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Oral History: Glen Edward Burleigh
Musician Glen Edward Burleigh talks about growing up and going to school in Oklahoma and about his life as a composer.
Oral History: Margaret Bell Tampkins and Leonard Tampkins Jr.
Born in 1916, Margaret Bell Tamkins talks about her life growing up in northeast Oklahoma City. In the second half of the interview she is joined by her son, Leonard Tampkins Jr., who talks about being a part of a group that became the first students from Douglass High School to attend the University of Oklahoma in the early days of integration.
Oral History: Bruce Fisher
Bruce Fisher talks about his youth growing up in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, about his famous mother, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, and more.
Oral History: Dorthy Caldwell
Dorthy Caldwell talks about growing up in Oklahoma City in the 1930s and 1940s.
Oklahoma Voices: Kendy Cox
Kendy Cox talks about her life and her work with the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative.
Oral History: James Port
James Port talks about his childhood in Iran and his adult life in Oklahoma.
Oral History: Dan Foliart
Dan Foliart talks about his career writing music and composing scores for movies and TV shows like Roseanne and Home Improvement.
Oklahoma Voices: Elijah Viewins & Frances Terry
Brother and Sister Elijah Viewins and Frances Terry talk about growing up in Bakersfield, California.
Oral History: William Christian
William Christian talks about growing up during the Great Depression, working with Alfalfa Bill Murray, serving as Oklahoma Secretary of State, and more.
Oral History: Martha Ann Blackwood
Martha Ann Blackwood talks about her family and her life growing up in the Woodlawn Park community near Bethany, Oklahoma.
Oral History Rebecca Nagle
This Land's Rebecca Nagle talks podcasting, activism, and language preservation