Ryan Gentzler of Oklahoma Policy Institute is our guest. Mr. Gentzler asked to respond to DA Brian Hermanson's February 21st appearance.

This week News9's political analyst Scott Mitchell and News9 Chief Capitol Correspondent Aaron Brilbeck welcome Gov. Kevin Stitt's new Chief Operating Officer John Budd.

New Oklahoma Commerce Director Brent Kisling describes the department's goals under the Stitt Administration including the promotion of renewable energy/traditional energy/agriculture/overall job creation and the importance of telling Oklahoma success stories to the public, the legislature and the media.

State Questions 800 and 801 could have a big impact on Oklahoma's education system. OSSBA Executive Director Shawn Hime explains his organization's positions on these important measures that will be decided Tuesday, November 7th. Special appearances by Sen. Stepanie Bice, Rep. Jason Dunnington and Rep. Jon Echols.

A new MitchellTalks production focus on the energy innovators and innovations that are being ignored by traditional media.

In Episode 1, property owners in the crossfire between government and private industry tell their story as renewable energy expands in Oklahoma.

Ayanna Najuma and Ron Harris will be discussing his book, The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement.

MitchellTalks: The News9 Sessions is now also available in a video version each week. This is the podcast version of Episode 13.

This week we break down the results of the August 28th runoffs, including Kevin Stitt's dominating win over Mick Cornett and AG Mike Hunter's razor-thin margin over Gentner Drummond.

Plus, we preview the Stitt versus Drew Edmondson faceoff, the battles inside the Oklahoma House and just how many truth tests we might expect from Grant Hermes before the general election.

It's Bill Shapard, CEO of Sooner Poll previewing today's Oklahoma Runoff election. We discuss virtually every statewide runoff race and analyze the untold story on the internal GOP legislative runoffs. Bill goes into the weeds on Stitt v. Cornett, Hunter v. Drummond, Osborn v. Costello and why Gary Jones keeps inserting himself into the battle to succeed him in the state auditor's office.

This week former OKC Mayor Mick Cornett, who faces Tulsan Kevin Stitt in the August 28th GOP gubernatorial runoff. Topics include negative campaign ads, state budget problems and the recent education tax increase.

Plus, how can a chief executive lead the way in improving health outcomes and streamline government efficiency when the health and auditing agencies are themselves generally regarded as inept?

All these topics and more in Episode 11 of MitchellTalks: The News9 Sessions.

SAI Gary Jones responds to criticism over the audit of the state VA system. The VA director called it a ‘political hit job’ and NewsOK slammed the report as useless. However, some members & the state employee association have embraced the findings.

My criticism is focused of the timing of the report, & I agreed to let Mr. Jones respond. No edits were done, apart from the insertion of the segment from last week’s YVC to which Mr. Jones took exception.