Intersections - Oklahoma

Intersections - Oklahoma


Latest Episodes

Dee Morales, Working both sides of the camera
December 30, 2016

Episode 60 – To have spent decades working both in front of the camera and behind it is what we talk about in this episode. Viewers in the Oklahoma Cit market have seen Dee’s name in credits here for many years now. Today,

Fr. Jorge Cabrera – Little Flower Catholic Church
December 22, 2016

Episode 59 – Two aspects of Little Flower Church set the congregation and ministry apart from the rest of Catholic Churches in the Oklahoma City metro: First, they are and have been the key Catholic Parish in OKC that is focussed on the city’s Hispanic...

Susan Moring on OK Coders boot camp
December 15, 2016

Episode 58 – Susan Moring sees the potential in working hard to build support for Oklahoma’s code developer boot camp called OK Coders. She doesn’t write code herself, but uses her organizational skills to put together a very popular and affordable boo...

Aspasia Carlson – Principal, trust-builder
December 02, 2016

Episode 57 – Aspasia Carlson is in her seventh year as principal of John Marshall High School in Oklahoma City Public Schools. Carlson explains some of her background and how that prepared her for leadership at John Marshall.

Robert Ruiz – Mariachi band leader – music ed promoter
November 25, 2016

Bonus Episode 56 – From the same interview session as episode 55, Robert talks about the importance of Mariachi music in OKC for Hispanic children. He has been instrumental in getting Mariachi music taught in Oklahoma City Public Schools.

Robert Ruiz – Strengthening Hispanic culture in OKC
November 25, 2016

Episode 55 – For the past several years Oklahoma City has had a Mexican Independence Day celebration held in various locations. Robert Ruiz, President of Scissortail Community Development Corporation, has been one of the key organizers.

Collin Walke – New Democratic Party representative in a Republican state
November 18, 2016

Episode 54 – Collin Walke was one of several urban Democratic Party candidates in this year’s election cycle to buck the statewide trend of the Republican Party gaining an even bigger super majority in the Oklahoma Legislature.

Civic Hacking, Tulsa-Style
November 11, 2016

Episode 53 – Luke Crouch and Carlos Moreno are involved on their own unpaid time developing new tech tools to help all of the people of Tulsa connect to Tulsa city services and government. They are leaders in Code for Tulsa,

Jesse and Amanda Harlin at Thunder Plains 4!
November 04, 2016

Episode 52 – These two interviews were conducted during day 2 of the Thunder Plains code developer conference that is in its fourth year. Jesse and Amanda Harlin have provided core leadership of the conference and its sponsoring organization Techlahoma...

Third Presidential Debate – Watch party comments
November 03, 2016

Episode 51 – We interviewed attorney Craig Johnston before the debate began and then interviewed Amanda McClain-Snipes afterward. Both had some interesting and thoughtful insights on the candidates and the process.