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For decades, homeschooling in the U.S. was largely associated with white, religious, or affluent families. But as Danielle A. Melton reports, a growing number of Black families are turning to homeschooling, seeking a more rigorous, culturally relevant education for their children. In our penultimate installment of Tribal Justice: The struggle for Black Rights on Native Land (full story can be found on Audible.com), we hear about Michael Hill, a Cherokee Freedmen who was arrested by the Okmulgee Police in the fall of 2020. He fought to have his case transferred to tribal court because he's an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. After all, this was right after the McGirt decision, which returned criminal jurisdiction to tribal nations in Oklahoma when they involve Native people-like Michael. But, Michael's case was complicated-because of his status as a Black man with no blood quantum, his case did not qualify to be transferred. In this series, we've been exploring how centuries old laws have impacted people like Michael, and his brother Mikail, who was murdered in 2016. His case was transferred out of state court-even though like Michael, he is an enrolled Cherokee Freedmen. Listen as Allison Herrera and Adreanna Rodriguez give us the story.While return-to-office mandates make headlines in the United States, Kenya is developing the infrastructure and policy to become a global remote work destination. The capital, Nairobi, has earned a distinct nickname thanks in part to investment in telecommunications, education, and technology tailored to meet local needs. Here's Zaakirah Muhammad with more.Generosity often battles for space amid profit margins but here in Oklahoma, one small nonprofit in has managed to turn second-hand treasures into first-class impact. Park Avenue Thrift, a thrift store in Enid, didn't just settle for selling used clothing and furniture—it became a lifeline for other nonprofits, a backbone for community arts, and a catalyst for change. Recently, Park Avenue Thrift took home a major award from the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (OKCNP). Venson Fields spoke with the prize winners.This year's Ride to Remember and Ride for Equity cycling events kick off Saturday May 31st in Tulsa's historic Greenwood District. Osborne Celestain, founder of The Community Light Foundation which hosts Ride to Remember, and Linda Jackson of the Major Taylor Oklahoma Cycling Club will be cycling from Black Wall Street in Tulsa to Wall Street in New York City for the 1645 mile Ride for Equity. FBO's Bracken Klar pulled up with Celestain and Jackson.Throughout United States history, music has been the heartbeat of political movements, marches, and protests. For Black Americans especially, music has been a source of comfort and strength in the face of systemic injustice. For the second part of FBO's Culture and Music series, Tulsa musicians David B. Smith and Charlie Redd share music's power to heal, inspire, and fuel social change with Francia Allen. Focus: Black Oklahoma is produced in partnership with KOSU Radio & Tri-City Collective. Additional support is provided by the Commemoration Fund & Press Forward. Our theme music is by Moffett Music. Focus: Black Oklahoma's executive producers are Quraysh Ali Lansana & Bracken Klar. Our associate producers are Smriti Iyengar & Naomi Agnew. Our production intern is Alexander Evans.You can visit us online at KOSU.org or FocusBlackOklahoma.com & on YouTube @TriCityCollectiveOK. You can follow us on Instagram @FocusBlackOK & on Facebook at Facebook.com/FocusBlackOK. You can hear Focus: Black Oklahoma on demand at KOSU.org, the NPR app, NPR.org, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing non-fiction books about women of the Old West for more than thirty years. Chris was a guest at White Stallion Ranch and she took time from her vacation and spent it with Russell and Steven for the Cowboy Up Listeners.  Chris has authored more than fifty published books on the subject of women in the old west. Chris has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction.   Enss's most recent works are The Doctor Was A Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier, An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood's Most Notorious Bordellos, and Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Cowgirls of Rodeos and Wild West Shows.

Jack and Payton discuss Mizzou men's hoops' latest addition in the transfer portal, Oklahoma center Luke Northweather, what he offers and what the Tigers still need in the portal. The guys discuss a new name to Mizzou's portal shortlist and others who came off the board and what it means for the Tigers after Marcus Allen entered the transfer portal. The show finishes with Quick Hits: Mizzou gym still rolling, the latest on Luther in the draft and Final Four talk. Northweather to the Zou 00:00:00-00:07:40 Marcus Allen enters the portal 00:07:41-00:12:50 New player on Mizzou's shortlist 00:12:51-00:18:12 Quick Hits 00:18:13-00:32:57

This week we return to the second podcast we ever released here at Historians At The Movies: 2014's CHEF starring Jon Favreau, Sophia Vergara, John Leguizamo, and Robert Downey, Jr. We talk not only about whether or not this is the best food movie ever made, but about the rise of social media and #foodporn.About our guests:Emily Contois, Ph.D., researches media within consumer culture, focusing on how identities are formed at the vital intersection of food, the body, and ideas about health. She is the author of “Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture” (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) and co-editor of “Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation” (University of Illinois Press, 2022). Her current book project explores how ideas about elite athleticism have infiltrated everyday American life. A richly interdisciplinary scholar, her academic work has been published in Advertising & Society Quarterly, American Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Gastronomica, and Fat Studies, among others.Dr. Zenia Kish is an interdisciplinary scholar committed to publicly-engaged teaching and research that bridges the humanities and social sciences. Her work explores unconventional forms of media across global contexts, including the mediation of philanthropy and agriculture, and makes connections between digital media studies, strategic communication, critical finance studies, American studies, food and agriculture, and development. She is Associate Editor at the Journal of Cultural Economy, and serves on the boards of the Journal of Environmental Media and Communication and Race. Before joining Ontario Tech University, Zenia was Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa, where she also served as the Associate Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities.

Marcia Mitchell is the founder of The Little Light House, a faith-based mission to assist children with a wide range of developmental disabilities including autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy.The program is not only a facility for students, but also serves as a training ground for professionals and volunteers throughout the United States and other countries who are learning to reach out to special needs children in their communities.Marcia and her husband, Phil, gave birth to their daughter, Missy, who was born with a rare condition leaving her legally blind. With no facilities in Tulsa to help Missy, Marcia and her friend Sheryl Pool opened Little Light House in a small building, eventually expanding to a 22,000-square-foot facility.In 2013, the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits named Little Light House Oklahoma's top nonprofit organization.In her oral history, Marcia talks about the many unusual circumstances, which Marcia calls miracles, that led to The Little Light House serving thousands of special needs children. Here's the story now, on the podcast and website VoicesOfOklahoma.com.

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Ashli Sims. Ashli is a reporter turned nonprofit fundraiser, who takes us into the complex world of asking for support. Ashli's current journey began with a Kickstarter campaign to fund a storytelling project in Tanzania, where the ask was clear and the purpose was powerful. But when her career evolved into professional fundraising, the stakes got higher, and so did the challenges. Ashli shares how she learned to focus on impact rather than the dollars, reframing what it means to ask for help in a way that connects people to purpose. Ashli Sims is a storyteller who breaks down barriers and opens doors so Black entrepreneurs can build wealth for themselves, their families, and future generations. She has twenty years of experience, working as a news reporter, an advocate for vulnerable children, a fundraiser and a nonprofit leader. She's a graduate of Northwestern University and has a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Oklahoma Center of Nonprofits. Ashli has raised more than $16 Million for four different organizations. She joined the Build in Tulsa team in April of 2021, charged with helping raise money for the effort, before she was promoted to lead the initiative in February of 2022. Since Build in Tulsa launched operations two and a half years ago, the network has grown to include 400 entrepreneurs, facilitating more than 10,000 hours of training and coaching and investing $10.5 Million with underrepresented founders. Ashli is an Aspen Institute 2023 Health Communities Fellow and serves on the board of 36 Degrees North in Tulsa and a community pantry and soup kitchen, Iron Gate. She's been featured in Forbes, Essence, and Fortune. As Managing Director of Build in Tulsa, Ashli is helping reclaim the narrative: Black Wall Street is not a history lesson, but a blueprint. She believes the next Black-led billion-dollar company will be based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Joanna Trimble Smith was a co-founder and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2011 through March of 2024 of Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, whose mission is to create life-changing opportunities for children and adults with hearing loss to listen for a lifetime. Joanna graduated from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and as a speech-language pathologist, she has spent 47 years improving the lives of children and adults with hearing loss or communication delays. Ms. Smith was the Executive Director of the Hearing Enrichment Language Program before co-founding Hearts for Hearing in 2003. The organization has grown from 18 employees to 165 in 2024 and the unique service delivery model developed at Hearts for Hearing has significantly improved the listening and spoken language outcomes for children and adults with hearing loss across the world.  Ms. Smith is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist certified as an Auditory Verbal Therapist and has been recognized by the Oklahoma Speech Language Hearing Association with the Gwen Cacy Award for outstanding clinical skills. She has co-authored a periodic column entitled “The Tot Ten” in the Hearing Journal and until her retirement served as one of the Co-Chairs for the CI-PATH initiative. In 2019, she was selected to receive the Pat Potts Visionary Award by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. You can listen to this podcast wherever you stream podcasts and at www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/the-listening-brain-podcast

Embarking on a health journey can feel like an uphill battle, especially in a healthcare system that often leaves us fragmented and unsupported. But what if the key to wellness is not just in the hands of doctors, but in our own communities and the food we grow? I'm Cash Matthews, and in this enlightening episode, I sit down with Kenneth Baucum and special guest Andrea Reed, founder of the Oklahoma Center for Wellness, to unravel a new vision for holistic health—a vision born from her own experience founding a nonprofit while pregnant and her transformative international insights. We're here to stoke the fires of your entrepreneurial spirit and plant the seeds of change for a more proactive health approach.The conversation takes a deep look at the roots of our current health crisis, spotlighting the need for a health system that's not only reactive but also regenerative. From the importance of nutrient-dense foods to the innovative potential of urban agriculture like quail farming, we're dissecting societal norms and planting the idea of a community-centric health model. Our nonprofit initiatives, including a comprehensive holistic directory, and the trailblazing Oklahoma Center for Wellness, stand as testaments to our commitment to blending sustainable practices with wellness education. It's a call to arms for all who're ready to cultivate a future where health goes beyond the mere absence of illness—and it all starts with the choices we make, the food we eat, and the support we provide one another.As we wind down, we turn our attention to a holistic wellness event on the horizon and the crucial fundraising underway for the wellness center. We're building more than just a building; we're cultivating a sanctuary for community, education, and hands-on experiences that empower us all to lead healthier lives. By weaving together threads of mental health awareness, environmental stewardship, and the transformative power of forgiveness, we invite you to join us in this collective journey. Whether you're volunteering, participating, or contributing, your role in this paradigm shift in health and wellness is pivotal. Prepare to leave this dialogue refrMake More with Matt HeslinExplore strategies to thrive financially, build legacy, and enhance life experiences.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyMFP - My Financial PlanManage all assets securely with My Financial Plan's tools and daily updates.Produced by Kenneth BaucumBoost your business with our expert photo, video, and audio production services.Branded items by CM CustomsExplore CM Customs for unique, affordable gifts and branding solutions.Tulsa Business Owners Networking GroupJoin Tulsa B.O.N.G. for vibrant local business networking online and in-person meetups.Recorded at Elevate CoworkingElevate Coworking: Where local business owners connect, collaborate, and grow. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Get connected with this incredible group of Tulsa-area business owners and entrepreneurs by joining us for free at the Tulsa B.O.N.G. at https://www.facebook.com/groups/tulsabong or TulsaBONG.com. We can't wait to meet you!

Hannibal B. Johnson, a longtime Tulsa Area United Way volunteer, joins us to talk about his new book, " 10 Ways We Can Advance Social Justice Without Destroying Each Other." Buy it now on Amazon. ___ Hannibal B. Johnson, a Harvard Law School graduate, is an author, attorney, and consultant specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, human relations, leadership, and non-profit leadership and management. He has taught at The University of Tulsa College of Law, Oklahoma State University, and The University of Oklahoma. Johnson serves on the federal 400 Years of African American History Commission. He chaired the Education Committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and served as local curator of its world-class history center, Greenwood Rising. His books, including Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma, chronicle the African American experience in Oklahoma and its indelible impact on American history. Johnson's play, Big Mama Speaks—A Tulsa Race Riot Survivor's Story, was selected for the 2011 National Black Theatre Festival and has been staged in Caux, Switzerland. He has received numerous honors and awards for his work and community service, including a lifetime achievement award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book and induction into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, the Tulsa Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tauw/message

Diane Glancy is a prolific and acclaimed poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and professor emeritus at Macalester College. Her awards include the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, the American Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' …

Ross Heyman is the Chief of Staff at Capital Homes and its parent company Charney Properties, a new home construction company in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area. In his role, he facilitates key activities for the Capital Homes executive team and Charney Properties' investment and development team. Ross specializes in advancing strategic initiatives for affordable and workforce housing, infill development, and public-private partnerships. He also serves on the boards of Zarrow Pointe Retirement Center, Tulsa Tomorrow, and the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. In this episode… With so much economic calamity and uncertainty in today's real estate market, it's often tricky to diversify and structure an investment portfolio effectively. What are the leading strategies for a robust portfolio, and how can you determine a method that's right for you? Real estate investors must assess the market to identify various investment opportunities, joint ventures, and lenders. As a strategic real estate investor, Ross Heyman understands residential and commercial investment portfolio constituents and requirements. He recommends aligning your projects with the appropriate lender to develop a relationship, allowing you to grow your balance sheet and acquire additional assets. Following the 2008 economic recession, large-scale investors began building rental communities to optimize their portfolios. These asset opportunities provide tremendous value, so Ross says to join build-for-rent companies to help raise capital and leverage profitable markets. In this episode of The Same Day Podcast, Mat Zalk chats with Ross Heyman, Chief of Staff at Capital Homes and Charney Properties, about how real estate investors can grow their portfolios. Ross talks about the build-for-rent movement's development after the 2008 financial crisis, his process for evaluating lender relationships, and how to maintain rental communities.

It's Martha's favorite subject this week...books! We welcome Steven Baker President of the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book as well as Troy Miligan, a board member. https://oklahoma.gov/libraries/ocb.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month on Focus Black Oklahoma:Parenting is hard and determining what constitutes a family is even harder. Oklahoma Law has no precedent for a same sex custody battle. Yet, Kris Williams finds herself in the midst of a struggle for parental rights. Shonda Little has the story.The American Dream is fairly elusive, even for the people who were born and raised in the United States. Economic inclusion and self-sufficiency for refugees are priorities of the University of Oklahoma's Humanitarian Innovation Research Group, or OU HIRG. Anthony Cherry has the story about the organization and how they are advocating for refugee rights.The need for representation across a variety of industries has been lacking for years. In particular, Black physicians are few and far between. Dr. Jabraan Pasha has details about the Youth Medical Mentorship Program which is working to change the disparity of Blacks in medicine.Against the backdrop of divisive social, cultural, and political rhetoric, as the state of Oklahoma continues to see a rise in legislation banning race and gender diversity in education, restricting reproductive health and autonomy, and restricting 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, the initiatives, programs, and services of social justice organizations in the state have become increasingly sought after, especially to equip and support young people in the approach and navigation of these complex conversations. For over eight decades, one of the state's oldest inclusivity-focused nonprofits, Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, or OCCJ, has worked to promote understanding and mutual respect through advocacy, conflict resolution and educational programs. OCCJ started as a volunteer movement chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, formally establishing the Tulsa branch in 1958. In 2005, OCCJ became independent of that national organization. Through their initiatives and programs, they continue to do the work of elevating voices and educating world citizens. On February 6th, Phil Armstrong was officially welcomed as the OCCJ's new president and chief executive officer. Juddie Williams has the story.In an effort to reinvigorate Greenwood and the health of its citizens, the Historic Greenwood District Main Street is launching Greenwood Go, an initiative to ensure more people have healthy bodies to walk the historic District but also spur healthy commerce in the community. Sondra Slade shares details.Though Tulsa's moniker as the Rose Capital has been long gone, there are still beautiful flowers all around town that highlight the history made here. As Tulsa enjoys this renaissance in arts the people of the city have committed to give its flowers to the artists that showcase its beauty. Chaz Stephens has the story.Focus: Black Oklahoma is produced in partnership with KOSU Radio, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and Tri-City Collective. Additional support is provided by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, and the Commemoration Fund.Our theme music is by Moffett Music.Focus: Black Oklahoma's executive producers are Quraysh Ali Lansana and Bracken Klar. Our associate producers are Smriti Iyengar and Jesse Ulrich.

We're talking about the Oklahoma Center for the Book and the Oklahoma Book Awards with OCB Executive Director, Connie Armstrong. Connie has led the Center since 2009. She holds degrees in history and political sciences from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives. The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages.In our conversation we talk about the work of the Center and the upcoming Awards, being held on April 22.Connect with the Center for the Book: website | Twitter | FacebookI'm taking a few episodes to highlight some other bookish podcasts by inviting hosts to provide reviews. Our review for this episode comes from Pamela Wilson, host of the Picky Bookworm, a podcast aimed at introducing lesser-known authors to the world through weekly chats. Pamela also owns The Picky Bookworm, a website dedicated to promotion of indie books, and editing and proofreading services. Her dream is to have a community where authors and bloggers alike can feel supported and encouraged. Pamela reviews Falling Through The Weaving by Leia Talon.Connect with Pamela: website | Twitter | InstagramMentioned on the show:The Boy Who Carried Bricks - Alton CarterHannah E. HarrisonS.E. HintonRalph EllisonAlexander Lawrence PoseyWoody GuthrieAngie DeboJohn BerrymanLynn RiggsDr. H. Wayne MorganMuriel WrightErrol GibsonToni HillermanRilla AskewBob BurkeSheldon RussellMichael WallaceAll that is Wicked - Kate Winkler DawsonSherlock HolmesBarker & Llewelyn Novels - Will ThomasConnect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookShop the Bookcast on Bookshop.orgMusic by JuliusH

My guest for Chapter 36 is author, historian, and attorney Bob Burke. Bob has written over 150 books about Oklahoma and Oklahomans, ranging from topics like The Oklahoma City Bombing to the Oklahoma State Fair to Oklahoma legends like Wiley Post and Ralph Ellison. Bob is a 3-time winner of the Oklahoma Book Award, received  the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, and has been inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Bob and I talk about his interest in Oklahoma, his passion for writing biographies, his extensive writing process and working with co-authors. I also got to hear a ton of stories from Bob about everything from baseball to Donald Duck. Connect with Bob: website | FacebookOur review  is from Sheeva Azma, Sheeva is a freelance science writer, digital and strategic communicator, and science policy wonk who merges her interests in science, writing, and policy to solve hard problems through effective messaging with her science communications company, Fancy Comma, LLC. She is a scientist turned science writer who has written two books designed to encourage scientists to try their hand at science writing. Sheeva reviews Who Can Hold the Sea by by James D. Hornfischer. Connect with Sheeva: website | TwitterMentioned on the show:Typically I try to include all of the books mentioned, but Bob talked about so many different books and projects that it seemed best to point you to his catalog. Books by Bob BurkeDavid McCulloughConnect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookShop the Bookcast on Bookshop.orgMusic by JuliusH

I had the honor of attending a conference on "All-Black Towns of Oklahoma" yesterday in downtown Tulsa sponsored by Tulsa University. These small rural black towns have an amazing history and are a rich part of not only Oklahoma history--but also United States history. I hope you enjoy today's show which summarizes many of the key points from the conference. The whole conference was professionally videotaped and will be available for free viewing soon through Tulsa University's Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. *Conference Link: https://calendar.utulsa.edu/event/all-black-towns-of-oklahoma-symposium*Photo: "Early 1900s Black Cowboy" by unknown photographer. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Diane Glancy is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and professor emeritus at Macalester College. Her works have won the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. and the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center the Book, among other awards. In 2018, Publishers Weekly named her book Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears one of the ten essential Native American novels.Turtle Point Press introduces readers to outstanding literature by classic and contemporary writers from around the globe. We promote the work of emerging and neglected authors alongside those who are better known. The mix creates a publishing program that is both iconoclastic and challenging, revealing lives not usually seen in books that are playful, poignant, and poetic. Our writers work with some of the best editors in publishing and are treated to exquisitely designed and produced books. We are especially dedicated to supporting women, the LGBTQ community, and writers whose first language is not English. Elizabeth Howard is the producer and host of Short Fuse Podcast.  She engages individuals in lively and provocative conversations around how the arts can affect social change.  As a creative director and communications consultant she is recognized for her creative approach in working with clients and assisting them in their messaging, branding and media, as they stride past boundaries in search of the new. Her portfolio includes authors, artists, and cultural organizations; business leaders, universities, nonprofit organizations; and professional service firms, including high-profile architectural and design firms, often with international practices.Alex WatersAlex is the technical producer, audio editor and engineer for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts including The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living.  He lives in Brooklyn can can be reached at  alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com with inquiries. 

Sean Latham is the Director of the Tulsa University Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, which is related to The Bob Dylan Archives and The Bob Dylan Center. He is also the Pauline McFarlin Walter Endowed Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa where he serves as Editor of the James Joyce Quarterly and founding director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. The Institute for Bob Dylan Studies at Tulsa University is the academic arm associated with The Bob Dylan Center and Archives, and they host conferences and events, publish, and do research and writing on Bob Dylan. The Institute produced the The World of Bob Dylan conference in 2019, before there was a Bob Dylan Center, and before the Archives were even in a permanent home. It was a fantastic event that attracted 500 Dylan researchers and lovers to Tulsa for 3-days of presentations and special events. They've hosted a bunch of events since then, and are now gearing up for The World of Bob Dylan 2023 in early June. They're currently (through 1/15) accepting proposals papers or presentations for this event. Sean tells us what they learned in 2019, what they're planning for 2023, and a lot more. DYLAN.FM Dylan.FM is a Bob Dylan podcast that has featured Engineer Mark Howard, Authors Micheal Gray, Graley Herren, Musicians Robyn Hitchcock, Wesley Stace, and Dylanologists including Scott Warmuth, Laura Tenschert, and many more. Premium members get extended and bonus episodes and much more - Join Us. Add Dylan.FM to your favorite podcast app Join Our Substack For Ongoing Dylan News & Info SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY DYLAN NEWS/LINKS EMAIL LINKS: The World of Bob Dylan 2023 - Save The Date The World of Bob Dylan 2023 - Call for Papers and Proposals The TU Institute for Bob Dylan Studies Sean Latham on Twitter

This episode is for all of you who can't stop taking pictures of your food. I'm joined by Emily Contois (@emilycontois) and Zenia Kish (@zeniakish) to talk about Jon Favreau's Chef. This is an awesome episode and you're gonna love it.About our guests:Dr. Emily Contois is a scholar and teacher of media, food, health, and identity. Her book, Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media & Culture (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) demonstrates how the food, marketing, and media industries manipulated the concept of "the dude" in order to sell feminized food phenomena to men post-2000. She considers examples such as cookbooks, food TV, yogurts, and weight loss programs. She is also co-editor with Dr. Zenia Kish of Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation (University of Illinois Press, 2022).Dr. Zenia Kish is an assistant professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa and the assistant director of The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. With Emily Contois she is co-editor of Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation (University of Illinois Press, 2022).

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My guest for Chapter 28 is William Bernhardt,  best-selling author of over 50 books who has sold millions of copies in his three legal thrillers series featuring Ben Kincaid, Daniel Pike, and Kenzi Rivera, respectively. He's also written several standalone novels, including his most recent book - Plot / Counterplot - which is available now. Beyond fiction writing, Bill has authored two books of poetry (with a third on the way) and a series of books on writing fiction. He has received distinguished author awards from the U of Pennsylvania and Oklahoma State University, is a two-time winner of the Oklahoma Book Award, and in 2019 received a lifetime achievement award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book. In addition to his work as an author, Bill founded the Red Sneaker Writers Center to support and develop authors as they work toward their literary goals. The Center offers small group retreats, an annual cruise, WriterCon - an annual conference in Oklahoma City, and the WriterCon podcast where Bill interviews authors about specific topics useful to writers. As if all of this weren't enough, Bill also works as a publisher through his Babylon Books imprint. Connect with Bill: website | Facebook | Twitter | WriterConOur review for this episode comes from Steven Wedel. Steve is an Oklahoma author and teacher who lives in Midwest City. He's published over 35 books, in a variety of genres, but is best known for his Werewolf Saga series and his young adult paranormal novels written with Carrie Jones. Steve reviews  Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick.Connect with Steven: website Mentioned on the Show:Grendel - John GardnerA Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne CollinsBen Kincaid Series - William BernhardtDaniel Pike Series - William BernhardtSplitsville - William BernhardtMysterious PressStuart WoodsDean KoontzLemony SnicketRod SerlingJohn GrishamBabylon BooksCJ BoxLee ChildEncyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective - Donald J. SobolThe Martian Chronicles - Ray BradburyBirdie and Jeeves - P. G. WodehouseRise and Shine, Benedict Stone - Phaedra PatrickMusic by JuliusHConnect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookShop the Bookcast on Bookshop.orgMusic by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 23!My guest is Oklahoma children's literature legend, Anna Myers. Anna has published 20 books for children, including award-winning titles like Red Dirt Jessie, Graveyard Girl, Assassin, and Tulsa Burning. She is a four-time Oklahoma Book Award recipient, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book in 2012, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers' Hall of Fame in 2013. You can find out more about Anna and her work at her website - annamyersauthor.com. In our conversation, we talk about Anna's writing career, her process, some tips for young writers, and her firm belief in the power of story. We have a special reviewer for this episode. Anna's daughter, Oklahoma author Ginny Myers Sain, is reviewing one of Anna's books. Ginny is the author of the award-winning YA novel Dark and Shallow Lies and her new book, Secrets So Deep, releases in September. You can connect with Ginny and her work through her website ginnymyerssain.com and you can hear my conversation with Ginny about Dark and Shallow Lies way back in Chapter 7 of the Bookcast. Ginny is reviewing Assassin by Anna Myers. Check out Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma PoetryMentioned on the show:Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard PyleGreen LanternThe Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper LeeThe Book Thief - Markus ZusacOur Town - Thorton WilderThe War that Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley The War I Finally Won -  Kimberly Brubaker BradleyKate MortonKristin HannahTumbleweed Baby - Anna MyersFire in the Hills - Anna MyersJerry BennettMusic by Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookShop the Bookcast on Bookshop.orgMusic by JuliusH

This is the second time we have had the James Booth Foundation  and the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information on the program, but there is always more to learn!  Laura Brennan, the State Education Coordinator along with Kristie Edlen, the Assistant Managing Director from the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug information share some valuable information! In the second segment. Willie Edwards, Director of Community Assessment for Feed the Children explains his connection to James Booth. Jalisha Booth, founder of the James Booth Foundation.org is on hand, as well as Joseph Mitchell, a current student at Putnam City Original.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have two different organizations as usual this week. Our first guests are from The Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency https://www.ohfa.org/ We talked about their work in helping people buy or rent homes. The Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information brought two representatives to discuss their hotline and home hazards.https://oklahomapoison.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Jaimie Arona Krems about her research on friendship. They discuss the basic features and sex differences between how males and females have relationships. They talk about the different levels and dimensions of friendships and some of the stereotypes of friendships. They define friendship and talk about the dynamics of friends and family. They discuss jealousy and how it appears in friendships, status and trust, and opposite sex friendships. They talk about female competition in the workforce, attractiveness privilege, female cooperation, and many more topics. Jaimie Arona Krems is a Social Psychologist with a degree in Classical and Near Eastern Archeology, Masters of Liberal Arts in physiology, Masters in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, and a PhD in Social Psychology. Currently, she runs the Krems Social and Evolutionary Psychology Lab at The Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary Analysis (OCEAN) at Oklahoma State University. The research in her lab focuses on female cooperation and competition, friendship, stereotyping and prejudice, religion, reputation, ecological variable. Twitter: @jaimiekrems

Wanna get away from it all without going far?   Today we are discussing Lendonwood Gardens in Grove, Oklahoma.   Lendonwood Gardens is an eight-acre botanical garden near Grand Lake in northeastern Oklahoma. Shady pathways meander through more than 1,200 different types of plants, including an amazing collection of rhododendrons, many varieties of daylilies, and several varieties of dogwoods.   Grove is s a caring community that offers its residents an unparalleled lifestyle. Residents and visitors alike enjoy fabulous fishing and water sports on one of the largest lakes in the country. The views are spectacular - especially the colorful sunsets.   The ninth annual Dodgebrawl Tournament presented by Paul Logistics will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the BOK center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This one-day six vs. six dodgeball tournament sets teams to compete for the charity of their choice with each winning team's selected charity receiving a financial donation on behalf of the tournament.   The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,199-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa.   Tulsa, Oklahoma is a city on the Arkansas River. It's known for its art deco architecture, mostly in the central Deco District. Landmarks like the Philcade and Philtower buildings reflect a 20th-century construction boom fueled by the prosperous local oil industry.   Paw Paw's Chickasha is an Old Fashioned Burger Joint, specializing in old fashioned onion burgers.   Subscribe to the Only in OK Show.     Check out our sponsor for this episode - TAILBOARD APPAREL     #TravelOK #onlyinokshow #Oklahoma #MadeinOklahoma #oklaproud #podcast #okherewego #traveloklahoma #garden #otanical #Tulsa #tourism #events #grove #dodgeball #sports #greencountry #onionburger

This episode exemplifies our theme for Season 3 –Creating the Future with EWN. Host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, Deputy Lead of the Engineering With Nature program at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are talking with three PhD students who are doing truly groundbreaking work: Matt Chambers from the University of Georgia, Joseph Holway from Arizona State University, and Justine McCann from the University of Oklahoma.   These students represent three of the academic institutions associated with the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) initiated in October of 2020. Education and research are at the heart of the N-EWN. In this episode, we discuss the journeys of Matt, Justine, and Joseph–how they got interested in environmental science, engineering, natural infrastructure, EWN, and their plans for the future. Their paths have similarities: a personal interest in the environment, early exposure to environmental issues, finding an academic advisor whose interests aligned with their own, and then pursuing a PhD focused on a passion. These students are committed to making a difference.   Joseph describes how, as a child, he fell in love with the Grand Canyon and spent a lot of time there, then spent a semester there as an undergraduate that transformed into a years-long job running around the Grand Canyon doing science. “I was like, wow, you're going to pay me to do these things? I wanted to work towards being more than a lab technician. I met my advisor, Dr. John Sabo, who was doing work in the Mekong River Basin; and now I'm in Cambodia working with fish and looking at how the amount of water and the timing of the water affects a fishery in Southeast Asia on the Mekong River.”   With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Matt struggled to find a long-term path that suited him. He took environmental science courses that aligned with his interest in environmental stewardship. These courses eventually led him to Dr. Brian Bledsoe's lab where he is working on riverine systems and flood management infrastructure using nature-based features. Dr. Bledsoe is the Director of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia. As Matt describes his work, “Utilizing nature-based features that already perform natural processes that manage floodwaters will be one way that we can make those systems more resilient in the face of climate change.”   Justine has a background in geology. A strong field program at Penn State introduced her to the complex problem of mine drainage prevalent in the coal country of Appalachia. After doing some consulting, she found her path forward: “When I heard my current advisor, Dr. Bob Nairn, talking about that at the Geological Society of America meeting, I thought his approach to it was very interesting.  because it's such a low-energy approach to solving such a complex problem. I thought it would be a great fit for me to work on these more innovative strategies.”   When talking about the future, the students focused on the key elements of EWN: using science and engineering to produce operational efficiencies to better understand systems and achieve desired outcomes by leveraging natural processes and working collaboratively with local communities. As Justine puts it, “I think that there's a lot to be said about considering how to work with nature instead of imposing our will on nature. That's a lot of what EWN is about.”   Joseph's vision is for future generations to be able to appreciate rivers as he does: “I want to work in a space where I can ensure that rivers are going to flow as wild and as free as possible, but it's kind of balancing all of the services that rivers provide. In places where there's going to be dams, we can manage them in ways that are least to people downstream, whether it's fishing for livelihoods or recreating on boats.” Joseph is also dedicated to sharing his knowledge and passion by mentoring and teaching future scientists through the NexGen Mekong Scientists program. Through this program, Arizona State University and the U.S. Department of State partner to build a network of young scientists in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Joseph says it is a two-way street: “As much as I'm able to provide, I feel like I'm getting more back from the folks that are here. There's a tremendous amount of knowledge that each individual person that I work with in Cambodia has.”   Matt adds that, even as grad students, they can help dispel uncertainties around the application of nature-based solutions through the research projects they are working on. “Then maybe we can get to a place where this is commonplace for engineers, for general engineering practice. I think that would be a big step forward in a transition to a more environmentally sustainable world.” Jeff agrees: “As a graduate student, you may feel sometimes like you're not quite ready or in a position to be able to communicate information about your work and why it's important because you're so relatively new in that career track. But that's just not true. You've got very important messages to share, and you need to be finding those opportunities to get out there and tell people your story.”   November 8 is STEM and STEAM Day, which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The purpose is to inspire students. Joseph, Justine, and Matt offered advice to future students, assuring them that there's no one path; take your time; you don't have to have it all figured out right now; and above all, follow your passion. As Joseph says, “I wish I'd have learned in grade school that we know so little. There's so much exploration that's out there to be discovered. Let your curiosities run wild, dream big and most importantly, embrace, celebrate, and lean into your failures.” Justine adds, “Follow what you're actually concerned about, like climate change, and put your energy into working on solutions.”    Matt directed his advice to parents: “Take your kids outside. Go somewhere wild and with some acreage and try to open their mind to ideas in science and environmental stewardship. Do everything you can to set them up for an organic experience of total and complete awe with the natural world.”   Jeff wraps up the episode by sharing his excitement for the future: “We are in good hands with this next generation. I feel so good about the passion, the intensity, and the intellect that students—not only the three that we have here today, but students around the globe—are going to bring to this space and help us overcome all the challenges that we have in front of us today.”   Related Links EWN Website ERDC Website Jeff King at LinkedIn Jeff King at EWN Network of Engineering With Nature University of Georgia, Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems Brian Bledsoe at UGA University of Oklahoma Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds Robert Nairn (thesis advisor for Justine McCann) John Sebo, Audacious Water (thesis advisor for Joseph Holway) NexGen Mekong Scientists Royal University of Agriculture STEM and STEAM at Wikepedia USACE National STEM Awareness Program STEM/STEAM Day   EWN Podcast S1E10 Collaborating with Academia to Create EWN-Focused Scientists and Engineers EWN Podcast S3E2: Considering and Evaluating the Benefits of Natural Infrastructure

Explore the exciting world of stem cell research with Courtney Griffin, Ph.D., Scientific Director at the Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research. This innovative approach to regenerative care shows promise in areas across the medical spectrum from blindness to COVID-19. Join your hosts and TSET Executive Director Julie Bisbee to learn about this state-of-the-art research facility right here in Oklahoma that is helping TSET fulfill its mission.

Moises Echeverria is the President and CEO of OCCJ, the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. OCCJ is a human relations organization dedicated to achieving respect and understanding for all people through education, advocacy and dialogue. Their vision is to eliminate bias, bigotry and racism in Oklahoma.

Our guest on StudioTulsa is Prof. Sean Latham, the Pauline McFarlin Walter Endowed Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa, where he also serves as editor of the James Joyce Quarterly, founding director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, and director of the TU Institute for Bob Dylan Studies. In this last-named capacity, Prof. Latham tells us about the upcoming online conference, "Dylan@80," which he has organized, and which will celebrate the legendary singer-songwriter's 80th birthday in a series of 17 virtual sessions featuring 50+ scholars, journalists, fans, experts, and musicians from around the globe. The symposium runs from May 22nd to the 24th; more info (including how to register) is posted here . Prof. Latham also tells us about his newest book, an essay collection which he has edited for Cambridge University Press: "The World of Bob Dylan."

April 2021 Dante’s Old South In this episode we interview winners of the Southern Collective Experience’s LBGTQ poetry chapbook contest. 3rd Place: Ian Spencer Bell Ian Spencer Bell is a dancer and poet in New York City. 2nd Place Andrea Deeken Andrea Deeken was born in rural Missouri and has lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of her adult life. She has a BA from Drake University and an MS in Writing and Publishing from Portland State University. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Periphery, The Bear Deluxe, and Spoon River Poetry Review. Awards include an Arts and Letters Creative Nonfiction Finalist, and an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Spoon River Poetry Review Editors’ Prize Contest, among others. A former book editor, she has worked at the public library for nearly fifteen years. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her wife and daughter. You can find her on Twitter @drelo and on Instagram @hands.n.hearts, where she makes diary comics about her family 1st Place Steve Bellin-Oka Steve Bellin-Oka’s first book of poems, Instructions for Seeing a Ghost, won the 2019 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry and was published by the University of North Texas Press in 2020. He is also the winner of the Antenna Chapbook Award for Proviso, forthcoming from Paper Machine Press in 2021, a text/visual art collaboration with the painter Kristen Tomecek. His two previous chapbooks are Dead Letter Office at North Atlantic Station (Seven Kitchens Press, 2017) and Out of the Frame (Walls Divide Press, 2019). He earned his M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers. He has taught writing, film, and literature at the University of Mississippi, St. Norbert College, and Eastern New Mexico University. He is currently a Tulsa Artist Fellow and Research Fellow at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. His other honors include the Eli Cantor Fellowship from Yaddo and fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. He was the 2019 recipient of the Poets-in-the-Parks fellowship from the National Parks Arts Foundation. He lives in Tulsa with his husband, their dog, and three cats. Music by: “Actor” by Angel Snow "Closer Love" by DL Yancey "Love on the Streets" Kalliope "Morning" by Call Me Spinster "Why" by Eleven Thanks to Our Supporters: Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org Linden Row Inn: www.lindenrowinn.com Mostly Mutts: www.mostlymutts.org The Red Phone Booth: redphonebooth.com

My guest is Muhammet Ali Sezer, who is the Executive Director of Dialogue Institute Oklahoma and Raindrop Turkish House Oklahoma. Muhammet graduated from Suleyman Demirel University with a degree in Mathematics. He also earned a College Counseling Certificate from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA Extension). Muhammet is an alumnus of Leader Tulsa Class 58. He serves on the Oklahoma Governor International Team (OKGIT), Executive Board of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (OCCJ), Religions United Committee of Oklahoma Conference of Churches (OCC), US Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) of Oklahoma, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society of Tulsa. Muhammet is married to Zuleyha and they are the parents of Murat, Zeynep and Melih. Connect with my guest: You can connect with Muhammet Ali Sezer through the Dialogue Institute Oklahoma website https://www.dialogueoklahoma.org/. Resources mentioned in this episode: Dialogue Institute Oklahoma https://www.dialogueoklahoma.org/ DIO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DialogueOK Raindrop Turkish House Oklahoma https://www.facebook.com/raindropokc The Turkish Food Festival https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.21516 The Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma https://www.tiaok.org/ TIAO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/InterfaithOK/ Press: https://oklahoman.com/article/5679897/turkish-american-muslims-honor-christian-traditions Share and subscribe: Share this podcast https://www.fullintegrationcoaching.com/liveyourpurpose For more ways to share and subscribe https://anchor.fm/liveyourpurpose Thank you! Connect with Charles: Learn more about my life coaching, public speaking, and retreat services https://www.fullintegrationcoaching.com Follow along with me on Facebook and Instagram @ fullintegrationcoaching

PNM#11 - Jami Johnson Jami Johnson is a Medical Science Liaison for BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Prior to her move to industry, she was the Assistant Managing Director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information. She completed undergraduate coursework at the University of Oklahoma in Norman prior to completing the Doctorate of Pharmacy Program at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. Johnson worked as a Poison Information Provider at the OCPDI while completing her PharmD, which initially sparked her interest in toxicology. After graduation, she completed the Clinical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program at UFHealth-Jacksonville and the Florida Poison Information Center-Jacksonville. Upon completion of her fellowship, she obtained certification as a Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. When she isn't MSLing, she enjoys donating her time to various professional organizations, most recently joining the ABAT NACCT 2019 Symposium committee and participating in AACT's Clinical Toxicology Recommendations Collaborative Activated Charcoal project on the systematic review committee and clinical recommendations panel. She is dedicated to continued professional improvement and growth, mostly recently joining the OU Health Sciences Center's 2019 Leadership Council. Her professional interests include critical care with an emphasis on cardiotoxicity, and natural toxins, especially venomous snakes. Her personal interests include avoiding the aforementioned natural toxins in the wild and spending time with her friends and family. BOOMER SOONER! In this episode: Toxicology training for pharmacists - fellowship vs residency ABAT examination - becoming a DABAT Snakes, antivenom and all things toxicology! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/empharmd/support

In addition to funding grants that transform schools and communities, TSET plays a big role in advancing cutting-edge scientific research in Oklahoma. Directors from Stephenson Cancer Center, Health Promotion Research Center and Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research share the work they do to save lives and improve health statewide.

For over 30 years, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) has been the state's agency for technology development, technology transfer, and technology commercialization. With Governor Kevin Stitt's goal to make Oklahoma a Top 10 state, OCAST is doing its part through partnerships and collaborations to stimulate economic development and technology-based economic development. “We help to get science and technology projects, support those through our grant process and elevate Oklahoma's science and technology community so that we're competitive nationally as well as globally,” explained OCAST's Executive Director, Michael Carolina. “We have some leading-edge researchers and research companies that benefit from OCAST's grants, and they're able to attract federal grants as well as private money from the private sector to accelerate research to commercialization or conversion; the conversion of technology to the marketplace.” The Oklahoma Venture Forum (OVF) is the state's preeminent organization fostering innovation and economic growth. We introduce investors, mentors and support organizations to entrepreneurs, providing collaborative venues for sharing ideas. OVF champions small businesses and economic development by connecting and recognizing venture talents. Since our beginning, we have acted as the preeminent ecosystem for business innovation and entrepreneurship development. Our diverse membership includes investors, entrepreneurs, and service providers from a wide array of statewide industries. www.OVF.org

For over 30 years, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) has been the state’s agency for technology development, technology transfer, and technology commercialization. With Governor Kevin Stitt’s goal to make Oklahoma a Top 10 state, OCAST is doing its part through partnerships and collaborations to stimulate economic development and technology-based economic development.“We help to get science and technology projects, support those through our grant process and elevate Oklahoma’s science and technology community so that we’re competitive nationally as well as globally,” explained OCAST’s Executive Director, Michael Carolina. “We have some leading-edge researchers and research companies that benefit from OCAST’s grants, and they’re able to attract federal grants as well as private money from the private sector to accelerate research to commercialization or conversion; the conversion of technology to the marketplace.”With the task to grow and diversify Oklahoma’s economy, Carolina described his job as atypical. Before joining OCAST, he worked in management and executive positions with the Western Electric Company, AT&T and Lucent Technologies. While with AT&T and Lucent Technologies, he was involved in engineering, strategic planning, new product design and introduction, manufacturing, technology transfer, and joint venture operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America.“I think in Oklahoma, we have an asset base here that’s pretty rich. Again, with our higher education system, with our industrial complex that includes energy and includes aerospace and defense, bio-science, biotechnology, information technology, manufacturing, healthcare,” Carolina said. “The healthcare industry is growing, and so I think there are a lot of things that we can point to that are strengths in a global economy.”One example of OCAST’s success stories, which Carolina plans to discuss during his presentation for OVF, is the work of Craig Shimasaki at Moleculera Labs.“[Moleculera Labs] is doing some work now on the impact of COVID or the correlation of COVID and brain health and mental health,” Carolina said. “That’s a real success story. Craig Shimasaki was able to take an OCAST grant and leverage that with federal dollars as well as private investment to move the autism spectrum along. Hopefully, we’ll have some effective treatments for it.”From research to pre-seed dollars to seed capital dollars to manufacturing through intern partnerships, OCAST is developing the local talent base Oklahoma needs to go forward and keep the state from losing engineering STEM talent.“If we have the kind of industrial base that’s attractive to our graduates when they leave our higher education system, they’re more likely to stay in the state because they have jobs in their specific areas of study,” explained Carolina. “We can organically grow our own businesses from scratch. And that's basically our task as OCAST, to help businesses grow organically.”For Oklahoma to be top 10 in more areas, Carolina said it would require some strategic investment. By taking advantage of our geography, educational assets at the university level, industrial base, and the pioneer spirit of Oklahoma’s citizens, he believes we can make a difference and make Oklahoma relevant and competitive on a national and international scale.“It requires working with our politicians, our legislature, the governor, and his team saying, how do we coalesce those assets, so that Oklahoma becomes not a Silicon Valley, but we can become a technology corridor,” Carolina said.Michael Carolina will be speaking at the Oklahoma Venture Forum Power Lunch on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Be sure to register for the online ZOOM event to learn more about OCAST, ask your questions, and network with entrepreneurs in Oklahoma. As a member, he encourages others to join the community and help with new ideas. He is looking to addressing the OVF and having some dialogue about where people think we should go next. https://ovf.org/

"You're the only one of you that there is, and it's precious and beautiful and uniquely wired and deserves a break right now. So whatever that looks like, just go easy on yourself and take good care of you." -- Janetta Cravens __________ On today’s episode, our guest is Janetta Cravens, vice president of programs for the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. The reason we invited Janetta on the podcast is that she wrote a beautiful COVID-19 related mental health story for the Center called, "Maybe It's the Weather, Maybe not: Mental Health For Leaders in a Season of Uncertainty." Read that story now online at: https://www.oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org/maybe-its-the-weather-maybe-not-mental-health-for-leaders-in-a-season-of-uncertainty/

Contrary to Donald Trump’s grand expectations for the Tulsa Rally, the event turned out to be a dud. From the 1 million RSVPs Trump claimed to have received for the event, just under 6,200 people turned up in this highly-marketed mass gathering at the Bank of Oklahoma Center. What will this imply for Trump’s popularity […]

Contrary to Donald Trump’s grand expectations for the Tulsa Rally, the event turned out to be a dud. From the 1 million RSVPs Trump claimed to have received for the event, just under 6,200 people turned up in this highly-marketed mass gathering at the Bank of Oklahoma Center. What will this imply for Trump’s popularity narrative and his presidential campaign as a whole? How will this affect Trump’s image of strength and popularity among his supporters? Bill Stierle and Tom talk at length about how this flop has affected Trump’s marketing campaign and what Joe Biden’s camp can do to capitalize on it. Listen as they analyze Trump’s camp’s attempts to repurchase the truth to their advantage and how these will ultimately fail to prevent the truth from seeing the light of day.

Thousands of President Trump's supporters gathered in downtown Tulsa, OK, for the president's first rally since March. Attendees, expected to fill the 19,000-seat Bank of Oklahoma Center, have agreed to not sue the campaign or the president if they get sick, despite warnings from health experts. Kendrick Marshall, an assistant editor at Tulsa World joins Hari Sreenivasan for more. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Podcasting is a powerful way to raise awareness about critical issues near and dear to nonprofits of all kinds. The mission today is to explain why -- and how -- more nonprofits can launch their own podcast. Today, we're honored to be joined by fellow podcaster, Jesse Ulrich, who co-hosts Pod4Good and is the CEO of the podcast production company Rant9 Productions. And we asked our friend, Daniel Billingsley, of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, to join us to explain the importance of storytelling for nonprofits, especially now during the time of COVID-19 and protests related to the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. In addition, we're joined by Mickey Desai from Atlanta, Georgia. Mickey is a veteran podcast producer. He produces three podcasts currently: Nonprofit SnapCast (a podcast for all nonprofit professionals and board members) The Thing About Cars (a podcast about cars and the people who love them) Inclusion Catalyst (a production about social justice and racial equity) Mickey also runs Podcast Wizardry, a firm dedicated to helping others tell their stories through their own podcasting efforts.

Caitlin and Philip are joined by Avery Marshall, Director of Programs for the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (OCCJ), to discuss race, privilege, and ways to learn more as part of a series of conversations on Race and Religion

DESCRIPTION: Healing ourselves for future generations starts with claiming our own magic. Tune in for this special guest episode with Erin Aquarian (@fulltimewitch) and Edgar Fabian Frias (@edgarfabianfrias) as we explore how they use magic, facilitated through art and social and political engagement, to connect with their ancestral lineages, empower themselves and find inspiration for their work. Erin Aquarian is a @fulltimewitch residing on the stolen indigenous lands that are now called Portland Oregon. She is a tarot teacher, multidisciplinary healing artist and singer in the band Void Realm. Erin works with the tarot's archetypes to promote her agenda of healing, empowerment, and liberation for one and all. Her life's mission is to help people break free of status quo programming, find their inspiration and true purpose in life. Erin offers Cycles of Evolution lifetime readings, a monthly Virtual Ritual, and a wealth of accessible online content via Instagram, Youtube, and her newsletter. Visit her website to find out more about her work and current offerings. Healing power to the people! Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika) and Latinx multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. They work in photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other emergent genres. Most recently, they have integrated their diverse practices and collaborative partnerships into the creation of large-scale interactive installations and experiences. Seeking to alter states of awareness through the creation of temporary sanctuaries that act as conduits for respite, empathy, self-reflection, humor, and curiosity. For 2019/2020, Frías is a visual arts fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Research Fellow for the Oklahoma Center for The Humanities’ Research Seminar on Play. Recent exhibitions include “Nierika : Santuario Somático” at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, Oregon and “Perpetual Flowering” at the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles, California. Their work has been exhibited at Human Resources (Los Angeles, CA), Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA), SOMArts (San Francisco, CA), ESMoA (El Segundo, CA), Disjecta (Portland, OR), Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, OK), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Performance is Alive (New York, NY), and ArtBo (Bogotá, Colombia), among others. Their work has also recently appeared in The Commons, a public access-style morning show for witches, by witches and as a part of the Many Moons Lunar Planner 2020, created by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. Born in East Los Angeles in 1983, Frías received dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of California, Riverside. In 2013, they received an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with an emphasis on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Somatic Psychotherapy. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more great guest conversations, listen to the monthly astrology podcast or check out your month-ahead audio horoscope go to www.embodiedastrology.com Be sure to follow Embodied Astrology on social media @embodiedastrology on Instagram and Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/embodied-astrology/message

Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous and Latinx multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. They work in a variety of media including photography, video art, installations, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, and other emergent genres, and they incorporate magical practice into their artwork - and vice versa. They also conduct ceremonial, divinatory, and healing services through their offering called Our Sacred Web.For 2019/2020, Frías is a visual arts fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Research Fellow for the Oklahoma Center for Humanities’ Research Seminar on Play. Their work has been exhibited throughout North and South American, with recent exhibitions at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, Oregon and the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles, California.On this episode, Edgar discusses how art can be a sanctuary, the potency of colorful magic, and how they use witchcraft to celebrate their expansive, ever-changing self.Pam also discusses the spirituality of style, and answers a lister question about sharing joy in times of crisis.Our sponsors for this episode are Magic Monday Podcast, Cat Coven, BetterHelp, and Mithras Candle

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at Auburn University.  Dr. David Roueche, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is an Assistant Professor in Geography at Villanova University.  Dr. Stephen Strader, welcome!  Tonight's third Guest WeatherBrain is a Senior Scientist at the University of Oklahoma Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms.  Dr. Daphne LaDue, welcome to the show!

Global Pandemic Response Illustrates Consequences of America's Tunnel-Vision War on Terror (0:32)Guest: David Kilcullen, Former Advisor to the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, Professor of Practice in Global Security, Arizona State University, Author of “The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West”One of the clearest lessons of this pandemic, so far, is that we are all in this together. We're so connected as a global community that a virus in one country will travel to another. The economic pains of the pandemic will not be isolated to just one part of the planet. So why haven't the world's nations done a better job coordinating our response to the coronavirus? In previous decades, the United States would have taken the lead in a global crisis like this – like the US did during the financial crisis that swept around the world in 2008. What's different now? Woman vs Woman - Dress Psychology (28:07)Guest:  Jaimie Krems, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Co-Founder of the Oklahoma Center of Evolutionary AnalysisI'm guessing these mass quarantine measures have a lot of people wearing pajamas or workout clothes all day – what's the point of dressing up when you're not leaving the house? Deciding what to wear can be exhausting – at least for women, it is. There's the basic question of what's appropriate attire for the occasion. But there's also the fact that what a woman wears affects how both men and women treat her. PG-13 Movie Violence Reinforces Troubling Messages for Kids (39:57)Guest: Dan Romer, Research Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Is a lot of movie watching happening in your quarantined house? Over the last several decades, the amount of gun violence has doubled in PG-13 films. These are movies aimed at kids. And the gun violence they're seeing outpaces what's shown in R-rated movies. How's that affecting the way kids think about guns and violence? Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center have been studying this for a long time and lately they've discovered that a particular type of violence in movies has an especially powerful effect on teen brains. The Fight for Equal Pay, Rights, & Opportunities in Sport (50:31)Guest: Joan Steidinger, PhD, Sports and Clinical Psychologist, Author of “Stand Up and Shout Out: Women's Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sport”The head of the US Soccer Federation abruptly resigned last week amid a storm of criticism over its handling of a lawsuit from the Women's National Team. In a court filing, US Soccer argued that players on the men's team are stronger and faster and have more skill, so their higher pay is justified. The filing prompted immediate condemnation from fans and sponsors - and the quick resignation of US Soccer's president. But the organization is continuing to challenge the lawsuit from the Women's National Team, whose players argue that their lower levels of compensation are a violation of the federal Equal Pay Act, which guarantees the same pay for the same work, regardless of gender. It's been nearly fifty years since Title IX opened sports to women at all levels. Why do gender inequities in pay and access continue? Title IX Opened the Doors for Women in Sports, but They Needed This First. (1:09:10)Guest: Lisa Z. Lindahl, Inventor of Jogbra, Author of “Unleash the Girls: The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me)” When Title IX became law in 1972, athletics programs for young women in high school and college exploded across the country, but discomfort and self-consciousness kept many women and girls off the playing field. Then, five years later, in 1977, a 28-year-old woman named Lisa Lindahl decided to do something about the problem. She invented the sports bra. And if you think that's not a big deal, just ask the curators at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, where this history and the first prototype of the sports bra are preserved, because for many women, it literally made sports possible. Lisa Lindahl says it not only changed the world – it changed her.

On today's episode, our guest is our friend, Daniel Billingsley. At the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, he oversees all fundraising, communications, public affairs and government relations activities for the statewide association of charitable nonprofits. Prior to his work with the Center, he oversaw public affairs duties for Thresholds, which is Illinois’ largest nonprofit mental health services provider. He continues to have a lifelong passion for mental health issues and substance use prevention and treatment. In this in-depth interview, Daniel talks about his own family's issues related to mental health and substance use.  Read highlights from the conversation at mhaok.org/podcast.

In this live episode, we kick off the second season of Dear Oklahoma and celebrate Teresa Miller’s induction into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. This induction ceremony features a conversation with Rilla Askew and Teresa Miller. Special guest P.C. Cast, who is a number one New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, introduces Rilla and Teresa and explains why Teresa has been instrumental to her successful writing career. Teresa Miller is the author of Remnants of Glory, Family Correspondence, and Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir. She contributed an essay honoring her friend Pat Conroy titled, “Pat Conroy and Telephone Noir,” in Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, and is the co-editor of the anthology, Love Can Be: A Literary Collection about Our Animals. Many people also know Teresa for her literary activism. She is the founder of the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers and started the Center’s Celebration of Books event. She hosted the beloved OETA television series “Writing Out Loud,” and interviewed such luminaries as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, and Isabel Allende. Teresa shares stories about her writing life and about the many writers she has crossed paths with over the years, including Harper Lee and Billie Letts. Lindsey and Emily chat with Teresa and Rilla about the importance of friendship, the ever-changing publishing industry, and the necessity of taking part in one’s literary community.  

Keija Parssinen graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where she studied English literature and received a certificate from the Program for the Study of Women and Gender. She earned her MFA at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote fellow, a Teaching and Writing fellow, and the student editor of the Iowa Short Fiction contest. After finishing the program, she won a Michener-Copernicus award for her debut novel, The Ruins of Us, which was published in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Italy and around the Middle East. The novel was long-listed for the Chautauqua Prize, was chosen as Book of the Month by National Geographic Traveler, and was selected as a Best Book of the Middle East Region by Turkey’s Today’s Zaman newspaper. In Fall 2019, it was published in Arabic by the Syrian Ministry of Culture. Her second novel, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, won an Alex Award from the American Library Association, was chosen as Book of the Month by Emily St. John Mandel, and was selected as a Best Book of the Year by the Kansas City Star, Lone Star Literary Life, Missouri Life, Vox Magazine, and Brazos Bookstore. Her short fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in The Southern Review, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, the Lonely Planet travel-writing anthologies, World Literature Today, Slate, The Arkansas International, The Brooklyn Quarterly, Slice Magazine, Salon, Five Chapters, the New Delta Review, Marie Claire, Off Assignment, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook, the Corporation of Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, Ragdale, the Vermont Studio Center, Playa Summer Lake, the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, and The Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow, where she was a My Time Fellow. Keija was born in Saudi Arabia and lived there for twelve years before her family moved to Austin, Texas. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Kenyon College and lives in Ohio with her family. Wendy Taylor Carlisle was born in Manhattan, raised in Bermuda, Connecticut and Ft Lauderdale, Florida and lives now in the Arkansas Ozarks in a house she built in 1980. She has an MA from The University of Arkansas and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of The Mercy of Traffic (Unlikely Books, 2019), Discount Fireworks (Jacaranda Press, 2008) and Reading Berryman to the Dog (Jacaranda Press, 2000.) Chapbooks include They Went to the Beach to Play (Locofo Chaps, 2016), Chap Book (Platypus Press, 2016), Persephone on the Metro (MadHat press, 2014), The Storage of Angels (Slow Water Press, 2008), and After Happily Ever After (Two River Chapbooks, 2003.) Her work appears in multiple anthologies.

Chris and Jesse are joined by Moises Echeverria, CEO and president of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. We discuss the rising anger in the world today, how it affects everyone, how to be a better advocate, how to use any privilege you might have to help others, all the great programs OCCJ offers, and how you can help. Follow OCCJ on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/OCCJOK/Check out its website: www.occjok.orgAnd don't forget to volunteer your time!Support Pod 4 Good here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pod4good See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, sits down with Mack Hagood, the Blayney Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies at Miami University, in Ohio, and the author of Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control. Together they discuss what sound means for us, how it's social effects have transformed over time, and just why we seem to like playing with it so much.

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, has a special sit-down interview with Bob Spoo, discussing his new book, Moderinism and the Law, along with it's exploration into the works of James Joyce and transatlantic Anglo-American modernist culture.  Links: https://humanities.utulsa.edu/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/robert-spoo/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/sean-lathom/ https://www.amazon.com/Modernism-Law-Modernisms-Robert-Spoo/dp/147427580X

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, has a conversation with Tracy Fullerton, an award-winning game designer and professor at the University of Southern California. Together they explore what games allow users to do, how entertainment can be forged from the process, and why "play" is at the heart of all it. Links: https://humanities.utulsa.edu/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/sean-latham/ https://www.tracyfullerton.com/ https://www.crcpress.com/Game-Design-Workshop-A-Playcentric-Approach-to-Creating-Innovative-Games/Fullerton/p/book/9781138098770

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, speaks with Helen Douglass, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship Fellow and Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Tulsa. From conversations about maker-spaces to thoughts on how playing relates to education, The Human Connection keeps the conversation going and continues redefining the power of playing. Links: https://humanities.utulsa.edu/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/sean-latham/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/helen-douglass/ https://humanities.utulsa.edu

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, keeps the music conversation going with Katie Moulton, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship Fellow and writer, editor and music critic.  Moulton's understanding of not only music criticism, but also musical structure, fuels a conversation about how artist and listerns can play with music. After all, we "read" a book and "paint" a picture, but "play" music. Why is that? Find out our thoughts in this engaging episode! Links: https://humanities.utulsa.edu/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/sean-latham/ https://www.katiemoulton.com https://www.tulsaartistfellowship.org/ Tags: University of Tulsa, Podcast, OK Center for the Humanities, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Art, Humanities, Oklahoma, Music, Old Town Road, Lil Nas X, Play, Creative, Podcast, Inspiration, Human Nature, Review, Criticism, Playful, Sean Latham, Katie Moulton, Fellow, Fellowship, Author, Writer, Musician, Music Production, Writing, Memoir

In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, kicks off the Human Connection series by bringing in Layne Farmen for a conversation about how music production and lyric writing are "playful" Farmen uses his expertise in musical performance and breadth of musical knowledge to engage in a conversation covering everything from bluegrass music to Kanye West, and together the two share a conversation that begins to chisel away at the meaning of play: Why is it important? What does it say about humanity? And, above all else, why does it make us human? Links: https://humanities.utulsa.edu/ https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/sean-latham/ https://humanities.utulsa.edu/author/lfarmen/

The Reverend Dr. Mouzon Biggs, Jr. came to Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in 1980 from Beaumont, Texas, where for seven years he was pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church. He served Boston Ave. Methodist Church for thirty-three years, retiring in 2013 after fifty-four years in ministry.A native of the Carthage, Texas oilfields, Rev. Biggs earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Centenary College of Louisiana and a Master of Divinity at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He also holds a Doctor of Divinity degree from Texas Wesleyan University and a Doctor of Humane Letters from Oklahoma City University.Rev. Biggs led the development of an endowment fund to maintain Boston Avenue’s building. The structure was completed in 1929 and is a designated National Historic Landmark. Today, the endowment totals $26 million and has allowed the church to maintain its grounds and building—without requiring special finance campaigns. In 2004 the church completed a 38,000 square-foot addition to relieve overcrowded classrooms and provide new recreational and meeting facilities.Influenced by two Jewish college professors who escaped Hitler’s Germany, he was led to create positive dialogue and cooperation among Jewish and Christian communities. He served twice as board president for the Oklahoma Center for Community Justice and in addition, was a board member of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited.Rev. Biggs is a well-known speaker, having addressed churches, colleges, conventions, chambers of commerce, and similar groups across a 28-state area. He is the author of Moments to Hold Close, and co-authored the best-selling book, When You Graduate, with Dr. Charles L. Allen of Houston, Texas.

We are joined by Laura Brennan of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Center (Formally known as Poison Control). Laura talks about all of the ways the Poison helpline can help out your family and then discusses the opioid epidemic in the United States. If you want to get in touch with or follow the social media accounts of Oklahoma Poison and Control, their website and social media is linked below: https://www.oklahomapoison.org/ https://www.facebook.com/OCPDI/ 1-800-222-1222 If you want to get in touch with The Positive Truth to give us positive news stories you want us to talk about on the show, tell us about a topic you would like covered, or to stay updated on future episodes you can reach us below: https://www.facebook.com/ThePositiveTruthPodcast/ https://twitter.com/TPT_Podcast https://www.instagram.com/thepositivetruth/ Our E-mail: thepositivetruth@gmail.com Video version of the podcast is available on our YouTube channel: The Positive Truth OKC

Click here for tedhart.com He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERT: KENT STROMAN Regarded as America’s ASKING Coach, Kent Stroman is a talented speaker, insightful advisor, effective communicator and published author. He has an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation. After a 25 year career in higher education, Kent launched STROMAN & associates, consulting in fundraising, board governance, strategic planning, and leadership development. Stroman’s fundraising efforts have generated tens of millions of dollars for charitable causes. He is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Partner in the Alliance for Board Effectiveness, BoardSource-trained governance consultant, Sarkeys Foundation-approved retreat facilitator, and serves as an adjunct consultant for the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. Kent has earned the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Master Trainer designation. In 2003 Kent was named the Outstanding Fundraising Executive by the Eastern Oklahoma AFP.Kent is a popular speaker and frequent presenter to regional, national and international audiences. His new book The Intentional Board: Why Your Board Doesn't Work ... and How to Fix It? is a focus of this show.

Join Host Pam Kroskie and guest Rhonda Churchill on November 9th @ 2pm EST- Renae Irene Gafford was given up for adoption in 1956.  She was adopted by Jim and Jeanlee Noonan and was raised in the wheat lands of north central Oklahoma, as Rhonda Noonan. In 1980, she began a quest to find her biological grandfather, who, she was told, had cared about her.  The journey was 30 years long but ultimately rewarding, as she found her birth mother and the identity of her birth father. Her beloved grandfather was none other than Winston Churchill.  In 2013, Rhonda told the story of her search in  “The Fifth and Final Name, Memoir of An American Churchill,”  a finalist for the Oklahoma Center for The Book Award.  In 2015, she legally changed her name to Rhonda Churchill.  Rhonda is a licensed professional counselor and has worked with adoptees and their families for over 35 years.  She shares her story with others to provide inspiration and courage to those searching and to highlight the spiritual connectedness we share with family who has gone before us. 

Discussion of the paper: 'Sex Differences in Stress-Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity Following Early Life Adversity: A Two Hit Model.' The contributors in the podcast are as follows: Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Ph.D., FACG, AGAF (Scientific Director, Gastrointestinal Research Program, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, US) and Dawn Prusator, Ph.D (Post Doctoral Fellow, Gastrointestinal Research Program, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, US). Read the paper here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nmo.12891/full

Discussion of the paper: 'Gender specific effects of neonatal limited nesting on viscerosomatic sensitivity and anxiety-like behavior in adult rats'. The contributors in the podcast are as follows: Dr Adam Farmer (Consultant Neurogastroenterologist, The Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts London School of Medicine, London, UK), Professor Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld (Professor of Physiology, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, USA)and Dawn Prusator (Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, USA) Read the paper here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nmo.12472/abstract