This Land Radio http://thislandpress.com/category/podcasts/ Compelling stories from the middle of America Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:02:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 This Land's podcast are short documentary pieces that explore life in the middle of America. Each month, we offer recurring segments like "Just Passing Through," where travelers tell us what they think about life in Oklahoma; "Poetry to the People," which takes poetry to the street; and "The Short So Long," in which we say goodbye to our friends and neighbors. Visit thislandpress.com for related readings and videos. This Land Radio no This Land Radio mail@thislandpress.com mail@thislandpress.com (This Land Radio) This Land Press Compelling stories from the middle of America This Land, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Okie, This Land Press, Tulsa Podcast This Land Radio http://thislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/radio-logo.jpg http://thislandpress.com/category/podcasts/ Tulsa, Oklahoma Episode 10: Fork in the Road http://thislandpress.com/06/16/2013/episode-10-fork-in-the-road/ http://thislandpress.com/06/16/2013/episode-10-fork-in-the-road/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:21:31 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=33840 This week, we go left or we go right.

John Hood stands at the vertex and sells us a Coors. Pantoja buys a one way ticket. Sarah says yes to rattlesnake. Ed Gungor gets derailed. And JD McPherson jumps, wiggles, and hopes it will be okay.

More in This Land:

Online Store – JD McPherson poster
Magazine – The Bottomless Ache of the Revolution
Video – Pantoja’s Driving Lesson

Related Links:

Take a look at some paintings by Jose Antonio Pantoja.

Watch JD McPherson ride his tractor and sing A Gentle Awakening.

Music:
Steve Earle – “Copperhead Road”
Cat Power – “Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
Fiona Apple – “Waltz (Better Than Fine)”
Pink Floyd – “Mother”
JD McPherson – “Gentle Awakening”
JD McPherson – “B.G.M.O.S.R.N.R.”
JD McPherson – “Wolf Teeth”
James Fei – “Improvisation”
Glass Boy + Courtenay Moon -”PadRain”
Phoebus – “Fjcb Reddit Gtr Fills Mix”
Lloyd Rogers – “Twelve from the Black Book 2/27/01″
The Worthless Recluses – “Black Fortune”
Chris Zabriskie – “Undercover Vampire Policeman”
Chris Zabriskie – “John Stockton Slow Drag”

]]> http://thislandpress.com/06/16/2013/episode-10-fork-in-the-road/feed/ 0 Cuba, Oklahoma, JD McPherson, Coors, Beer, Travel This week, we go left or we go right. John Hood stands at the vertex and sells us a Coors. Pantoja buys a one way ticket. Sarah says yes to rattlesnake. Ed Gungor gets derailed. And JD McPherson jumps, wiggles, and hopes it will be okay. This Land no 53:19 Episode 9: This Machine Comes Home http://thislandpress.com/06/07/2013/episode-9-this-machine-comes-home/ http://thislandpress.com/06/07/2013/episode-9-this-machine-comes-home/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:44:09 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=33671 This week, Woody Guthrie visits our studio and gets us on his wavelength.

Nora Guthrie asks us to dance. Dance out of our made walls, out from our sins, out from our sick spell, dance the high glory. Tiffany Colannino opens up the archives to reveal the only recording of Woody performing live, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott slips off his sneakers and goes searching for the soul of a man.

More in This Land:
Magazine – “The Myth of Saint Woody”
Magazine – “Woody Guthrie’s Social Gospel Roots”
Store – Woody Guthrie T-Shirt
Store – Woody Guthrie Poster

Related Links:
The Woody Guthrie Center
Ramblin’ Jack on the Johnny Cash Show
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

Music:
“This Land Radio Theme” – Costa Stasinopoulos
“900 Miles” – Woody Guthrie
“Another Man’s Done Gone” – Wilco
“This Land Is Your Land” – Woody Guthrie
“God Bless America” – Kate Smith
“Black Diamond” – Woody Guthrie
“Do Re Mi” – Woody Guthrie
“My Battle” – Jonatha Brooke
“If I Were a Carpenter” – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
“Work the Middle (Kodak to the Graph Remix)” – Andrea from Free Music Archive
“Soul of a Man” – Ramblin Jack Elliott
“Jesus Christ” – Woody Guthrie

Archival Tape:
The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance

]]> http://thislandpress.com/06/07/2013/episode-9-this-machine-comes-home/feed/ 0 Woody Guthrie, folk music, Oklahoma, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dancing This week, Woody Guthrie visits our studio and gets us on his wavelength. Nora Guthrie asks us to dance. Dance out of our made walls, out from our sins, out from our sick spell, dance the high glory. Tiffany Colannino opens up the archives to reveal the only recording of Woody performing live, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott slips off his sneakers and goes searching for the soul of a man. This Land no 52:19 Episode 8: Radio Potluck http://thislandpress.com/05/31/2013/episode-8-radio-potluck/ http://thislandpress.com/05/31/2013/episode-8-radio-potluck/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 20:00:09 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=33511 This week, our friends each bring a dish.

Long Haul Productions sings grace, The Kitchen sisters bring a king-sized bag …

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Long Haul Productions sings grace, The Kitchen sisters bring a king-sized bag of Fritos, Scott Gurian catches us a catfish, and Scott Carrier shares the orange from the backseat of his car.

More in This Land:

TV & Video: “Vagabond, Part 1”
Magazine: “The Genesis of Vagabond”

Related Links:

Long Haul Productions
Scott Gurian
The Kitchen Sisters
Scott Carrier

Music:

“Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

]]> http://thislandpress.com/05/31/2013/episode-8-radio-potluck/feed/ 0 Catfish, fishing, noodling, photography, fritos, tulsa, oklahoma, This week, our friends each bring a dish. Long Haul Productions sings grace, The Kitchen sisters bring a king-sized bag of Fritos, Scott Gurian catches us a catfish, and Scott Carrier shares the orange from the backseat of his car. This Land no 52:30 THIS LAND RADIO: Hook Echo http://thislandpress.com/05/24/2013/this-land-radio-hook-echo/ http://thislandpress.com/05/24/2013/this-land-radio-hook-echo/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 20:03:52 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=33317 On Monday, May 20, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, killing 24 people.

This Land Audio Producers Abby Wendle …

]]> On Monday, May 20, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, killing 24 people.

This Land Audio Producers Abby Wendle and Sarah Geis visited the area the day after the tornado hit and made this portrait of survivors who were in two of the hardest-hit spots: the Plaza Towers Elementary School and the Warren Theater.

Music
“Attempt to Draw the Line” by The Lizard Police

Additional Info
This story was originally produced, in a slightly different form, for the CBC’s Day 6.

]]> http://thislandpress.com/05/24/2013/this-land-radio-hook-echo/feed/ 0 On Monday, May 20th, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people. On Monday, May 20th, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people. This Land Audio Producers Abby Wendle and Sarah Geis visited the area the day after the tornado hit, and made this portrait of survivors who were in two of the hardest-hit spots: The Plaza Towers Elementary School, and the Warren Theater. This Land no 8:01 Episode 7: Teenagers http://thislandpress.com/05/17/2013/episode-7-youth-must-be-served/ http://thislandpress.com/05/17/2013/episode-7-youth-must-be-served/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:04 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=33194 This week, we meet a rock star on our paper route.

Fareedah Shayeb is ecstatic, like, that would be so …

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Fareedah Shayeb is ecstatic, like, that would be so amazing to represent my school like that, like, I love this school so much. Ron Padgett is not a hipster, though his ideas might be hipster-like in nature. John Brainard remembers his brother, Joe. Matt O’Meilia’s mom would kill him if he took that brownie. And Skating Polly makes a punk song about rainbows.

More in This Land:
“The White Dove Review” by Joshua Kline
“Leon’s Lair” by Matt O’Meilia
“White Dove Drive-Bys with Lee Roy Chapman”
“Driveway” by Ron Padgett
“Autobiography” by Joe Brainard
“The World is Yours: A Portrait of Joe Brainard” by Holly Wall
“She was the Punk of My Life” by Joshua Kline
“The Making of Miss Hornet” by John Waldron

Music:
“We’re Going to be Friends” by The White Stripes
“That Teenage Feeling” by Neko Case
“Oxygen Garden” by Chris Zabriskie
“Candlepower” by Chris Zabriskie
“Over and Under” by Antiphon
“Boulevard St. Germain” by Jahzzar
“Last Dance” by Jahzzar
“noir guitar” by Stevie’s Amp Shack
“PadRain” by Glass Boy + Courtenay Moon
“Intro” by Skating Polly
“Rainbows” by Skating Polly
“Don’t” by Skating Polly
“Lost Wonderfuls” by Skating Polly
“Kick” by Skating Polly

]]> http://thislandpress.com/05/17/2013/episode-7-youth-must-be-served/feed/ 0 Ron Padgett, Adolescence, Poetry, Leon Russell, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Skating Polly, Joe Brainard, The White Dove Review This week, we meet a rock star on our paper route. Fareedah Shayeb is ecstatic, like, that would be so amazing to represent my school like that, like, I love this school so much. Ron Padgett is not a hipster, though his ideas might be hipster-like in nature. John Brainard remembers his brother, Joe. Matt O’Meilia’s mom would kill him if he took that brownie. And Skating Polly makes a punk song about rainbows. This Land no 52:28 Episode 6: “Broken Down Hearted” http://thislandpress.com/05/10/2013/this-land-radio-episode-6-broken-down-hearted/ http://thislandpress.com/05/10/2013/this-land-radio-episode-6-broken-down-hearted/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:00:45 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=32947  

Episode 6: Broken Down Hearted

Show Description:

This week, our heart is in a hole.

Carol Johnson looks to a psychic for comfort. Radioman Jack Campbell feels the silence. Brian “Hashbrown” Calloway falls asleep in his breakfast. Holly Wall day-drinks and tells. Tupelo Hassman remembers Julio de las dos Madres. Singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood finds there’s more to life than dust in the wind.

Music:

“This Land Theme” by Costa Stasinopoulos
“Fall Moon” by Buildings and Mountains
“Little Tornado” by Aimee Mann
“Harlem Nocturne” by David Rose Orchestra with Woody Herman
“Blue Moon” by Elvis Presley
“Moonlight Serenade” by Glenn Miller Orchestra
“Take Me” by Karen Dalton
“Saddest Songs” by The New Mexican Revolution
“We Are Fine” by Sharon Van Etten
“Rattlesnake” by Ramsay Midwood
“Dust in the Wind” by Kansas
“Esther” by Ramsay Midwood
“Higher Power” by Ramsay Midwood

]]> http://thislandpress.com/05/10/2013/this-land-radio-episode-6-broken-down-hearted/feed/ 0 Tragedy, Oklahoma, Psychics, Dust in the Wind, Booze, Tupelo Hassman. This week, our heart is in a hole. Carol Johnson looks to a psychic for comfort. Radioman Jack Campbell feels the silence. Brian “Hashbrown” Calloway falls asleep in his breakfast. Holly Wall day-drinks and tells. Tupelo Hassman remembers Julio de las dos Madres. Singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood finds there’s more to life than dust in the wind. This Land no 52:27 Episode 5: “God and Country” http://thislandpress.com/05/03/2013/episode-5-god-and-country/ http://thislandpress.com/05/03/2013/episode-5-god-and-country/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 21:00:02 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=32702 In a special edition of This Land Radio, we go back to Cold War Oklahoma.

Lee Roy Chapman and Michael Mason tell the story of preacher Billy James Hargis and his unlikely partnership with Major General Edwin Walker. Becky Frank remembers her dad. James Bond (not that James Bond) endorses from the pulpit, and Holly Wall puts it in perspective. Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach season the show with some Strangelove.

More in This Land:

The Strange Love of Dr Billy James Hargis by Lee Roy Chapman and Michael Mason
Backwards Christian Soldier by Russell Cobb
The Watchman on the Wall by Stanton Doyle

 

Related Links:

The Sins of Billy James in TIME magazine (must be a subscriber).

 

Music:

“Military March” by Alastair Cameron
“Naked Lunch”
“Guitar Boogie” by Arthur Smith
“Cosmic Tape I”
“ODD”
“Absence of Day and Night 12″
“Cosmogonia Semplice”
“Take Off and Shoot a Zero”
Sea Clic
“Hesperos”
“The Beekeeper Jaggers Theme” by Tom Fahy
“First Rays”
“Razorback Sucker”
Naked Lunch

]]> http://thislandpress.com/05/03/2013/episode-5-god-and-country/feed/ 1 Billy James Hargis, Cold War, Evangelism, Dr. Strangelove, Oklahoma, preachers In a special edition of This Land Radio, we go back to Cold War Oklahoma. Lee Roy Chapman and Michael Mason tell the story of preacher Billy James Hargis and his unlikely partnership with Major General Edwin Walker. Becky Frank remembers her dad. James Bond (not that James Bond) endorses from the pulpit, and Holly Wall puts it in perspective. Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach season the show with some Strangelove. This Land no 53:21 Episode 4: Sugar and Dirt http://thislandpress.com/04/26/2013/episode-4-sugar-and-dirt/ http://thislandpress.com/04/26/2013/episode-4-sugar-and-dirt/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:57:42 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=32438

This week, we dig.

Tom Naples combs the archives for Dust Bowl memories. Holly Wall unearths dinosaur bones in Black Mesa. Sheilah Bright gets swallowed by Kenton, Oklahoma. Natasha Ball gobbles up food truck culture. And, for dessert, a slice of blueberry pie.

More in This Land:
“The Last of Kenton” by Sheilah Bright
“Breakfast of Champions” by Natasha Ball
“Secrets of the Dust Bowl Digs” by Holly Wall

Related Links:
Eat Street Tulsa
H and 8th
ExplorOlogy: http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu
Native Explorers: http://nativeexplorers.org

Music:
“Music for an underground circus”
“Dummy”
“Somebody Touched Me” by the Weeks Sisters
“Le Vieux train”
“Dinosaur Song” by Johnny Cash
“Eggs and Sausage” by Tom Waits
“Take off and Shoot a Zero”
“for reason, forgotten”
“There’s probably no time”
“Plantation”
“owco2_introspection”
“hydroscope”
“Intervention”

Subscribe to This Land Radio on iTunes here.

]]> http://thislandpress.com/04/26/2013/episode-4-sugar-and-dirt/feed/ 0 Dust Bowl, Pie, Oklahoma, Branding, cattle, livestock, food trucks This week, we dig. Tom Naples combs the archives for Dust Bowl memories. Holly Wall unearths dinosaur bones in Black Mesa. Sheilah Bright gets swallowed by Kenton, Oklahoma. Natasha Ball gobbles up food truck culture. And, for dessert, a slice of blueberry pie. This Land no 52:28 Episode 3: Sports! http://thislandpress.com/04/19/2013/episode-3-sports/ http://thislandpress.com/04/19/2013/episode-3-sports/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:17:13 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=32214 This week, we learn the rules of the game just enough to question them. Russell Cobb tells the story of Johnny Bright, the first African American to play football in Stillwater. Beau Adams stands on the banks of the biggest game in fishing. Holly Wall talks Thunder, Clara Nipper gets roughed up, and Natasha Ball marches, sweats, and smooches.

More in This Land:
Article: Confessions of a Designated Hitter by Russell Cobb
Fiction: The Reverse Hijack by Brian Frazier
Article: Bass Ackwards by Beau Adams
Video: Tommy Biffle
Article: Go Fast, Turn Left by Clara Nipper

Music:
“Take the A Train” by Duke Ellington
“Fables of Faubus” by Charles Mingus
“Alabama” by John Coltrane
“I Want to be Evil” by Eartha Kitt
“Old Comrades” by United States Marine Band
“Don’t Stop Belevin’ [sic]” – The Ohio State University Marching Band and Dr. Jon R. Woods
“Power-Pole Down Song” by Rodney Clawson
“Sporting Life Blues” by J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton

Subscribe to This Land Radio on iTunes here.

]]> http://thislandpress.com/04/19/2013/episode-3-sports/feed/ 0 Sports, Bass Fishing, Bass Master Classic, Oklahoma, Fishing, Oklahoma Sports, football This week, we learn the rules of the game just enough to question them. Russell Cobb tells the story of Johnny Bright, the first African American to play football in Stillwater. Beau Adams stands on the banks of the biggest game in fishing. Holly Wall talks Thunder, Clara Nipper gets roughed up, and Natasha Ball marches, sweats and smooches. This Land no 52:15 Episode 2: Keeping Bees http://thislandpress.com/04/12/2013/episode-2-keeping-bees/ http://thislandpress.com/04/12/2013/episode-2-keeping-bees/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:00:31 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=32017 Holly Wall talks Russian steak and virgin birth. Mark Brown gets lost in a beehive. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Elliot Heyne has an itch for beekeeping. Natasha Ball takes a pilgrimage to the bat caves of Freedom, Oklahoma. And we top things off with a heaping portion of brisket and slaw.

More from This Land Press:

Article: “A Symphony of Bees” – Mark Brown
Video: This Land Presents: A Symphony of Bees
Article: “Begetting Bats”- Natasha Ball

Featured Music:

“This Land Theme Song” – Costa Stasinopoulos
“This Land is Your Land” – Woody Guthrie
“The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble-Bee” – St. Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum & Alexander Titov
“Eros Vibraphone” – The Books (from freemusicarchive.org)
“Leatherwing Bat” – Pete Seeger
“I’m an Animal” – Neko Case
Bat call – digifishmusic.com (from freesound.org)

Subscribe to This Land Radio on iTunes here.

]]> http://thislandpress.com/04/12/2013/episode-2-keeping-bees/feed/ 0 Bee Keeping, Oklahoma, Veteran, Bats, Bat Cave, Bees, Brisket, Barbecue, Iraq War, PTSD. This week we discover the healing power of small things that fly. Holly Wall talks Russian steak and virgin birth. Mark Brown gets lost in a beehive. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Elliot Heyne has an itch for beekeeping. Natasha Ball takes a pilgrimage to the bat caves of Freedom, Oklahoma. And we top things off with a heaping portion of brisket and slaw. This Land no 52:37 Episode 1: Where is Oklahoma? http://thislandpress.com/03/29/2013/episode-1-where-is-oklahoma/ http://thislandpress.com/03/29/2013/episode-1-where-is-oklahoma/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:34:15 +0000 This Land http://thislandpress.com/?p=31527 In our inaugural episode of This Land Radio, we asked the question on every Oklahoman’s mind: Where the heck are we, anyway? Are we in the South, the Midwest, the Southern Great Plains? What is our regional identity? Co-hosts Sarah Geis and Abby Wendle are your guides through the hour.

We embarked on an exploration of this question with Russell Cobb, This Land’s contributing editor who can’t find his socks. We talked with Ginger Strand, a New York-based writer who imposed herself for awhile on some Oklahoma fish biologists.

We followed the This Land Fiction Editor, Jeff Martin, as he wandered what he calls the Southern Plains, pulling new fiction from Alan Heathcock and John Crowley from the hard ground.

Lastly, Grammy-nominated musician John Fullbright offers thoughts between musical sets to tide us over until next week.

Articles discussed:

South by Midwest by Russell Cobb
Streetlamps by Alan Heathcock
Tom Mix by John Crowley

Related Links:

“All the Time in the World” by John Fullbright
Imaginary Oklahoma, the book

Featuring music from:

My Oklahoma Home – Bruce Springsteen
Chiyoko Szlavnics – Ophir Ilzetski (from freemusicarchive.org)
Pizz Violin at a Bay With Extraordinary Ambience – Jon Rose (from freemusic archive.org)
There is No There – The Books
Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night
All the Time in the World – John Fullbright
Gawd Above – John Fullbright
Movin – John Fullbright

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]]> http://thislandpress.com/03/29/2013/episode-1-where-is-oklahoma/feed/ 2 John Fullbright, Russell Cobb, Oklahoma, Ginger Strand, This Land Radio, Jeff Martin, Abby Wendle, Sarah Geis, Imaginary Oklahoma, Tulsa This Land Radio tackles the question: Where is Oklahoma? In our inaugural episode of This Land Radio, we ask the question on every Oklahoman's mind: Where the heck are we, anyway? Are we in the South, the Midwest, the Southern Great Plains? To help us answer this question--and others--we've enlisted the help of This Land contributing writer Russell Cobb, who can’t find his socks. Later in the episode, Ginger Strand imposes herself on some fish biologists. And our fiction editor, Jeff Martin, wanders the Southern Plains and finds new fiction from Alan Heathcock and John Crowley. As an additional treat for your ears, join us for a musical chat with John Fullbright. This Land no