Okie Bookcast
The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.
Episodes
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Welcome to Chapter 86! This month, I'm joined by Rebecca Lemke. Rebecca is a multi-genre, no spice author based in Oklahoma. She enjoys a wide variety of hobbies (too many, really, she says) including reading, baking, traveling, crochet, cosplay, music, and more. She collects pins (usually of National Parks) and pretty paperbacks that she may or may not get around to reading.
In our convers...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, special guest host Luke Swanson and J are joined by Beccah Bland from the I Reckon I'll Read It podcast. J's secret list is revealed, Luke pays tribute to Hannah, and Beccah offers a confession. Oh, and we talk about a lot of books.
Connect with Luke: website | IG | Bobcast IG | Bobcast
Connect with Beccah: IG | I Reckon I'll Read It IG | IRIRI
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Welcome to Volume 17 - our 4th anniversary volume! This time we have poems from 13 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work.
You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain
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Welcome to Chapter 85! We're going big this month with a Round Table of fantasy authors, talking about their work, the genre, and the challenges of creating new worlds. And talking about a ton of books!
Our panel includes:
Rebecca Loomis - Author of the YA trilogy Touch of Kindness, Taste of Bravery, and Voice of Change
WK Gorbet - Epic fantasy author of the First Matter Saga, beginning with his debut no...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, special guest host Melissa Coast and J are joined by the founder of OKC Silent Book Club, Meredith Dennis. Tons of recommendations across a variety of genres, including several Oklahoma-connected books.
Connect with Melissa: Instagram
Connect with Meredith: Instagram
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Welcome to Chapter 84! My guest this month is Sara Causey. Sara is an award-winning author, artist, and illustrator whose work often explores power, conscience, creativity, and the uneasy tension between public image and private truth.
She is best known for her tireless efforts to preserve the life and legacy of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, including the award-winning biography Decoding the U...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by member of Hannah's infamous Book Club, Devin Green. In addition to tons of book recs, Hannah drops a huge announcement about her future with the show (don't worry, it's good!).
Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok
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Welcome to Chapter 83! My guest is author and podcaster, William Bernhardt. We got together on release day for his new book The Superman Wars: A Battle for Truth, Justice, and an American Icon.
William is the author of more than sixty books, including the nationally bestselling Ben Kincaid legal thriller series. He has received numerous awards for his books and has also written plays, a musical, childr...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by Grayson Long, author of the brand new contemporary romance, Chasing the Butterflies, and two other books in her Glendale series.
Plenty of fantasy, thriller, horror, and romance recs (plus lots of indie books!) to help you build your TBR!
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Welcome to Volume 16! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work.
You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain
Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out readlokal.substack.com
Here's the Lineup:
Unt...
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Welcome to Chapter 82. This month we're celebrating the centennial anniversary of Route 66 with authors, historians, and preservationists Jim Ross and Shellee Graham. Jim and Shellee’s new book, Route 66—The First 100 Years, chronicles the birth, life, demise, and renaissance of the legendary highway over its first century. Released in May 2025, it was named to the National Trust’s &...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by JC Lamb, author of Reincarnated: The Malicious Queen.
Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR!
Connect with JC: Instagram | Twitch | TikTok
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Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode!
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Welcome to Chapter 81! This is a fun one!
My guests are Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann - two Tulsa poets / writers who have created a new book called Side Quests and Shenanigans. The book is part poetry collection, part creative instigation designed to encourage people to create and to do so in community.
Jes is an author, poet, editor, publisher, and all-around creative from Tulsa, OK who has writte...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by bookseller Dani Terrell from Only One Bed Book Truck - a mobile romance bookstore built around a 1968 Ford truck!
Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR!
Connect with Dani: website | Instagram | Facebook
Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok
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Welcome to Chapter 80 - Romance Round Table 3.0!
We’ve got a fantastic lineup for this year’s romance round table - authors Hayley Elliott and MJ Hughes and owner of Love Stories OKC, Courtney Hedrick. In our conversation, we get to hear about the work of our panelists and then talk about tropes, the growing male audience for romance fiction, writing spice, and I attempt to get to the botto...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are talking about books they're excited to read in 2026, with a little help from some bookstore friends.
Check out the books, and let us know what you're excited to read this year.
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Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok
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Welcome to Volume 15! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work.
You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain
Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out readlokal.substack.com
Here's the Lineup:
Hal...
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Welcome to Chapter 79!
We're doing something a little different to kick off the year. I’ve invited three experts working in the field of literacy across Oklahoma to join me for a conversation about where we are as a state and what is being done to help meet childhood and adult literacy challenges. You are going to hear some passionate folks talk about some inspiring interventions and results and ...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read!
This month, Hannah and J talk about som recent reads and then recap a great year of reading in 2025. We read a lot of great stuff this year and loved getting a chance to talk about all of our favorites in one place.
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Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok
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Welcome to Chapter 78! This month we are featuring books for kids with our first ever Children's Author Round Table! I'm joined by two great authors to talk about their work and a ton of other books.
Mark McCraw is a Former educator, AF and Air Force Reserve Veteran, corrections officer, adjunct professor, daycare teacher, migrant Head Start teacher, children's book author, and non-profit executive. He...
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