Listen up: The Oklahoma Today Podcast is here
Published September 2019
By Greg Elwell | 41 min read
Cover photo by Gavin Whitner.
Here at Oklahoma Today, we're not content just giving you the best magazine in the state (in our humble opinion), so we're bringing you a weekly audio guide to this state we all love.
The Oklahoma Today Podcast is now available for download! Below you can find links to our previous episodes, but you can streamline the whole process by getting on your favorite podcast app—Stitcher, Spotify, Apple, etc.—and subscribing. That way you can be sure always to have the latest episode right at your fingertips.
Season 6:
Listen to Episode 1: Running Up a Tabb with Tabb Singleton and Phat Tabb's BBQ
Listen to Episode 2: The Duper Deluxe Hamburger Rest-Stop-A-Raunt
Listen to Episode 3: Lil Mike and Funny Bone Got Talent
Listen to Episode 4: Quartz Mountain Magic with Oklahoma Arts Institute
Listen to Episode 5: The Sweet Indulgence of Chocolate Decadence
Listen to Episode 6: Fear and Loathing Illustrator Ralph Steadman
Listen to Episode 7: Global Literature with RC Davis-Undiano
Listen to Episode 8: Ben vs The Oklahoma State Meal
Listen to Episode 9: Back to Tulsa Week for the Bob Wills Texas Playboys
Listen to Episode 10: Off The Dome with OKC Improv
Listen to Episode 11: Reopening the Betty Price Art Gallery
Listen to Episode 12: Chalk Talk with USAO's Montmartre Festival
Listen to Episode 13: Now Up to Bat: The Oklahoma City Comets
Listen to Episode 14: A Samurai Showcase at Philbrook Museum of Art
Listen to Episode 15: The Federal Building Bombing in OKC, Reflecting 30 Years Later
Listen to Episode 16: Take Me to Church Studio in Tulsa
Listen to Episode 17: Shattering Anger at the Tulsa Stained Glass Rage Room
Listen to Episode 18: The Bob Wills Fashion Contest
Listen to Episode 19: Vintage Delights with Clinton Avery Tharp and Main Street Vintage
Listen to Episode 20: Holy Boley! It's Time for the Boley Rodeo.
Season 5:
Listen to Episode 1: Brunch Worth the Drive
Listen to Episode 2: Profound Faith with the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine and Miguel Mireles
Listen to Episode 3: Spreading MushLove with Oklahoma Fungi
Listen to Episode 4: Filling Up with Reeder's Auto and Tire in Tulsa
Listen to Episode 5: All That Jazz with the SWOSU Jazz Festival
Listen to Episode 6: Valentine's Day Extravaganza with Martha Negron
Listen to Episode 6: OSU Master Gardeners Plant Sale with Terri Cain
Listen to Episode 8: Refined Refreshments with Jamel Stephens and Afropop
Listen to Episode 9: Talking Hoops with Potawatomi Fire Head Coach Mark Dannhoff
Listen to Episode 10: Troy Aikman Talks Elite Brewing
Listen to Episode 11: Diving Deeper with Rae Rowland and Medicine Park Aquarium
Listen to Episode 12: Our Eclipse Preview Show
Listen to Episode 13: Propelling Art Forward with Momentum 2024
Listen to Episode 14: deadCenter Film Festival announcements with Cacky Poarch
Listen to Episode 15: Where Are The Monarchs?
Listen to Episode 16: Buddying Up with Howard Styron and Friends of the Wichitas
Listen to Episode 17: Striking A Cord with Norman Music Festival
Listen to Episode 18: Softball, Bugs, and Rodeo, Oh My!
Listen to Episode 19: Loving the Library with the Tulsa City-County Library System
Listen to Episode 20: Skate Party with Twister City Roller Derby
Listen to Episode 21: Talking Nature Centers with Oklahoma State Parks' Torie Thompson
Listen to Episode 22: Bugging Out with OSU Insect Adventure
Listen to Episode 23: Going to Bat with USA Softball's Craig Cress
Listen to Episode 24: Welcoming Tito Jackson to Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 25: Diving into Democracy at the Bristow Historical Society and Museum
Listen to Episode 26: An Edith Head Summer at Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Listen to Episode 27: Patriotic Parades with Pawhuska Freedom Celebration
Listen to Episode 28: Celebrating 100 Years of Cain's Ballroom with Chad Rodgers
Listen to Episode 29: COWS! with Wakita's Twister Movie Museum
Listen to Episode 30: Olympic Preview with USA BMX
Listen to Episode 31: Family Fun in Guthrie with Red Brick Nights
Listen to Episode 32: Travel in Time with the Oklahoma History Center Museum
Listen to Episode 33: Finding the Butterfield with Susan Dragoo
Listen to Episode 34: Refined Flavors with Chef Andrew Black
Listen to Episode 35: OU Football Radio Voice Toby Rowland Unhitches the Wagons
Listen to Episode 36: Exploring Expression with OSU Museum of Art
Listen to Episode 37: People Power with Kindt Myers and The Social Order
Listen to Episode 38: Flow State with Flo's Burger Diner and Chef Brandy Adkins
Listen to Episode 39: Tulsa State Fair Preview with Amanda Blair
Listen to Episode 40: Acting Natural with Theatre Crude Fringe Festival
Listen to Episode 41: A Willing Spirit with Oklahoma City's Jabee
Listen to Episode 42: American Stories with Beau Jennings
Listen to Episode 43: Thundering Up with Andrew Schlecht
Listen to Episode 44: Skeletal Halloween with the Museum of Osteology
Listen to Episode 45: The Rise of Oklahoma's Zach Bryan
Listen to Episode 46: Veterans Day Special at Fort Sill's National Field Artillery Museum
Listen to Episode 47: Hippo Hero Singer Gayla Peevey and the OKC Zoo Safari Lights
Listen to Episode 48: Remembering the "Washita Love Child" Jesse Ed Davis
Listen to Episode 49: All Aboard Muskogee's Depot Green Christmas
Listen to Episode 50: Coach Doug Sauter's Second Wind
Listen to Episode 51: Food Network's Jet Tila Takes Over Pocola
Listen to Episode 52: First Day Hikes with Oklahoma State Parks
Listen to Episode 53: Sierra Spirit and the Art of Songwriting
Season 4:
Listen to Episode 1: The One Enid
Listen to Episode 2: Art, Colony, and G. Patrick Riley
Listen to Episode 3: Something Sweet with Apron Strings Candy
Listen to Episode 5: Streaming Oklahoma with Dennis Spielman
Listen to Episode 6: Looking Back on 2022
Listen to Episode 7: Loving Lawton-Ft. Sill with Dr. Krista Ratliff
Listen to Episode 8: Riding Along with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Listen to Episode 9: Creating Community with the Center of Family Love
Listen to Episode 10: Like an Open Book with Jeff Martin
Listen to Episode 11: Making Bedré Chocolates with Kay Colbert
Listen to Episode 12: Oklahoma Thai Food with Benji Sukmanee
Listen to Episode 13: Making Art in Oklahoma with Lawrence Naff
Listen to Episode 14: The Oklahoma Sound(s) with Preston Jones
Listen to Episode 15: Accessible Art with NewView Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Musuem of Art
Listen to Episode 16: Getting a "Clue" with Guthrie's Pollard Theatre
Listen to Episode 17: Movie Magic with the Sunny Side Up Film Festival
Listen to Episode 18: Exploring Nature and History at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman
Listen to Episode 19: "Playing Cowboy" with Michael Grauer
Listen to Episode 20: Feeding Creativity with Frida Southwest
Listen to Episode 21: Going "Out There" with Jeremy Martin
Listen to Episode 22: Inside the Castle of Muskogee with Mike Hiller
Listen to Episode 23: El Reno Fried Onion Burger Day Festival
Listen to Episode 24: Fishing Fun at the Canton Lake Walleye Rodeo
Listen to Episode 25: Art in the Oklahoma State Capitol
Listen to Episode 26: Circling the Chuck Wagons with Darryl Jacobs
Listen to Episode 27: The Lookout Kitchen with Manny Davila
Listen to Episode 28: Movie Night with deadCenter Film Festival
Listen to Episode 29: Driving the Jefferson with Robert Reid
Listen to Episode 30: Summer Sounds with Evan Jarvicks
Listen to Episode 31: Creating Cinema with Kyle Roberts
Listen to Episode 32: Digging Up ”Treasure Maps”
Listen to Episode 33: Special Celebrations with The Country Dove
Listen to Episode 34: Brain Freeze with the Broken Arrow Taste of Summer Ice Cream Festival
Listen to Episode 35: Grilling and Giving at the United Way BBQ Showdown
Listen to Episode 36: Big 10 Ballroom with Doc Shaw
Listen to Episode 37: Community Spirit at the Hydro Free Fair
Listen to Episode 38: Flying High with the Thunderbird Drone Festival
Listen to Episode 39: Education and Entertainment at the McKnight Center in Stillwater
Listen to Episode 40: Asian Elephant Awareness Month with the Oklahoma City Zoo
Listen to Episode 41: Crazy Overnights and More from "Oklahoma After Dark"
Listen to Episode 42: First American Eats with Loretta Barrett Oden
Listen to Episode 43: A Musical Legacy with Matt Axton
Listen to Episode 44: A Decade of Pizza at Empire Slice House
Listen to Episode 45: All-American Touring with Tyson Ritter
Listen to Episode 46: Killer of the Flower Moon with Mason Whitehorn Powell
Listen to Episode 47: Killers of the Flower Moon Part II with Addie Roanhorse
Listen to Episode 48: Pretty Words with Vince Gill
Listen to Episode 49: Okie Ghosts with Jeff Provine
Listen to Episode 50: Krista Tippett and The Art of Being
Listen to Episode 51: Exhibiting Strength with National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Listen to Episode 52: The Okie Holiday Bucket List
Listen to Episode 53: Seeing the Light with Preston Singletary
Listen to Episode 54: Picture-Perfect Christmas in Ponca City
Listen to Episode 55: Downtown in December with Jennifer Nakayama
Listen to Episode 56: A Fresh Morning with Jabee and Scrambl’d
Listen to Episode 57: Our 2023 Finale with Director of State Parks Sterling Zearley
Season 3:
Listen to Episode 1: Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art with Delaynna Trim
Listen to Episode 2: Making It with Josh Waddell
Listen to Episode 3: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center with Jake Krumwiede
Listen to Episode 4: Creepy Christmas with Teri French
Listen to Episode 5: Something Sweet with the Woody Candy Company
Listen to Episode 6: First Americans Museum with Kristin Gentry
Listen to Episode 7: Food Worth the Drive 2022
Listen to Episode 8: Oklahoma Contemporary with Jeremiah Davis
Listen to Episode 9: Hope, Dreams, and 2022
Listen to Episode 10: Good Girl Chocolate with Dr. Tabatha Carr
Listen to Episode 11: Bird Watching with Naturalist Leann Bunn
Listen to Episode 12: Eating Local with Lisa Becklund and Linda Ford
Listen to Episode 13: Scissortail Steading with Paige Dowdy
Listen to Episode 14: Common Grounds Coffee Festival with Habitat for Humanity
Listen to Episode 15: The Resilience of Greenwood with Dr. Alicia Odewale
Listen to Episode 16: ROMP with Shaun Perkins
Listen to Episode 17: Distant Thunder with Lynne and Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Listen to Episode 18: Gardening with Steve Owens of Bustani Plant Farm
Listen to Episode 19: Capturing Oklahoma with Photographer Shane Bevel
Listen to Episode 20: Going Wild with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Listen to Episode 21: Exploring Nature with Gordon Grice
Listen to Episode 22: The Art of Arts Festivals with Seth Lewis
Listen to Episode 23: Reading and Writing with World Literature Today
Listen to Episode 24: Flying Free at the Euchee Butterfly Farm
Listen to Episode 25: Celebrating Tabouleh Fest with Trisha Bunce
Listen to Episode 26: Movie Magic with deadCenter Film Festival
Listen to Episode 27: Animals and Art with Joel Sartore
Listen to Episode 28: On the Santa Fe Trail with the Cimarron Heritage Center Museum
Listen to Episode 29: Summer Fun with Tulsa’s Discovery Lab
Listen to Episode 30: Prix de West at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Listen to Episode 31: Telling Oklahoma's Story with Discover Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 32: Blasting Off with LibertyFest in Edmond
Listen to Episode 33: Rocking Okemah with WoodyFest
Listen to Episode 34: ”Bass Unmasked” with Quraysh Ali Lansana
Listen to Episode 35: Exploring Laotian Cuisine with Chef Jeff Chanchaleune
Listen to Episode 36: A Slice of Summer with the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival
Listen to Episode 37: Endangered Ark Foundation in Hugo
Listen to Episode 38: Going Electric with Steve Jenkins from the Bob Dylan Center
Listen to Episode 39: The Five Moons Festival with Leslie Kraus
Listen to Episode 40: Historic Black Towns with Derrick Smith, Jr.
Listen to Episode 41: Okie-Tex Star Party with Mike Dennis
Listen to Episode 42: Zoologist Tracey Dolphin and Bison in Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 43: Oklahoma State Fair Food with Holly Kinyon
Listen to Episode 44: The Many Joys of Banjos with Lucas Ross
Listen to Episode 45: The Wildflower Festival with Katherine Whalen
Listen to Episode 46: Keeping Animals Wild with WildCare Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 47: Gilcrease in Your Neighborhood with Alison Rossi
Listen to Episode 48: The Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch with Tad Jones
Listen to Episode 49: Haunting Oklahoma with Jeff Provine
Listen to Episode 50: Making Music with Bartees Strange
Listen to Episode 51: Freefalling with the Oklahoma Skydiving Center
Listen to Episode 52: Pizza Party wrap-up with Mike Bausch
Season 2:
Listen to Episode 1: Spooky Season
Listen to Episode 2: The Introvert's Guide to Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 3: Learning to be an Okie
Listen to Episode 4: Online Gift Guide with Mary Beth Babcock
Listen to Episode 5: Museum of the Red River
Listen to Episode 6: Quarantine Fitness with Jesse Slone
Listen to Episode 7: Local Produce Delivery with Ashley Neal
Listen to Episode 8: State Parks with Tom Creider
Listen to Episode 9: Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma with Stacy Dykstra
Listen to Episode 10: A Sunny Forecast for 2021 with Meteorologist Emily Sutton
Listen to Episode 11: Food Worth the Drive 2021
Listen to Episode 12: Special Kneads with Tina Hanna
Listen to Episode 13: Best Bookstores
Listen to Episode 14: Oklahoma History Fun with Jonita Mullins
Listen to Episode 15: Black History Month Programming with Kristin Williamson
Listen to Episode 16: Cold Cuts with Dane Tannehill of Jane's Delicatessen
Listen to Episode 17: Popping Wheelies with BMX USA's Shane Fernandez
Listen to Episode 18: Oklahoma's Irish History with Larry O'Dell
Listen to Episode 19: Dog Show with Danielle Persons of Puppy Haven Rescue
Listen to Episode 20: Hiking and Off-Roading with Susan Dragoo
Listen to Episode 21: Momentum 2021 with Kristin Gentry and Amber Duboise-Shepherd
Listen to Episode 22: On Your Toes with the Oklahoma City Ballet
Listen to Episode 23: Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum with Kari Watkins
Listen to Episode 24: Lyric Theatre with Michael Baron
Listen to Episode 25: The Good, The Bad, and The Legendary
Listen to Episode 26: Riding Bulls with Ryan Dirteater
Listen to Episode 27: Watching Movies with deadCenter Film Festival
Listen to Episode 28: Acting Out with Jackson Gifford
Listen to Episode 29: Summer Reading with Emily Williams
Listen to Episode 30: State Park Improvements with Chad Crow
Listen to Episode 31: REWIND with Michelle Moeller and Kelsey Karper
Listen to Episode 32: Playing Out with Travis Linville
Listen to Episode 33: Visiting Bartlesville with Maria Gus
Listen to Episode 34: Appreciating Art with Callie Chunestudy
Listen to Episode 35: Rocking WoodyFest with Miranda Huff
Listen to Episode 36: Biff Bam Pow with Skyler Ammons
Listen to Episode 37: Saddle Up with "The Cowboy" President Natalie Shirley
Listen to Episode 38: Cat Video Festival with the Myriad Botanical Gardens
Listen to Episode 39: Sunny Dayz Mural Festival with Virginia Sitzes
Listen to Episode 40: Oklahoma Senior Games with Kathleen Fitzgerald
Listen to Episode 41: Oklahoma Festival of Ballooning with Brooke Hall
Listen to Episode 42: Laughing it up with the Red River Comedy Jam
Listen to Episode 43: Pride and Prejudice in the Paseo with Erin Woods
Listen to Episode 44: Oklahoma History with Jonita Mullins
Listen to Episode 45: Oklahoma State Fair with Holly Kinyon
Listen to Episode 46: Theatre Crude with Jenny and Adam Brand
Listen to Episode 47: Use Your Noodle with Chris Becker and Della Terra Pasta
Listen to Episode 48: Boutique Hotels with the Oklahoma Today Editors
Listen to Episode 49: Preservation Oklahoma with Chantry Banks
Listen to Episode 50: The Neustadt Lit Festival with Daniel Simon
Listen to Episode 51: Safari Lights at the Oklahoma City Zoo
Listen to Episode 52: The McKnight Center with Mark Blakeman
Season 1:
Listen to Episode 1: Stillwater
Listen to Episode 3: Fishing Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 4: Scenic Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 5: Scissortail Park
Listen to Episode 6: Oklahoma Autumn
Listen to Episode 7: SpoOKy Season
Listen to Episode 8: Pie Junkie
Listen to Episode 9: Renewing the American Spirit at OKCMOA
Listen to Episode 10: Lacey Lett and Oklahoma Music
Listen to Episode 11: Winter(ish) Wonderland
Listen to Episode 13: Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Listen to Episode 14: Beau-Ho-Ho! (with special guest Beau Jennings)
Listen to Episode 15: The Santa Claus Chronicles
Listen to Episode 16: Jonathon Stranger
Listen to Episode 17: K.C. Clifford
Listen to Episode 18: OKC Mayor David Holt
Listen to Episode 19: Visit Enid
Listen to Episode 21: The Oklahoma City Girls Art School with Kiona Millirons
Listen to Episode 22: Rodeo Cinema with Kim Haywood
Listen to Episode 23: The Chef's Table, Rococo, and Bruce Rinehart
Listen to Episode 24: Black Wall Street Burning
Listen to Episode 25: The Food Issue
Listen to Episode 26: Anadarko
Listen to Episode 27: Science Museum Oklahoma
Listen to Episode 28: Mexican Food Destinations
If you’ve got questions for us, or even topics you’d like to hear about in future episodes, drop us a line at OKTPod@travelok.com. Rate and review us online and, if you wouldn’t mind, tell your Oklahoma-loving friends to give it a listen.
