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OEA — 231 episodes

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Episode 231 -- Misty Bradley, OK Parent Legislative Advocacy Coalition

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Episode 230 -- "The power of a fresh start"

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Episode 229 -- Runoff Recap

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Episode 228 -- Andy Moore: "You can't sit out your way to better electoral outcomes"

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Episode 227 -- "A lot more miles, a lot less steps."

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Episode 226 -- Keep in Touch. Keep Speaking Up.

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Episode 225 -- Sine of the Times

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Episode 224 -- "Busy, confusing, exciting, depressing week"

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Episode 223 -- Secret Sauce

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Episode 222 -- Tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve

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Episode 221 -- Budgets, Raises, and the Property Tax Reality Check

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Episode 220 -- Funding Schools, Supporting People

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Episode 219 -- Don't Blink, It's Deadline Week

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Episode 218 -- Seven Days, Seven Nights at the Capitol

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Episode 217 -- Deadline Week and the Power of Advocacy

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Episode 216 -- A Closer Look at the Senate Ed Plan

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Episode 215 -- Rep. Ronny Johns (R-Ada)

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Episode 214 -- Staying Afloat in a Flood of Education Bills

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Episode 213 -- Stitt’s Swan Song: A Final State of the State

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Episode 212 -- "Marathon, not a miracle"

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Episode 211 -- Weathering the Storm: Education Priorities and Rolling Back the Past

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Episode 210 -- Forrest Bennett Part 2

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Episode 209 -- Forrest Bennett Part 1

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Episode 208 -- A Brown Bag Look at the Year Ahead

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Episode 207 -- Road to Remembrance

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Episode 206 -- Rep. Michelle McCane

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Episode 205 -- Interim Study Hall: What Lawmakers are Learning

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Episode 204 -- Rep. Ellen Pogemiller

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Episode 203 -- Shutdown Side Effects

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Episode 202 -- "One job should be enough."

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Episode 201 -- Every Child Deserves Stability

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Episode 200 -- Up Next: Oklahoma's Aspiring Educators

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Episode 199 -- End of an Era, Start of a Lesson

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Episode 198 -- Labor Omni Vincit

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Episode 197 -- "Magic in Oklahoma Classrooms"

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Episode 196 -- Phones Down, Drama Up

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Episode 195 -- Sine Die and the Veto Parade

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Episode 194 -- The Verdict: Public Funds, Public Schools

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Episode 193 -- Pencils Down, Budget's In

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Episode 192 -- From Lawsuit to Lawmaking

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Episode 191 -- "Disappointed and dejected"

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Episode 190 -- OU All-American/Education Major Raegan Beers

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Episode 189 -- "Tenuous relationship with the truth"

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Episode 188 -- Oklahoma's Promise to Teachers?

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Episode 187 -- Bond, School Bond

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Episode 186 -- Doing Less with Less

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Episode 185 -- The Good, the Bad, and the Dead of Deadline Week

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Episode 184 -- A Different Tone

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Episode 183 -- Snowed In, Tuned In: A Week in #oklaed

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Episode 182 -- "Fallen prey to needless political drama"

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Episode 181 -- Fate of the State

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Episode 180 -- "The intent is clear and the fear is real."

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Episode 179 -- A New Chapter

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Episode 178 -- Rep. Cyndi Munson | Seeing What You Want to Be

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Episode 177 — 2025 Threats and Opportunities

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Episode 176 -- Rep. Michelle McCane | OEA Member

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Episode 175 -- "Don't panic, but don't put your head in the sand."

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Episode 174 -- Post-Election Pod

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Episode 173 -- Five Years of Insights

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Episode 172 -- "A pattern of seemingly being above the law."

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Episode 171 -- State Questions with OK Policy Institute

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Episode 170 -- Rep. Daniel Pae (R-Lawton)

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Episode 169 -- Shady Bid-ness

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Episode 168 -- "What could we use $3 million for?"

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Episode 167 -- Register to Vote! (Provided you're still alive)

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Episode 166 -- Summer of Chaos

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Episode 165 -- Political Storms

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Episode 164 -- Session Slowplay

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Episode 163 -- "Let the shucking begin."

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Episode 162 -- "What's normal anymore?"

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Episode 161 -- Making up Law

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Episode 160 -- House vs. Senate

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Episode 159 -- Traci Manuel, OK Teacher of the Year

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Episode 158 -- "Burrito of Weirdness"

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Episode 157 -- Deadline Week: A Blessing and a Curse

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Episode 156 -- "Weird week at the Capitol"

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Episode 155 -- Public Schools Day at the Capitol

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Episode 154 -- "Legislative Therapy"

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Episode 153 -- So Session So Clean

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Episode 152 -- "The blame game"

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Episode 151 -- "It starts with a conversation"

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Episode 150 -- "Pulling on the same rope"

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Episode 149 -- Hunger Free Oklahoma

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Episode 148 -- "To what end?"

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Episode 147 -- "Everybody is welcome. Everybody has a voice."

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Episode 146 -- Island of Misfit Toys

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Episode 145 -- A Parent Finds Her Voice

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Episode 144 -- Foundation for the Future

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Episode 143 -- School Board Explored

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Episode 142 -- Support vs. Punishment

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Episode 141 -- Time to Grieve

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Episode 140 -- Fun Through Funds (fundforteachers.org)

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Episode 139 -- Summer of '23

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Episode 138 -- Dangerous Rhetoric

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Episode 137 -- Education First

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Episode 135 -- Closer to a Deal

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Episode 135 -- "As a parent..."

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Episode 134 -- Meet Your Legislative Team!

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Episode 132 -- "They are actually talking..."

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Episode 132 -- Fighting via Press Release

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Episode 131 -- Time to Invest

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Episode 130 -- NEON (New Educators of Oklahoma Network) and State Board Reaction

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Episode 129 -- The Mustang Polar Express

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Episode 128 -- Rep. Mark Vancuren

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Episode 127 -- Outreach to Teach

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Episode 126 -- House Republicans Ed Plan

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Episode 125 -- Fate of the State

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Episode 124 -- Dr. Nicole Been, OU Assoc. AD of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Episode 123 -- Budget Talk & Rep. Provenzano

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Episode 122 -- Pleasantly Surprised

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Episode 121 -- Punish or Improve?

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Episode 120 -- OK Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson

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Episode 119 -- Beyond Trauma Informed

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Episode 118 -- Locals Still in Control

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Episode 117 -- "Keep fighting the good fight for public education"

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Episode 116 -- "Most important election in our state's history"

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Episode 115 -- Jena Nelson

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Episode 114 -- Parent/Teacher Connection

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Episode 113 -- Kids Count

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Episode 112 -- State Supt. Joy Hofmeister

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Episode 111 -- Positive Numbers

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Episode 110 -- InvestED

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Episode 109 -- Vouchers Bankrupt Rural Communities

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Episode 108 -- Heartbeat of the Community

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Episode 107 -- Educators are a Workforce

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Episode 106 -- Let's Fix This, OK!

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Episode 105 -- Dr. April Grace, State Superintendent Candidate

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Episode 104 -- VOTE JUNE 28TH!

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Episode 103 -- Missed Opportunities

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Episode 102 -- Vetoes and Overrides, Oh My!

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Episode 101 -- Budget Falls "Flat"

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Episode 100!

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Episode 99 -- Deadline Week

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Episode 98 -- You Can't Silence All of Us

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Episode 97 -- Jessica Eschbach (2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year)

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Episode 96 -- Rep. Mark McBride

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Episode 95 -- Rep. Melissa Provenzano

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Episode 94 -- Rep. Tammy West

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Episode 93 -- Enough

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Episode 92 -- Copy/Paste From Out-of-State

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Episode 91 -- Thank you, Carrie!

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Episode 90 -- Author Ted Dintersmith

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Episode 89 -- Tell Your Story

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Episode 88 -- Of and By Educators

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Episode 87 -- You Are Not Alone

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Episode 86 -- Infinite Value

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Episode 85 -- Lawmakers to School

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EPISODE 84 -- Madame President

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Episode 83 -- Compassion

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Episode 82 -- Calm Waters

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Episode 81 -- Special Session

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Episode 80 -- Gerrymandering and Committees

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Episode 79 -- Film Education

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Episode 78 -- Ad Valorem Decorum

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Episode 77 -- Dr. Mary Clarke, OSMA President

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Episode 76 -- Unsustainable

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Episode 75 -- "Sacred in the classroom"

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Episode 74 -- "We will not stop until we see change."

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Episode 73 -- Knowledge is Power

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Episode 72 -- "What educators want is to feel supported."

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Episode 71 -- Labor omnia vincit

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Episode 70 -- Working Moms Work

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Episode 69 -- State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister

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Episode 68 -- Dr. Donna Tyungu

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EPISODE 67 -- We're back!

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Episode 66 -- Thank you, Alicia!

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Episode 65 -- History Teachers at the Capitol

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Episode 64 -- Rep. Monroe Nichols

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EPISODE 63 -- Ode to Joy

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Episode 62 -- Priest to Bishop

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Episode 61 -- Sine Die

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Episode 60 -- What You Can't See

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Episode 59 -- The Good, The Bad, The Budget

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Episode 58 -- Buried By Design

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Episode 57 -- Behind Closed Doors

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Episode 56 -- For All Students

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EPISODE 55 -- Fuzzy Priorities

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EPISODE 54 -- "(SB 634) feels like a target."

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EPISODE 53 -- These anti-public education forces are always at work.

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Episode 52 -- "Shenanigans."

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Episode 51 -- Some... good... news?

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Episode 50 -- Just fund the schools

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EPISODE 49 -- "This is patronizing. It's insulting to educators."

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EPISODE 48 -- #PublicSchoolProud

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Episode 47 -- Front of the line

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EPISODE 46 -- "All means all."

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EPISODE 45 -- Voucher Bills are Coming

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EPISODE 44 -- Trauma-Informed Schools

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EPISODE 43 -- Knowledge is power

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EPISODE 42 -- Better Conversations

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EPISODE 41 -- OU Health & Hearts for Hearing

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EPISODE 40 -- "Educators are not the enemy."

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EPISODE 39 -- "They know they're loved... And that's priceless."

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EPISODE 38 -- Toby Rowland, 'Voice of the Sooners'

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EPISODE 37 -- "Everyone in our schools needs our prayer and our grace."

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EPISDOE 36 -- Masks Are Saving Kids

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EPISODE 35 -- Election Recap

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EPISODE 34 -- VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

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EPISODE 33 -- "Take care of yourself. Take care of each other..."

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EPISODE 32 -- EPIC Allegations

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EPISODE 31 -- NEA President Becky Pringle

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EPISODE 30 -- The Future is Bright

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EPISODE 29 -- "We all have the same goal to have every child reach their potential."

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EPISODE 28 -- "Around 1 in 5 kids in our state were food insecure before COVID."

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EPISODE 27 -- Right now, we're behind

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EPISODE 26 -- "It's empowering and it's contagious."

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EPISODE 25 -- Primary Election Recap

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EPISODE 24 -- "Our power is in our people."

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EPISODE 23 -- Superintendent Joy Hofmeister

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EPISODE 22 -- "In play, children learn how to learn.”

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EPISODE 21 -- "When we know better, we do better."

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EPISODE 20 -- "Our priority has to be saving lives first."

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EPISODE 19 -- "One Death is Too Many"

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EPISODE 18 -- You can't have healthy schools without healthy students.

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EPISODE 17 -- "We prepared for a world that is no longer the same."

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EPISODE 16 -- "Many (families) send their kids to school sick..."

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EPISODE 15 -- "If the state is not going to do it, someone has to."

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EPISODE 14 -- "It's ok to be uncomfortable."

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EPISODE 13 -- "We have a calling to do more."

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EPISODE 12 -- What a Long, Strange Session it's Been...

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EPISODE 11 -- "Itchy veto pen"

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EPISODE 10 -- Emily Virgin Says COLA House's No. 1 Priority

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EPISODE 9 -- "I've never seen anything like this."

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EPISODE 8 -- "Public schools are the glory of Oklahoma."

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EPISODE 7 -- "These are the days of our legislature..."

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EPISODE 6 -- Wild Week at the Capitol

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EPISODE 5 -- State Senator Roger Thompson and the Legislature's Return

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EPISODE 4 -- Congresswoman Kendra Horn Talks Stimulus Package

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EPISODE 3 -- Superintendent Hofmeister Returns to Answer Questions on School Closures (3_19_20)

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EPISODE 2 -- State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister Discusses Coronavirus Updates (3 13 20)

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EPISODE 1 -- Welcome to friED OKra! (3 6 20)