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Do Not Sleep On The Big Trove Of Lee Roy Chapman Videos

Catch up on Chapman's videos while you wait for the next episode of 'The Lowdown'

Lee Roy Chapman Was One Of A Kind

Here's our four-story tribute to a one-of-one talent with a nose for Tulsa lore.

September 22, 2025

In ‘The Lowdown,’ Lee Raybon’s Name Might Suggest Another Influence: Bill Rabon, Real-Life Tulsa Vagabond

The Tulsa artist helped shape some of the best Tulsa art of the ‘70s and remains a well-collected painter after his death in 2017

October 23, 2025

Before You Watch ‘The Lowdown,’ Get To Know The Real Lee

A letter from our publisher on Lee Roy Chapman, The Lowdown and the importance of stories from the middle of America.

September 22, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, November 19-25

Celebrating Lee Roy Chapman, The Moth Mainstage, and more!

November 18, 2025

What’s A Truthstorian, Anyway?

Lee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

November 18, 2025

The Time Jeanne Tripplehorn Got Starstruck

We talked to a certified Tulsa queen about The Lowdown, her deep Tulsa lore and working with Sterlin Harjo

October 8, 2025

That Joe Brainard Painting From The First Episode Of ‘The Lowdown’? Philbrook Just Got It

The piece is called “Untitled (Nude on Newsprint),” and it’s on loan until 'The Lowdown' ends

October 8, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, May 21-27

Kate Barnard's 150th birthday, vintage soul night, a Fassler rooftop show, an X-Files costume contest and more

May 20, 2025

After He Was Chicago Pope, And Before He Was Pope-Pope, He Was Tulsa Pope

That and more in this week’s roundup of Tulsa scuttlebutt

May 15, 2025

May Is So Event-Packed That We Had To Do A Whole Separate Post About It

Here are 17 festivals, shows, and under-the-radar events to put on your calendar this month.

May 7, 2025

The Resurrection Of Oak Tree Books 

The nearly 30-year-old bookstore receives a new life after closing in 2017

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

Subterranean Psychonaut

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

Who’s Afraid Of Elohim City?

A mysterious compound in northeast Oklahoma compound has ties to Christian nationalism and is well-known to the FBI. Could it just be misunderstood?

February 23, 2014