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Let's Pod This — 309 episodes
Would an endorsement, by any other name, smell as sweet?
Scam Alert! (with Tracey Halley-Terrell)
2026 Primary Election Results
Primary Predictions
Session recap (with Shawn Ashley)
"Too liberal for Oklahoma" and other jokes
Why Voting Matters (with Erika Wright)
Gerrymaxxing (with Shanisty Whittington)
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
Choose Your Own Voters, or, How the Legislature is Trying to Bamboozle Us
Why is ODMHSAS still struggling so much?
The Man Who Knows Everything (with Shawn Ashley)
Save us from the SAVE Act
We've got a new co-host!
What are we doing, America?
What do DAs do, exactly? (with Colleen McCarty)
A look back at 2025
God bless Independent Voters (with Keith Gaddie)
Finding Thankfulness
The architecture of democracy (with Keith Gaddie)
Is this the future of polling? (with Kyle Loveless)
A court case you should watch (with Amber England)
Finding hope when everything feels heavy
Is grievance politics here to stay? (with Keith Gaddie)
Meat and Potatoes (with Camal Pennington)
Experience Local Together (with Rachael Crawford)
It doesn't have to be like this
From New Deal to New Dilemma (with Keith Gaddie)
If Not a Dictator, Why So Dictator-Shaped? (with Grant Hermes)
Show Me the Monies (with Paul Monies)
What IS gerrymandering, anyway?
The Gerrymandering Wars (with Keith Gaddie)
EPISODE 300 (with Scott Melson)
Why are all these men being so emotional? (with Effie Rorke)
Overriders of the Storm
The End [of Session] is Near
Veni, Veti, Veto
Needless Political Drama (plus, Penny does the weather!)
Three numbers: 249, 30, and 2
ODMHSAS budget numbers don't add up
Winning isn't everything (with Valerie Moore)
Group chats are tricky
Americans just want a Bud LIght
Ryan Walters is in Hot Water
Workforce Wins & Woes (with Leslie Osborn)
Lawsuit by a Lawmaker (with Rep. Andy Fugate)
"WTF are we supposed to do?!"
Trickle-Down Economic Collapse
Are we repeating budget history?
Oh, what a week! (with Rep. Ellen Pogemiller)
Ethics Lessons & a Session Preview (with Julia Kirt)
Stitt's Storm Troopers
New Year, New Legislature
Forget 2024; we're looking at 2025
What comes next?
Pre-Election Reminders
Democracy is on the ballot (with Keith Gaddie)
What's on the ballot in 2024
The Voter Purge
Policy, Personality, or Just Vibes? (with Ava Woodall and Preston Salameh)
Come at me, bro
Ryan Walters and the Case of the Missing Money
As The World Turns
Primary election prognosis
The Politics of Political Reporting (with Ted Streuli)
FY25 Budget Breakdown (with Julia Kirt)
This Seat's Taken
Organizing Oklahoma (with Jasmine Brown-Jutras and Jill Owens)
Reviewing "Civil War" (with The Cinematic Schematic)
Coping with Outrage Fatigue
Legislative Session Halfway Point
The Next Generation of Citizens
Identifying Christian Nationalism (with Shannon Fleck)
Public Schools Week should be every week (with Erika Wright)
Are we cutting off our nose to spite our face?
Chasing Civility (with James Davenport)
Religion on Parade - 2024 State of the State
Building a Faith Network (with Shannon Fleck)
Working to Unify America (with Arielle Mizrahi)
Episode 250 Live Show
Sowing Change (with Colleen McCarty from OK Appleseed)
Too much base will blow out your Speaker
Gimme Shelter (with ShelterWell)
Political insights from Local to Global (with Emily Stacey)
Learning our ABCs - Appointments, Boards, and Commissions
Advocacy is for everyone (with Nicole Bauman)
LiveFree OKC (with Jabee)
Drummond has entered the chat (and SHINE with Brian Maughan)
U.S. Citizenship 101
Civics Con is Coming
Trump indictment + End of Session Wrap-Up
Everything is hard right now. Keep going.
Friends will help (with Pastor Mac)
Self-inflicted financial faux pas
Budget Battle
He vetoed the Muppets!
"As long as I'm Governor, we're not going to build housing"
Is Gentner Drummond running for Governor?
Don't let them distract you!
Muslim courage (with Adam Soltani)
Public Health "Awokening" (with Sunshine Cowan)
Weed by the Wink
Ballot Initiatives and Buckle Up (with Rep. Mickey Dollens)
Labor Omnia Vincit (with Leslie Osborn)
Live feedback during State of the State
What to watch with education policy (with OEA's Ellen Pogemiller)
We're back! (What's all this about "fake math?")
2022 Election Reflection
Well, what's going to happen on Election Day?
Accessibility for Disabled Voters
New Outside Counsel
Was the Debate a Disaster?
Grab Your Future by the Ballot (with LWV Oklahoma)
Unexpectedly close and political power plays
How will national politics affect Oklahoma in November?
Your Tax Dollars at Work (with Julia Kirt and Michelle Tilley)
Veterans, teachers, and blame-shifting
What the Kansas abortion vote could signal for Oklahoma
Everyone gets an audit
Processing the Primaries
The Gardens of Democracy
Somebody Got Hoodwinked
It's the guns (with Beth Furnish)
Why so many abortion bans? (with Tamya Cox-Touré)
We Have a Budget
Where is the budget?
They're coming for the courts next
Swadley's Soggy Bottom
Foggy Bottom Boondoggle
Where have all the candidates gone?
Inside baseball (and why some players are leaving the game)
Foggy Bottom needs some power washing
Sometimes the arm twisting doesn't work
The Impact of Authentic Women (with Merleyn Bell & Lauren Schueler)
Survey says: Oklahomans don't like vouchers
If it quacks like a duck...
Inhofe is retiring: Who's next?
No vouching for vouchers
Covid is, in fact, NOT your friend
2022 State Budget Preview
Not illegal, just sketchy (with Sen. Julia Kirt and Rep. Cyndi Munson)
Attack on the Teachers (and why many want to quit)
The Omicron Cometh
One Month 'Til Session
The Epic Battle Continues
Get Paid to Attend Public Meetings
Final Maps and Fledgling Mercy
What's happening with the disability waiting list?
A Motorcade in Mexico
Another botched execution
A blank sheet of paper
Hofmeister bets on blue
Race for US Senate heats up
Show Us the Maps
The Wild, Wild Western Heights
Legal Expert & Labor Commissioner
Honestly, a bit of a ramble
School's in session for students...and candidates?
Undeclared Emergency (with Julia Kirt)
The third school year with Covid (with Amanda Ewing)
They're teaching times tables, not Critical Race Theory
Community Impact Theater
The trickle-down economics of closing a prison
Paddle Your Own Canoo
What Would ALEC Do?
A Weather Report, but Make it Politics
There's No Relief Like Tax Relief
It's been a helluva week
Money for Nothing (and Tax Cuts for Free)
Budget Breakthrough and Building Woes
Covid's legacy in Oklahoma Politics
Progress is Hard Work (with Joshua Harris-Till)
Worst Press Release Ever
The Subjectivity of How Justice is Applied
Committee Substi-duped
Is Oklahoma at a breaking point?
Oklahoma's Broken Promise
A tax cut for...Californians?
Racism Inside and Outside the State Capitol
Governor trusts you, not him
When States Rights Goes Wrong
Ski or Swim: Lessons in How Not to Handle a Crisis
Two is Company; Three’s a Riot
State of the...Stitt?
Session Preview with Senator Kirt
A Record Number of Bills
Impeachment proceedings and forced in-person schooling
Words Have Meaning
Let's Vaccinate This
Initiative Petition Power Play
Covid (and bad policy) has gotten personal
Bill filing has begun!
Hooten Plays His Horn (and three other stories)
Perseverance after the election
Two quick election reminders
Timeline of Shenanigans in Oklahoma County Government
An Epic week in Oklahoma politics
Decision 2020: SQ805
Decision 2020: SQ814
Proposed Changes to the Oklahoma City Charter
Oklahoma polling results and Inhofe's weird ad
A Labor Day Civic Sermon
Do candidates really moderate after a primary?
What is going on with Oklahoma County?
Oklahoma County Budget Board gets rowdy
Does Oklahoma need more CARES Act money?
A Plateau of Magicians
Governor's Chief of Staff resigns plus...aliens?
Infection-in-Chief
Masks and McGirt
What's it like to be a poll worker?
Things are looking up, but not in a good way
It's Juneteenth in the Big Town
Mo' Virus, Mo' Problems
Black Lives Matter
With This Pen, I Thee Veto
The quadruple veto override...that wasn't in the manual
Vote by Mail Goes to Court
Who's down with PPE?
Revenue failures, people suing the government, and look, the state is reopening!
Four Plans to End the Pandemic
Budget Battle: Stitt vs Literally Everyone
The most powerful Governor in history?
Legislative Leadership in Lockdown
Everyone wants some Moxie
(State of) Emergency Pod
The Coronavirus Has Arrived
Just How Super Was Tuesday?
Process and the Primary
Constitutional convention...or Pandora's Box?
Love's Executioner
2020 State of the State
2020 Session Preview
It's our 2020 Predict-O-Rama!
2019 wrap-up...and a look ahead
People, Not Politicians! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #5)
Should student athletes be paid? (with Peter Daggett)
Power to the People with Katie Fahey(Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #4)
Ratf**ked (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #3)
A Cause we all have in Common (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #2)
GADDIEMANDERED! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #1)
Emergency Pod: Drug Money
Run Sally Run
Reforming the Law (CJR series #3)
Fines, Fees, and Fallacies (CJR series #2)
Let's Start with the Data (CJR series #1)
Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (live panel discussion)
The Politics of Pride
2019 Predict-o-Rama Results (with Rep. Zack Taylor)
Can we run OKDHS like a business?
The Art of Activism
Sine Die (with Rep. Josh West and Rep. Marcus McEntire)
"I Stand With Pruitt!"
Mo Money, Mo Problems (w/ Jonathan Dodson)
BudgetWatch 2019
Government overreach!
Rally for Coverage (w/ Sabine Brown & Carly Putnam)
Legislative Update and Texts with Mom (with Effie Craven and Jason Dunnington)
Opioid Settlement, Round 1 (with Attorney General Mike Hunter)
Talkin' Tourism (with Lt. Gov Matt Pinnell)
Privileged Pollution and Secret Sh*t
Dead Candidates Society (with Megan Funderburk & Bo Broadwater)
Mid-Session Update
Gravel Tax and Sunshine Week (with Tres Savage & Joe Hight)
Religion & Politics (with Jon Middendorf)
Auditing Oddity and Agency Appointments (with Julia Kirt)
Why "Women's Issues" Matter (with Liz Charles and Bo Broadwater)
Show Me the Money
Guns, Weed, and #oklegvalentines
Kevin Calvey & The Blue Eyed Butcher
Ep. 65 | All About Agendas
Ep. 64 | 2019 Predict-O-Rama
Ep. 63 | New Governor, Who Dis?
Ep 62 | Election Recap
Ep. 61 | Which races we're watching
Ep. 60 | Model Thoughts and How to Make a Voting Plan
Ep. 59 | CD5 Debate and another Labor Commissioner candidate
Ep. 58 | On the Road Again
Ep. 57 | 2018 State Questions Guide
Ep. 56 | Everybody likes sandwiches (with Mark Myles)
Ep. 55 | Commissioner Candidate Chat
Ep. 54 | Gubernatorial Debate Recap
Ep. 53 | Someone should poll our dogs
Ep. 52 | Capitol Reporters, Vol. 1 (with Grant Hermes and Sean Murphy)
Ep. 51 | Too Close for Missiles
Ep. 50 | Sit-down with the Solicitor General
Ep 49 | Labor Commissioner 101 with Leslie Osborn
Ep. 48 | Words Have Meaning (with Daniela Busciglio)
Ep. 47 | Post-mortem with Senator AJ Griffin
Ep. 46 | You're in charge while I'm gone
Ep. 45 | Carpathians, Kardashians, and Cardassians
Ep 44 | Reefer Madness Continues plus an interview with the State Auditor (feat. Gary Jones)
Ep 43: A doctor, a lawyer, and a therapist walk into a bar
Ep 42 - Everybody gets a run-off
Ep. 41: Live Pod of the Primaries
Ep. 40 - Fact-checking cannabis claims
Ep. 38: GOP Labor Commissioner Debate (with Tres Savage)
Ep. 37 | From 56th to 57th
Ep. 36 | Bonus episode: From Walkout to What's Next - Day 2 [Live]
Ep. 35 | Bonus episode: From Walkout to What's Next - Day 1 [Live]
Ep. 34 | We Have a Winner!
Sine Dead
What would fully funded look like?
A Whole Lot of Filing Going On
Walkout ends...so what's next?
Buyer's Remorse
Emergency Pod - OK House passed a tax increase
Education & Partisanship (with Senator Greg McCortney)
These books were made for walking