Survive & Thrive's Podcast

In the 24th and final episode of Survive & Thrive, your hosts, KaraLee Langford and Brooklyn Wayland, along with audio engineer Miranda Vondale, sit down and reflect on the project as a whole. They discuss their favorite episodes, share a few clips from previous podcasts in the series, as well as share some behind the scenes experience with their listeners. 

We thank you for going on this 9 month journey with us as we have reflected on our great state as it has endured the health and racial pandemic and how we, as Oklahomans, can once again learn to survive and thrive.  

In this episode, we speak with local artist and tribal member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Dana Tiger, about ways we can come to terms with the racial heartache our state has faced, both past and present, and learn how to survive and thrive in the midst of heartache and uncertainty. 

In this episode we interview Gordon Yellowman, member of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, about the racial heartache our state and nation has faced and how we can grapple with that reality and learn to move forward, better and stronger than before. 

In this podcast, we interview Cherokee Nation leader and Native American Advocate, Cherokee Ballard, over the current race and health pandemic our state and nation is facing and how we as Oklahomans can use our tragic past to band together and move toward a brighter future. 

In this episode, we sit down with OU Police Chief, Nate Tarver, and discuss the racial tension that is happening between law enforcement and people of color. 

In part two of this two-part episode series, we visit with renown journalists, M. Scott Carter, Mike Boettcher, and Storme Jones about the history of Oklahoma and how we as Oklahomans can learn, grow from and grapple with our past experiences as a state. 

In this two part episode, we visit with renown journalists, M. Scott Carter, Mike Boettcher, and Storme Jones about the history of Oklahoma and how we as Oklahomans can learn and grow from our past experiences. 

In this week's episode, we speak to Representative Monroe Nichols from Tulsa about the heartache our state and nation is facing against the current racial upheaval and the health pandemic. 

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Gaylord College dean, Ed Kelley, and his wife, Carol, sit down to talk with us in this episode about both the health and racial pandemics our state is facing and how we as a state and a nation can try and find light in these dark, trying times. 

Mike Wayland is the Principal of a Rural Oklahoma School in Cushing, Oklahoma. In this episode, we are going to discuss how his school is coping and dealing with the current health and racial pandemic.