Pod 4 Good

Chris and Jesse are joined by Tommy Yap, co-founder of the Tulsa Voter Van, who discusses with us the history of this idea, voter suppression in general, and more importantly how you all can help! The Tulsa Voter Van is raising money to buy a van that is accessible to all and they need our help! As we approach what will be a very important election in November, learn how you can use the Tulsa Voter Van to not only get a ride to the polls, but get your ballot notarized if you are voting absentee.

Check out the Tulsa Voter Van on their website: https://tulsavotervan.com/

And Donate to them here! donate.tulsavotervan.com (the Take Control Initiative is their financial sponsor, so you will donate to TCI)

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Steve Cluck joins Chris and Jesse in a first and hopefully last outdoor podcast recording. Steve takes us through the history of Celebrate the 918, how the ultimate man about town has been spending the pandemic, why it is so important to believe women (in the arts as well as everywhere,) and how Karaoke is good for the soul.

To follow Steve on his adventures or to buy some of his amazing shirts check him out on the internet!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteveCluck

www.facebook.com/stevecluck918

www.instagram.com/stevecluck

www.donthatethe918.com

www.twitter.com/stevecluck

www.pinterest.com/stevecluck

For this year's Celebrate the 918 Steve will have a Pop-Up Shop at Ida Red on Brookside during the day, where people can come and buy the new Celebrate the 918 and I Love Tulsa tees, and will be DJing at the Gathering Place from 6-8pm.

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Jeff Martin "sits" down with Chris and Jesse to talk about stories, running a bookstore during a pandemic, and some of his best memories from Philbrook and Magic City Books. Hear Jeff name what he would call his autobiography, and why Jeff and Chris would throw the world's craziest party.

The Chuck Palahniuk video that is referenced can be watched here: https://youtu.be/urkfGTVNpnw

To see Magic City Books list of upcoming events go to https://www.magiccitybooks.com/

To get a ticket for some alone time at Philbrook, visit there website: https://philbrook.org/visit/reopening/

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Tulsa City Councilor Kara Joy McKee joins Jesse and Chris, for a second time, to talk about fighting to keep the Black Lives Matter Mural on Greenwood, running for office during a pandemic, and what those City Propositions on the ballot are all about. Don't forget to vote on August 25th!

To find out more about her campaign, visit her website: http://kj4tulsa.com/

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Dr. John Schumann, President of OU-Tulsa, host of Medical Mondays on Studio Tulsa and has written for national publications such as The Atlantic, Slate, Reader's Digest, and NPR's health blog, Shots.

He walks Jesse and Chris through what it has been like running OU-Tulsa during a pandemic, running a medical facility during a pandemic, what we all need to do if we want sports back and most importantly, does he watch fictional tv shows about doctors. Listen to find out!

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Kojo and Onikah Asamoa-Caesar join Chris and Jesse to discuss Kojo's run for Congress, Onikah's drive to open Fulton Street Books, how both of these relate back to the power of stories and what it has been like doing all that, as well as having their first child during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Please support Onikah and Fulton Street Books by visiting and buying something, or if you don't want to go to a bookstore during the Pandemic, you can buy from them online at: https://bookshop.org/shop/fultonstreet

To find out my about Kojo and his run for office, his positions, how to volunteer, and how to donate his website is: https://kojoforcongress.com/

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Jesse and Chris are joined by City of Tulsa Mayoral candidate Greg Robinson. Greg tells us what in his journey that lead him to running for Mayor, how it is not a campaign of Me, but a campaign of We, and what he learned from years working for other campaigns. If you want to hear Greg explain what he would do for Tulsa and how he is different than our current mayor, here is your chance.

To learn more about the Greg Robinson campaign, check out his website: https://www.gregfortulsa.com/

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Nehemiah Frank, founder, executive editor, and director of The Black Wall Street Times joins Jesse and Chris to discuss the crazy confluence of events that lead to the weekend of Juneteenth. Which involved throwing it together in a span of two weeks, dealing with President Trump's rally in town at the same time, while continuing to fight for what he considers to be the new civil right for all Black Tulsans, access. Access to what one might ask? Access to news, access to education, access to the American Dream. Hear Nehemiah's thoughts on this moment in American racial history.

If you haven't already, please check out the Black Wall Street Times at: https://theblackwallsttimes.com/

Books recommended by Nehemiah:

Stamped from the Beginning

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism

How to Be an Antiracist

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Arielle Davis and Kolby Webster, the two co-hosts of Focus Black Oklahoma. We talked to Ariel and Colby about how Focus Black Oklahoma had to pivot in the age of COVID, the intersection of Urban Design, City Budgets and Systemic Racism. The Systemic Racism conversation goes in many different directions and might be both hilarious to some and offensive to others. Be warned.

To check out past episodes of Focus Black Oklahoma look for them in your pod-catcher of choice or you can go here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/807858906/focus-black-oklahoma

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Becky Gligo, Director of Housing for the City of Tulsa and the interim ED for Housing Solutions, joins Chris and Jesse to discuss the troubled and unjust history of housing policy (Redlining) in the city and the United States. She also describes to upcoming eviction crisis that will strike when the pandemic ends which will be the largest eviction crisis Tulsa has ever seen. Also, the harmful and negative effects that having an eviction on your record can cause. She describes the many partners involved in A Way Home For Tulsa, which is a collective impact of over 30 voting organizations that exists to plan and implement strategies that support a system of outreach, engagement, assessment, prevention and evaluation for those experiencing homelessness, or those persons at risk of homelessness, within Tulsa City/County. 

To learn more and/or support A Way Home for Tulsa you can visit them at their website: https://awh4t.org/

To check out the Mapping Inequality map by the University of Richmond, you can find that here: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=13/36.138/-96.026

If you want to read the book Evicted that Becky mentioned you can find it here: https://bookshop.org/books/evicted-poverty-and-profit-in-the-american-city/9780553447453

If you want to read the Color of Law that was also mentioned, you can find it here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/9781631494536

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