Hope
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Search complete. 26 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Hope".
Oct 5, 2026
John H. ClarkeGUEST
They were the same age, and they were in kindergarten together.
John H. ClarkeGUEST
Then Bill Clinton moved to Hope, Arkansas, so that was kind of short-lived.
John H. ClarkeGUEST
If they had a friendship in kindergarten, it was short-lived.
John H. ClarkeGUEST
But
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
Jimmy Carter was always farming when he could in Georgia.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
Bill Clinton, born in Hope, Arkansas, and when nominated, I was there at Madison Square Garden when he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
He said, "I still believe in a place called Hope." So the general way of understanding Donald Trump through his background would not be controversial, and in fact, I bet Donald Trump would love to talk to us about New York.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
He built his own tower there, let's not forget.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
But this is something very different [laughs] which I'm quite sure Donald Trump would not like, the specific links to the behaviors that we're going to hear more of now with my conversation with Kai Bird.
Tony AlamoHOST
And now, well, what's next?
speaker_3HOST
From Hope, Arkansas.
speaker_3HOST
"Dear Pastor Lamo, your messages have really inspired me.
speaker_3HOST
I would very much like to come to your church.
speaker_3HOST
I have been told you can come by invitation only."
Tony AlamoHOST
No, that isn't true.
Tony AlamoHOST
Even Mr. Clinton, who is from, uh, pa- you know, for- former President Clinton, who is from Hope, Arkansas, is welcome here.
Tony AlamoHOST
He visited me one time at our restaurant in Alma, Arkansas, and I think we had pie and coffee together or, um, a sandwich of some sort.
Joe ThomasHOST
And there's an interesting connection.
Joe ThomasHOST
So Bill Clinton grew up poor in Hope, Arkansas, right? Bill Clinton grew up poor, grandmother was running some sort of sketchy brothel-esque business out of the back of her house.
Joe ThomasHOST
Bill was dirt poor.
Joe ThomasHOST
Barack Obama was dirt poor in Guam, one of the American protectorate islands.
Larry BlackHOST
Dennis Sutton is right there.
Larry BlackHOST
Dennis Sutton, are you from Alabama? Hope, Arkansas.
Larry BlackHOST
Hope, Arkansas, see? Look at there.
Marty RaybonGUEST
I fixate should have brought us one in watermelon.
Marty RaybonGUEST
Some watermelon.
Marty RaybonGUEST
He did on
Larry BlackHOST
shirt.
Larry BlackHOST
Hope.
John GreenHOST
Which brings us to an awkward transition from domestic terrorism to domestic policy.
John GreenHOST
So Bill Clinton was from Hope, Arkansas, and he ran as a centrist Democrat who wanted to do things differently.
John GreenHOST
He wasn't gonna be inside the Washington Beltway, and he wasn't gonna be some old-fashioned liberal who was all about raising taxes and funneling billions of dollars to Snuffleupagus.
John GreenHOST
That centrism made him very electable, but his first few domestic agenda items faltered.
John GreenHOST
Then there was also a third party candidate, Texas billionaire and Muppet impersonator H. Ross Perot, who won 19% of the vote, the best third party performance since Teddy Roosevelt in 1912.
John GreenHOST
All of this came together to open the door for a pudgy lad from Hope, Arkansas who'd never inhaled marijuana and didn't cheat on his wife except for sometimes, named William Jefferson Clinton.
John GreenHOST
Looking back from today, the fascinating thing about the George H.W. Bush administration is that it seems like a weird interruption in a larger narrative.
John GreenHOST
For a couple decades we'd seen increasing conservatism and rising partisanship, and then suddenly George H.W. Bush comes along and everybody kind of works together.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
This is The Murderer of Reagan Simmons-Hancock: The Final Trimester.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
Reagan Michelle Simmons was born on November 14th 1998 in Hope, Arkansas, to parents Jessica and Brandon Simmons.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
But the family later settled in New Boston, Texas, which is a town of about 4,000 people located 30 minutes west of Texarkana and the Arkansas border.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
So we're going to the Texarkana area again for those of you who did or did not listen to or watch our episode on Virginia Carpenter just recently.
Sid EvansHOST
And today I'm joined by someone who's bringing her small town Arkansas roots to her accelerating career in Nashville.
Sid EvansHOST
Mae Estes was born and raised in Hope, Arkansas, and she got her start on stage singing the national anthem at rodeos as a kid.
Sid EvansHOST
After becoming the first person in her family to get a college degree, she moved to Nashville and started paying her musical dues by performing and writing, and with a good bit of ingenuity on social media, she really started to make a name for herself.
Sid EvansHOST
In 2022, her single, Thinking About Cheatin' got some attention, and in 2024, May was inducted into CMT's Next Women of Country.
Mae EstesGUEST
I'm in Nashville, Tennessee, home base today.
Sid EvansHOST
Well, home base for a while.
Mae EstesGUEST
Yeah, home base for over a decade, but I still claim Hope, Arkansas as my hometown, and that's home.
Mae EstesGUEST
I don't know if that's because my family's still there or if there's a certain time you hit living in Nashville where you start to claim it, but Over 10 years in, I still feel like Arkansas is home.