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Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert shares her thoughts on a recent vote to rush through federal funds for the county jail, and The Frontier's Brianna Bailey talks about her recent reporting on the jail.

Sarah Edwards with Yes on 805 discusses the state question's effort to end sentence enhancement for nonviolent offenders, which will be on the ballot on Nov. 3, 2020.

On this week's episode, The Frontier's Brianna Bailey discusses her reporting on the struggle to keep hospitals open in rural Oklahoma. Kassie McClung also provides an update on the latest COVID019 trends in the state.

This week's episode is an interview with State Supt. Joy Hofmeister on the plan to start a new school year as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

On this week's episode we discuss the political and health impact of President Trump's June 20 rally in Tulsa.

This week's episode takes a closer look at the struggle many Oklahomans face to receive unemployment assistance, the state’s struggle to get information from the private company handing debit card disbursements and what it looks at when hundreds of desperate people spend hours in a line looking for help.

Kassie and Ben discuss Gov. Kevin Stitt's response to the latest spike in COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma.

On this week's episode of Listen Frontier we speak with two candidates running in a state Senate Republican primary in rural Oklahoma, and with Tres Savage of NonDoc about which races he most interested in next Tuesday.

Dylan, Kassie, Clifton and Ben break down Saturday's Trump rally in Tulsa, which included a 90 minute speech inside the BOK Center and protestors in the street outside.

Ben and Kassie discuss the recent spike in new coronavirus cases and the nation's first major indoor event during the pandemic that is planned in Tulsa this Saturday.

The Oklahoma City council will vote next week on whether to study a series of proposals that would alter the way local policing is conducted. We hear from members of the city council and the president of the police union.

On this special episode of Listen Frontier we take a closer look at the protests in Oklahoma City and Tulsa against police brutality and racism.

This week Kassie and Ben talk about mounting number of coronavirus deaths and the people behind the numbers.

On this week's episode we talk with the manager of a food pantry and an advocate for food security policies. The coronavirus-caused economic crisis has resulted in an increase demand for food in Oklahoma, which was already one of the most food insecure states in the nation.

On this week's episode of COVID-19 in Oklahoma Kassie and Ben discuss the state's frantic search for PPE and whether the latest data shows a trend in the right direction.

This week's episode features an Oklahoma man who used the prison CareerTech program to secure a job upon his release. But last month found himself unemployed as businesses across the state were hit by the coronavirus-caused economic slowdown.

Kassie and Ben discuss whether Oklahoma is testing enough people and why a saliva test is the best way to test nursing home residents.

On this week's episode of Listen Frontier we take a closer look at a state question before voters next month that would expand Medicaid in a state that had long resisted that provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Kassie and Ben discuss what infectious disease experts are saying about the move to reopen businesses, the continued push to test more Oklahomans and the role of contract tracing in the coming weeks.

Joe Dorman of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) and Sherry Fair of Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma about the impact the coronavirus pandemic and related school and business closings are having on Oklahoma children. 

Kassie and Ben discuss the responses by the mayors of Tulsa and Oklahoma City to Gov. Stitt's plan to reopen businesses, what a phased is approach to reopening may look like and why some businesses may not go along with it.

On this week's episode of Listen Frontier we explore Gov. Kevin Stitt's suggestion that some COVID-19 emergency education funds be used for program that offers private school tuition through tax credits.

In this emergency episode of COVID-19 in Oklahoma Kassie and Ben discuss Gov. Stitt's plan to reopen the state during the coronavirus pandemic.

Kassie and Ben talk about the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and whether the curve is flattening in Oklahoma.

Kassie and Ben discuss an update from Gov. Kevin Stitt that he is working to reopen businesses, restarting elective surgeries and believes the curve is flattening in Oklahoma.