Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy

Ep 321 | Aired 11/18/2022 You may call it “No Shave November” but we call it “Military Month.” To that, Up in Your Business has melded together two of my guests: USAF Brigadier General, John Michel and Colonel Angela Ochoa. Charged with leading and building an Afghanistan Air Force, General Michel had to think outside the norms to blend 14 nations into one working family. Having grown up in France...

Ep 319 | Aired 11/4/2022 This week on Up In Your Business With Kerry McCoy is Part Two of my telling interview with Ms. Susan McDougal, known as The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk (also the title of her book), during Kenneth Starr’s 1994, media-circus trial of President Clinton and the Whitewater Investigation. If you missed Part One, go back and listen; her early life with Jim McDougal is fascinating! B...

Ep 320 | Aired 11/11/2022 They don’t make 'em like this guy anymore. In his honor, we decided to replay our interview on Up In Your Business with the late legendary boxing coach, cut man, and three-time Hall of Fame recipient, Ray Rodgers. Cutman: • A person responsible for preventing and treating physical damage to a fighter during the breaks between rounds of a full contact match Ray exhibits so...

Ep 318 | Aired 10/28/2022 With all the refusing to testify and “contempt of court” in the news, Up In Your Business decided to replay my interview with Ms. Susan McDougal, the most interesting person of the 1994 Whitewater investigation. In the mid-90s, Susan’s face was everywhere. She was interviewed by Diane Sawyer and Larry King. We first saw her as an attractive court defendant, but later, the...

Ep 317 | Aired 10/21/2022 Today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy was an easy show to prepare for because my staff and D.J. legend Tom Wood, turned the tables and interviewed me. That’s right, all I had to do was show up and tell my story. With son Gray, hosting beside me at the table, I dug into family folklore. He heard, again, a story we never tire of, how my father, a purple heart recipi...

Ep 316 | Aired 10/14/2022 Originally Aired 3/4/2022 Today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy I sit down for a conversation with a power couple that has deep roots in Arkansas: the 2019 Farm Family of the Year, Jamie Anderson and his wife Elizabeth Burns Anderson. There are not many businesses that last past the second generation, and certainly not the third. But Anderson Farms, a fish hatcher...

My guest today is a self-proclaimed Arkansas craft beer evangelist and beer ambassador for Arkansas, Mr. Scott Parton. Scott is the author of Arkansas Beer Scene Blog, co-host of Tap Time on 103.7 The Buzz and as well-known by his Twitter handle, @WooPigBrewey. He has another heady job as a longtime employee and IT operations analyst at Stevens Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Ep 260 | Aired 9/3/2021 My guest today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy is none other than the honorable Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mr. Frank Scott. His life demonstrates what I’ve seen time and time again on my show, and that is: “Successful people work hard, believe in a higher power, and are action oriented.” Mayor Scott has had a very diverse career. He has been an executive at Fir...

This week, Kerry catches up with the car-man Steve Landers, and gets to the bottom of why he decided to come out of retirement fo run for mayor!

This week, tune in for Kerry’s interview with this year’s Democratic candidate for Governor of Arkansas, Dr. Chris Jones. Listen to learn about the vision this scientist, engineer, family man and seventh-generation Arkansan has for his state, including expansion of teacher pay, bringing broadband internet to everyone, and keeping hospitals and healthcare services available to rural Arkansans.

Ep 310 | Aired 9/2/2022 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 wo...

Ep 309 | Aired 8/26/2022 I was thrilled to interview Mr. Charles Morgan on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy. Most everyone knows Mr. Morgan as the Founder, Chairman and CEO, from 1972 – 2008, of Acxiom, the pioneering and leading data base company headquartered in Central Arkansas. He is, without a doubt, an extraordinary entrepreneur and visionary, but he is also fun, outspoken, and A RACE CA...

Ep 308 | Aired 8/19/2022 This week, tune in for Kerry’s conversation with Janet Huckabee, political figure and former First Lady of Arkansas. Perhaps best known for spearheading the renovation of the Arkansas governor’s mansion, Janet has done it all; from campaign tours to jumping out of airplanes. Listen to hear a humorous, straight-forward reflection on her life, including how she overcame a ca...

Ep 307 | Aired 8/12/2022 You know how, when you’re having a bad day and you say to your co-worker, “Well, at least it’s not brain surgery.” Well, my guest today can’t say that because HE IS A BRAIN SURGEON! It’s not every day you get to visit with someone that has been inside the human brain, but today is a different kind of day. Join me on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy, as I speak with ret...

Ep 306 | Aired 8/5/22 This week we will get some free life coaching from Aaron Lubin. As the president and founder of Executive Recruiters Agency in Little Rock Arkansas, he has years of experience as a professional consultant, trainer, speaker and executive coach. I’ve long since been curious about guys who are named Aaron. I mean two “A”s in one name reminds me of a mother’s recipe for success....

Ep 305 | Aired 7/29/22 we are replaying my interview with classically trained vocalist Ms. Stephanie Smittle and her partner Stephen Koch, founder and host of the syndicated radio show Arkansongs. By day, Stephanie writes for the Arkansas Times Magazine but, in the night, you might see her performing with any number of ensembles, ranging from folk and jazz to performing with the Arkansas Symphony...

Ep 304 | 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 of the legendary coaches he...

Ep 304 | Aired 7/8/2022 This week on Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy, tune in for a conversation with Ms. Cecelia Wilson and her longtime friend, Frau Edith Ropke Harris. Cecelia’s fascination with World War II was coupled with good luck when she met German-immigrant Edith, a WWII survivor. After years of urging, Cecelia finally got permission from Edith to write her story. The book, called B...

Ep 303 | Aired 7/1/2022 This week on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy we tune in for a tribute to two influential voices in the history of Arkansas news and publishing, Mr. Alan Leveritt, founder of the Arkansas Times, and Ms. Olivia Farrell, former CEO of Arkansas Business Publishing Group. Leveritt started the Times as a rebuttal to the buyout and merger of the Arkansas Gazette with the cons...

Ep 302 | 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 leads him, all with the heart...

Ep 301 | Aired 6/17/2022 This week, on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy we revisit our conversation with Lorre Moore-Parrish, co-owner of Sheridan White Rock near Sheridan, Arkansas. Did you know the white cement-like rock on the bottom of most swimming pools comes from Arkansas? In this interview Lorre talks about the ins, the outs, and the pitfalls (pun intended) of owning a family business,...

Ep 300 | Aired 6/10/2022 This week on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy we revisit my conversation with retired Director of Arkansas Parks and Tourism, Mr. Joe David Rice. David is an author, photographer, and speaker. Having served under five Arkansas governors, Mr. Rice has been a longtime advocate for the Natural State. His intellect and trivia knowledge are deep; so much so, that he has pub...

Ep 299 | Aired 6/3/2022 This week on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy we welcome 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 fame...

Ep 298 | Aired 5/27/22 This week on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy, we revisit my interview with radio personality and local legend, the late Bob Robbins. Bob’s life was long, and he was loved by many. His story is one of survival and compassion, evident by his radio personality that was the same on air as it was off. Year after year on Flag Day, I would join Bob outside his radio station fo...

Ep 296 | Aired 5/20/22 With my short attention span, I love shows like today’s Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy. Our podcast editor and local radio talent, Mr. Tom Wood, likes to find common themes between my past guests and mesh them together for one fun and fast-paced interview. This week, he’s blended the interviews of our local radio DJ, Poolboy of Alice 107.7, and the former Razorback lin...