Amplified Oklahoma

In this episode, we explore the art and life of Choctaw-Chickasaw artist Norma Howard and the importance of documenting Native American art across the state of Oklahoma.

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In this episode, we explore the legacy of Doel and Martha Reed on campus and in the worlds of southwestern art and fashion.

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This month, we're exploring Oklahoma State University's involvement in the political activism of the 1960s by featuring excerpts from members of the Friday Afternoon Tea and Glee Society, a politically active student organization during the 1960s.

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In this episode, we highlighting the bravery, perseverance, and actions of OSU alumni, faculty, and staff and the moments that shaped their lives, worldviews, and communities.

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In this episode, we explore the many ways women supported the war effort during World War II.

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This month, we're looking at the legacy of "Oklahoma's Greatest Historian" Dr. Angie Debo and her incredible career as an author, historian, and pioneering female scholar.

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In this episode, we're talking about an Emperor, a President, and the relationship between OSU and Ethiopia's first university.

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This month, we're exploring the "normal" everyday lives of people who persevered in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl.

There are many ideas about what the Dust Bowl was like in popular culture. Black blizzards, starvation, and human displacement, all of these are true. But these ideas have commonly over sensationalized the human experience of the Dust Bowl. While it was one of the greatest ecological mistakes in American history, a lack of social history prevents us from understanding the way in which people endured and succeeded during that time. This month on Amplified Oklahoma, we're exploring the everyday lives of people who persevered in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl. We'll be examining their ideas of normalcy through their memories of dust, farmwork, and food in an effort to better understand how their lives were impacted by the Dust Bowl. We'll also hear from Dr. Mary Larson, Associate Dean at the OSU Edmon Low Library, as she discusses how time impacts the way people remember the Dust Bowl. Amplified Oklahoma is a production of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library. Show notes: https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/episode-36-normalcy-in-the-dust-bowl

Oklahoma State University is more likely to be known for football than drag queens, but for years there's been an annual event that brings a variety of communities together: Dragonfly. This month, we're exploring the history of Dragonfly, a student-run drag show at OSU since 2003. We'll listen to interviews with students and former advisors from the OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender Oral History Project discuss how the show got started and how it came to be so popular among students both inside and outside of the LGBT community. We'll also learn how the LGBT student experience has changed on campus from the early years of Dragonfly to now. Amplified Oklahoma is a production of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library. Show notes: https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/episode-35-dragonfly

This month on Amplified Oklahoma, we're highlighting the stories of trailblazing women of color that attended Oklahoma State University. We'll listen to Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African-American student enrolled at OSU, and Patrice Latimer, the first African-American President of the Student Government Association, share their experiences on campus and describe the impact of Ada Lois Sipuel's landmark case that integrated higher education in Oklahoma. Later, we'll talk to Kayla Dunn and Kaitlyn Kirksey, two students of color currently campaigning for SGA President, about the legacy these women who came before them left on campus. Amplified Oklahoma is a production of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library. Show notes: https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/episode-34-osu-trailblazers