KGOU Readers Club

KGOU Readers Club: 100 Things To Do In Oklahoma City Before You Die 29.07.2024 50:55 ↓

Quoting from the book's dedication page: "To everyone who thinks Oklahoma is a flyover state, the joke is on you."

KGOU Readers Club: Tinkertown 24.06.2024 48:12 ↓

The book we’re featuring for this episode is Tinkertown: A Wheatfield, an Airbase, and Us, about the founding of Midwest City near Tinker AFB, and a memoir of sorts for author Jim Willis, but also a peek into the fascinating history of Midwest City, a history perhaps not many fully know. From planes to ponies, it’s a unique place.

KGOU Readers Club: Here Today 27.05.2024 50:30 ↓

The KGOU Readers Club’s latest selection is the new book Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds, from OU Press and author Jeffrey Schmidt.

KGOU Readers Club: American Eclipse 01.04.2024 52:34 ↓

On a July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age and the height of the Wild West, the moon's shadow descended on the American frontier, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. In an era of train robberies and Indian hostilities, scientists grabbed their telescopes and raced to the West.

KGOU Readers Club: Jim Thorpe - World's Greatest Athlete 26.02.2024 52:00 ↓

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 Florence Ridlon, add to Jim Thorpe's story, and discuss their own efforts to restore his 1912 Olympic medals, rescinded following a dispute over his amateur status.

KGOU Readers Club: Midwest Hymns 29.01.2024 50:56 ↓

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.

KGOU Readers Club: Rare Encounter 26.11.2023 48:43 ↓

KGOU Managing editor Logan Layden discusses Rare Encounter with its author, J.K. Hall.

KGOU Readers Club: Killing the Negative 30.10.2023 49:00 ↓

KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Quraysh Ali Lansana to discuss the new book Killing the Negative.

KGOU Readers Club: Behold The Walls 24.09.2023 51:59 ↓

KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Dr. Karlos Hill, one of the editors of the new edition of Clara Luper's memoir.

KGOU Readers Club: Going Back to T-Town: Ernie Fields Territory Big Band 01.08.2023 48:55 ↓

KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Carmen Fields, author of Going Back to T-Town.

KGOU Readers Club: Prize for the Fire 26.06.2023 53:00 ↓

KGOU managing editor Logan Layden sits down with Rilla Askew, author of Prize for the Fire.

KGOU Readers Club: Fatherland 29.05.2023 52:30 ↓

KGOU managing editor Logan Layden talks with Burkhard Bilger, author of Fatherland: A memoir of war, conscience, and family secrets.