Logan Layden
KGOU Managing EditorLogan Layden is a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma. He is a native of McAlester, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2009. Logan spent three years as a state capitol reporter and local host of All Things Considered for NPR member station KGOU in Norman and six years as a reporter with StateImpact from 2011 to 2017. Most recently, he was news director for McAlester Radio before returning to public radio in 2020.
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Southeast Oklahoma experienced a total solar eclipse of the sun Monday afternoon.
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Any point on the globe can expect to see a total solar eclipse about once every 400 years. This Monday, it’s far southeast Oklahoma’s turn.
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Oklahomans went to the polls on Super Tuesday to choose their party nominees for president, while some voters had county proposals to vote on.
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In an updated re-release of his book, author Robert W. Wheeler and his wife, Dr. Florence Ridlon, add to Jim Thorpe's story, and discuss their own efforts to restore his 1912 Olympic medals, rescinded following a dispute over his amateur status.
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Oklahoma County commissioners voted Wednesday to locate the new county jail in southeast Oklahoma City.
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Abortion restrictions, the ongoing opioid crisis and access to mental healthcare are in focus this legislative session. Jillian Taylor is StateImpact Oklahoma’s health reporter, and spoke with managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024.
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The state legislature is back in session, and there’s no hotter topic than education policy. StateImpact education reporter Beth Wallis talked with StateImpact managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024.
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The selection for this month is a book of poetry, Midwest Hymns, where author Dale Cottingham conveys a sense of community and brings the prairie to life in what’s often called flyover country. Cottingham discussed his poems with KGOU managing editor Logan Layden.
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Oklahoma City will be getting a new downtown arena.
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KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Quraysh Ali Lansana to discuss the new book Killing the Negative.