Episodes
Nov. 9, 2025
Chimes of History: Steve Jenkins on the Bob Dylan Center
In this second episode of Good History 's fall 2025 special series on music and history, OSU History professor Doug Miller speaks with Steve Jenkins, Senior Director of the Bob Dylan Center, about music as a historical medium...
Oct. 20, 2025
Sanctuary of Sound: Teresa Knox on Preserving Tulsa's Musical History
In this episode of Good History , OSU History professor Doug Miller speaks with entrepreneur and preservationist Teresa Knox about music, memory, and place. From her roots in West Tulsa to owning Leon Russell’s famed Church S...
May 28, 2025
Bonus Episode! What Liberal Arts Actually Means, with Nick Romeo
In spring 2025, the OSU Department of History was lucky to host the writer Nick Romeo, who visited campus to speak about the history and future of capitalism. Those themes are also the subject of his recent book, The Alternat...
May 8, 2025
"History is a Lesson in Leadership," with Dr. Jim Hess
Dr. Jim Hess is the president of Oklahoma State University and a seasoned leader with over forty years of experience in healthcare and higher education. He is also an enthusiast of the study of history and a champion of the l...
April 28, 2025
On Being a Good Citizen, with Rhys Gay
Rhys Gay has worn many hats: advocate for Oklahoma families, VP for the Butterly Network, Pistol Pete (OSU’s cowboy mascot, for which Rhys literally did wear a huge hat), and OSU history major. Join us for a conversation abou...
Feb. 25, 2025
Cherokee History on Film, with Jennifer Loren and LeeAnn Dreadfulwater
Jennifer Loren and LeeAnn Dreadfulwater are the force behind the Cherokee Nation’s film office, Cherokee Film, including the Emmy-winning docuseries, Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People. Their work is creative and critical, ...
Dec. 24, 2024
Exploring Indigenous History and Journalism with Allison Herrara
Podcast Summary Growing up in rural California during the 1970s, Allison Herrara walked a path rich with Indigenous history, where every trail had a story and every step echoed with her Salinan grandmother's wisdom. These for...
Nov. 13, 2024
In the Western Heritage Museum with Eric Singleton
A specialist in Native American culture and history, Eric Singleton has curated exhibitions on Cherokee ledger art, Brummett Ecohawk in WWII, and the world-famous Spiro Mounds. He has led the National Cowboy & Western Heritag...
Oct. 15, 2024
We Have to do a Better Job of Owning Our Past with Hannibal Johnson
Hannibal Johnson is a Tulsa-based author and public figure committed to bringing the history of African Americans in Oklahoma to wider audiences and to weaving history and social justice together. That work led to appointment...
Sept. 9, 2024
How Wide the World Is with Sarah Kirk
Raised in Oklahoma by a single mother, Sarah Kirke--a self-described homebody—liked to stay close but also couldn’t shake the urge to go far. By age 16 she was in Germany all on her own attending German high school. Two years...
Aug. 9, 2024
Feel Something Deeply with Doug Miller
Doug Miller played his first professional gig with his high school band at a ballroom in Iowa. He grew up ready to make-or-break it in the music industry and moved to the Twin Cities—an indie rock capital—to pursue that dream...