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The Oklahoma Today Podcast is your definitive audio guide to all the best of Oklahoma’s travel destinations, food, culture, events, and history. Published weekly by the staff of Oklahoma Today magazine, the podcast is your best bet for planning your next road trip, dinner with friends, or unexpected adventure in the Sooner State. Learn more at oklahomatoday.com.
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Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Strap in, movie buffs, because this week the Oklahoma Today team sat down with Executive Director Alyx Picard Davis and Director of Programming Sara Thompson to talk about the hybrid in-person/virtual return of deadCenter Film Festival to Oklahoma City.
Plus, we asked you your favorite movie set in Oklahoma for our Question of the Week and our usual pod-vent shenanigans. We hope you listen!
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Professional Bull Riding legend Ryan Dirteater stops by *Oklahoma Today* to talk about how he got started in one of the world's most dangerous sports and the adversity he faced climbing to the top. Plus your answers to the Question of the Week and we try to crack each other up with our Weekly Podvents.
We hope you listen!
Comments, questions, concerns? Email us at oktpod@travelok.com.
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
This week on the pod, Oklahoma Today editors Nathan Gunter, Karlie Ybarra, Megan Rossman, Ben Luschen, and Greg Elwell gather around the microphones to talk about the cover feature of the latest issue (on newsstands now!). We found Oklahoma's best "white hats" and worst "black hats" and dug a little deeper to see who was really rotten and who just got a bad rap. Plus our always entertaining Question of the Week and a run down of the best events culled from TravelOK.com. We hope you enjoy!
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Howdy, y'all! We're back with an interview with Michael Baron of Lyric Theatre who has a lot to say about some upcoming shows, including the Baron-directed Grease.
Plus, we've got your Question of the Week and another trip through TravelOK's events for the weeks.
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
On the 26th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, we sit down with Kari Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, to talk about new exhibits at the museum and how the lessons learned in 1995 are still vital and valuable today.
Plus enjoy our light-hearted Question of the Week and events segments.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
This week Managing Editor Karlie Ybarra and Photo Editor Megan Rossman sat down to talk with Oklahoma City Ballet Artistic Director Robert Mills and principal ballerina Amy Potter about the company's upcoming staging of The Little Mermaid. Plus our usual Question of the Week tomfoolery and trying to crack each other up with increasingly elaborate event listings. We hope you enjoy!
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Oklahoma Today is feeling artsy, so Editor-in-Chief Nathan Gunter and Research Editor Ben Luschen sat down with Kristin Gentry and Amber Duboise-Shepherd to talk about Momentum 2021 in Tulsa, an art show dedicated to showcasing artists age 30 and younger.
Plus we learn what season needs to be added to Oklahoma's calendar in our Question of the Week and we challenge each other (and you) not to giggle at our events listings.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
The Oklahoma Today editorial team sat down with one of our favorite freelancers, Susan Dragoo, to talk about her pair of features in "The Adventure Issue," on newsstands now. Plus a time-traveling Question of the Week, and our usual events plumbed from the depths of TravelOK.com.
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
This week the Oklahoma Today team gathered for a talk about the work at Puppy Haven Rescue in Tulsa with vice president Danielle Persons.
Plus our Question of the Week and events plumbed from the depths of TravelOK.com.
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Oklahoma Historical Society Special Projects Director Larry O'Dell joins the Oklahoma Today crew to talk about how Irish settlers were some of the first to come to Oklahoma, as well as the connection between the Choctaw Nation and Ireland. Plus our readers sent in answers to our Question of the Week (What's your first tornado memory?) and we bring you more fabulous events pulled from the depths of TravelOK.com.