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English, Literature, 1 season, 21 episodes, 10 hours, 14 minutes
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Helmerich Award Winner Amor Towles on his Writing Process and Work

A conversation with 2023 Peggy V Helmerich Distinguished Author Amor Towles.
11/16/202333 minutes, 51 seconds
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State Schools Superintendent Ryan Walters has called for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every Oklahoma classroom

What about the whole "separation of church and state" thing?
6/30/202329 minutes, 28 seconds
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StudioTulsa remembers StudioTulsa

Rich Fisher, the host of this long-running, award-winning interview show, gets an exit interview from Scott Gregory, the producer/editor of StudioTulsa.
6/29/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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A conversation with Barbara Van Hanken, co-founder of Tulsa Area Arkansas River Advocates (TAARA)

TAARA is a newly-formed organization that advocates for better transparency regarding the environmental health of the Arkansas River.
6/28/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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Summer reading suggestions from Nancy Pearl

Our longtime book reviewer offers several page-turning tips for the beach, the lake, the sofa, the hammock, the cool, well-lit spot by the air-conditioner, etc.
6/27/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"These Vital Signs: A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets"

A book of essays, stories, and Twitter poems that takes on themes of sickness, health, dying, living, grief, and joy -- the remarkable musings of one doctor and the patients who have shaped him.
6/26/202329 minutes, 28 seconds
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"National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home"

"Engrossing.... A fascinating reflection on the connection between food, place, and what flavors mean to the people who prepare them and those who travel to seek them out." -- Travel + Leisure
6/23/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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Now at the Woody Guthrie Center, "Love Saves the Day: The Subterranean History of American Disco"

The newly-opened exhibit will be on view through October 8th of this year.
6/22/202328 minutes, 59 seconds
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Discussing two new features, both long in the making and now finished, at the Tulsa Botanic Garden

The Stanford Family Liberty Garden and the Bumgarner Family Foundation Lotus Pool have just been completed -- yet the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting events for both are being rescheduled for late July.
6/21/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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Fighting food insecurity today -- across the US and across the State of Oklahoma

The numbers are alarming -- about 10.2% of American households are food insecure, and about 15.6% Oklahoma households are food insecure.
6/20/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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ST Medical Monday on Juneteenth: "The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century" (Encore)

"An eye-opening history of nine African American women in medicine.... This immersive tribute to a group of pioneering women will inspire readers of all backgrounds." -- Publishers Weekly
6/19/202329 minutes, 28 seconds
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"A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession" (Encore)

"This deeply researched and impressive study brings home the fact that America underinvests in the education of its children -- and that teachers step in to fill the gaps." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
6/16/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals" (Encore)

"In this rewarding study, environmental philosophy professor Preston provides reason to be hopeful about endangered species.... The surprisingly intimate accounts of species bouncing back from the brink of extinction serve as glimmers of hope against the backdrop of climate despair." -- Publishers Weekly
6/15/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band"

"This perceptive book is an insightful account, appealing to the aficionado and scholar alike." -- Todd Wright, Director of Jazz Studies, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University
6/14/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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Three impressive collections have recently been made available virtually by Gilcrease Museum

These are the newly-posted online Gilcrease collections: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Indigenous Paintings, and The Work of Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran.
6/13/202328 minutes, 59 seconds
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"How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine" (Encore)

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)
6/12/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them" (Encore)

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
6/9/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health"

"Rigorous and innovative.... Hallman successfully transforms Anarcha from historical object to subject, and shines a light on the contentious rise of medical ethics in the 19th century. It's a must-read." -- Publishers Weekly
6/8/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science" (Encore)

"A fascinating, heartening account of successful advocacy in the scientific and academic communities." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
6/7/202328 minutes, 58 seconds
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"U.S. Leadership and Global Health Security: Interests, Values, and Freedom From Fear in COVID-19's Wake"

Our guest is Ambassador Mark Lagon; he recently gave an address (with the title cited above) at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations.
6/6/202328 minutes, 29 seconds
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ST Medical Monday: "The People's Hospital" (Encore)

"Nuila practices internal medicine in Houston at Ben Taub Hospital, but the doctor's new book might take place in any big city where the uninsured -- like the patients he chronicles here -- face astronomical fees, mazes of endless paperwork, and poor or insufficient diagnoses made by exhausted medical professionals. Nuila's storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande." -- The Los Angeles Times
6/5/202328 minutes, 58 seconds