VERY IMPORTANT INTERVIEW. The nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry stopped by to speak about the nature of creativity, and reveals what she knows about aliens. Harjo will be performing at the upcoming 10 year anniversary at Guthrie Green. We also catch up folks on OKPOP news both in and outside the museum.

In this jam-packed episode, we talk OKPOP news, then Jeremy Charles stops by to talk about his latest music project, then we round it out with our own archivist, Mark Dempsey, about a very special guitar in our collection.

Iconic Tulsa musician Ann Bell stopped by with her old partner in crime, Jim Sweney, to talk about getting her start in music as a high schooler, having Leon Russell as a roommate, and making music with another Tulsa legend, Jim Sweney. They’ll be joining forces for a special reunion show at Maggie’s Music Box this weekend.

Your trusty OKPOP hosts Meg, Garrett, and Jarrod take you on yet another thrill ride! We chat about the new OKPOP curator; we are closer to “moving that bus!” - the Bob Wills bus is closer to being seaworthy (road-worthy?); and we interview OKPOP’s own director of fun and war, Joey Duffy, about his band CLIFFDIVER that is currently touring the country.

The OKPOP Radio Hour RETURNS for a full Season 3 with your hosts Meg Charron and Jarrod Gollihare. This week we welcome to the podcast OKPOP newbies Angela Evans and Garrett Weindorf to the family. We say goodbye to family member and new Mayoral Chief of Staff, Blake Ewing- as well as to recently passed Oklahoma legend Clu Gulager. We talk all things Rez Dogs and current pop culture news, and of course- give some OKPOP sneak peak deets. We’re back, baby!

OKPOP Radio Hour podcast host Meg Charron interviews musician Lukas Nelson of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. The interview took place in November 2021 before a packed out Cains Ballroom show. Lukas and band are playing the OKC Diamond Ballroom on Sunday, July 31st. For more info on OKPOP and for full episodes of the pod, visit www.OKPOP.org.

Meg and Blake follow up with John Cooper of the Red Dirt Rangers about the upcoming Red Dirt Relief show at Cain’s Ballroom this Friday night at 7 pm LIVE from the Cain’s Facebook page. Donate today to the Red Dirt Relief Fund at www.reddirtrelieffund.org.