Tops Ten: Recent Episodes
College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University
Welcome to Top's Ten, a program that seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the Physical and Social Sciences, or the Arts and Humanities, and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas, and ideals, through their playlist.
Jana Hunter joined the Lubbock Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen as executive director in February 2015. Her experiences at the YWCA of Lubbock and as a breast cancer co-survivor helped prepare her for the position. Jana has worked in the athletics media relations departments at Abilene Christian University (her alma mater), the University of Tennessee in Knoxsville, and the University of Washington in Seattle; at Human Kinetics Publishing as an acquisitions editor in the trade division in Champaign, Illinois; and at the YWCA of Lubbock as director of support services and communications director (among an array of other duties and titles). A West Texas native, Jana grew up in a pasture in Howard County and on a ranch in Glasscock County before crisscrossing the country for jobs, greenery and adventure. She loves to go outside and play, travel, laugh, read and write ('Rithmetic is just OK). Jana has competed in basketball, road races, adventure races, board games, and just about every intramural sport possible. When she gets swept up with the "wrong" crowd, she ends up climbing Mt. Rainier in Washington State or hiking the Appalachian Trail for a week. Neither are very good for her feet, but they make for great writing material.
- Something That We Do - Clint Black
- Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby, David Bowie
- I Run For Life - Melissa Etheridge
- West Texas - Doug Smith
- Sweet Is His Word - Katie Freeze
- Why Walk When You Can Fly - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley
- Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
- I Won't Let Go - Rascal Flatts
- Just As I Am - Charlotte Elliott
Jodey Arrington is the U.S. Representative-elect for Texas Congressional District 19. Mr. Arrington grew up in Plainview, Texas – a small, farming community in the District. Arrington served as a White House Advisor to President George W. Bush and Chief of Staff to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In 2006, he returned to his alma mater as Chief of Staff and Vice Chancellor at Texas Tech University System. He currently works in the private sector as President of Scott Laboratories, Inc., a healthcare innovation company. Arrington has served in numerous business, civic, and faith-based leadership roles within his community. He resides in Lubbock with his wife, Anne, and their three children.
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
- Broken Hearted Savior - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- Photograph - Def Leppard
- Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum
- Lose Yourself - Eminem
- Speed of Sound - Coldplay
- Worlds Apart - Jars of Clay
- All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
- Meant To Live - Switchfoot
- Run Away Car - Mat Kearny