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The Strange Love of Dr. Billy James Hargis

How an Oklahoma preacher and a Texas general forged a new brand of politics that centered Oklahoma as a hotbed for the religious right.

November 25, 2024

South By Midwest: Or, Where Is Oklahoma?

Reflections on Oklahoma's complex regional identity.

November 25, 2024

Something Good Is Going To Happen To You

Growing up gay in the Oral Roberts family

November 25, 2024

The Nightmare Of Dreamland

A founding father of Tulsa, Tate Brady, was involved with the Ku Klux Klan, segregation and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

November 21, 2024

Mr. Ray Fits A Suit

A firsthand account of survival of the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Dachau, from the late Tulsa tailor Sherman Ray.

November 20, 2024

Diamond In The Rough

Steve Gerkin examines the mysterious disappearance of "Diamond Dick" Roland, whose arrest was rumored to be the triggering event for the Tulsa Race Massacre.

November 20, 2024

From One Fire

One man's years-long campaign championing civil rights within the Cherokee Nation.

November 19, 2024

The Hawk Is Howling

Mark Brown tucks into the origin story of El Rancho Grande, the legendary 11th Street institution widely considered Tulsa's first Mexican restaurant.

November 19, 2024

Subterranean Psychonaut

The strange and dreadful saga of the Cascia Hall grad who grew up to become the country's largest producer of LSD.

Tiger King Untamed

Years before he became an internet main character, This Land dived deep into the world of Joe Exotic and his chaotic animal park.

November 19, 2024