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Episode 3383rd September 2026 • Let's Pod This • Let's Fix This
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With Governor Stitt attempting to put a state question on the ballot to ask voters if they want to call a constitutional convention, we decided to do a deep dive into the origins of the Oklahoma Constitution, its composition and structure, and how it stacks up against other states.

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337. Oh, so every vote really DOES matter!
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335. Combatting disinformation about election security
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334. Education is ALWAYS on the ballot (with Erika Wright)
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333. Would an endorsement, by any other name, smell as sweet?
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332. Scam Alert! (with Tracey Halley-Terrell)
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331. 2026 Primary Election Results
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330. Primary Predictions
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329. Session recap (with Shawn Ashley)
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328. "Too liberal for Oklahoma" and other jokes
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327. Why Voting Matters (with Erika Wright)
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326. Gerrymaxxing (with Shanisty Whittington)
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325. Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
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324. CIVICS CON 2026: Joe Kennedy III
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323. Choose Your Own Voters, or, How the Legislature is Trying to Bamboozle Us
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322. Why is ODMHSAS still struggling so much?
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321. The Man Who Knows Everything (with Shawn Ashley)
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320. Save us from the SAVE Act
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319. We've got a new co-host!
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318. What are we doing, America?
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316. A look back at 2025
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315. God bless Independent Voters (with Keith Gaddie)
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314. Finding Thankfulness
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313. The architecture of democracy (with Keith Gaddie)
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312. Is this the future of polling? (with Kyle Loveless)
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311. A court case you should watch (with Amber England)
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310. Finding hope when everything feels heavy
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309. Is grievance politics here to stay? (with Keith Gaddie)
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308. Meat and Potatoes (with Camal Pennington)
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307. Experience Local Together (with Rachael Crawford)
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304. If Not a Dictator, Why So Dictator-Shaped? (with Grant Hermes)
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303. Show Me the Monies (with Paul Monies)
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302. What IS gerrymandering, anyway?
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301. The Gerrymandering Wars (with Keith Gaddie)
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300. EPISODE 300 (with Scott Melson)
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299. Why are all these men being so emotional? (with Effie Rorke)
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298. Overriders of the Storm
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297. The End [of Session] is Near
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296. Veni, Veti, Veto
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295. Needless Political Drama (plus, Penny does the weather!)
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294. Three numbers: 249, 30, and 2
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293. ODMHSAS budget numbers don't add up
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292. Winning isn't everything (with Valerie Moore)
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291. Group chats are tricky
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290. Americans just want a Bud LIght
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286. "WTF are we supposed to do?!"
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285. Trickle-Down Economic Collapse
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284. Are we repeating budget history?
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283. Oh, what a week! (with Rep. Ellen Pogemiller)
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282. Ethics Lessons & a Session Preview (with Julia Kirt)
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281. Stitt's Storm Troopers
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280. New Year, New Legislature
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279. Forget 2024; we're looking at 2025
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278. What comes next?
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277. Pre-Election Reminders
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276. Democracy is on the ballot (with Keith Gaddie)
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272. Come at me, bro
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271. Ryan Walters and the Case of the Missing Money
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270. As The World Turns
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269. Primary election prognosis
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268. The Politics of Political Reporting (with Ted Streuli)
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267. FY25 Budget Breakdown (with Julia Kirt)
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266. This Seat's Taken
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265. Organizing Oklahoma (with Jasmine Brown-Jutras and Jill Owens)
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264. Reviewing "Civil War" (with The Cinematic Schematic)
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263. Coping with Outrage Fatigue
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262. Legislative Session Halfway Point
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261. The Next Generation of Citizens
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260. Identifying Christian Nationalism (with Shannon Fleck)
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259. Public Schools Week should be every week (with Erika Wright)
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258. Are we cutting off our nose to spite our face?
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256. Religion on Parade - 2024 State of the State
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254. Working to Unify America (with Arielle Mizrahi)
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250. Episode 250 Live Show
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252. Too much base will blow out your Speaker
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251. Gimme Shelter (with ShelterWell)
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249. Political insights from Local to Global (with Emily Stacey)
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247. Advocacy is for everyone (with Nicole Bauman)
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246. LiveFree OKC (with Jabee)
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245. Drummond has entered the chat (and SHINE with Brian Maughan)
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243. Civics Con is Coming
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242. Trump indictment + End of Session Wrap-Up
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241. Everything is hard right now. Keep going.
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240. Friends will help (with Pastor Mac)
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239. Self-inflicted financial faux pas
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237. He vetoed the Muppets!
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236. "As long as I'm Governor, we're not going to build housing"
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208. Where is the budget?
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205. Foggy Bottom Boondoggle
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199. Survey says: Oklahomans don't like vouchers
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198. If it quacks like a duck...
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197. Inhofe is retiring: Who's next?
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196. No vouching for vouchers
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195. Covid is, in fact, NOT your friend
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194. 2022 State Budget Preview
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193. Not illegal, just sketchy (with Sen. Julia Kirt and Rep. Cyndi Munson)
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192. Attack on the Teachers (and why many want to quit)
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191. The Omicron Cometh
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190. One Month 'Til Session
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188. Get Paid to Attend Public Meetings
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187. Final Maps and Fledgling Mercy
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184. Another botched execution
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183. A blank sheet of paper
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182. Hofmeister bets on blue
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181. Race for US Senate heats up
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180. Show Us the Maps
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177. Honestly, a bit of a ramble
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173. They're teaching times tables, not Critical Race Theory
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172. Community Impact Theater
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171. The trickle-down economics of closing a prison
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170. Paddle Your Own Canoo
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169. What Would ALEC Do?
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168. A Weather Report, but Make it Politics
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167. There's No Relief Like Tax Relief
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166. Money for Nothing (and Tax Cuts for Free)
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165. Budget Breakthrough and Building Woes
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164. Covid's legacy in Oklahoma Politics
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163. Progress is Hard Work (with Joshua Harris-Till)
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162. Worst Press Release Ever
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161. The Subjectivity of How Justice is Applied
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160. Committee Substi-duped
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159. Is Oklahoma at a breaking point?
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158. Oklahoma's Broken Promise
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157. A tax cut for...Californians?
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156. Racism Inside and Outside the State Capitol
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155. Governor trusts you, not him
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154. When States Rights Goes Wrong
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153. Ski or Swim: Lessons in How Not to Handle a Crisis
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152. Two is Company; Three’s a Riot
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151. State of the...Stitt?
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150. Session Preview with Senator Kirt
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149. A Record Number of Bills
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148. Impeachment proceedings and forced in-person schooling
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147. Words Have Meaning
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146. Let's Vaccinate This
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145. Initiative Petition Power Play
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144. Covid (and bad policy) has gotten personal
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143. Bill filing has begun!
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142. Hooten Plays His Horn (and three other stories)
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141. Timeline of Shenanigans in Oklahoma County Government
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140. An Epic week in Oklahoma politics
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139. Decision 2020: SQ805
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138. Decision 2020: SQ814
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137. Proposed Changes to the Oklahoma City Charter
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136. Oklahoma polling results and Inhofe's weird ad
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135. A Labor Day Civic Sermon
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134. Do candidates really moderate after a primary?
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133. What is going on with Oklahoma County?
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132. Oklahoma County Budget Board gets rowdy
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131. Does Oklahoma need more CARES Act money?
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130. A Plateau of Magicians
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129. Governor's Chief of Staff resigns plus...aliens?
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128. Infection-in-Chief
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127. Masks and McGirt
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126. What's it like to be a poll worker?
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125. Things are looking up, but not in a good way
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124. It's Juneteenth in the Big Town
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122. Mo' Virus, Mo' Problems
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121. Black Lives Matter
01:06:28
120. With This Pen, I Thee Veto
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119. The quadruple veto override...that wasn't in the manual
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118. Vote by Mail Goes to Court
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117. Who's down with PPE?
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116. Revenue failures, people suing the government, and look, the state is reopening!
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115. Four Plans to End the Pandemic
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114. Budget Battle: Stitt vs Literally Everyone
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113. The most powerful Governor in history?
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112. Legislative Leadership in Lockdown
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111. Everyone wants some Moxie
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110. (State of) Emergency Pod
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109. The Coronavirus Has Arrived
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108. Just How Super Was Tuesday?
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107. Process and the Primary
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106. Constitutional convention...or Pandora's Box?
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105. Love's Executioner
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104. 2020 State of the State
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103. 2020 Session Preview
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102. It's our 2020 Predict-O-Rama!
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101. 2019 wrap-up...and a look ahead
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100. People, Not Politicians! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #5)
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99. Should student athletes be paid? (with Peter Daggett)
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98. Power to the People with Katie Fahey(Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #4)
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97. Ratf**ked (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #3)
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96. A Cause we all have in Common (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #2)
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95. GADDIEMANDERED! (Gerrymandering Oklahoma series #1)
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94. Emergency Pod: Drug Money
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93. Run Sally Run
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92. Reforming the Law (CJR series #3)
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91. Fines, Fees, and Fallacies (CJR series #2)
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90. Let's Start with the Data (CJR series #1)
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89. Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (live panel discussion)
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88. The Politics of Pride
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87. 2019 Predict-o-Rama Results (with Rep. Zack Taylor)
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86. Can we run OKDHS like a business?
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85. The Art of Activism
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84. Sine Die (with Rep. Josh West and Rep. Marcus McEntire)
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83. "I Stand With Pruitt!"
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82. Mo Money, Mo Problems (w/ Jonathan Dodson)
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81. BudgetWatch 2019
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80. Government overreach!
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79. Rally for Coverage (w/ Sabine Brown & Carly Putnam)
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78. Legislative Update and Texts with Mom (with Effie Craven and Jason Dunnington)
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77. Opioid Settlement, Round 1 (with Attorney General Mike Hunter)
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76. Talkin' Tourism (with Lt. Gov Matt Pinnell)
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75. Privileged Pollution and Secret Sh*t
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74. Dead Candidates Society (with Megan Funderburk & Bo Broadwater)
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73. Mid-Session Update
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72. Gravel Tax and Sunshine Week (with Tres Savage & Joe Hight)
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71. Religion & Politics (with Jon Middendorf)
00:57:47
70. Auditing Oddity and Agency Appointments (with Julia Kirt)
00:47:28
69. Why "Women's Issues" Matter (with Liz Charles and Bo Broadwater)
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68. Show Me the Money
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66. Kevin Calvey & The Blue Eyed Butcher
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Ep. 55 | Commissioner Candidate Chat
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Ep. 54 | Gubernatorial Debate Recap
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Ep 44 | Reefer Madness Continues plus an interview with the State Auditor (feat. Gary Jones)
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Ep. 41: Live Pod of the Primaries
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