Intersections - Oklahoma

Intersections - Oklahoma

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Intersections - Oklahoma episodes

  • Dallas Koehn – Public school teacher – lightning rod
    Episode 41 – Dallas has been willing to engage in the regular push and pull of social media squabbles over education politics in Oklahoma. His blog “Blue Cereal Education” has often made the thick-skinned teacher a lightning rod of criticism. But the intensity of criticism of bloggers like him increased when a group of teachers and a few parents have pushed particular candidates for public office, offending some who think that teachers should stay in the political background.
    30 min
  • Dallas Koehn - public school teacher, lightning rod

    Episode 41 - Dallas has been willing to engage in the regular push and pull of social media squabbles over education politics in Oklahoma. His blog "Blue Cereal Education" has often made the thick-skinned teacher a lightning rod of criticism. But the intensity of criticism directed at Dallas and other education bloggers increased when a group of teachers and a few parents pushed particular candidates for public office, offending some who think that teachers should stay in the political background.

    30 min
  • Dennis Spielman – Filmmaker
    Episode 40 – This episode was recorded and first published between the end of the Oklahoma City 48 Hour Film Project and the showing of the finished products on the following Sunday. I talk with Dennis, one of the entrants, about that short-deadline, high-pressure process and what it takes to produce a good product in such a short time. We also talk about the two movies that each of us share on our list of all-time favorites.
    33 min
  • Tommy Yi – Champion of tech co-working spaces in Oklahoma City
    Episode 39 – First was the Unconference which led to OKC CoCo co-working space. Then came the 404 co-working space. Now, Tommy is once again in on another ground floor development of a new co-working space. This one is called StarSpace46. We talk about the opportunities that these co-working spaces have offered especially to startups and the tech community in Oklahoma City.
    32 min
  • Bonus Episode – “The fierce women of OklaEd”
    Episode 38 –
    “Oklaed” has become a rally hash tag for many different people and groups who support public and publicly funded education in Oklahoma. Starting out as a joke, “Fierce women of Oklaed” turned into a social gathering of like-minded teachers and administrators from around the state. These are a few interviews that I caught on that first evening they met at The Mule in Oklahoma City, an always noisy place.
    32 min
  • Catherine Lippert – Code Developer, collaborator
    Episode 37 – The solitary computer coder alone in a room is just not how code is developed any more. Instead, according to Chatherine, it is a collaborative, team effort that takes strong communication and social skills. She tells us about working for a company that values kindness and what it means to be a woman in a previously male dominated line of work.
    29 min
  • Tamya Cox – Civil rights activist
    Episode 36 – The Black Lives Matter Rally in Oklahoma City on Sunday, July 10 was a positive experience for all of Oklahoma City. People at the rally were peaceful and passionate. The police connected with the crowd in a positive way. Tamya Cox was one of the speakers whose words did much to make it a strong rally. In this episode we dig deeper into the main points of her speech.
    31 min
  • Jack Fowler – Visual artist, writer, radio talent
    Episode 35 – Some people know Jack Fowler as that guy who has a show on KOSU’s The Spy on Sunday evenings. Others admire his paintings and are getting excited about the huge octopus mural that he is preparing to put on the side of a building in Bricktown. Yet, others know him as one of the writers for the Oklahoma Gazette. We talk about all of that in this episode!
    30 min
  • Jack Fowler - visual artist, writer, radio talent

    Episode 35 - Some people know Jack Fowler as that guy who has a show on KOSU's The Spy on Sunday evenings. Others admire his paintings and are getting excited about the huge octopus mural that he is preparing to put on the side of a building in Bricktown. Yet, others know him as one of the writers for the Oklahoma Gazette. We talk about all of that in this episode!

    30 min
  • Forrest Bennett – Door to door politics in HD 92
    Episode 34
    He’s seen a shooting and had his car stolen. But Forrest Bennett is still knocking doors and getting to know people in Oklahoma House District 92 which cuts across almost 10 major neighborhoods on the south and near north sides of Oklahoma City. This is what he’s talking about.
    36 min

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