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Ok Christian

OkCupid’s founder is a guitar-thrashing, gimlet-eyed chronicler of human behavior who doesn’t back down.

Who is Leonard Cooper?

Oh, just some Arkansas kid who delivered the most memorable Jeopardy final answer of all time.

Tom Cotton: a boy from Dardanelle

Arkansas's junior U.S. senator is a happy contrarian who advances an ultra-conservative vision of our democracy and foreign policy that beckons power brokers and diplomats.

Chasing Joey

In seventh grade, Joey Lauren Adams didn't make cheerleader. But then, Richard Linklater let her play one.

An Immortal Lineage: Delita Martin Does Matriarchs

Inspired by generations of Black matriarchs as far back as the days of slavery, Delita Martin's series "I Come From Women Who Could Fly” takes off.

Starring Monica Staggs as “Death Doll”

A Hollywood stuntwoman defies death and considers life.

The Man Behind the Brooms

Melvin Pickens, 81, the peerless broom peddler, deals with illness.

Taking the Cake

Natalie Madison is not a taxidermist; people only think she is.

Bryant has a New Mayor

She’s legally changed her name to “Republican Jill Dabbs.”

When the Going gets Tough, the Tough do Interfaith Work

Sophia Said’s interfaith work began in the wake of 9/11.

Matt Smith: Movie House Maverick

Matt Smith’s motto is borrowed from a Black Stone Cherry lyric: "I want to be a white trash millionaire."

On a Role

Ashlie Atkinson has done them all: TV, movies, Broadway, roller derby, wife, YouTube.

A Filmmaker’s Journey: Brooklyn’s Lisa Russell

“I don’t want to be seen as the white girl that saves Africa.”

Tweaking Twiggy

Jackson, Mississippi is a place where a high school weirdo can graduate to local art-star.