From corporate gatherings to major commuity events, Grady NIchols has become Tusa's A-list muscisian for the biggest events. The tenor sax player and his band are especially busy at this time of year with gigs ranging from the Utica Square Christmas lighting to the bands annual Christmas concert at the Mabee Center.

This time, the science of hope with the director of the Hope Research Center at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Dr. Chan Hellman. Chan has been a repeat guest on the KRMG Morning News. We tend to call him when things seem hopeless, because Chan has proven through his research that hope is a way of thinking that has real power to change lives. In fact, his findings are so well-regarded that Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt gave Dr. Hellman the mission of creating a "hope-centered" state government. And he was recently featured in a Time magazine article entitled "How to Cultivate Hope When You Don't Have Any."

Damp's candid chat with Tulsa restaurateur Justin Thompson continues, delving into why he quit drinking and how, his relationship with his daughter, Isla, the inspiration for his new restaurant, Isla's Southern Kitchen and Provisions and Justin takes our ears on a tour of the new place just weeks before it's set to open.

He opened his first restaurant (for someone else) at the age of 23. Soon, investors were backing Justin Thompson and he opened his own place, Juniper, downtown. Now, the JTR Group has multiple properties in Tulsa and continues to grow. In part one of the their chat, Dan talks with Justin about his uneven path to success and the adjustments he's had to make along the way.

Dan chats with three Tulsa-area band directors about how Green Country produces so many top-flight high school music programs. Guests are Darrin Davis, Director of the 3-time National Champion Pride of Broken Arrow, Charles Pisarra, Director of the Union Renegade Regiment and Chris Harris, Director of the Pride of Owasso.

This time Rebecka describes how she'd change math in grade schools to make it more intriguing to students at a younger age. She has an interesting take on the lasting impact the pandemic has had on young people. And, she says, teachers are tired of politicians using them as pawns.

Union High School math teacher Rebecka Peterson is the Council of State School Officers 2023 National Teacher of the Year. In the first part of our chat, Rebecka talks about her Swedish-Iranian roots, her very unconventional route to a high school classroom and what she's like to see done differently when it comes to teaching math.

In celebration of National Radio Day August 20th, Dan chats about Tulsa radio past and present with colleagues Skyler Cooper and Matt Bradley.

In the final part of our chat, Dave talks about why the show Live PD didn't work out in Tulsa, plus his thoughts on whether policing in big cities is systemically broken, and whether he's like to see new gun control measures passed.

This time, Dave delves into the unsolved cases that still haunt him, how he built a successful homicide squad and why he was always so open with the media.