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New Documentary Details Japan’s Country Music Culture
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A Transportation Security Administration officer we’ll call Pat told me very politely, even gently: “Sir, you’re
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The Indian of Their Dreams
If they hadn’t been square dancing beneath it, I might have ignored it. But there they were, the squares of the
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An Interview with Ralph Ellison
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The Cathedral Cruiser
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This Land Radio: One Banshee and One Sunrise
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This Land Radio: Water Birth by Larina Lavergne
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On the Road: 23 of Oklahoma’s Best Roadside Attractions
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This Land Radio: Cattle Rustling in God’s Country
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Original Okie: Victor Moreland
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THIS LAND RADIO: Hook Echo
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Evel Knievel Comes to Cooperville (and to Weldon Jack)
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Rebroadcast: This Machine Comes Home
Woody Guthrie visits our studio and gets us on his wavelength. Nora Guthrie asks us to dance. Tiffany Colannino reveals
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City With a Cause: Tulsa Proclaims James Dean Week
WHEREAS, the late James Dean, during his all-too-brief career as a motion picture star, exerted a powerful and
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Taste the State
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The Chicken that Crossed the Road
Headlines, like alarms, rang out: “Historic Bar Burns in Okarche” and “Famous Eischen’s Called Total Loss.”
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Meet the Filmmakers: Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach
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Original Okie: Harold Stevenson
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This Land Radio: Episode 10 – A Fork in the Road
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This Land Radio: Episode 9 – This Machine Comes Home
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This Land Radio: Episode 8 – Radio Potluck
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This Land Radio: Episode 6 – Broken Down Hearted
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This Land Radio: Episode 4 – Sugar and Dirt
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This Land Radio: Episode 3 – Sports!
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