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"Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain" (Encore)
September 01, 2021 16:23 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KB(Note: This interview first aired earlier this year.) Our guest is Shankar Vedantam, the bestselling author and host of the popular "Hidden Brain" podcast and public-radio show. He joins us to discuss his book, "Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain." This book takes a detailed, research-driven look at the fundamental role of self-deception in human life -- that is, its positive as well as its negative aspects. As was noted by The Washington Post: "Powerful.... [...
From the ST Archives: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
August 31, 2021 16:45 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST, we revisit our interview with John Carreyrou, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with The Wall Street Journal. In early 2020, we spoke with Carreyrou about "Bad Blood," his book about the bogus Silicon Valley blood-testing start-up known as Theranos...and about the charismatic young CEO of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, who at one point seemed to be taking the world by storm a la Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Holmes has been charged by federal prosecutors (along with her f...
ST Medical Monday on "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration"
August 30, 2021 17:05 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBWhy do human beings sweat? And what other animals on this planet sweat, and why do they do it? Are there health benefits to sweating? Our guest is Sarah Everts, a science writer who has written for Scientific American, Smithsonian, New Scientist, and other publications, and who teaches journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her new book, "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration," has been praised by The New York Times as "an entertaining and illuminating guide to t...
"The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel"
August 20, 2021 17:08 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is the poet and fiction writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, who teaches creative writing and literature at OU. She joins us to talk about her new book, "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois," which is a very well-regarded debut novel. As was noted of this work in a starred review in Publishers Weekly: "A staggering and ambitious saga exploring African American history. Ailey Pearl Garfield, the youngest daughter of Geoff Garfield, a light-skinned Washington, D.C., physician, and Belle Drisk...
"Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump"
August 19, 2021 17:20 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST, we are discussing the history of the War on Terror -- i.e., the open-ended, multi-directional conflict that the U.S. government enacted some twenty years ago, in the immediate wake of 9/11 -- as well as how this war has moved both American politics and American society in increasingly authoritarian (and even racist) directions. Our guest is Spencer Ackerman, a national-security correspondent who's written for The New Republic, WIRED, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast. H...
"The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories" (Encore)
August 18, 2021 16:35 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This interview first aired back in March.) Our guest is Kevin Brockmeier, an imaginative and acclaimed writer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. His many books include the novels "The Illumination" and "The Brief History of the Dead" as well as the story collections "Things That Fall from the Sky" and "The View from the Seventh Layer." He joins us to discuss his latest book, a collection of very short stories called "The Ghost Variations." Per a critic writing for Booklist: "Brockmeier's ...
Getting to Know the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium and Its Transfer Project
August 17, 2021 17:15 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST, we learn about the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium, which is, per its website , a "multi-institutional collaborative effort to meaningfully improve students' journeys toward degree completion, professional independence, and mobility." Our guest is Dr. Laura Latta, the executive director of the THEC. Seven Tulsa-area higher-education institutions, as Dr. Latta tells us, comprise this consortium, which was founded in 2018: TCC, OSU-Tulsa, Northeastern State University, ...
ST Medical Monday: "What Should Hang on the Walls of a Hospital?"
August 16, 2021 18:03 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBEver happen to look at a painting on the wall of some hospital and wonder: "Who chose THIS picture? And why is it hanging HERE?" Our guest on ST Medical Monday is the London-based writer Lou Stoppard, who writes about style, trends, and culture for The New Yorker Magazine and other publications. She joins us to discuss her latest New Yorker article, which is titled "What Should Hang on the Walls of a Hospital?" (You can find this article here .) As the subtitle of this fascinating piece notes...
"The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years"
August 16, 2021 17:48 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest on ST is Emily Oster, a professor of economics at Brown University whose earlier books include "Expecting Better" and "Cribsheet." She joins us to talk about her new book, "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years." As was noted of this volume by The Washington Post: "A targeted mini-MBA program designed to help moms and dads establish best practices for day-to-day operations.... Because this is an Oster book, there's data scattered ev...
"Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition" (Encore)
August 16, 2021 17:41 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This interview first aired back in February.) Our guest is Michelle Commander, an Associate Director and Curator at The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, which is a branch of the New York Public Library located in Harlem. The Schomberg Center has put out a pathbreaking new anthology, which she tells us about. The book is "Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition." It's a well-edited volume that gathers various writings and texts in order to convey t...
Vaclav Smil On the Statistics That Explain Today & Tomorrow (Encore)
August 13, 2021 22:32 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is Vaclav Smil, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. Smil is the author of 40+ books on topics like energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk asssessment, and public policy. He joins us to discuss his accessible and compelling new book of short essays, "Numbers Don't Lie." It's an eclectic, statistics-driven volume that effectively shows how numbers reveal the true state of our world today -- a...
"Burn," How Metabolism Burns Calories (Encore)
August 13, 2021 21:29 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is Herman Pontzer, an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and Associate Research Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. An well-known researcher in human energetics and evolution, he joins us to discuss his new book, "Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy." The book draws on Pontzer's groundbreaking studies with hunter-gatherer tribes in order to show how exercise actua...
"Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil" (Encore)
August 11, 2021 22:19 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest on ST is Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, a professor of internet governance and regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. He's also a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard. Mayer-Schönberger joins us to talk about "Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil," a new book for which he's a co-author. This book argues that humankind's ability to "frame" things -- that is, our gift for making ment...
"Nudging" for Good, Behavioral Economist Richard Thaler On the Choices We Make
August 06, 2021 20:32 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBEveryday during our daily routine, we are "nudged" to make choices and decisions in a particular way. Most are beneficial to us, others, not. They range from our car reminding us to buckle up when we drive, to the ATM making us take our card back before dispensing cash, to our streaming services and e-commerce sites suggesting other items based on our previous history. On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with behavioral economist and 2017 Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler about the new editi...
Disasterology? How Prepared Is the US For the Next Disaster?
August 04, 2021 23:08 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KBOn this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Dr Samantha Montano, a specialist on emergency management, and a professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy about her new book, "Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis." Although emergency management vowed 'never again' after the mistakes in the response to Hurricane Katrina (Montano's first disaster experience), recent experiences after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and subsequent hurricanes along the Gulf Coast...
Glenn Frankel on "Shooting Midnight Cowboy" (Encore)
August 03, 2021 20:24 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest today is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Frankel, whose recent work has explored the issues and stories behind some of America's classic films. His books employs in-depth interviews with the film's director, stars, crew, casting team, and others to provide the definitive account of an American movie like no other. His recent books on the films High Noon and The Searchers have focused on some of the contemporary themes at play in these classic Westerns. In his latest book , "...
How Our Brain Evolved, A History of the Brain (Encore Presentation)
August 03, 2021 20:22 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest on ST Medical Monday is Bret Stetka, an editorial director at Medscape.com, which is the professional division of WebMD.com. A non-practicing physician and active freelance health/science journalist, Stetka joins us to discuss his fascinating book, "A History of the Human Brain: From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved." It's a readable and engaging history of how our most mysterious organ developed over time...from the brain's improbable and watery beginnings to the sup...
Carlos Moreno Offers "The Victory of Greenwood"
July 30, 2021 17:17 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is Carlos Moreno, a Tulsa-based graphic designer, researcher, and freelance writer who originally hails from California, and who's been living and working in Tulsa since the 1990s. Moreno joins us to discuss his new book, "The Victory of Greenwood." This volume presents a novel and engrossing history of Tulsa's Greenwood community by offering more than 20 different biographical portraits of such key "Black Wall Street" figures as John and Loula Williams, B.C. Franklin, the Rev. Ben ...
"I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year"
July 29, 2021 16:37 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur show today focuses on a newly publsihed book that's widely seen as the definitive journalistic account of former President Trump's final year in office. The book is "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year," and it's written by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post reporters who earlier gave us "A Very Stable Genius." Rucker is our guest on StudioTulsa. As was noted of "I Alone Can Fix It" in The Guardian: "A blockbuster follow-u...
"Goldenrod: Poems"
July 28, 2021 15:18 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is the Ohio-based, award-winning writer and poet Maggie Smith, whose latest book of poems has recently been released. It's called "Goldenrod." It's the first book to appear from Smith since her bestselling memoir, "Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change." Like the best of Smith's earlier verse, the poems in "Goldenrod" look carefully and engagingly at the experiences of daily life -- both the mundane and the magical -- in order to affirm, celebrate, lament, and/or invest...
The Delta Variant in Our Community: An Update on StudioTulsa Medical Monday
July 26, 2021 17:13 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBWhat is the Delta Variant, and how is it related to the novel Coronavirus? What exactly do we know about the rapid spread of the Delta Variant now happening in Tulsa County -- and across our state? And what's the relationship between this rate of spreading and Oklahoma's relatively low vaccination rate? Are there other Coronavirus variants out there -- either here in the US or worldwide? And when will American kids under the age of 12 be allowed to get vaxxed? Our guests on ST Medical Monday ...
"How to Raise Kids Who Aren't A**holes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting...."
July 23, 2021 17:16 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is the award-winning science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer, whose work appears in Slate, Scientific American, and The New York Times. She's also a parent, and she joins us to discuss her first book, which is just out. "How to Raise Kids Who Aren't A**holes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting -- from Tots to Teens" is a guidebook focused on the many various concerns that moms and dads actually have in today's America. From respectfully navigating social media and avoidin...
"Let's Talk Race: A Guide for White People" (Encore)
July 22, 2021 16:57 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This conversation first aired back in April.) Our guest on StudioTulsa is Dr. Fern L. Johnson, a Senior Research Scholar and Professor Emerita at Clark University who focuses on race and culture. She and her partner, Marlene G. Fine, are the white parents of African American sons, and they're also the co-authors of "Let's Talk Race: A Guide for White People." The book aims to provide personal insights as well as practical guidance -- along with ample research findings, prompts for pers...
"It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything"
July 14, 2021 16:40 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KBOur guest is Kate Biberdorf, a scientist and chemistry professor at The University of Texas who -- as "Kate the Chemist" -- has written a series of very popular books on science for young readers. Now comes her first book for adults, which she tells us about -- it's a fun, wide-ranging, easy-to-read work called "It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything." Ever wondered what makes dough rise? Or how exactly coffee gives us that all-important energy boost? Or why shampoo can sometimes ...
"101 Arabian Tales: How We All Persevered in Peace Corps Libya"
July 13, 2021 17:04 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBThe Peace Corps is now 60 years old. The U.S. Government-run volunteer program -- which from the start has provided international aid in the form of person-to-person social, economic, and educational development -- was established per Executive Order by JFK in 1961; later that year, Congress passed the Peace Corps Act. On this edition of ST, we speak with Randy W. Hobler about his book, "101 Arabian Tales: How We All Persevered in Peace Corps Libya." This work documents Hobler's own experienc...
"This Is Your Brain on Food" on ST Medical Monday
July 12, 2021 17:10 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest on ST Medical Monday is Dr. Uma Naidoo. She's a board-certified psychiatrist (Harvard Medical School), a professional chef (Cambridge School of Culinary Arts), and a nutrition specialist (Cornell University). She's currently the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and she joins us to talk about her bestselling new book, "This Is Your Brain on Food." As noted by Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University: "Dr. Naidoo brings together her b...
"Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World" (Encore)
July 09, 2021 16:59 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBYes, the climate is warming, and yes, we human beings are causing this warming. And yes, things look very bad. But what can be done...and what can **we** do...right now? Our guest has some answers; she is Dr. Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at the well-regarded Lund University in Sweden. She joins us to discuss her book, "Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World." Of this work, a starred review in Booklist noted: "This compelling book about cl...
Summer Reading Suggestions from Nancy Pearl
July 08, 2021 17:21 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur old friend and colleague Nancy Pearl joins us on StudioTulsa to offer some can't-miss summer reading suggestions: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, and so forth. A bestselling author, retired librarian, and longtime resident of the Seattle area, Nancy (who's also a former Tulsan) has been making occasional recommendations to book-loving KWGS listeners for decades. It's good to hear from her again. Here are the titles that she tells us about today -- Kendra Atleework: "Miracle Country"...
"Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights" (Encore)
July 08, 2021 17:08 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This discussion first aired back in March.) Our guest is Dorothy Wickenden, an author and editor at The New Yorker Magazine. She tells us about her new book, which explores various interlinked facets of American history, including abolition, the Underground Railroad, the early women's rights movement, and the Civil War. As the noted Yale historian David W. Blight has written of this book: "As a revolutionary, Harriet Tubman made many allies, none more important than her Auburn, New Yor...
"How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood" (Encore)
July 06, 2021 16:42 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This interview first aired back in February.) Our guest is Kayleen Schaefer, a journalist and author who's written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and other publications. Her latest book, which she tells us about, is "But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood." The book looks carefully at how thirtysomethings in America today are -- and aren't -- meeting the milestones which sociologists commonly cite as the five markers of adulthood:...
"How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It" (Encore)
July 05, 2021 17:07 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This discussion first aired back in March.) Our guest is Dr. Monica Aggarwal, the director of Integrative Cardiology and Prevention at the University of Florida, where she teaches plant-based nutrition while also performing various mind-body techniques with her students and patients, including yoga and meditation. (You can visit her website here.) Dr. Aggarwal joins us to discuss her latest book, "Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It...
"1774: The Long Year of Revolution" (Encore for Independence Day)
July 02, 2021 14:49 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KB(Note: This interview first aired in February of 202.) Very early in her career, the well-regarded American colonial historian Mary Beth Norton came to believe that the critical year in American independence was not 1776, but rather, 1774. Yet her academic focus on women's colonial history sidelined her interest in fleshing out this theory. Now, the author of such critical women's histories as "In the Devil's Snare" and "Separated by Their Sex" has returned to this initial thesis with her lat...
OVAC's Art 365 Show for 2021 to Open Soon at Living Arts of Tulsa
July 01, 2021 17:06 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of our program, we learn about the 2021 Art 365 program from the nonprofit Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC). The artists whose work appears in this very competitive year-long program were chosen by guest curator, Grace Deveney, the associate curator of Prospect.5 in New Orleans. She's our guest today, along with Alexa Goetzinger, the associate director of OVAC. The artists selected for this year's OVAC 365 exhibit are Ginnie Baer (Edmond), Crystal Z. Campbell (Oklahoma Ci...
"Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR"
June 30, 2021 22:53 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST, our guest is the journalist and author Lisa Napoli, who joins to discuss her latest book, "Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR." It's a group biography of Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts: four women who fought sexism, challenged journalistic norms, covered decades of American and worldwide news, and did much more throughout their pioneering careers to build and establish National Public ...
"A Luthier's Tale: The Craft of Stringed Instruments" -- An Exhibit at 108 Contemporary
June 29, 2021 17:04 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST, we learn about a soon-to-open exhibition at 108 Contemporary Gallery in downtown Tulsa; "A Luthier's Tale: The Craft of Stringed Instruments" will be on view from July 2nd through September 19th. Our guest is Benjamin Liggett, a luthier (i.e., a maker of stringed instruments) based here in Tulsa who's also the guest curator for this show. Per the 108 Contemporary website , this exhibit is "dedicated to the art, craft, and design of stringed instruments. Following his tr...
ST Medical Monday -- "Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind"
June 28, 2021 16:28 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBDeath is something very few of like to talk about, or even think about, but it's a fact of life, after all -- the final fact of life, you might say. What if we could live our lives while looking at death in a more complete, more honest, less fearful way? Would our lives be richer? And would we actually be healthier individuals? Our guest, Barbara Becker, clearly and intelligently answers these questions in the affirmative. Becker is a writer and interfaith minister who's dedicated 20-plus yea...
"Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods" (Encore)
June 28, 2021 16:17 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This interview first aired back in February.) Our guest, Amelia Pang, is an award-winning investigative journalist who's written for "Mother Jones," "The New Republic," and other publications. In her new book, "Made in China," she profiles an political prisoner named Sun Yi, who was forced into harsh labor by the Chinese government for campaigning for the right to join a forbidden meditation movement. Sun Yi was imprisoned alongside petty criminals and civil rights activists -- and ten...
"Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice"
June 24, 2021 16:55 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBWhen the documentary film "Period. End of Sentence." won an Oscar in 2019, the film's co-producer, Melissa Berton, said in her acceptance speech: "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." Now comes a new book that follows-up on that goundbreaking movie, a far-reaching book that outlines the challenges confronting those who menstruate worldwide and the solutions being offered by a new generation of body-positive activists and innovators. Our guest is the author of this work, An...
"Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World" (Encore)
June 23, 2021 16:42 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KB(Note: This interview first aired back in February.) Our guest is the writer Andrea Pitzer, who tells us about her latest book. It's a page-turning work of history about the Dutch polar explorer William Barents, one of the 16th century's greatest navigators. In particular, "Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World" details the three harrowing Arctic expeditions that Barents led, the last of which resulted in an extremely challenging year-long fight for survival. As per The Wall Street J...
"Food Americana: The Remarkable People and Incredible Stories behind America's Favorite Dishes"
June 22, 2021 17:12 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KBOn this edition of ST, we're talking about food, glorious food -- and in particular, American food. What does the phrase "American cuisine" actually refer to? And what do we mean when we say that a certain dish has been "Americanized"? Is there a national menu that we all share in this vast nation? And what will food in the USA be like in the future? Our guest is David Page, whose new book explores all of these questions, and who is best-known for creating the popular TV show, "Diners, Drive-...
Composting: The How, the Why, and the Health Benefits
June 21, 2021 18:08 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn this edition of ST Medical Monday, we're talking about the science and strategies of composting -- and why it's good for our planet, and why it's good for us (mentally as well as physically). It's estimated that 1/3 of all the world'd prepared food materials go to waste -- and/or simply get thrown away -- so it's not surprising that composting is now becoming more and more popular among individuals and businesses alike. Our guest is Natalie Mallory, who founded (along with her husband Don)...
"The Geopolitics of New Media" at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations
June 21, 2021 17:43 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBHow is the widespread usage of new media affecting international relations? Or worldwide standards of diplomacy? How are social media and digital tech, for example, related to the recent rise in autocratic goverments...or the weakening of democratic ones? Our guest is Dr. Randy Kluver, the Associate Provost and Dean of the School of Global Studies and Partnerships, and a Professor in the School of Media and Strategic Communication, at Oklahoma State University. He recently gave an address at ...
Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and His Complexions Contemporary Ballet
June 17, 2021 16:49 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBFrom tonight (the 17th) through Saturday night (the 19th), Choregus Productions will present its 2021 Summer Heat International Dance Festival. Three world-class companies will perform at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center; more details on the festival, including how to get tickets, are here . Our guest on ST is the choreographer Dwight Rhoden, whose NYC-based Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a company known for its groundbreaking combination of methods, styles, and cultures. It's a diverse a...
Historical Fiction Meets Old New York in "The Great Mistake: A Novel"
June 15, 2021 17:16 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is the novelist Jonathan Lee, whose new book is a vivid, page-turning work of historical fiction titled "The Great Mistake." It's a novel set in 19th-century New York City that digs deeply and engagingly into the life and times of -- and the mysterious murder of -- a man named Andrew Haswell Green. Not well-remembered today but very famous in his time, Green (who was called "The Father of Greater New York") was a lawyer and city planner whose visionary deal-making led to establishme...
"Humanizing Healthcare: Hardwire Humanity into the Future of Health"
June 14, 2021 17:25 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest is Summer Knight, MD, MBA, who's Managing Director in the Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting practice at Deloitte. Long seen as a thought-leader when it comes to the digital transformation of medical care -- and more broadly, when it comes to intersection of healthcare, business, and technology -- Knight previously worked as a firefighter/paramedic-turned-physician; she was also the founder and CEO of FirecrackerHealth. She joins us to talk about her new book, "Humanizing Healthc...
"Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth"
June 11, 2021 17:26 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBHistory is one thing, and mythology is another. And at times, of course, these two can overlap, or blur, or get confused in a big way. Such is the case with the Alamo, as our guest argues on ST. Longtime journalist Chris Tomlinson is a columnist for The Houston Chronicle and The San Antonio Express-News, and he's one of the authors of an attention-grabbing new book titled "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth." As was noted of this wotk in Publishers Weekly: "Substantive ye...
"Work Better, Live Better: Motivation, Labor, and Management Ideology"
June 10, 2021 16:45 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBHere in the good ol' USA, a strong work ethic -- a drive to succeed through hard work -- is seen as a leading virtue, and indeed, as a necessity. We Americans have long been told that financial success and personal well-being will undoubtedly follow if we adopt a highly motivated mindset toward our job. On today's edition of ST, we look at the origins of that "highly motivated" outlook. Our guest is David Gray, a teaching professor of American studies and history at Oklahoma State University....
The Yard By Yard Community Resiliency Project
June 09, 2021 17:24 - 29 minutes - 1.73 KBOn this edition of ST, we learn about how homeowners in the Greater Tulsa area can take simple steps -- in both their lawncare and their gardening practices -- to improve and preserve the quality of our local water, land, and ecology. The Yard By Yard Community Resiliency Project is an initiative of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission; the project started in OKC and is now happening in Tulsa. As noted at the Tulsa County Conservation District website : "Urban citizens do not always realize w...
"America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s"
June 08, 2021 16:52 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOn today's ST, we are discussing a new book on race relations and American history that offers a bold, thorough, and eye-opening critique of our nation's criminal justice apparatus, its police operations, and indeed its entire legal system. Our guest is the well-regarded historian Elizabeth Hinton, who is an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University as well as a professor of law at Yale Law School. Her book is "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police...
ST Medical Monday: A Discussion of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
June 07, 2021 17:19 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBOur guest on this edition of StudioTulsa Medical Monday is Becky Wilcox, PT, MPT, PRPC, who was the first person in Oklahoma to be recognized (back in 2014) as a Certified Pelvic Rehab Practitioner; you can find her full bio here . A key part of the team at Physical Therapy of Tulsa , Wilcox is local expert on pelvic floor dysfunction, which is a broad term referring to a number of disorders that can occur when pelvic floor muscles or ligaments are injured. She adds that, while this condition...