Okie Geek
Okie Geek is a podcast from KOSU, featuring interviews with Oklahomans about events and places with a geeky twist. The geek/nerd fandom is strong in Oklahoma, and host Matthew Viriyahpah hopes to make people aware of all the fun stuff going on in the Sooner State.
Episodes
Actor Tim Blake Nelson, known for roles in “O Brother Where Art Thou” and most recently “The Lowdown,” is coming back to Tulsa with his new book, Superhero.
He will be at Congregation B’nai Emunah in Tulsa on Thursday for a book talk presented by Magic City Books and will also host a screening of his new film “On the End” at Circle Cinema on Friday.
He talks about his upbringing in Tulsa and filming in Oklahoma and why superhero movi...
Daniel H. Wilson's latest book, Hole in the Sky, combines his knowledge as a scientist with his background growing up in northeastern Oklahoma as a Cherokee citizen.
In this episode of Okie Geek, he talks about writing sci-fi novels for the military, artificial intelligence, and Indigenous technology.
The first Oklahoma Comics Arts Festival is this Saturday at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in downtown OKC.
Festival Director and comic book creator Robert Wilson IV has been working in comics and exhibiting at some of the world’s biggest comic book conventions like New York Comic Con for years.
For the Oklahoma Comics Art Festival, he’s hoping to take what he loves from his favorite conventions and bring in artists who have w...
The Oklahoma Film Exchange is working to save Oklahoma City Film Row's last screening room.
OFX's Cam Hunter and historian Bradley Wynn talk about the effort to preserve the history of the Paramont screening room.
Despite a valiant effort by KOSU listeners and public media supporters nationwide, Congress has voted to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
This money had already been promised and budgeted for at KOSU and public media stations across the country. Losing it is devastating, and one NPR estimate shows that roughly 18% of the country’s public radio stations will close imminently, and nearly a third of li...
In the next few days, the U.S. Senate will consider a package that would devastate many public radio stations by clawing back two years of previously approved funding. At KOSU, it would significantly impact our ability to provide emergency alerts and Oklahoma news.
You can help by calling Senator Lankford and Senator Mullin to ask them to resist the rescission because of the impact it would have on Oklahoma. Here is a sample script.
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Local jazz band, Badwagon, has been taking the stage, playing tracks from the iconic Nintendo game, Mario Kart. But it’s not just them. They play as people race and compete alongside them.
They’re taking this combination to one of the biggest stages they’ve ever played at the Tower Theater in Oklahoma City
One of the bandleaders, Nelson Gonzalez Barreto wants to unite a love of video games and music and give people with similar inter...
Oklahoma artist Hezekiah Hamlin, known under the artist name, Regular Candy is releasing the first full issue of his comic book The Lost Wizard from Careful Kitty Press.
There is a release show 12pm to 4pm on May 17th in Oklahoma City at the Floating Bookshop.
In episode 295, we are talking with Bryan Leaverton about Tulsa Gaming Con. This will be the first time for this event and it will be April 11th, 12th, and 13th of 2025 the Boman Twin Event Center. You can find Tulsa Gaming Convention on Facebook
An Art Book Fair is coming to Oklahoma City’s Southside Capitol Hill neighborhood, bringing in artists and designers from across the country.
28 artists and small presses from across the country and Oklahoma will be inside the We The People Consulting building this weekend.
On April 14th, Science Museum of Oklahoma is celebrating the world of STEAMpunk for SMO21. The event exclusively for adults includes fun activities and a bar. A chance to experience the museum without having to worry about children. You can find out more on the Science Museum of Oklahoma website and on Facebook.
In episode 292, we are talking with Mike Dattolo about TokenCon 2023. Oklahoma City's premier board gaming convention takes place March 17th though the 19th at the Embassy Suites by Hilton just north of Will Rogers World Airport on Meridian. You can find TokenCon on the web and on Facebook.
In episode 290 of the Okie Geek Podcast, we are talking with Tanner Feuerborn with New Star Comics about its holiday special coming to Speeding Bullet Comics and New World Comics. You can find out more information about New World Comics on Facebook.
It's that time of year gain, when pop culture creators try to make their properties fit into a Christmas-themed special. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. We talk to New World Comics owner Buck Berlin about the various holiday specials.
As the holidays approach its time to remember your local comic shops and all they provide as you consider gifts for people of all ages. In episode 288, of the Okie Geek Podcast we talk with New World Comics owner Buck Berlin about Local Comic Shop Day, and what you can get by shopping at your local comic store.
Oklahoma's largest anime convention is coming back to ring in the new year. OKiCon is taking place from Friday, December 30th through Sunday, January First to include special guests, cosplay contests, panels, vendors, a medieval dinner theatre and a special event to celebrate 2023. You can find OKiCon on the web as well as Facebook, Instagram and Fandom Events on Twitter.
Our friends at Literati Press (website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) are getting ready for a Kickstarter of Season Two of "We Promised Utopia". So, we are sitting down with creator Adrian Morales, artist Jonathan Koelsc (website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) as well as Literati Creative Director Charles Martin and Chief Strategist Buck Berlin. The KIckstarter launches in two weeks, but you can sign up for reminders right now.
Extra Life 2022 is coming to Game HQ, Friday, November 4th through Saturday, November 5th. The 24-hour table-top gaming event raises money for the Oklahoma Children's Health Foundation. We are talking with Amber Hanneken about the celebration. You can find Extra Life at Game HQ on the web and on Facebook. You can find out more about the Oklahoma Children's Health Foundation on the web.
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