🎙 Show Notes — Oklahoma Memo Podcast (July 16, 2025)

🚨 Today on the pod:

• Oklahoma sends aid to flood-ravaged New Mexico and more teams to Texas.
• Paycom’s big arena bombshell: What will OKC’s new arena be called — and what happens to the old one?
• Plus, the best journalism from across Oklahoma in your daily rundown.

🏟 Arena talk:

Oklahoma City is buzzing over arena news. Paycom announced it’ll drop naming rights in 2028, just as the new arena opens. That leaves a big question: Who’ll snag the next sponsorship deal? Listeners weighed in with ideas like Devon Energy Arena, Sonic Thunderdome, and even Life Church.arena. Meanwhile, Paycom’s CEO may redevelop the current site — think entertainment district like you see in Arlington or Atlanta. What would you want there? Email us at [email protected].

🌊 Flood response:

Oklahoma’s sending a 10-person team to help New Mexico recover from catastrophic flooding, plus more swift water rescue crews to Texas, where the death toll is staggering. Gov. Stitt says it’s all about standing by neighbors when they need it most.

📰 The Oklahoma Rundown:

• Bob Funk Sr., co-founder of Express Employment Professionals, dies.
• OKC Police release bodycam from Midtown mass shooting.
• Voters will weigh a $2.7 billion bond in October.
• Charter board greenlights Epic audit.
• Ryan Walters fights order to pay journalists’ fees.
• No charges for officer in SE OKC fatal shooting.
• 400+ dogs rescued in Stroud cruelty case.
• Why did Oklahomans get a ‘Blue Alert’ from Texas?
• More: Cleveland County jail contract ends, paid leave report, disability jobs rethink.
• Ardmoreite small-town scoop: former principal says district ignored discipline, child struck.

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