Episode 41: That rug really tied the room together, with Peter Exline

Peter Exline, “the philosopher king of Hollywood,” is a 1969 OSU Department of Philosophy grad. His life and career have overlapped with the likes of Michael Douglas and the famous Coen Brothers. In...

Episode 40: Black History Month, the Center for Africana Studies, and racialization, with Dr. Erica Townsend-Bell

The Center for Africana Studies is a resource housed in the College of Arts and Sciences but available for all Oklahoma State University students, faculty and staff to gain knowledge about Africa and...

Episode 39: Black History Month, melanin research and chemistry is awesome, with Dr. Toby Nelson

Dr. Toby Nelson, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, was inspired by his hometown hero – Ronald McNair, the second Black astronaut. Dr. Nelson talks about that and how he is...

Episode 38: All of us need all of us to make it, with Rev. Dr. Lori Walke

Lori Allen Walke earned a 2005 political science degree and a 2006 master’s in health care administration at OSU, where she was a Cowgirl basketballplayer and Miss OSU. She went on to earn a law...

Episode 37: Orange Gowns, strategic communications and Chipotle, with Hannah Ratigan

Hannah Ratigan was the type of student who walked around campus when she had free time – which was rare. So the way her undergraduate experience finished, with COVID-19 restrictions, was especially...

Episode 36: A life in local media and career advice (be a quitter), with Jason Collington

Jason Collington is a Stillwater native who grew up reading the Tulsa World. After his 1998 graduation from OSU in what is now the School of Media and Strategic Communications, he worked for the...