The Curtis Tucker Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hey 70s Shaggyheads! Here's a really fun episode that mixes the podcast with a visual of my old neighborhood om Google Maps! This is most likely one episode you are going to want to watch rather than just listen to. Go to YouTube.com/@curtistucker or CurtisTucker.com and you will be able to watch this episode. I basically take you on a ride down W. Broadway and point out all...

Send us Fan Mail BONUS EPISODE! Hey Shaggheads! I just realized that I had never done a podcast episode about my first eclipse and what it was like to be at totality. Todd and I had done an episode on BuzzHead Radio talking about our experience as eclipse virgins. If you had not heard that episode here it is. We also talk about looking forward to the 2024 eclipse which is a little funny. I am embe...

Send us Fan Mail Whelp, I guess once you go chasing two different eclipses seven years apart you could be considered an eclipse chaser. A person who chases eclipses is known as a umbraphile, meaning shadow lover. Umbraphiles often travel for eclipses and use various tools to help view the sun including solar viewers also known as eclipse glasses, as well as telescopes. I was totally oblivious to c...

Send us Fan Mail Seeing a good movie in the 70s had a pretty long lasting impression on me as a young buckaroo. This is my Top 20 list of those movies that left really great memories. These are not the best movies from the 1970s, but these are my favorites and the ones that were released at memorable moments in my life. I actually saw these first 10 films at a movie theater in the 70s so all of th...

Send us Fan Mail This is the story about the yellow rent house we lived in from about 1974 to 1978. That would have been from sixth grade through ninth grade covering my entire junior high years. I created dozens of great childhood memories while living in this two story home. It’s where I was living when I met my best friend Stayton. It made me one of the five Broadway boys which all lived on W....

Send us Fan Mail Hey Shaggheads! Ever thought about how long you want to live? I've decided I have enough things going on I'm going to live to be 102 years old! How am I going to do it? I have a plan! Check out these 15 healthy habits that are key to longevity. When you hit 60 years old and lose your parents you start thinking about weird things like this. Listen to this episode and star...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Shaggheads! I recently took part in the filming of another movie. This was my fifth movie and by far the biggest. Twisters will be a $200 million blockbuster film to be released on July 12, 2024. Learn what it’s like to be an extra in huge film and what happens behind the scenes. I filmed with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell. We filmed a tornado destruction sc...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Shaggheads! Listen to my tale of losing my iPhone and wallet in the river and then how they ended up being stolen. Learn safety tips for going on vacation, what to do if everything is stolen and how to get on an airplane with no identity. #stoleniphone #saltriverfloating #cautionarytale  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail My wife and I went on a spur of the moment adventure to Los Angeles over the weekend to see our daughter pom at the women's March Madness. We decided to go on the adventure less than 12 hours before we had to leave for the airport. No plans, no idea what we were going to do. It ended up being a fun adventure in LA getting to see Hollywood, Beverly Hills, UCLA and March Madnes...

Send us Fan Mail Change can be good! Making the right changes can also be a positive thing for most people. I ended this last year slowly getting some things ready for upcoming changes. Here is my list of 20 things I intend on changing this year. This is not a list of goals or resolutions for 2023. This is a set of changes I will make for this year. Some of these I have already begun and some will...

Send us Fan Mail I’m writing this on the eve of my 60th birthday. At 60 years of age I figure I should have learned a thing or two about life.  Here’s my quick list of 20 bits of wisdom I have acquired over the last few decades.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Check out my 20 reasons why vintage vinyl music is so much cooler than modern digital music. Vinyl is making a comeback and reminds us of why we enjoyed it so much in the 1970s. Get out your old vinyl records, fire up the turntable and let's spin some great 70s memories. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The seven or so years since I started my outdoor treks are equal to 2,648 days. I figure I’ve been out on the trail and witnessed around 2,500 sunrises. Out of those sunrises I figure I’ve photographed 2,000 of them. Each sunrise comes in several phases so I take a minimum of five photos for each sunrise. By September of 2022 I believe I have around 10,000 great Enid sunrise pics....

Send us Fan Mail Here's the tale of how I won the KATT Calendar Contest in 1989 and 1991. Rock 100.5 the KATT is the largest rock station in Oklahoma and they held an annual contest to find a design for their promotional poster each year. I came up with clues to the names of 100 rock bands on both designs that I won. Here's the story. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I originally wrote this list in 2009 on my daddy 70s blog. It was my Top 10 Coming Of Age Movies. Since the blog post was written I've come across many more great films so the list is now at 26. Check out my quick rundown on the best coming of age movies. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hey Shaggheads! I'm back with a new episode to talk about getting a drone pilots license, hitting Tulsa for my 24th wedding anniversary, seeing the movie Maverick, drinking vodka and two kinds of Thunderbirds. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode reveals the true life characters and reasons why I am writing a book about the 70s called The Banana Seat Squad. I give some background on Enid, our neighborhood and each one of our gang of five.  The dream is that this book will one day become a movie. Listen to the backstory of the book! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Fate and sixth grade landed us both in the same place in 1974. Fast friends from almost day one, Stayton and I get together to talk about the beginning of our almost 50 year friendship. Listen in as we discuss the gang of five from W. Broadway in Enid, Oklahoma. This episode reveals how we met and only scratches the surface of the first few years of our growing up together.  Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail I've been walking the Enid Trail system outdoors since June of 2015. In 7 years I've put in at least 15,000 miles. That early morning routine has opened doors for better health, a sunrise photo collection, countless podcast episodes and many, many idea inspirations. Listen up as I tell the tale of a 15,00 mile journey that continues today! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In 2010 at the age of 48 I wrote a blog post about 10 things I had acquired a taste for and 10 things I had not acquired a taste for. Here's the list with updated changes for the year 2022 at the age of 59. See what I most likely will never acquire a taste for. #acquiredtastes  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The girls are home for the summer so it was time for a BIG family vacation. We packed up and flew to Disney World for a six day stay and did four Disney parks in four days. Here are some insights into a Disney vacation if you are planning one in the future. There's a little info on each park and I discuss how I was able to get work done even while on vacation. Be sure and cat...

Send us Fan Mail If you could only listen to 100 songs for the rest of your life and no others, could you come up with a list? I did! Here is my 100 song playlist of music I couldn't live without. Not all of the songs are the best or even my favorite, but they all mean something and take me back to another moment in time. Listen up and you might even discover a cool tune you've never hea...

Send us Fan Mail My first real interview with someone well known just happened to be Garth Brooks! Listen to the background story of how it happened and then listen to the actual interview. Owning a media company sure has its perks and this one turned out to be big! Enjoy the show! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A big part of living in Oklahoma is avoiding tornadoes or in some cases chasing tornadoes! On Thursday, May 18, 2017 I was able to ride along with KFOR Storm Tracker Mike Bennett, who tracks storms for Channel 4 and has a storm chasing truck with all of the storm warning bells and whistles. Here are a few of my accounts with Oklahoma tornadoes. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Here's a fun episode. Get to know me a little better as I divulge 25 interesting things about myself. Hopefully I can encourage you to share interesting things about yourself. Find out about places I've gone and things that I've done. I've crossed off lots of Bucket List items. Enjoy! Support the show