StudioTulsa

Today we learn about a new way to learn about the views of political candidates for office. ACTION Tulsa, a non-partisan community organizing group, presents accountability sessions -- which they say are very different than traditional candidate forums or debates. In accountability sessions, candidates first spend time listening to their constituents' personal stories associated with the political issue, before responding with their position, and whether they will or will not work for an outcome

National Book Award winning historian Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of twelve well-regarded American histories. Today, he joins us to discuss his latest, "In the Hurricane's Eye," the conclusion of his trilogy on the American Revolution. Best known for his nautical histories, he tells the story of the most important battle Americans have never heard of, the Battle of the Chesapeake, fought between the British and French naval fleets, which set the stage for the American and French victory at

As a young black man, RJ Young grew up with a healthy distrust of guns, but when he married into a family deeply immersed in gun culture, he knew he was going to have to learn about them to relate into his new family. Today, Young is a certified NRA pistol instructor...who doesn't carry a gun, and his understanding of how gun culture exploits white fears about blacks that fuels black fears about whites is at the heart of his new book, "Let It Bang: A Young Black Man's Reluctant Odyssey Into Guns

On this edition of ST, Dr. John Schumann speaks with neuropsychologist Dr. Jennifer Vasterling, a clinical investigator at the Veterans Administration's National Center for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and the chief of pychology for the VA's Boston, MA Healthcare System. Her work has focused on the impact of battle on veterans and how PTSD can affect their memories, of both the traumatizing event and other personal events in their lives. Dr. Vasterling will speak Thursday evening at 7pm

On this edition of StudioTulsa, our guest is pioneering conceptual artist Mel Bochner. Since his groundbreaking 1966 work, "Working Drawings," which featured photocopied working drawings, bills, and ephemera of his artist friends, Bochner has explored painting and language, and asked viewers to think about both in new ways. He's best known for his thesaurus works, several of which are in the new exhibit at Philbrook, "Amazing! Mel Bochner Prints from the Collections of Jordan Schnitzer and His

Beyond the series of conflicts that have stretched back decades in the Middle East, a new range of disputes, proxy wars, and conflicts have emerged in the region, all of which combine strategic and security concerns excacerbated by religious differences. Today Saudi Arabia and Iran are struggling for dominance in the region -- and this is playing out in ways ranging from extremist violence to civil war. My guest today is a specialist on religious-inspired violence and on Jewish-Christian-Muslim

Our guest is Jill Bialosky, a writer based in NYC who's published several collections of poetry as well as the bestselling memoir, "History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life." She joins us to discuss her latest book, an engaging memoir/anthology titled "Poetry Will Save Your Life." Per The Chicago Tribune: "A delightfully hybrid book: part anthology, part critical study, part autobiography.... Candid and canny.... Bialosky's erudite and instructive approach to poetry [is] itself a

The Early Childhood Education Institute (or ECEI) at OU-Tulsa last month received a $2.7 million grant from NIH's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to extend its work with researchers from Georgetown University. Per the OU-Tulsa website : "With the study's long-term focus (following children from age 3 through 4th grade), its depth (data collected from children, classrooms, teachers, parents, administrators, and health providers), [and] its sources (multiple methods used

The nonprofit Clarehouse -- a home in Tulsa offering loving care for people in the last month of life -- is now presenting its annual Community Conversation Series. This series, per the Clarehouse website , is a multi-venue line-up that "advances the discussion about end-of-life care and wishes, opening our minds and hearts to dialogue about death and dying. Three evenings are dedicated to starting the conversation, sharing information, and providing the tools needed to begin the process of

Our guest is Shane Bauer, a senior reporter for Mother Jones. He joins us to discuss a sobering new book that grew out of his outstanding reporting for that magazine. The book is "American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment." As per a critic writing for The New York Times Book Review: "[This book] reprises [Bauer's] page-turning narrative [as reported in Mother Jones], and adds not only the fascinating back story of CCA, the nation's first private prison