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John Wooley

John Wooley is an American writer, novelist, historian, lecturer, filmmaker, and radio and TV host who specializes in the movies, literature, and music of the 1930s and ‘40s as well as other pop-culture histories. He was an entertainment writer for the Tulsa World for 23 years. He is also the producer and host of Swing on This, Tulsa’s only western-swing radio program, on NPR affiliate KWGS.

Another Kind Of Endless Summer

Landlocked and listening to The Beach Boys

June 16, 2025

The Filth and the Fury

A firsthand account of the night in 1978 when the Sex Pistols came to town.

November 15, 2024