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 Your Next Great Read! This month, J and Hannah are joined by author and friend o' the pod, Stacey Kade (S.A. Barnes)! We get an update on Stacey's new book and dive in to a ton of recommendations. It's a bit spooky season focused, but plenty of fantastic books.
Come for the recommendations, stay for the rabbits we chase.
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Welcome to Volume 18! 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
Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out readlokal.substack.com
Here's the lineup:
Gho...
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Welcome to Chapter 88! And welcome to our celebration of 5 years of the Bookcast! 160 episodes and we're still going strong.
My guest is Daniel Nayeri. Daniel was born in Iran and spent some years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age seven with his family. He is the author of several books, including EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE (A TRUE STORY), winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, the Chris...
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, J and Hannah are joined by author and friend o' the pod, J.L. Hyde! Jamie's new book, The Widow Nora, is out later this month.
In the conversation we cover a ton of great books across a variety of genres: thrillers, romance, scifi, romantasy, and some witchy backlist picks. You're going to find something to love in this episode!
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I got to hang out at WriterCon in OKC for a couple of days where I spent time talking with authors about their work. This episode is a compilation of those conversations with each author giving a 60-second talk about one of their books.
In this episode, you'll hear from 20 authors from all over the country. Everything from children's books to mysteries to thrillers to LitRPG. You're sure to fin...
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Welcome to Chapter 87!
My guest this month is audiobook narrator and voice actor, Sean Pratt.
Sean has been an audiobook narrator for 30 years, recording over 1,200 books in almost every genre across his career. He has received 12 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards, 5 SOVAS nominations, and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association. In addit...
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Welcome to our fourth birthday celebration of Your Next Great Read! Hannah is back and jumped right in like she'd never left. We also have entries from a couple of friends of the show about books they've discovered along the way. And don't miss the announcements of some big shows coming up in the next couple of months.
Thanks for joining the celebration!
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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
Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out readlokal.subs...
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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.
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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!).
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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!
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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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