This is Oklahoma

On this episode I sat with marketing director for the Myriad Gardens Leslie Spears. Leslie is awesome! She does so much for the gardens all year round. Every event you see. Every publication. All the beautiful things you see in the media about the gardens has hands on it.  She was so much fun to sit with and learn about the gardens and all they do for downtown OKC. Her favorite event is the Cat Mo...

On this episode I sit with Steven Cook of Cook Feed and Outdoors. A third generation feed businesses here in Oklahoma. Steven and his family are from Tuttle Oklahoma. His grandfather started the businesses and over the years himself and his father have grown it significantly. With two stores and a third on the way, Cook Feed & Outdoors is one of the leading suppliers of animal feed to the state of...

On this episode myself and Jackson sit down to share some of our favorite cart barn stories. Definitely the best job for a golfer in the summer. As well as OSU Cowboy Viktor Hovlands first PGA Tour win, Peter Kostis laying into Patrick Reed and some other golfing info from the past week. Follow us @thisisoklahomagolf for more Oklahoma Golf news.  Cheers,  Mike & Jackson

On this episode I sit with Bobby Gruenewald. A Pastor and Innovation Leader at Life Church. He is also the founder of the YouVersion Bible App. One of the most downloaded Apps in the world. Bobby was one of the first people I reached out to for my podcast back in March 2018. After two years of following up we finally sat down to share his story. Extremely thankful to have 45mins with Bobby, I sens...

On this episode myself and Heath sat down with Shawn for our 4th episode of our car segment called Random Car Guys. Shawn has a niche business here in OKC specializing in Subaru performance cars as well as your Nan's daily driver.  Shawn grew up in Edmond around cars and inevitably opened up his own shop around what he loves, as you can guess. Its fast Subaru's. Follow Shawn on Instagram @misfirem...

On this episode I sat down with Andrew Holder. I met Andrew about 4 years ago, we worked at Keller Williams Elite together for sometime. Andrew is still there working on the leadership side of the business now and not so much the realtor side.  His story is pretty awesome so I won't spoil it too much for you. But he grew up in Alva, worked for the family business which is still there today. Learne...

On this episode of our golf series we dive into the history behind Lincoln Park GC. The legendary U.C. Ferguson and the many golfing heroes that have graced the land with their presence.  Erik Anders Lang Video with Roger Maxwell - Sussie Maxwell's brother.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2P26km9vw Follow our separate golf Instagram page @thisisoklahomagolf and please subscribe and review the p...

On this episode I sit down with Aaron founder of Superior Luxe Transportation. Aaron is serving in the US Navy Force but saw an opportunity to start his own business. After working for his friends traveling dance company he noticed that every major city he visited had a luxury travel company. They rented highly specced vans as they traveled around town. Vans that from the outside just look like bl...

On this episode I sit down with restaurant entrepreneur Hal Smith. Trying hard to find the words to describe how amazing this episode was. For me this was one of my favorite interviews. Hal has so many great stories. I think we just scratched the surface. He's a huge supporter of Oklahoma. Born in Ardmore now living in Norman. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2017 a moment that he...

On this episode I sit down with THE OSU GAME DAY HOST ( GO POKES ) the one and only Les Thomas Sr! Les has a fantastic story, one of ups and downs. Someone who has battled through life and come out a shining beacon of hope for the community. I won't spoil the story for you but Les drops a couple of exclusives on the podcasts. Stories he's never told before, like his rap name in middle school.  Les...

On this episode myself, Blake and Trey sit down to discuss the best five holes and worst five holes of our local OKC municipal golf courses. It was much harder than we thought!  We briefly recap how our Oklahoma related tour pros did this past weekend but the majority of the episode of talking about our love and hate for some of the holes we played in college. Thanks for listening, for more Oklaho...

On this episode I sat down with current President of the Midtown Rotary club Laura Nauman. Laura grew up here. She graduated from UCO and worked in the marketing space out of college. As someone who has always been connected with the arts, graphic design, music and arts education she naturally found her group at Midtown Rotary.  A group of likeminded people who meet a couple of times a week at McN...

Episode 003 of our Random Car Guys automotive segment. Lou Renova known as 405_photo on Instagram has a pretty awesome story. His title is marketing and content creation for Farmtruck & AZN.  Lou is a phenomenal automotive photographer. Most people who get involved in photography are given a camera from a young age and grow with it. Lou's experience is a little different. Working for the FNA team...

NEW SERIES! As some of you will know, I have a huge passion for golf. It is the reason I am here today, the reason I met my wife. Everything in my life has revolved around golf in someway so naturally covering it in a podcast series was a no brainer. CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG!  The goal for this golf series is for me to get together with a few of my friends every week. Talk about local go...

On this episode I sat down with Alyssa Murphy from Siren Media.  Alyssa started Siren Media in 2018 after being fired from her current job. Alyssa with the help of some friends created a freelance army to tackle projects. Alyssa has a passion for helping small businesses. She grew up in Edmond, her family have a small business Weathers Audio and Video. So she uses that to her advantage to relate t...

On this episode I sat down with Stacey Aldridge – director of marketing and communications of Scissortail Park in OKC. Stacey shared her story and talks about preparing for the Grand Opening of the park. The plans for 2020's events and the future of the park. Stacey grew up in Massachusetts moved to East Texas her junior year of high school. Went to Texas Women’s University studying fashion mercha...

On this episode my wife Taryn joined me to interview sisters Emma & Addie Ryan. Owners of PLANT OKC in midtown OKC. If you have a social media, you watch the news or even have a Netflix account you borrow off your mates. You will have noticed that Plant based diets have been talked about a lot!  So we thought what better idea than to interview the owners of OKC's most popular Plant based restauran...

On todays podcast I sat down with two past clients of mine. Josh and Katie Riley to talk about their new business RSP, Riley Sports Performance. Josh and Katie met in college where we all met as well. All of us are graduated of Southern Nazarene University. Josh is born and raised in San Diego with a love of baseball, football and basketball but naturally he was better at Baseball, which brought h...

On this episode I sat down with Jaxon Uhles. Jaxon grew up in Norman and like every football players dream wanted to play at OU. He moved away to college but then returned and walked on at OU along side fellow walk on's that year. Probably the most notable was Baker Mayfield. Jaxon and Baker roomed together for their remaining years at OU. Jaxon talks about his time at OU, his first game when they...

On this episode I sat down with Justin Wren @thebigpigmy and Jordan Miller @iamjordanmiller to talk about their recent collaboration for FFTF. Justin has been on the podcast twice before (Ep 21 & 76) Talking about his foundation Fight For The Forgotten and his recent impact with #STANDWITHRAYDEN. Jordan has jumped on board at FFTF to bring his traveling assembly of musicians and creators to the ma...

On this episode I sat down with Mr Guthrie. Heady Coleman. Heady is a motivational speaker, professional greeter, pastor, community builder and all round great human being. His sole purpose is to change lives and make peoples day! He writes more handwritten notes than anyone I have ever met and is definitely someone you should know and follow! His Instagram is @heady.coleman and you can find him a...

On this episode I sit down with Eric Granado at the Central Exchange Building. Eric has ONLY been a photographer for a year! Crazy when you see his skills. Follow him on Instagram @eric.granado Eric was born in Oklahoma, went to school here and then moved away to Oregon. He really wanted to work for Nike. After multiple interviews with Nike, meeting a lot of Nike's top brass he was unsuccessful an...

Episode 2 of our Automotive segment. Today we sit down with JD Terry a local home builder here in OKC to talk about his passion for cars.  JD pulled up to the shop in his 1929 Ford then proceeded to take me for a spin in it around Edmond and WOW! You can see a photo of that car on his Instagram @okie_jd but sadly by the time we post this he has sold the car and now has some new toys to play with. ...

This is the first of our automotive segments for the new year. We've started a series around cars, trucks and anything with an engine. I have a huge passion for cars, so have decided with the help of my co host Heath Dean to start an automotive series to the podcast. You can follow this car segment on Instagram @randomcarguys I will post all Oklahoma car related episodes here but if you are a car...

It’s been far too long of a wait but I finally had my brother in law on the podcast. The guy I met in 2015 as a young college senior with questions about real estate. The guy who after some sarcasm from me about getting married to stay in the states replied with “ I have a sister in law that’s single, do you want to go on a double date?” Without this response I wouldn’t have met T. Wouldn’t have f...