Glossolalia
Glossolalia is an act of speech common in pentecostal and charismatic christian worship. But it's non-linguistic
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These Splendid Things
Blake Bailey writes biographies about writers. He's written about John Cheever, Richard Yates, and Charles Jackson, and
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An Air-Minded City
Tulsa, Oklahoma, has always been an aviation town. In this archival interview, former airport chairman Richard Lloyd
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In the Negro Leagues
Porter Reed is one of two former Negro League baseball players still alive today in Oklahoma. Here, he talks about
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From Georgia to Maine
In 1955, Emma "Grandma" Gatewood became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. She was 67 years old, and
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So Long, Max
Richard Higgs tells the story of his dog Max, who he lost on a shopping trip to Dallas. Music "The Soul Leaves the
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The Queen and the King
Wanda Jackson talks about dating Elvis and becoming the Queen of Rockabilly. Hear more great stories and interviews
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Dead Deer
A man and his daughter watch a death in progress. Writing by Duncan Murrell, reading by Richard Higgs. This piece
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Jimmy LaFave: American Troubadour
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave talks with Michael Mason
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Consider the Jellyfish
What is this jellyfish doing in Oklahoma? Music "Napoleon Pulls Kip"- John Swihart "Bus Rider"- John
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Jon Mooneyham’s Best Albums of 2013
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Quick: what were your favorite albums of 2013? Can't
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Being Biker Fox
Biker Fox is an exercise guru, a nature enthusiast, and a public agitator. Here's a look into his life. This podcast
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A Reading of Laurie Notaro’s “Showbiz Folk Hero”
A look back at a very off-Broadway production of "Oklahoma!" Fiction by Laurie Notaro, read by Denali Gillaspie.
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Will Rogers Talks to the Bankers
Okie Humorist Will Rogers lambasts the culture of greed on Wall Street in 1922. This speech was most likely his address
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Woody is a Punk Rocker
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Mitch Gilliam traces the pioneering influence of Woody
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Guacamole is Morally Bankrupt: Verse on Hip Hop in Oklahoma
Mitch Gilliam explores Oklahoma hip hop at the intersection of social history and turntable technique. Tacos are
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Dear Santo Toribio
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. In 2007, Oklahoma passed the toughest anti-immigration
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A Prayer Life
Samuel Clifton Folks has lived in Tulsa all his life. Here, he remembers playing little league baseball as a young
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This Land Radio: A Haircut and a Shave
Mark Clay takes us on a tour of his barber shop and gives us an old fashioned straight razor
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You Will Eat Dust
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Adam and Eve preside at the 52nd Annual Rattlesnake Hunt
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A Pop Star Comes Home to Roost
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. The artist Harold Stevenson is best known for his
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Clean Dirt
Kris Gosney and her husband were like most of their neighbors in northwestern Oklahoma: conventional farmers relying
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John Fullbright
Producer Abby Wendle sits down with Grammy-nominated musician John Fullbright to discuss God and Oklahoma. This short
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Soul of a Man
One of This Land Radio's best podcasts of 2013. While in Tulsa for the opening of the Woody Guthrie Center,
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Buddie’s Pride
In his prime, Dana Livingston's father was an Oklahoma superhero. He lettered in four sports, drilled oil wells, and
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Warm and Fuzzy, with Some Grit
JD McPherson is a singer and guitarist with a retro sound. He grew up listening to punk music and studied video
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Okie Environmentalism
Ginger Strand, contributing editor to This Land Press, discusses Oklahoma's comfort with engineering our environment.
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Four Sisters Find Harmony in SHEL
The band SHEL is made up of four sisters from Fort Collins, Colorado. Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza Holbrook. They
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Love at the Jamboree
A senior citizen finds new love at the Poteau jamboree, an old-time country, bluegrass, and gospel sing-a-long. Hear
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“The Devil is Not Art”
A statue of the Satanic deity Baphomet may be coming to the Oklahoma State Capitol. Here, pedestrians around the
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Oklahoma Arms Show
Federally licensed gun dealers are required to screen people before they can sell them a gun. If the person ends up
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One Banshee & One Sunrise
Caldwell O’Keefe was part-owner of and bartender at Nine of Cups, a restaurant and bar on Tulsa’s Boston Avenue. In
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This Land Podcast: Punished Into Enlightenment
Gordon Todd Skinner claimed to be one with the universe. He also engaged in kidnapping, manipulation, and torture.
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Oh, Paperboy!
Matt O’Meilia was an aspiring musician and had a neighborhood paper route. Then, a rock star moved in next door: Leon
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Midwifery
Ruth Cobb, a midwife who has been practicing in Oklahoma for more than 35 years, shares stories of her journey to
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“Cardiology” by Nicklaus Faith: Poetry Circus Edition
People on the street perform Niklaus Faith’s “Cardiology", then discuss one dead bug and the desire to move
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To Write with Power
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 14th, 1912. To celebrate his one-hundred-second birthday, we're
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Gluedobbing It
Writer Joshua Kline takes us into the peculiar world of the Gluedobbers, a gun and model plane club in East
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Steve Almond Imagines Oklahoma, Youth
Author Steve Almond reads his short story about Oklahoma, "Jeff Keith, Lead Singer of Tesla, Considers
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Gorilla, Guerilla
An Okie travels to the African mountains to see Dian Fossey's gorillas, but forgets to turn off her
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Tulsa’s Slow Integration
John W. Franklin is the grandson of an African American lawyer who survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. He’s been
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Cattle Rustling in God’s Country
When Jeff Emerson started buying cattle in the early 1990's he was paying as much as $5,000 dollars a head when other
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Sister Helen Prejean
Sister Helen Prejean, of "Dead Man Walking" fame, discusses her spiritual awakening and the problems she has with how
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Migration Happens
Tim Hernandez writes about the lives of Mexican immigrants in the United States. Here, he discusses climate change and
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Wal★Mart, I Can’t Quit You
An ode to the superstore and its people. This story was produced in partnership with The Texas Observer.
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Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
Jim Chlebda talks to us about his close friend Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a prolific poet and writer who, with her
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The First American Music: Sterlin Harjo on “This May Be the Last Time”
Sterlin Harjo is the director and producer of a new documentary called "This May Be the Last Time." The film tells the
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This Land Radio: An Encounter with Bob Dylan
Jeff Martin, This Land's fiction editor, tells us about the time he met Bob Dylan behind Cain's Ballroom.
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Endangered Pigs are Delicious
Commercial pig farms have a reputation for their smell, but Stephen Green was more troubled by the sound of all those
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Her Dad, Oral Roberts
Roberta Roberts Potts, the daughter of the late televangelist and university founder, Oral Roberts, recently published
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So Long Johnny Cale
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. J.J. Cale wrote hits for Eric Clapton and Waylon
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Gordy Ryan Says Play a Drum
Gordy Ryan has been passing through Tulsa since the mid-80's, when one of TU's African student groups invited him to
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Cleaning Graves in Calvert
"Cleaning Graves in Calvert" recounts a burial ritual in a small town in Texas. The poem prompts one reader to recall
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Life as a Death Investigator
For death investigator Stacy Williams, bloated corpses and overdose victims are a daily occurrence. It takes a
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Giant Bass!
Basses come in varying types including the striped bass, the large mouth bass, the small mouth bass, and the spotted
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“Autobiography” by Joe Brainard
In his poem "Autobiography", Joe Brainard tells us who he is. Some of the things that make him unique challenge the
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Let It Go
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. For ten years Hugh Foley attended services at Hutche
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Three Springs Farm
For Earth Day, we bring you a portrait of Three Springs Farm, an organic vegetable farm in Oaks, Oklahoma. Emily
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This Land Radio: Howdy, John Hood
We stopped by the one bar in a one-bar-town and met John Hood. John used to be addicted to gambling. Now he has
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Oklahoma Lineman
Hurricane Sаndу brоught tоgеthеr a unique соmbіnаtіоn оf wеаthеr thаt rеѕultеd in over 6 million
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Randy Roberts Potts Passes Through
Randy Roberts Potts is known as the gay grandson of the late televangelist and university founder Oral Roberts. In
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A Tale of Two Choirs
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. What happens when an all-white church integrates for the
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ORU History Professor Reenacts W.T. Brady
You might say that Dr. Paul Vickery channels spirits. Besides his long career as a history professor at Oral Roberts
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Racing Around the World
Jack Seehafer spent almost a decade as a professional cyclist before becoming a coach for Team Type
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God Doesn’t Need My Child
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Judge Kurt Glassco tells the story of his daughter Abby,
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Okie Noodling and Fat-Fried Catfish
Hand fishing, grabbling, or noodling is something that Gary Altizer knows plenty about. After all, he is a proud 4th
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Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone has been criss-crossing the country performing as a stand-up comic since she was in her late teens. As
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Under the Sea
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Is the octopus a genius? A shapeshifter? An entreè?
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After the Oklahoma City Bombing: A Fresh Look
Andrew Gumbel co-wrote the book Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why it Still Matters (2012,
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Oklahoma is Cooler than Ohio
When New York City author Ginger Strand passed through Tulsa, we sat her down and asked what she thought about our
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Highway Homicide
Terry Turner, the Intelligence Analyst Supervisor with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, discusses the
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Ten Years on the Prairie
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Richard Higgs and Dennis Bires trek out to the Osage
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John Moreland is Nervous
Singer-songwriter John Moreland talks about panic attacks, getting upstaged by midget wrestling, and opening for Jason
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Spare Me Yellow Skies
This past July was the hottest month ever on record for Oklahoma, or any other state for that matter. Farmers and
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The Perfect Storm
THE SOUND OF OUR LAND: The Perfect Storm by thislandpress The 1930's felt like the end of the world in western
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Not Flesh, but Felt
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Micah Fitzerman-Blue is an up-and-coming Hollywood
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Growing Up a Poet
Poet John Brehm dives beneath the chit-chat and finds his soul in the river. Read more poems. Music Cattail
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Pepper Spray: Preventative or Excessive?
The Tulsa Police Department has been using pepper spray since the '90s, but the device made headlines earlier this
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In Good Company with King
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Mary McAnally organized the only Freedom Bus from
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Harvesting Tomorrow
Dr. Lewis Ziska is a plant ecologist at the United States Department of Agriculture. Ziska's work examines the effects
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Nothing Gets Between a Man and His Pie
As a long-time Tulsa attorney, Joseph L. Hull has spent much of his life negotiating deals. Two summers ago he found
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Glass, Not Glitter
Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma
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Poetry from Prison
Mary McAnally once led a poetry workshop for inmates at Stringtown Prison in Stringtown, Oklahoma. Here, she discusses
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So Long Tim Lannom
Tim Lannom loved big houses and historic houses. He owned multiple properties around Tulsa and spent his time restoring
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“Coming Home” by Ken Hada
In this communal reading of Ken Hada's "Coming Home," Abby Wendle gets people in the street to read his poem in their
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The Pinball King of Stillwater
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Unemployed, broke, and hungry, radio DJ Larry Hoefling
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Plane Wreck at Los Gatos: Finding Woody’s Deportees
What do you call someone who breaks the law by crossing the border into the United States? An illegal? An alien?
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Occupying Civil Disobedience
Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center gave Oklahoma public schools a failing grade in instruction about
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Hello, Country Life!
Hear it first. Subscribe to This Land Radio in iTunes. Jon Mooneyham hosts a post-punk radio show and was once a
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Inside Oklahoma’s Death Chamber
Kelly Kurt Brown used to cover Oklahoma's death chamber for the Associated Press. Over the course of a few years, she
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This Land Radio: Meet Your Meat
Three friends confront their meat-eating ways. They recount the day they gutted, skinned and ate the first animal
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Grocery Store Gospel
Once a week, community members gather in the Blue Jackalope grocery store and coffee shop for blues-and-barbecue
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Joanne Hearst-Castro
Joanne Hearst-Castro, the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, passed away in late 2011. Hearst-Castro was a
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He that Works with Soil
Rufus Newsome grew up poor and hungry in Sunflower County, Mississippi. His family couldn't afford food from the
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It Started with a Crush
Ron Padgett is a poet, translator, and memoirist from Tulsa. He left for New York in 1960 to find inspiration from
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Kate Kline’s Veggies and Wine
Kate Kline’s eating habits are evolving - from conventional family dinners in her 1950's Tulsa childhood, to fancy
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“Driveway”: A Collaborative Reading of Ron Padgett’s Poem
In "Driveway," poet Ron Padgett wrestles with the city in his skin: Tulsa. We had people on the street read this poem
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Ian Frazier
Ian Frazier talks with us about his book Travels in Siberia. He discusses the struggle to capture the essence of a
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Holy Ghost All Over You
Bishop Carlton Pearson once led one of the largest megachurches in the country. But when he stopped preaching about
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From the Archives: Speedy West and David Teegarden
Two musicians with Oklahoma connections, pedal steel guitarist Speedy West and drummer David Teegarden, each tell us a
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