Jim Stovall was a journalism professor for nearly four decades. In this podcast he shares some of the stories that he has learned about writers, journalists, the writing process, and just about anything else that he finds interesting. You can sign up for his weekly newsletter at his website jprof.com. Jim's latest book is Heads and Tales: Caricatures and Stories about the Famous, the Infamous, and the Just Plain Interesting. That book is available on Amazon.com.
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Voices of Oklahoma.com is dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Oklahoma. Voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words. Oil and gas, ranching, politics, education and more are all visited in these far-ranging interviews. Students researching any of these areas can listen to first-person accounts of the way life was and draw from knowledge that may guide and shape their future. In addition to students, any visitor will fe ...
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UnitedInstitute.org World Podcast with Jeffrey G. Nutt features an opportunity to learn from successful professional and scholars.
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Hosted by Marsha Wright, The 'Promo Nation Experience' is a captivating new podcast that champions marketing success for entrepreneurs, small businesses, authors, influencers, coaches, speakers, and more. With an emphasis on getting more exposure and helping listeners become savvier entrepreneurs, the show's mission is to educate and inspire listeners. Offering actionable strategies, hacks, and mindful ways to get the word out, gain more customers, and make a difference in the world with you ...
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Inform & Connect, AFB’s ongoing series created to foster togetherness and camaraderie within the blindness community through informal storytelling and learning about relevant and interesting topics. Transcripts for each episode are available on our website.
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Tune into the markets with MagnetInvesting Insights. Jordan Kimmel provides timely market updates. Using the mindset of both an investor and trader, Jordan offers clear market updates on what is really going on - not the simple value vs. growth nonsense. Using the Magnet® Stock Selection Process, his unique blend of value, growth, and momentum - Jordan shares his actual holdings - and whether he is buying or selling. MagnetInvesting Insights - for the informed investor.
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Hosted by influencer Marsha Wright, this exciting new podcast merges 'Lifestyle+Success+Purpose' into an entertaining show of Reddit Stories, insights on how to transform your life, and inspiration to help you be better, happier, and more successful! Each episode covers one of the themes of Lifestyle, Success, or Purpose; giving you food for thought, challenging you to embrace a life that's true to you, uncovering tangible ways you can earn more, and helping you get clarity on how to achieve ...
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8-29 - Kamala's BIG DAY (yawn), RFK Jr and Tulsi as GOP Avengers' and Jim Stovall Inspires
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Let's get ready for today's radio adventure in Philly on 1210 WPHT.By Mike Opelka
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Jim Stovall is an American writer best known for his bestselling novel The Ultimate Gift. The book was made into the movie The Ultimate Gift, distributed by 20th Century Fox. Stovall is blind and is an advocate for people with blindness. He works to make television and movies accessible to the blind as President of the Narrative Television Network,…
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Jeanne Eason Phillips was born August 26, 1924, in Etna, Oklahoma, but spent her early childhood years in Slick, Oklahoma, growing up with her seven brothers. While Jeanne was still quite young, her parents moved the family near Sapulpa where they enjoyed the conveniences of electricity and modern plumbing. Eventually they settled in a segregated T…
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8 - 26 Podcast With Tribute To 13 Service Members Killed in Afghanistan on this day in 2021
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More on this later today as I sit in for Rich Zeoli on WPHT.By Mike Opelka
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8-21 -- ObamaCon at the DNC, Crazy Dems and Wellness Wednesday with Dr. Roizen
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Busy day - but we're here with your Wednesday podcast!By Mike Opelka
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8 - 20 Bye Bye Biden (DNC Highlights) and Jim Stovall's Winner's Wisdom
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Anyone else stay up late last night to watch Joe's farewell?By Mike Opelka
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8 - 15 Headlines, Trump's NC Rally, JD Will Debate Walz, Lauren Fix on the Cars
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Welcome to Thursday.By Mike Opelka
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8 - 13 Trump / Musk 'Conversation' --- My Takeaways -- and Jim Stovall 'Profound & Practical'
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Happy Tuesday - let's go!By Mike Opelka
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Charles Francis Colcord - Oklahoma Leaders
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Charles Francis Colcord was a notable figure of the Old West—a cattle rancher, U.S. Marshal, chief of police, businessman, and pioneer. The community of Colcord, Oklahoma, bears his name. He was also the grandfather of Tulsa philanthropist Walt Helmrich. During the Oklahoma boom of the 1890s, Colcord served as Oklahoma City's first sheriff and as C…
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8 - 9 Headlines, A Stolen Valor Update Stovall, Kamala repeats herself and Jim Stovall inspires
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The weekend is here, let's go!By Mike Opelka
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8 - 8 Quick Headlines and Breaking Health News with Dr. Roizen
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8-7 Harris/Walz ticket debuts in Philly -- Lauren Fix on A Major Car Company Demise?
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Let's go - 89 days til Election Day!By Mike Opelka
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Jim Tygart was a World War II veteran who drove a jeep during the D-Day invasion and other campaigns before being wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. The D-Day invasion launched on June 6, 1944. On the next day, Tygart went ashore at Omaha Beach, Normandy. It was in Belgium, after the start of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, that he was w…
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As an industrious young man, Joe McGraw worked at Kewanee Oil Company during the day and attended the TU College of Law at night to earn his degree. He added duties as the TU Law librarian after his night classes for his last two years of law school, demonstrating the determination and strong work ethic that would lead to his tremendous career achi…
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Bart Conner is the most accomplished male gymnast America has ever produced. He is the only American gymnast to win gold medals at every level of national and international competition. Bart was a member of the gold medal-winning men’s gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games and won an individual gold on the parallel bars. He was also part…
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Wednesday - Netanyahu Addresses Congress, Biden Speaks to the Nation (Will he resign?)
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A short podcast ahead of today's very big events. Radio tonight in Ft Myers/Naples - Listen at RightAllAlong.net.By Mike Opelka
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7 - 23 - Anyone Seen Biden? Bipartisan House Hearing & JNS's Jonathan Tobin on Netanyahu's Visit
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Headlines and Mike's conversation with JNS.org's Editor-in-Chief, Jonathan Tobin on Israel, Netanyahu's visit and the Biden Admin's obvious snub of our good friend and ally.By Mike Opelka
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7 - 22 Biden's Not Running - Kamala Is Joe's Choice - But, What Does He Know???
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How was your weekend?By Mike Opelka
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7-18 - RNC Update - Joe Talks to BET, Pressure Mounts for Biden to Quit, Jim Stovall
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7-18 - RNC Update - Joe Talks to BET, Pressure Mounts for Biden to Quit, Jim Stovall by Mike OpelkaBy Mike Opelka
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7 - 17 Wednesday Headlines, Convention Highlights, Dr. Roizen Wellness Wednesday
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Happy Wednesday! A lot to discuss.By Mike Opelka
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7-15 Trump Wounded By Would-Be Assassin -- Docs Case Dismissed - Jack Smith FIRED!
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Welcome to Monday and the kickoff of the RNC!By Mike Opelka
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U.S. Representative and Senator from Oklahoma from 1987, James Mountain Inhofe was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 17, 1934. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended public schools and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tulsa. He served in the U.S. Army and worked in aviation, real estate, and insurance for three deca…
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JULY 3 - WILL JOE STAY OR WILL HE GO? by Mike OpelkaBy Mike Opelka
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6-28 - Debate Reactions Show MSM Pushing Panic Button
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A quick podcast to cover last night's debate and a preview of the radio show tonight in Fort Myers / Naples.By Mike Opelka
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6-26 - Headlines, Debate Preview, J6 News and Dr. Roizen on Dengue Fever and Bird Flu
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Coming in hot...By Mike Opelka
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It was at the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore that Alex Adwan got his start in journalism. He was the editor of OMA’s Guidon newspaper and the Vedette yearbook in the mid-40s. Alex attended both high school and junior college at OMA. He graduated from junior college in 1948 and continued his journalism studies at the University of Oklahoma. …
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6-20 Quick headlines and a late Wellness Wednesday with Dr. Roizen
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A quick update before today's radio adventure on 1210 WPHT in Philly.By Mike Opelka
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6-18 Headlines, Crazy Biden admin Claims plus a chat with Jim Stovall
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Happy Tuesday - Let's go!By Mike Opelka
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6 - 12 Podcast With Wendy Patrick And Gordon G Chang
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A busy week deserves a busy podcast!By Mike Opelka
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Monday 6-10 - Headlines plus a chat with Miranda Devine about Hunter Biden
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6-7 Podcast ahead of radio, Dr Roizen on the "Carnivore Diet"
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Leaping into Friday --Let's go!By Mike Opelka
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Born near Chelsea, Oklahoma, Gerome Riley attended a rural all-black school through the Eighth grade. And because of segregation he had to choose between going to Claremore, Nowata, or Vinita for high school. He selected Claremore Lincoln and became a member of Claremore’s only boys’ basketball state championship team in 1952. Gerome was a member o…
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6-4 Fauci lied, Hunter gets tried and Jim Stovall shares some Winner's Wisdom
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Busy week ahead. Enjoy the podcast - then listen 3-6pm on WMAL.By Mike Opelka
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5 - 28 Pure Opelka Podcast with Gordon Chang
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Mike's back! And Gordon Chang is here too!By Mike Opelka
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Growing up in an artistic household, Patrick S. Gordon took his first painting lessons from his mother, Janelle Gordon, a locally recognized still life painter. He began his formal studies under the tutelage of the widely regarded watercolorist Glenn Godsey, at the University of Tulsa. Patrick received his BFA from the University of Tulsa in 1974, …
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Thursday - Trump's Headed To The Bronx - Headlines and more
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Back from a short respite... Thanks for tolerating my absence.By Mike Opelka
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Headlines And Mike Talks Foreign Policy With KT McFarland and Some Inspiration from Jim Stovall
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Happy Wednesday.By Mike Opelka
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5-2 - Headlines, Trump Rallies, Campus Unrest Boils, Bird Flu Update from Dr Roizen
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Headlines and hot clips! Plus Doctor Roizen on Bird Flu Creatine and the latest oil longevity!By Mike Opelka
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Dr. Don G. Nelson specialized in Internal Medicine and pulmonology for 60 years. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1965. Don became affiliated in Oklahoma with multiple hospitals including Hillcrest Hospital South, St. Francis Hospital, and the Veteran Affairs Hospital in Muskogee. He was born in Moline, Illinois, …
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In celebration of Voices of Oklahoma's 15th anniversary, founder John Erling shares this oral history example: a recording of his father, John Arnt Frette telling the story about how his father emigrated from Norway and built (and re-built) their family home. Though John Erling regrets not recording his mother's voice, it's thanks to this recording…
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Late but a lot of good stuff here.By Mike Opelka
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James Gray East grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma and, while attending Oklahoma State University started, an underground newspaper which led to employment with the Daily Oklahoman. Realizing he was interested in crime reporting, he moved to Binghamton, New York to report on the Mafia for a Gannett-owned newspaper. Moving back to Oklahoma, Jim worked fo…
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A quick podcast -- headlines -- Campus Craziness, Trump's Trial and Biden's latest gaffes
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Here ya go - all the vital news in under 20 mins!By Mike Opelka
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4-23 - Some 'Winner's Wisdom' with Jim Stovall
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While we await the latest news from the Trump trial and the anti-Israel campus protests -- let's get inspired with Jim Stovall!By Mike Opelka
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Monday's Podcast: Headlines and a chat with Gerald Posner
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Monday's Podcast: Headlines and a chat with Gerald Posner by Mike OpelkaBy Mike Opelka
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Richard Chapman was the head track coach and history teacher at the year-old Memorial High School in 1963. In 1965, “Coach.” as he became known, was hired as head football coach at Edison High School, where, in his second season, he led his team to win the District Championship title. Coach was named Tulsa Tribune Coach of the Year in 1966. He coac…
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4-17 - Wednesday headlines with Mike's Review of Civil War
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Mike reviews the overnight headlines and then tears into the #1 movie from the weekend, "Civil War."By Mike Opelka
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The world was crazy today... so, what else is new?By Mike Opelka
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The tenth of fifteen children, Leona Mitchell began her musical journey by singing in her father's church choir. She received a scholarship from Oklahoma City University in 1971, earning a bachelor's degree in music. Leona debuted with the San Francisco Spring Opera Theater in 1972, and on December 15th, 1975, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut …
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Jim Stovall's 'Winner's Wisdom' - Past is Prologue
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Mike steps away from the news for a few minutes of inspiration with Jim Stovall.Another podcast tomorrow - the weekend wrap-up.By Mike Opelka
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