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Oklahoma Watch, Sept. 4, 2024

The Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency is moving toward a date to begin investigation of funding practices at the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

As they seek a successor to outgoing Chancellor Allison Garrett, the State Board of Regents issues a new report showing strong employment results for recent graduates.

A review of KGOU's revenue sources confirms the importance of individual donations and business sponsorships to support KGOU's service to communities across the state.

Airdate: Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 at 12 p.m.

Oklahoma Watch, Sept. 18, 2024

As KGOU's fall fundraiser nears, we remind listeners of the importance of their contributions in fueling KGOU's public service journalism.

Airdate: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at 12 p.m.

For anyone creative, especially performers and live artists, there was arguably no more difficult time for finding that motivation than the pandemic era of 2020, when live performances and social gatherings largely ceased and musicians, dancers, and even restaurant chefs were left to question just why they do what they do. OKC-based singer/songwriter JMASTY found himself asking exactly that question.

For all the talk of OKC’s recent cultural renaissance that’s brought a remarkable wave of sports, leisure, arts, and entertainment options to the city over the past decade, the sheer size and sprawl of our capitol can still make it difficult to find just the right kind of fun you’re looking for.

Hip-hop has always been a platform for multiculturalism and worldly exploration with language itself as the guide. But especially in a place like Oklahoma City, it still feels particularly fresh and unique to see an artist emerge like Sundeep Sharma, an Indian-born hip-hop experimentalist who writes and raps in Hindi.