You might be surprised to hear some of the details about the advent of the shopping cart, but even as casual as our relationship with the basket on wheels is, it has had a profound affect on retail shopping. As omni-present these devices are now, they may have never got off the ground if not for some quick thinking by an Oklahoma City supermarket owner!
When I was a kid, I trashed the first guitar I owned myself. It was an old, cheap guitar that didn’t stand up to the abuse I, a young learner, put it through. My mother, on a Nashville trip, was kind enough to go by a music store on an afternoon off and find a suitable replacement. She was assisted by a older gentleman that, she later learned, was a guitar legend.
The familiar downward pointing triangle that allows traffic to keep flowing rather than stopping started it career on the corner of First Street and Columbia Avenue in Tulsa in 1950. It was the brainchild of a Tulsa assistant Police Chief. No one gave his sign much respect, saying it was confusing and unnecessary, but he set out to prove them all wrong.
They say the universe is ever expanding, but the cultural center of the universe, according to Oklahoma singer-songwriter and quantum philosopher Hoyt Axton, the cultural center of the universe is closer than you might think.
Welcome to our 100th episode! A hundred of anything is, mathematically speaking, a lot. In this milestone episode we take a retrospective journey through the past 100 installations of our show to discuss what have been our favorite moments and what we have learned from them. We hear from some of the guests who inspired me and provided great moments for the show.
Within the Realm 