July 2011 Show Archives
Week 1 Show 1127
Remembering Clara Luper--Civil Rights Leader (View Video)
While Dr. King lead the civil rights movement in our country, it was Clara Luper who emerged as Oklahoma's civil rights leader.
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Remembering Edna Hennessee--The Woman Behind the Aloe (View Video)
A pioneering woman in her own right, and in business, Edna Hennessee lived through the Dust Bowl days and Depression to launch her own line of cosmetics.
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Plight of the Bees (View Video)
We travel to Kiowa, Oklahoma, to find out the real reason why honey bees are disappearing.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma State Beekeepers Association
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Made in Oklahoma--The Brasserie (View Video)
An Oklahoma chef is offering French cuisine with an Oklahoma twist at his restaurant in Tulsa.
For more information visit this link:Made in Oklahoma
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Made in Oklahoma--3rd Place Iron Chef Competition (View Video)
In this week's Made in Oklahoma moment, Chef Henry Boudreaux from the OKC Museum of Art Cafe joins Chef Kurt with his award-winning recipe.
For more information visit this link:Made in Oklahoma
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Week 2 Show 1128
Michael Wallis Backgrounder (View Video)
Michael Wallis is known to many as the voice of the heartland; an author who made his literary mark with books on the famous and infamous.
For more information visit this link:Michael Wallis
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Interview with Michael Wallis--Part 1 (View Video)
We visit with one of the organizers of the Literary Landmark Program, author Michael Wallis.
For more information visit this link:Michael Wallis
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Interview with Michael Wallis--Part 2 (View Video)
We continue our visit with one of the organizers of the Literary Landmark Program, author Michael Wallis.
For more information visit this link:Michael Wallis
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Interview with Michael Wallis--Part 3 (View Video)
We conclude our visit with one of the organizers of the Literary Landmark Program, author Michael Wallis.
For more information visit this link:Michael Wallis
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Week 3 Show 1129
Apache Rattlesnake Festival (View Video)
We travel to Apache, Oklahoma, for this year's rattlesnake round-up.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Travel
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Noodling Oklahoma Style (View Video)
Undoubtedly no sport is more uniquely Oklahoman, than noodling; and we accompany an experienced noodler on a recent outing.
For more information visit this link:Okie Noodling
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Interview with Bill Geist--Tourism (View Video)
We visit with Bill Geist, an expert on tourism tactics, trends, and technology.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Travel
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Bat Watch (View Video)
The Mexican free-tailed bat migrates to Oklahoma each year. These bats are providing a huge economic benefit to local farmers and ranchers and tourist can even watch their impressive evening flights.
For more information visit this link:Wildlife Department
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Week 4 Show 1130
Oklahoma Drought 2011 (View Video)
With temperatures at the century mark, and rains virtually non-existent, this has been a hard, hot summer for those who live off the land.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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Francie Tolle Interview--Disaster Relief (View Video)
Oklahoma’s executive director of the Farm Service Agency Francie Tolle about how the parched conditions are making it tough to raise cattle and grow even the hardiest of crops.
For more information visit these links:USDA Farm Service Agency (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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Drought Impact on Oklahoma (View Video)
Oklahomans are no strangers to the wrath of Mother Nature; we take look at the similarities of this year’s drought to the dust bowl of the 1930’s.
For more information visit these links:USDA Farm Service Agency (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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Dust to Dust (View Video)
Move or starve were the words one migrant chose to describe his options during Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl. Between 1935 and 1940 over 300,000 Oklahomans moved out of state in search of work.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Dust Bowl
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Timothy Egan Interview--The Worst Hard Time (View Video)
The dust storms that terrorized America's high plains in the darkest years of the depression were like nothing ever seen before. The story of the survivors is told in the book, "The Worst Hard Time" and we visit with the Pulitzer Prize winning author.
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Value Added: The Worst Hard Time (View Video)
Timothy Eagan reads an excerpt from his book, "The Worst Hard Time."
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Week 5 Show 1131
World Food Prize Laureate -- Dr. Gebisa Ejeta (View Video)
We meet World Food Prize winner, Gebisa Ejeta who is helping feed the world…thanks to some Oklahoma help decades ago.
For more information visit this link:World Food Prize
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Irish Ag Secretary--Dr. John Dardis (View Video)
Agriculture in Oklahoma experienced a historic occasion when the very first Secretary of Agriculture from Ireland visited the state to explore possible economic and research partnerships with the European country.
For more information visit this link:Organic Research Centres Alliance
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U.S. Wheat Exports (View Video)
America is the largest wheat exporting nation in the world, but currently the biggest hurdle is not abroad, but right here in our nation's capitol.
For more information visit this link:U.S. Wheat Associates
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Don Schieber Profile--Seed Wheat (View Video)
U.S. Wheat Associates is the marketing arm of wheat growers around the nation. Don Schieber chaired that group this past year, and during that period we visited with him to get some insight to a local farmer's life whose passion is international in scope.
For more information visit these links:Oklahoma Wheat Commission
U.S. Wheat Associates
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Made in Oklahoma--Field's Pies (View Video)
If there is a dessert dear to the hearts of Oklahomans, it's pie; and in this week's Made in Oklahoma moment, we visit Fields Pies in Pauls Valley.
For more information visit these links:Field's Pies
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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