The Oklahoma Today Podcast

Season 4, Episode 44: A Decade of Pizza at Empire Slice House

Restaurateur Rachel Cope, of 84 Hospitality, stops by to talk about Empire Slice House's upcoming tenth anniversary party on October 28, how the Oklahoma City pizza icon got its start, and what it's like to open a new location closer to her family. 

Plus, the editors talk more about pizza pies in Question of the Week and help make your week more eventful with Podvents. We hope you listen! 

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

Season 4, Episode 43: A Musical Legacy with Matt Axton

Musician Matt Axton stops by the Oklahoma Today podcast to talk with the editors about how his grandmother Mae Boren Axton and father Hoyt Axton inspired and influenced his sound and the honor of playing the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, where they were both inducted. Plus, the editors have art on the brain in Question of the Week and help keep your calendars full with Podvents. 

We hope you listen!

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

Season 4, Episode 41: Crazy Overnights and More from ”Oklahoma After Dark”

This week on the Oklahoma Today podcast, the editors have the latest issue in hand and have plenty to say about the group feature on "Crazy Overnights," exploring some of the wackiest and most interesting cabins, treehouses, urban farms, and arcades you can rent out for the night. Be sure to grab the latest issue, on newsstands now, or subscribe to ensure future issues are delivered right to your door. 

In Question of the Week, everyone weighs in on the make-or-break details of booking a room, plus plenty of fun events across the state the might inspire an overnight stay in Podvents. We hope you listen!

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

 

Season 4, Episode 42: First American Eats with Loretta Barrett Oden

Noted chef, TV host, and author Loretta Barrett Oden joins the editors to talk about Thirty Nine, the restaurant in Oklahoma City's First Americans Museum, which has recently unveiled a new menu. Also up for discussion: what people don't understand about Native American cuisine and why there's so much more to the food than most folks know.

In Question of the Week, everyone battles for breakfast supremacy with the eternal struggle between Sweet and Savory, plus plenty of fun events across the state in Podvents. We hope you listen!

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

Season 4, Episode 40: Asian Elephant Awareness Month with the Oklahoma City Zoo

This week on the podcast, Oklahoma City Zoo elephant curator Rachel Emory stops in to talk about Asian Elephant Awareness Month—a nationwide, and now international, effort to raise awareness of the plight of Asian elephants who are losing their habitat to human encroachment. 

In Question of the Week, the crew ponders which zoo animal they'd most like to become friends with, followed by an exploration of great happenings across the state in Podvents. We hope you listen!

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

Season 4, Episode 39: Education and Entertainment at the McKnight Center in Stillwater

Mark Blakeman, executive director of the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Oklahoma State University, joins the editors to discuss the blockbuster slate of upcoming performers and shows coming to Stillwater and how the McKnight Center includes education for university students and public schools students in the arts. 

Plus, the editors are in their dream cars thinking about an Oklahoma Barbie in Question of the Week and finding another week of must-try activities in Podvents. 

We hope you listen!

The Oklahoma Today Podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless.

Season 4, Episode 38: Flying High with the Thunderbird Drone Festival

This week on the podcast, drone expert Nathan Holliday stops by to talk about the upcoming Thunderbird Drone Festival in Woodward and how these flying machines are finding new uses in film, safety, and sports. Plus, we discuss "the best" views in Oklahoma in Question of the Week and search for more fun across the state in Podvents. We hope you listen!

 

The Oklahoma Today podcast is sponsored by Bravado Wireless. 

Season 4, Episode 37: Community Spirit at the Hydro Free Fair

Little towns are big fun in this week's episode. The editors chat with the organizers of the Hydro Free Fair, the state's oldest free fair, and discuss their favorite small towns across the state in the Question of the Week. Then it's time to plan for your next outing with Podvents. We hope you listen!

Season 4, Episode 36: Big 10 Ballroom with Doc Shaw

This week musician and educator Doc Shaw stops by the podcast to talk about his afterschool program A Pocket Full of Hope and the revival of Tulsa's famed Big 10 Ballroom, allowing up-and-coming talents to rehearse and perform on the same stage as great musicians of the past. Plus, we dig into the Question of the Week and keep the fun rolling with the weekly Podvents. We hope you listen!

Season 4, Episode 35: Grilling and Giving at the United Way BBQ Showdown

We're headed to Ardmore for this week's episode, featuring the folks behind the United Way BBQ Showdown. Be sure to show up the first night for a heap of Cajun cooking. Plus, we expand the Oklahoma State Meal with our Question of the Week and take a look at more amusements on the horizon in Podvents. We hope you listen!