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Let's Pod This — 309 episodes

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Would an endorsement, by any other name, smell as sweet?

2

Scam Alert! (with Tracey Halley-Terrell)

3

2026 Primary Election Results

4

Primary Predictions

5

Session recap (with Shawn Ashley)

6

"Too liberal for Oklahoma" and other jokes

7

Why Voting Matters (with Erika Wright)

8

Gerrymaxxing (with Shanisty Whittington)

9

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?

10

Choose Your Own Voters, or, How the Legislature is Trying to Bamboozle Us

11

Why is ODMHSAS still struggling so much?

12

The Man Who Knows Everything (with Shawn Ashley)

13

Save us from the SAVE Act

14

We've got a new co-host!

15

What are we doing, America?

16

What do DAs do, exactly? (with Colleen McCarty)

17

A look back at 2025

18

God bless Independent Voters (with Keith Gaddie)

19

Finding Thankfulness

20

The architecture of democracy (with Keith Gaddie)

21

Is this the future of polling? (with Kyle Loveless)

22

A court case you should watch (with Amber England)

23

Finding hope when everything feels heavy

24

Is grievance politics here to stay? (with Keith Gaddie)

25

Meat and Potatoes (with Camal Pennington)

26

Experience Local Together (with Rachael Crawford)

27

It doesn't have to be like this

28

From New Deal to New Dilemma (with Keith Gaddie)

29

If Not a Dictator, Why So Dictator-Shaped? (with Grant Hermes)

30

Show Me the Monies (with Paul Monies)

31

What IS gerrymandering, anyway?

32

The Gerrymandering Wars (with Keith Gaddie)

33

EPISODE 300 (with Scott Melson)

34

Why are all these men being so emotional? (with Effie Rorke)

35

Overriders of the Storm

36

The End [of Session] is Near

37

Veni, Veti, Veto

38

Needless Political Drama (plus, Penny does the weather!)

39

Three numbers: 249, 30, and 2

40

ODMHSAS budget numbers don't add up

41

Winning isn't everything (with Valerie Moore)

42

Group chats are tricky

43

Americans just want a Bud LIght

44

Ryan Walters is in Hot Water

45

Workforce Wins & Woes (with Leslie Osborn)

46

Lawsuit by a Lawmaker (with Rep. Andy Fugate)

47

"WTF are we supposed to do?!"

48

Trickle-Down Economic Collapse

49

Are we repeating budget history?

50

Oh, what a week! (with Rep. Ellen Pogemiller)

51

Ethics Lessons & a Session Preview (with Julia Kirt)

52

Stitt's Storm Troopers

53

New Year, New Legislature

54

Forget 2024; we're looking at 2025

55

What comes next?

56

Pre-Election Reminders

57

Democracy is on the ballot (with Keith Gaddie)

58

What's on the ballot in 2024

59

The Voter Purge

60

Policy, Personality, or Just Vibes? (with Ava Woodall and Preston Salameh)

61

Come at me, bro

62

Ryan Walters and the Case of the Missing Money

63

As The World Turns

64

Primary election prognosis

65

The Politics of Political Reporting (with Ted Streuli)

66

FY25 Budget Breakdown (with Julia Kirt)

67

This Seat's Taken

68

Organizing Oklahoma (with Jasmine Brown-Jutras and Jill Owens)

69

Reviewing "Civil War" (with The Cinematic Schematic)

70

Coping with Outrage Fatigue

71

Legislative Session Halfway Point

72

The Next Generation of Citizens

73

Identifying Christian Nationalism (with Shannon Fleck)

74

Public Schools Week should be every week (with Erika Wright)

75

Are we cutting off our nose to spite our face?

76

Chasing Civility (with James Davenport)

77

Religion on Parade - 2024 State of the State

78

Building a Faith Network (with Shannon Fleck)

79

Working to Unify America (with Arielle Mizrahi)

80

Episode 250 Live Show

81

Sowing Change (with Colleen McCarty from OK Appleseed)

82

Too much base will blow out your Speaker

83

Gimme Shelter (with ShelterWell)

84

Political insights from Local to Global (with Emily Stacey)

85

Learning our ABCs - Appointments, Boards, and Commissions

86

Advocacy is for everyone (with Nicole Bauman)

87

LiveFree OKC (with Jabee)

88

Drummond has entered the chat (and SHINE with Brian Maughan)

89

U.S. Citizenship 101

90

Civics Con is Coming

91

Trump indictment + End of Session Wrap-Up

92

Everything is hard right now. Keep going.

93

Friends will help (with Pastor Mac)

94

Self-inflicted financial faux pas

95

Budget Battle

96

He vetoed the Muppets!

97

"As long as I'm Governor, we're not going to build housing"

98

Is Gentner Drummond running for Governor?

99

Don't let them distract you!

100

Muslim courage (with Adam Soltani)

101

Public Health "Awokening" (with Sunshine Cowan)

102

Weed by the Wink

103

Ballot Initiatives and Buckle Up (with Rep. Mickey Dollens)

104

Labor Omnia Vincit (with Leslie Osborn)

105

Live feedback during State of the State

106

What to watch with education policy (with OEA's Ellen Pogemiller)

107

We're back! (What's all this about "fake math?")

108

2022 Election Reflection

109

Well, what's going to happen on Election Day?

110

Accessibility for Disabled Voters

111

New Outside Counsel

112

Was the Debate a Disaster?

113

Grab Your Future by the Ballot (with LWV Oklahoma)

114

Unexpectedly close and political power plays

115

How will national politics affect Oklahoma in November?

116

Your Tax Dollars at Work (with Julia Kirt and Michelle Tilley)

117

Veterans, teachers, and blame-shifting

118

What the Kansas abortion vote could signal for Oklahoma

119

Everyone gets an audit

120

Processing the Primaries

121

The Gardens of Democracy

122

Somebody Got Hoodwinked

123

It's the guns (with Beth Furnish)

124

Why so many abortion bans? (with Tamya Cox-Touré)

125

We Have a Budget

126

Where is the budget?

127

They're coming for the courts next

128

Swadley's Soggy Bottom

129

Foggy Bottom Boondoggle

130

Where have all the candidates gone?

131

Inside baseball (and why some players are leaving the game)

132

Foggy Bottom needs some power washing

133

Sometimes the arm twisting doesn't work

134

The Impact of Authentic Women (with Merleyn Bell & Lauren Schueler)

135

Survey says: Oklahomans don't like vouchers

136

If it quacks like a duck...

137

Inhofe is retiring: Who's next?

138

No vouching for vouchers

139

Covid is, in fact, NOT your friend

140

2022 State Budget Preview

141

Not illegal, just sketchy (with Sen. Julia Kirt and Rep. Cyndi Munson)

142

Attack on the Teachers (and why many want to quit)

143

The Omicron Cometh

144

One Month 'Til Session

145

The Epic Battle Continues

146

Get Paid to Attend Public Meetings

147

Final Maps and Fledgling Mercy

148

What's happening with the disability waiting list?

149

A Motorcade in Mexico

150

Another botched execution

151

A blank sheet of paper

152

Hofmeister bets on blue

153

Race for US Senate heats up

154

Show Us the Maps

155

The Wild, Wild Western Heights

156

Legal Expert & Labor Commissioner

157

Honestly, a bit of a ramble

158

School's in session for students...and candidates?

159

Undeclared Emergency (with Julia Kirt)

160

The third school year with Covid (with Amanda Ewing)

161

They're teaching times tables, not Critical Race Theory

162

Community Impact Theater

163

The trickle-down economics of closing a prison

164

Paddle Your Own Canoo

165

What Would ALEC Do?

166

A Weather Report, but Make it Politics

167

There's No Relief Like Tax Relief

168

It's been a helluva week

169

Money for Nothing (and Tax Cuts for Free)

170

Budget Breakthrough and Building Woes

171

Covid's legacy in Oklahoma Politics

172

Progress is Hard Work (with Joshua Harris-Till)

173

Worst Press Release Ever

174

The Subjectivity of How Justice is Applied

175

Committee Substi-duped

176

Is Oklahoma at a breaking point?

177

Oklahoma's Broken Promise

178

A tax cut for...Californians?

179

Racism Inside and Outside the State Capitol

180

Governor trusts you, not him

181

When States Rights Goes Wrong

182

Ski or Swim: Lessons in How Not to Handle a Crisis

183

Two is Company; Three’s a Riot

184

State of the...Stitt?

185

Session Preview with Senator Kirt

186

A Record Number of Bills

187

Impeachment proceedings and forced in-person schooling

188

Words Have Meaning

189

Let's Vaccinate This

190

Initiative Petition Power Play

191

Covid (and bad policy) has gotten personal

192

Bill filing has begun!

193

Hooten Plays His Horn (and three other stories)

194

Perseverance after the election

195

Two quick election reminders

196

Timeline of Shenanigans in Oklahoma County Government

197

An Epic week in Oklahoma politics

198

Decision 2020: SQ805

199

Decision 2020: SQ814

200

Proposed Changes to the Oklahoma City Charter

201

Oklahoma polling results and Inhofe's weird ad

202

A Labor Day Civic Sermon

203

Do candidates really moderate after a primary?

204

What is going on with Oklahoma County?

205

Oklahoma County Budget Board gets rowdy

206

Does Oklahoma need more CARES Act money?

207

A Plateau of Magicians

208

Governor's Chief of Staff resigns plus...aliens?

209

Infection-in-Chief

210

Masks and McGirt

211

What's it like to be a poll worker?

212

Things are looking up, but not in a good way

213

It's Juneteenth in the Big Town

214

Mo' Virus, Mo' Problems

215

Black Lives Matter

216

With This Pen, I Thee Veto

217

The quadruple veto override...that wasn't in the manual

218

Vote by Mail Goes to Court

219

Who's down with PPE?

220

Revenue failures, people suing the government, and look, the state is reopening!

221

Four Plans to End the Pandemic

222

Budget Battle: Stitt vs Literally Everyone

223

The most powerful Governor in history?

224

Legislative Leadership in Lockdown

225

Everyone wants some Moxie

226

(State of) Emergency Pod

227

The Coronavirus Has Arrived

228

Just How Super Was Tuesday?

229

Process and the Primary

230

Constitutional convention...or Pandora's Box?

231

Love's Executioner

232

2020 State of the State

233

2020 Session Preview

234

It's our 2020 Predict-O-Rama!

235

2019 wrap-up...and a look ahead

236

People, Not Politicians! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #5)

237

Should student athletes be paid? (with Peter Daggett)

238

Power to the People with Katie Fahey(Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #4)

239

Ratf**ked (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #3)

240

A Cause we all have in Common (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #2)

241

GADDIEMANDERED! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #1)

242

Emergency Pod: Drug Money

243

Run Sally Run

244

Reforming the Law (CJR series #3)

245

Fines, Fees, and Fallacies (CJR series #2)

246

Let's Start with the Data (CJR series #1)

247

Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (live panel discussion)

248

The Politics of Pride

249

2019 Predict-o-Rama Results (with Rep. Zack Taylor)

250

Can we run OKDHS like a business?

251

The Art of Activism

252

Sine Die (with Rep. Josh West and Rep. Marcus McEntire)

253

"I Stand With Pruitt!"

254

Mo Money, Mo Problems (w/ Jonathan Dodson)

255

BudgetWatch 2019

256

Government overreach!

257

Rally for Coverage (w/ Sabine Brown & Carly Putnam)

258

Legislative Update and Texts with Mom (with Effie Craven and Jason Dunnington)

259

Opioid Settlement, Round 1 (with Attorney General Mike Hunter)

260

Talkin' Tourism (with Lt. Gov Matt Pinnell)

261

Privileged Pollution and Secret Sh*t

262

Dead Candidates Society (with Megan Funderburk & Bo Broadwater)

263

Mid-Session Update

264

Gravel Tax and Sunshine Week (with Tres Savage & Joe Hight)

265

Religion & Politics (with Jon Middendorf)

266

Auditing Oddity and Agency Appointments (with Julia Kirt)

267

Why "Women's Issues" Matter (with Liz Charles and Bo Broadwater)

268

Show Me the Money

269

Guns, Weed, and #oklegvalentines

270

Kevin Calvey & The Blue Eyed Butcher

271

Ep. 65 | All About Agendas

272

Ep. 64 | 2019 Predict-O-Rama

273

Ep. 63 | New Governor, Who Dis?

274

Ep 62 | Election Recap

275

Ep. 61 | Which races we're watching

276

Ep. 60 | Model Thoughts and How to Make a Voting Plan

277

Ep. 59 | CD5 Debate and another Labor Commissioner candidate

278

Ep. 58 | On the Road Again

279

Ep. 57 | 2018 State Questions Guide

280

Ep. 56 | Everybody likes sandwiches (with Mark Myles)

281

Ep. 55 | Commissioner Candidate Chat

282

Ep. 54 | Gubernatorial Debate Recap

283

Ep. 53 | Someone should poll our dogs

284

Ep. 52 | Capitol Reporters, Vol. 1 (with Grant Hermes and Sean Murphy)

285

Ep. 51 | Too Close for Missiles

286

Ep. 50 | Sit-down with the Solicitor General

287

Ep 49 | Labor Commissioner 101 with Leslie Osborn

288

Ep. 48 | Words Have Meaning (with Daniela Busciglio)

289

Ep. 47 | Post-mortem with Senator AJ Griffin

290

Ep. 46 | You're in charge while I'm gone

291

Ep. 45 | Carpathians, Kardashians, and Cardassians

292

Ep 44 | Reefer Madness Continues plus an interview with the State Auditor (feat. Gary Jones)

293

Ep 43: A doctor, a lawyer, and a therapist walk into a bar

294

Ep 42 - Everybody gets a run-off

295

Ep. 41: Live Pod of the Primaries

296

Ep. 40 - Fact-checking cannabis claims

297

Ep. 38: GOP Labor Commissioner Debate (with Tres Savage)

298

Ep. 37 | From 56th to 57th

299

Ep. 36 | Bonus episode: From Walkout to What's Next - Day 2 [Live]

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Ep. 35 | Bonus episode: From Walkout to What's Next - Day 1 [Live]

301

Ep. 34 | We Have a Winner!

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Sine Dead

303

What would fully funded look like?

304

A Whole Lot of Filing Going On

305

Walkout ends...so what's next?

306

Buyer's Remorse

307

Emergency Pod - OK House passed a tax increase

308

Education & Partisanship (with Senator Greg McCortney)

309

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