Within The Realm

You might be surprised to hear some of the details about the advent of the shopping cart, but even as casual as our relationship with the basket on wheels is, it has had a profound affect on retail shopping. As omni-present these devices are, they may have never got off the ground if not for some quick thinking by a supermarket owner in Oklahoma City! Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com katch...

When I was a kid, my mother, on  Nashville trip, picked out a guitar for me to replace a cheap, old model I had trashed. She was helped by a gentleman that, she learned later, turned out to be a guitar legend.withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an Artisan Cup of Coffee! Check out Martin...

Yield: The Little Sign That Could The familiar downward pointing triangle that allows traffic to keep flowing rather than stopping sprang from the mind of a Tulsa cop. No one gave his sign much respect, but he set out to prove them all wrong. withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an Artis...

They say the universe is ever expanding, but the cultural center of the universe is conveniently located closer than you might think. withinpodcast.com Support our show at Support Within The Realm   Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an Artisan Cup of Coffee! Check out Martin Mountain Coffee's signature...

It's our 100th episode and that's a big deal. A lot can happen over the course of 100 episodes. Join me for a retrospective of what I have learned through the the process of researching, producing and promoting that collection.  Thanks to all of you who have been a part of it all. withinpodcast.com Support our show at Support Within The Realm Good folks mentioned in our show: Shaping Opinion with...

Before he was on the Five Dollar Bill, before his words were memorized by schoolchildren through the decades and before he was hailed as the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln was a candidate for President...and it wasn't looking so good. He undertook a trip to Kansas to see for himself the violence and legacy of popular sovereignty, and maybe score a few extra delegates to the upcoming Republican...

Magic as a tornado precaution? Tiny Wakita, Ok was blown away in the 1996 Blockbuster Twister but a spell by an Old Cherokee has kept the place tornado free since 1893. withinpodcast.com A special thanks to storm chaser and Oklahoma's best DJ, Cliff Casteel! Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an Artisan Cup of...

  This week I let a friend tell the story of his parent's whirlwind wedding that involved a ring locked away in a bank vault, a Billy Graham Crusade and a potential court-martial. It might sound crazy but it's kind of the norm for the family of Neal Hallford. withinpodcast.com More on Neal: nealhallford.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain...

We've all sung it, the second most played Christmas song of all time, but few know the story behind Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer. From a random assignment for the Montgomery-Ward Department Store Company, a Christmas institution was born, but not without a few obstacles in the way! withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coff...

A tale with a lost opportunity for a college education, a one-way ticket to Flagstaff, Az. and the fate of a planet! Hear the amazing and inspiring  story of Kansas farm boy and astronomer Clyde Tombaugh and the unlikely discovery of Planet X/Pluto! Don't forget to share us with podcast listening friends and leave us a rating and review!  withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com...

Thanksgiving is about family and blessings. Here's a tale from my youth about one of the greatest men I ever knew and the blessing he was to me. This Thanksgiving eat more than you should, hug everyone you know and make sure to get all the gravy you want. withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an...

Every region of the country has it's take on place names. In Oklahoma, it's a safe bet that our unusual place names had their start as a word in a Native language. Tahlequah, the Capital of the Cherokee Nation, is such a name. There are two stories, which one is right? withinpodcast.com   Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batc...

This is the story of my Great Grandma's casting of her first ballot in 1920. We've come a long way, but sometimes, it seems, not far enough. Listen to our story and get out the vote! withinpodcast.com Our sponsors:  jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Martin Mountain Coffee: Small Batch Roaster for an Artisan Cup of Coffee!   Contact Us! Facebook: @withintherealm1 Twitter:...

A story from my misspent youth in the wilds of the Cherokee Nation. Pre-cable TV fun for us was driving the backroads and finding ways to scare our classmates. One surefire place to this end was a remote, lonely stretch of road called Beaver Gap. Tales of spooks associated with the place had been going on for years, having a cemetery right there handy didn't hurt much. This is the story of the las...

In Kansas City, you might encounter an intrepid group of Urban Hikers checking out art, nature or historic sights around the City. UrbanHikesKC, very much like our show, strive to illuminate things overlooked but worth seeing. Owner Lisa Pena visits with host Steve Garrett about the various aspects of an urban hike and what she has learned in the process. The hikes present a new perspective to the...

The first woman to hold statewide office in Oklahoma years before she could vote, Kate Barnard, using her tireless activism and dedication to duty, brought about many reforms ahead of their time in the young state. Despite the importance of her work, she was lost to history for decades, until... withinpodcast,com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Facebook: @withinthereal...

Charles Parrott was a lot of things, a husband and father, farmer, rodeo rider and one of the most prolific bank robbers in the second half of the Twentieth century. A look into his exploits has been chronicled in a new book by his daughter Susan, entitled "Catch Me or Kill Me." We visit with the author about her father, the research of his life and the surprises she found along the way.  Her book...

Even out here in the Ozarks, in the Cherokee Nation, we have a connection to Queen Elizabeth, but it's a connection that goes back years, long before the United States, the Trail of Tears or the coronation of the Queen herself. withinpodcast.com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Facebook: @withintherealm1 Twitter: @realm_within contact@withinpodcast.com  

It was in 1921 when a young commercial artist had a dream of creating an animation studio  in Kansas City. He did just that before going bankrupt and befriending a mouse that frequented his drawing table. A one way ticket to California and greener pastures was the end of the KC studio, but something more lay in wait. withinpodcast.com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Fa...

There are plenty of ghost stories in the Ozarks, but Sean Fitzgibbon's graphic novel, a history really. provides the story of what is said to be the most haunted place in these hills. It's a tale with an old hotel at the highest point in town, a colorful charlatan and mysteries that linger to this day. withinpodcast.com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Facebook: @within...

The role of Lt. Uhura, communications officer for the Starship Enterprize, made Nichelle Nichols an icon and made an indelible marknot only on Earth but in space as well. Urged by Martin Luther King, Jr. and by NASA to use her role for the betterment of mankind,, that's what she set about to do. withinpodcast.com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Facebook: @withinthereal...

From Within The Realm to the Sea of Tranquility! Friend of the podcast Dewayne Knott spins his tale of his life-long interaction with the space program. From exotic locations such as an Iowa cornfield, a San Antonio parking lot and the coast of the Persian Gulf, he became a part of America's reach into space.www.withinpodcast.com Our sponsor: jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com Music: The Right Direction by...

Twelfth Street and Vine may be Kansas City's most famous intersection thanks to the song Penned by Lieber and Stoller. Problem is, it's not there any more. In our continuing series on " places that aren't there anymore," we talk about the street's claim to fame and why it disappeared. www.withinpodcast.com Our sponsor: jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers Cpntact us:...

Ed Hicks had seen the telephone demonstrated at the St. Louis Exhibition and in 1885 concocted the plan to connect The Cherokee Capital of Tahlequah with the new bustling City of Muskogee by phone line. Traditional members of the tribe wanted to avoid additional incursions of American business and government in their territory, so they were generally opposed to the idea until they learned the new...

Jack McLemore was my 9th Grade Science teacher. He had been nick-named Happy Jack by the older boys because, they claimed, he only smiled when dishing out punishment. I was glad to have survived and left his class, but a little re-evaluation made me look at that year with Happy Jack differently. withinpodcast.com jandjpoolsafety@gmail.com          Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers -