All Episodes
OEA — 231 episodes
Episode 231 -- Misty Bradley, OK Parent Legislative Advocacy Coalition
Episode 230 -- "The power of a fresh start"
Episode 229 -- Runoff Recap
Episode 228 -- Andy Moore: "You can't sit out your way to better electoral outcomes"
Episode 227 -- "A lot more miles, a lot less steps."
Episode 226 -- Keep in Touch. Keep Speaking Up.
Episode 225 -- Sine of the Times
Episode 224 -- "Busy, confusing, exciting, depressing week"
Episode 223 -- Secret Sauce
Episode 222 -- Tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
Episode 221 -- Budgets, Raises, and the Property Tax Reality Check
Episode 220 -- Funding Schools, Supporting People
Episode 219 -- Don't Blink, It's Deadline Week
Episode 218 -- Seven Days, Seven Nights at the Capitol
Episode 217 -- Deadline Week and the Power of Advocacy
Episode 216 -- A Closer Look at the Senate Ed Plan
Episode 215 -- Rep. Ronny Johns (R-Ada)
Episode 214 -- Staying Afloat in a Flood of Education Bills
Episode 213 -- Stitt’s Swan Song: A Final State of the State
Episode 212 -- "Marathon, not a miracle"
Episode 211 -- Weathering the Storm: Education Priorities and Rolling Back the Past
Episode 210 -- Forrest Bennett Part 2
Episode 209 -- Forrest Bennett Part 1
Episode 208 -- A Brown Bag Look at the Year Ahead
Episode 207 -- Road to Remembrance
Episode 206 -- Rep. Michelle McCane
Episode 205 -- Interim Study Hall: What Lawmakers are Learning
Episode 204 -- Rep. Ellen Pogemiller
Episode 203 -- Shutdown Side Effects
Episode 202 -- "One job should be enough."
Episode 201 -- Every Child Deserves Stability
Episode 200 -- Up Next: Oklahoma's Aspiring Educators
Episode 199 -- End of an Era, Start of a Lesson
Episode 198 -- Labor Omni Vincit
Episode 197 -- "Magic in Oklahoma Classrooms"
Episode 196 -- Phones Down, Drama Up
Episode 195 -- Sine Die and the Veto Parade
Episode 194 -- The Verdict: Public Funds, Public Schools
Episode 193 -- Pencils Down, Budget's In
Episode 192 -- From Lawsuit to Lawmaking
Episode 191 -- "Disappointed and dejected"
Episode 190 -- OU All-American/Education Major Raegan Beers
Episode 189 -- "Tenuous relationship with the truth"
Episode 188 -- Oklahoma's Promise to Teachers?
Episode 187 -- Bond, School Bond
Episode 186 -- Doing Less with Less
Episode 185 -- The Good, the Bad, and the Dead of Deadline Week
Episode 184 -- A Different Tone
Episode 183 -- Snowed In, Tuned In: A Week in #oklaed
Episode 182 -- "Fallen prey to needless political drama"
Episode 181 -- Fate of the State
Episode 180 -- "The intent is clear and the fear is real."
Episode 179 -- A New Chapter
Episode 178 -- Rep. Cyndi Munson | Seeing What You Want to Be
Episode 177 — 2025 Threats and Opportunities
Episode 176 -- Rep. Michelle McCane | OEA Member
Episode 175 -- "Don't panic, but don't put your head in the sand."
Episode 174 -- Post-Election Pod
Episode 173 -- Five Years of Insights
Episode 172 -- "A pattern of seemingly being above the law."
Episode 171 -- State Questions with OK Policy Institute
Episode 170 -- Rep. Daniel Pae (R-Lawton)
Episode 169 -- Shady Bid-ness
Episode 168 -- "What could we use $3 million for?"
Episode 167 -- Register to Vote! (Provided you're still alive)
Episode 166 -- Summer of Chaos
Episode 165 -- Political Storms
Episode 164 -- Session Slowplay
Episode 163 -- "Let the shucking begin."
Episode 162 -- "What's normal anymore?"
Episode 161 -- Making up Law
Episode 160 -- House vs. Senate
Episode 159 -- Traci Manuel, OK Teacher of the Year
Episode 158 -- "Burrito of Weirdness"
Episode 157 -- Deadline Week: A Blessing and a Curse
Episode 156 -- "Weird week at the Capitol"
Episode 155 -- Public Schools Day at the Capitol
Episode 154 -- "Legislative Therapy"
Episode 153 -- So Session So Clean
Episode 152 -- "The blame game"
Episode 151 -- "It starts with a conversation"
Episode 150 -- "Pulling on the same rope"
Episode 149 -- Hunger Free Oklahoma
Episode 148 -- "To what end?"
Episode 147 -- "Everybody is welcome. Everybody has a voice."
Episode 146 -- Island of Misfit Toys
Episode 145 -- A Parent Finds Her Voice
Episode 144 -- Foundation for the Future
Episode 143 -- School Board Explored
Episode 142 -- Support vs. Punishment
Episode 141 -- Time to Grieve
Episode 140 -- Fun Through Funds (fundforteachers.org)
Episode 139 -- Summer of '23
Episode 138 -- Dangerous Rhetoric
Episode 137 -- Education First
Episode 135 -- Closer to a Deal
Episode 135 -- "As a parent..."
Episode 134 -- Meet Your Legislative Team!
Episode 132 -- "They are actually talking..."
Episode 132 -- Fighting via Press Release
Episode 131 -- Time to Invest
Episode 130 -- NEON (New Educators of Oklahoma Network) and State Board Reaction
Episode 129 -- The Mustang Polar Express
Episode 128 -- Rep. Mark Vancuren
Episode 127 -- Outreach to Teach
Episode 126 -- House Republicans Ed Plan
Episode 125 -- Fate of the State
Episode 124 -- Dr. Nicole Been, OU Assoc. AD of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Episode 123 -- Budget Talk & Rep. Provenzano
Episode 122 -- Pleasantly Surprised
Episode 121 -- Punish or Improve?
Episode 120 -- OK Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson
Episode 119 -- Beyond Trauma Informed
Episode 118 -- Locals Still in Control
Episode 117 -- "Keep fighting the good fight for public education"
Episode 116 -- "Most important election in our state's history"
Episode 115 -- Jena Nelson
Episode 114 -- Parent/Teacher Connection
Episode 113 -- Kids Count
Episode 112 -- State Supt. Joy Hofmeister
Episode 111 -- Positive Numbers
Episode 110 -- InvestED
Episode 109 -- Vouchers Bankrupt Rural Communities
Episode 108 -- Heartbeat of the Community
Episode 107 -- Educators are a Workforce
Episode 106 -- Let's Fix This, OK!
Episode 105 -- Dr. April Grace, State Superintendent Candidate
Episode 104 -- VOTE JUNE 28TH!
Episode 103 -- Missed Opportunities
Episode 102 -- Vetoes and Overrides, Oh My!
Episode 101 -- Budget Falls "Flat"
Episode 100!
Episode 99 -- Deadline Week
Episode 98 -- You Can't Silence All of Us
Episode 97 -- Jessica Eschbach (2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year)
Episode 96 -- Rep. Mark McBride
Episode 95 -- Rep. Melissa Provenzano
Episode 94 -- Rep. Tammy West
Episode 93 -- Enough
Episode 92 -- Copy/Paste From Out-of-State
Episode 91 -- Thank you, Carrie!
Episode 90 -- Author Ted Dintersmith
Episode 89 -- Tell Your Story
Episode 88 -- Of and By Educators
Episode 87 -- You Are Not Alone
Episode 86 -- Infinite Value
Episode 85 -- Lawmakers to School
EPISODE 84 -- Madame President
Episode 83 -- Compassion
Episode 82 -- Calm Waters
Episode 81 -- Special Session
Episode 80 -- Gerrymandering and Committees
Episode 79 -- Film Education
Episode 78 -- Ad Valorem Decorum
Episode 77 -- Dr. Mary Clarke, OSMA President
Episode 76 -- Unsustainable
Episode 75 -- "Sacred in the classroom"
Episode 74 -- "We will not stop until we see change."
Episode 73 -- Knowledge is Power
Episode 72 -- "What educators want is to feel supported."
Episode 71 -- Labor omnia vincit
Episode 70 -- Working Moms Work
Episode 69 -- State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
Episode 68 -- Dr. Donna Tyungu
EPISODE 67 -- We're back!
Episode 66 -- Thank you, Alicia!
Episode 65 -- History Teachers at the Capitol
Episode 64 -- Rep. Monroe Nichols
EPISODE 63 -- Ode to Joy
Episode 62 -- Priest to Bishop
Episode 61 -- Sine Die
Episode 60 -- What You Can't See
Episode 59 -- The Good, The Bad, The Budget
Episode 58 -- Buried By Design
Episode 57 -- Behind Closed Doors
Episode 56 -- For All Students
EPISODE 55 -- Fuzzy Priorities
EPISODE 54 -- "(SB 634) feels like a target."
EPISODE 53 -- These anti-public education forces are always at work.
Episode 52 -- "Shenanigans."
Episode 51 -- Some... good... news?
Episode 50 -- Just fund the schools
EPISODE 49 -- "This is patronizing. It's insulting to educators."
EPISODE 48 -- #PublicSchoolProud
Episode 47 -- Front of the line
EPISODE 46 -- "All means all."
EPISODE 45 -- Voucher Bills are Coming
EPISODE 44 -- Trauma-Informed Schools
EPISODE 43 -- Knowledge is power
EPISODE 42 -- Better Conversations
EPISODE 41 -- OU Health & Hearts for Hearing
EPISODE 40 -- "Educators are not the enemy."
EPISODE 39 -- "They know they're loved... And that's priceless."
EPISODE 38 -- Toby Rowland, 'Voice of the Sooners'
EPISODE 37 -- "Everyone in our schools needs our prayer and our grace."
EPISDOE 36 -- Masks Are Saving Kids
EPISODE 35 -- Election Recap
EPISODE 34 -- VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
EPISODE 33 -- "Take care of yourself. Take care of each other..."
EPISODE 32 -- EPIC Allegations
EPISODE 31 -- NEA President Becky Pringle
EPISODE 30 -- The Future is Bright
EPISODE 29 -- "We all have the same goal to have every child reach their potential."
EPISODE 28 -- "Around 1 in 5 kids in our state were food insecure before COVID."
EPISODE 27 -- Right now, we're behind
EPISODE 26 -- "It's empowering and it's contagious."
EPISODE 25 -- Primary Election Recap
EPISODE 24 -- "Our power is in our people."
EPISODE 23 -- Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
EPISODE 22 -- "In play, children learn how to learn.”
EPISODE 21 -- "When we know better, we do better."
EPISODE 20 -- "Our priority has to be saving lives first."
EPISODE 19 -- "One Death is Too Many"
EPISODE 18 -- You can't have healthy schools without healthy students.
EPISODE 17 -- "We prepared for a world that is no longer the same."
EPISODE 16 -- "Many (families) send their kids to school sick..."
EPISODE 15 -- "If the state is not going to do it, someone has to."
EPISODE 14 -- "It's ok to be uncomfortable."
EPISODE 13 -- "We have a calling to do more."
EPISODE 12 -- What a Long, Strange Session it's Been...
EPISODE 11 -- "Itchy veto pen"
EPISODE 10 -- Emily Virgin Says COLA House's No. 1 Priority
EPISODE 9 -- "I've never seen anything like this."
EPISODE 8 -- "Public schools are the glory of Oklahoma."
EPISODE 7 -- "These are the days of our legislature..."
EPISODE 6 -- Wild Week at the Capitol
EPISODE 5 -- State Senator Roger Thompson and the Legislature's Return
EPISODE 4 -- Congresswoman Kendra Horn Talks Stimulus Package
EPISODE 3 -- Superintendent Hofmeister Returns to Answer Questions on School Closures (3_19_20)
EPISODE 2 -- State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister Discusses Coronavirus Updates (3 13 20)
EPISODE 1 -- Welcome to friED OKra! (3 6 20)