worked hard to overcome his geographic and socioeconomic station in life and became the president of ARKLA Gas by the age of 32. After a decade as CEO, Nelson r...

This week, listen to Kerry’s conversation with Dr. David Montague, professor of criminology at UALR. Tune in as they dive into some of the most fascinating parts of his life and career, including the legacy of his mother, Raye Montague, his work busting white-collar drug crimes, and, perhaps most interestingly, his time on the JFK Assassination Records Review Board, when Kerry asks what we’re all...

Episode 336 | Aired 3/17/2023 | Originally Aired 3/18/2020 Keith Jackson was born April 19, 1965 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He began playing football at the age of 9 with the Sunset Tigers in his hometown. His love of the game continued throughout junior high school on into high school at Little Rock Parkview, where he was Parade All-American and three-sport letterman. While in high school, Keith p...

Episode 335 | Aired 3/10/2023 | Originally Aired 12/9/2020 Today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy, I’ll be sitting down to visit with the non-profit Friends of Dreamland Ballroom director, Matthew McCoy, and board members Ryk St Vincent and Jeff Roper. Founded in 2009, the Friends of Dreamland’s mission has been to save the iconic Dreamland Ballroom atop the Taborian Hall in downtown Little...

This week on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy replay our interview with Kevin Kresse, prolific sculptor and visual artists, back to the microphone. Kevin’s success continues to make big news. In recent years, he was commissioned to sculpt the bust of Helena, Arkansas’s homeboy, singer and drummer: Levon Helm. And, before that, Kresse chiseled a 7ft, 1,300 lb. bronze statue of the famed US Army...

This week, tune in for Kerry’s conversation with long-time local TV and radio personality Lisa Fischer, who has become an integrative nutrition health coach, and host of her new show “Lisa Fischer Said.” Listen to learn how Lisa has overcome a lifetime of chronic illness and six autoimmune diseases by making adjustments to her diet; and how she’s helping listeners take control of their health by i...

Ep 332 | Aired 1/20/2023, Originally Aired 2/18/2018 On this episode of Up In Your Business, Kerry sits down with acclaimed newspaper publisher Walter Hussman. We learn about Mr. Hussman's background in publishing, how he won the infamous newspaper war in Arkansas and what it takes to run a newspaper "in the black".

Ep 331 | Aired 1/13/2023, Originally Aired 2/17/2017 Kerry talks workign with family in the restaurant business with the owners of At the Corner modern diner. Learn more at www.upyourbusiness.org.

Happy New Year! We want to help motivate you to achieve everything you want this year, so in this compilation, we have 2 interviews to help light a spark in you! Cole Rodgers is the founder and President of The School of Man, and Hilary Downey is part of the mother daughter duo who brought us Balance by Hilary.

Ep 329 | Aired 12/30/2022, Originally Aired 6/24/2022 This week on Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy, we interview Mr. Arlo Washington, president of PEOPLE Trust Loan Fund, a financial institution offering small loans to neighbors in need. Arlo is a self-made man with a Cinderella story. He is the epitome of a hardworking, creative entrepreneur, who sees opportunities and listens to where life...

Ep 328 | Aired 12/23/2022, Originally Aired 10/30/2019 Today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy, we're listening to an interview with radio personalities Leslie Singer and Phil Kaplan, the hilarious duo known by their followers as the Two Jewish Guys. It's one of the funniest interviews I've ever done; I was rolling on the floor laughing before the show even started (check out the YouTube vid...

Tune in this week for Kerry’s interview with the owner of Little Rock’s oldest funeral home, Justin Wittenberg of Ruebel Funeral home, founded in 1901. Listen to learn how he helps families navigate the grieving process, and his advice for making end of life decisions. Ep 209 | Originally Aired 9/9/2020 My guest today on Up in Your Business is the president of one of the oldest family businesses i...

Here at UIYB, it's Charity Week! Join us as we welcome Brian Marsh of Goodwill and Georgia Mjartan of Our House | Compilation

This week, Kerry sits down for an interview with Nate Coulter, the Executive Director of Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) to find out all about the public library system, and what makes it such a pillar to the central Arkansas community!