The Oklahoma Today Podcast

Season 2, Episode 17: Popping Wheelies with BMX USA's Shane Fernandez

This week on the pod, Oklahoma Today editors Nate and Greg talk bike races and the movie "Rad" with Shane Fernandez of BMX USA in Tulsa. Plus, readers respond with their "quintessential Oklahoma activities" for our Question of the Week, and we welcome our new research editor, Ben Luschen, to the weekly events game. 

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Season 2, Episode 16: Cold Cuts with Dane Tannehill of Jane's Delicatessen

The Oklahoma Today editors sit down with Dane Tannehill of Tulsa's Jane's Delicatessen to talk about bringing an Eastern European deli to Oklahoma and how one employee has gone pickle mad. 

Plus the Question of the Week and our always hilarious events listings. 

Season 2, Episode 15: Black History Month programming with Kristin Williamson

Metropolitan Library System's Children's Services Manager Kristin Williamson talks with the Oklahoma Today editors about the library's Black History Month programming, including lots of online resources and videos.

 

Plus: Nate, Megan, Karlie, and Greg talk Question of the Week and plumb the depths of TravelOK.com for fun events to fill your week. 

Season 2, Episode 14: Oklahoma History Fun with Jonita Mullins

Join "Oklahoma Today" editors Nate Gunter, Megan Rossman, Karlie Ybarra, and Greg Elwell as they talk with historian and author Jonita Mullins about her fun and factual tours in Muskogee and her "History Mystery" videos. Plus, uproarious fun with our Question of the Week and always hysterical local events. 

Season 2, Episode 13: Best Bookstores

Your Oklahoma Today editors are back at it this week, talking about our favorite bookstores across the state. If you enjoy getting lost in a good book, you've found the right episode to download.

All that, plus we try to make each other break with our events listings. 

Special Kneads with Tina Hanna

The Oklahoma Today crew Zoomed with South Central Industries Executive Director Tina Hanna to learn more about the Special Kneads food trailer in Shawnee, which helps adults with developmental disabilities find vocational training in the food industry. 

 

Read more about Special Kneads on OklahomaToday.com.

Food Worth the Drive 2021

The Oklahoma Today editorial team (Nathan Gunter, Karlie Ybarra, Megan Rossman, and Greg Elwell) gather around the microphones to talk about the joys and challenges of putting together the annual "Food Worth the Drive" feature, which appears in the Jan-Feb issue.

A Sunny Forecast for 2021 with Meteorologist Emily Sutton

KFOR meteorologist Emily Sutton joins Oklahoma Today editors Nate, Karlie, and Greg to discuss why Oklahoma is the epicenter of meteorological studies and how a Chicago kid became one of the state's most-trusted TV personalities. Plus, the crew tries to crack each other up with a slew of fun events across Oklahoma.

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma with Stacy Dykstra

Editor in Chief Nathan Gunter sits down with new Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma CEO Stacy Dykstra to talk about how 2020 impacted Oklahoma's food scarcity issues and how people can help. Read highlights from the interview in our Jan-Feb 2021 issue, hitting newsstands this week.

And, as always, Nate, Managing Editor Karlie Ybarra, and Web Editor Greg Elwell try to crack each other up with our weekly events listings. 

State Parks with Tom Creider

As longtime Oklahoma State Parks employee Tom Creider bids farewell to his 47-year career with the state, he sat down with Oklahoma Today editors Nathan Gunter, Karlie Ybarra, and Greg Elwell to talk about what makes Oklahoma's State Parks so special and how they changed the course of his life.

 

Plus, the editors try to make each other break with another week of hilarious events across the state.