This Land Press
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Podcast Description
This Land's podcast are short documentary pieces that explore life in the middle of America. Each month, we offer recurring segments like "Just Passing Through," where travelers tell us what they think about life in Oklahoma; "Poetry to the People," which takes poetry to the street; and "The Short So Long," in which we say goodbye to our friends and neighbors. Visit thislandpress.com for related readings and videos.
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The Green Tree Dervish | For photographer Gaylord Herron, there's "something about trees." He's traveled all over the world photographing different cultures, but he's also found fulfillment in his own backyard. This podcast includes music from the Tulsa-based band The Panda Re... | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Baby in his Lap | Shantelle Jennings was a child when photographer Larry Clark captured iconic images of her father, Billy Mann, toting guns and shooting drugs for his book, Tulsa. As a result of Mann's lifestyle, Jennings never got to know her father. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Cardiology” by Niklaus Faith | People on the street perform Niklaus Faith's "Cardiology" and discuss the importance of one dead bug and the universal desire to move mountains. Full text of poem included below: - "Cardiology" by Niklaus Faith - One. Heart melts into ink. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Springs Farm | Emily Oakley brought Mike Appel to her native Oklahoma to start Three Springs Farm, an organic vegetable farm, in Oaks, Oklahoma. The two met in an east-coast college classroom where they were studying international agriculture, | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joanne Hearst-Castro | Joanne Hearst-Castro, the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, passed away in late 2011. Hearst-Castro was a resident of Tulsa and maintained a home outside of Seville, Spain. Curt Herrmann, a cook based in Tulsa, | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Gumbel: A Fresh Look at the Oklahoma City Bombing | Andrew Gumbel, co-author of the book Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why it Still Matters (2012, HarperCollins) with Roger Charles, expounds on the connection between Timothy McVeigh and Elohim City. In his book, | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Glass, Not Glitter | Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City. - As a precaution to listeners, the following audio program contains emotional triggers that might distress those affected by bombings... | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Highway Life | While researching a book, author Richard Higgs was a long haul trucker for a year and a half. He shares the unique perspective that truckers have of America's physical and cultural landscape that comes along with the perils and isolation of the open r.. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Auster on Joe Brainard | Novelist Paul Auster talks about late painter-poet Joe Brainard and his classic memoir I Remember. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Highway Homicide | Terry Turner, the Intelligence Analyst Supervisor with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, discusses the investigation of the serial murders of truck stop prostitutes throughout the south, and how the anonymity of the open road is conducive to ... | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Randy Roberts Potts Passes Through | Randy Roberts Potts is known as the gay grandson of the late televangelist and university founder Oral Roberts. In this segment, Potts remembers the first lesson his mom gave him about what it means to be gay. Since coming out, | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Her Dad, Oral Roberts | Roberta Roberts Potts, the daughter of the late televangelist and university founder, Oral Roberts, recently published a book about her father called My Dad, Oral Roberts. In this segment, Potts shares memories of what it was like growing up with a fam... | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Almond Imagines Oklahoma, Youth | Author Steve Almond reads his short story about Oklahoma, "Jeff Keith, Lead Singer of Tesla, Considers Youth." | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inside Oklahoma’s Death Chamber | Kelly Kurt discusses her experience covering executions in Oklahoma during her time as a reporter for the Associated Press. She worked for the wire during one of the busiest times in the Oklahoma death chamber - covering a total of 15 executions. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleaning Graves in Calvert | "Cleaning Graves in Calvert" recounts a burial ritual in a small town in Texas. In this segment of Poetry to the People, a group of men read Quraysh Ali Lansana's poem and share their thoughts on family and death. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jazz on a Diamond-Needle Hi-Fi | Deborah J. Hunter's poem "Jazz on a Diamond-Needle Hi-Fi" is performed live in Central Park by Tin Pan. Full poem below. - "Jazz on a Diamond-Needle Hi-Fi" by Deborah J. Hunter - Mama dropped the needle and my heart jumped. It was fascinating, | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Sedaris | Author David Sedaris shoots the s**t with This Land Press. Transcript below: - For my mid-life crisis, I just bought a really, really expensive painting. It was like a 17th century Dutch painting of a monkey eating a peach. - My name is David Sedaris. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LaDonna’s World | LaDonna Osborn spent her childhood traveling around the world with her evangelical parents, T.L. and Daisy Osborn, founders of Osborn Ministries International. In this short segment, LaDonna muses on her parents' faith and the strange pieces of art the... | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meet Your Meat | A little over a year ago, three friends confronted their meat-eating ways by participating in a field dressing class put on by Women in the Outdoors. Spring Houghton, Apollonia Pina and Holly Clay-Buck recount the day they gutted, | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Okie Environmentalism | Ginger Strand, contributing editor to This Land Press, discusses Oklahoma's comfort with engineering our environment. Strand explains how the Arkansas river has been altered into a series of lakes and reports on how people in Tulsa feel about this tran... | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Holla for Challah | Rabyne Rogue, a woman converting to Judaism, gets to know the Jewish community through Challah bread baking classes every Wednesday night at B'nai Emunah. Music in this podcast includes the track "Sickly Sweet 1 (unfettered)" by Kreamy 'Lectric Santa. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stringtown Prison Blues | Former inmates and activist Mary McAnally read "Stringtown Prison Blues" and discuss their experiences with the penal system. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Imaginary Oklahoma: “Wailing Wall” by Deborah Willis | Imaginary Oklahoma is an ongoing project in which some of today’s most important and influential writers combine with artists to provide a fictional take on this place we call home. Through a wide variety of voices, styles and literary devices, | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mary McAnally | Mary McAnally shares the story of how she organized the only Freedom Bus from Oklahoma during the Civil Rights Movement. She went with 40 University of Tulsa students and participated in sit-ins in Montgomery, Ala. She was arrested alongside Dr. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Occupying Civil Disobedience | Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center gave Oklahoma public schools a failing grade in instruction about the Civil Rights Movement. But the young adults participating in Occupy Tulsa are putting one of the Civil Rights Movement's strategies... | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
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This is one of the best publications Tulsa has to offer! I am thrilled about the podcast. Keep up the great work!
