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Notes on What It Takes to Succeed -- "Grit: The Power of Passion and...

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." Or so goes the old saying. But what do we really mean by this? And how does "showing up" in life -- or, if you prefer, exhibiting "perseverance" -- relate to...

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"Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts" (Encore Presentation)

(Note: This interview originally aired back in May.) We speak with Susan Cain, who ignited a national conversation a few years ago with her widely celebrated nonfiction book, "Quiet: The Power of...

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"Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" (Encore Presentation)

(Note: This interview first aired in early June.) "Eighty percent of success is showing up." Or so goes the old saying. But what do we really mean by this? And how does "showing up" in life -- or, if...

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"The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong...

On this edition of StudioTulsa Medical Monday, we welcome Dr. Lisa Miller, an author and psychologist who's latest book, a bestseller called "The Spiritual Child," is now out in paperback. Dr. Miller...

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"Children of the Civil Rights" -- A Screening at the Greenwood Cultural Center

On this edition of StudioTulsa, we listen back to a discussion that originally aired in February of last year. At that time, we spoke with Julia Clifford, the director of a documentary film called...

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A Chat with Kim Johnson, the Newly Appointed CEO of the Tulsa City-County...

On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Kim Johnson, who became chief executive officer of the Tulsa City-County Library on January 1st. After more than 15 years as an employee of the TCCL,...

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Taking a Close Look at the ImpactTulsa 2016 Community Impact Report

On this edition of ST, we're talking about the nonprofit collective known as ImpactTulsa, which began in 2014, and which (per its website ) aims to "improve education for every child. Our partnership...

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"Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child"...

On this edition of our program, we listen back to wonderful discussion about raising kids from last summer. At that time, we spoke with Dr. Ross W. Greene, an author, speaker, and child psychologist...

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"The Book of Isaias: A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America"

On this edition of ST, we speak with Daniel Connolly, a reporter who has, for more than a decade, covered Mexican immigration into the Southern U.S. for The Associated Press in Little Rock, The...

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"The Book of Isaias: A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America"...

(Note: This program originally aired in April.) On this edition of ST, we speak with Daniel Connolly, a reporter who has, for more than a decade, covered Mexican immigration into the Southern U.S. for...

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"Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World"

Since 2012, the national non-profit organization Girls Who Code has taught computing and computer-programming skills to thousands of girls all across America. Our guest is the CEO and founder of that...

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The Newly Refurbished Kravis Discovery Center at Gilcrease

On this edition of ST, we get an update on the Kravis Discovery Center at the Gilcrease Museum here in Tulsa. Located in the museum’s lower level, the Center recently underwent an extensive renovation...

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Getting to Know the Newly Hired Team-Leader for the GKFF's Birth through...

Our guest on this edition of ST is Sophia Pappas, who formerly led the pioneering initiative to bring "universal pre-K" to the New York City Public Schools. Pappas now resides in Tulsa, as she was...

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"Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice"

For a number of different (and often unsettling) reasons, issues of race and racism have by now come into focus in American life in a pervasive manner that we, as a society, have not seen in decades....

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Step Up Oklahoma: Why This Group Was Created, What It's Seeking, & How It...

How will this state's very serious budget problems get solved? And when? What, in the end, is it going to take? On this edition of StudioTulsa, we learn about Step Up Oklahoma, which is, per its...

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"Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance"

The author and journalist Mark Whitaker is our guest on StudioTulsa. A former managing editor of CNN Worldwide, and a previous Washington bureau chief for NBC News, Whitaker has a new book out, which...

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Meet the 2018 Brock Prize Laureate: Lee Gordon, the Founder of Hand in Hand

Our guest today is Lee Gordon, the 2018 Laureate of the Brock Prize in Education. Gordon is the founder of Hand in Hand: The Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. This Israeli non-profit...

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A New Name, a New Brand, and a New Vision for AHHA Tulsa

The Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa will now be known as AHHA Tulsa. As per the AHHA website : "The organization's Board of Directors voted recently to change the name to something modern that...

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Thoughts and Trends Regarding Education in the 21st Century: A Chat with...

On this edition of ST, a conversation with Jaime Casap, the so-called "Education Evangelist" at Google. Casap will be the keynote speaker at the Tulsa Regional Chamber's annual State of Education...

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"Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice" (Encore...

(Note: This interview originally aired in January.) For a number of different -- and often unsettling -- reasons, issues of race and racism have by now come into focus in American life in a pervasive...

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