OK PolicyCast
The official podcast of Oklahoma Policy Institute. Interviews and lively discussion of the most important issues affecting Oklahoma.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2019
Episode 30: DeVon Douglass on taking on Tulsa's toughest challenges
We spoke with DeVon Douglass, the Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Tulsa, about the work her team is doing to take on Tulsa's toughest challenges, from teen homelessness to deep inequities in…
Episode 29: What Just Happened
The OK PolicyCast is back! In this episode, we look at what just happened in one of the most tumultuous legislative years in Oklahoma history. Bailey Perkins speaks about what it was like being at th…
Episode 28: Mid-Session Update
Now that we're just past the halfway point in the Legislative session, Kara Joy and Gene talk about which key bills are still alive, which are dead, and what's at play in negotiations over the state …
Episode 27: So You Want To Effect Change
Today on the OK PolicyCast, we speak with Shay White, a social worker and advocate with Together Oklahoma and ACTION. She spoke to us about what motivated her to get involved with policy change, what…
Episode 26: The GOP Health Plan
We speak with OK Policy health care analyst Carly Putnam about the new plan from the House GOP to replace the Affordable Care Act. We talk about how the bill does and doesn't change the Affordable Ca…
Episode 25: How the criminal justice system really works
On this episode we speak with Jill Webb, an attorney with the Tulsa County Public Defender's office. She gives us a tour of how the real criminal justice system is different from popular ideas about …
Episode 24: All about the revenues
The OK PolicyCast is back!
Governor Fallin surprised many observer of Oklahoma politics by calling for dramatic revenue increases and major tax reforms in her State of the State address. In this podc…
OK PolicyCast Episode 23: Do we have the blueprint for ending poverty?
This October, Stanford University's Dr. David Grusky visited Oklahoma for a talk at the University of Tulsa. Dr. Grusky's books include Social Stratification, Occupy the Future, The New Gilded Age, T…
OK PolicyCast Episode 22: Predatory payday lending in Oklahoma
This week we speak with Kate Richey of OK Policy and the Oklahoma Assets Network on her research into payday lending in Oklahoma and how it can trap families in a vicious cycle of debt.
On Wednesday,…
OK PolicyCast Episode 21: An Economic Check-Up for Oklahoma
This week we share a panel discussion from OK Policy's 2015 State Budget Summit. In recent years Oklahoma has seen among the lowest unemployment and highest personal income growth in the nation. At t…
OK PolicyCast Episode 20: A final push for health insurance | Takeaways from Governor Fallin's budget
This week we talk with Affordable Care Act Navigator Donna Orban on what's being done to get Oklahomans signed up for health insurance during this year's Affordable Care Act enrollment period. We als…
OK PolicyCast Episode 19: Who pays taxes in Oklahoma?
This week we talk about about a new study on who really pays the highest rates of state and local taxes in Oklahoma, and why it’s not what many people think.
OK PolicyCast Episode 18: An 'emergency room' for legal assistance
Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news about Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we speak with April Merrill, an attorney with Legal Aid Oklahoma, a non-profit organization…
OK PolicyCast Episode 17: Tax Cut Trigger and a Bad News Budget
Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news about Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we speak with OK Policy Executive Director David Blatt about the latest predictions for Okl…
OK PolicyCast Episode 16: Who's keeping working-class Americans out of office?
Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news about Oklahoma and what it means. In this episode, we share some clips from the keynote speaker at OK Policy’s annual Summer Policy Inst…
OK PolicyCast Episode 15: Oklahoma's Racial Wealth Gap
Each week, the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news about Oklahoma and what it means. In this episode, we talk with Kate Richey about what's created the huge wealth gap between whites and…
OK PolicyCast Episode 14: Do you know where your electricity comes from?
This week, we’ll share a clip from OK Policy’s Summer Policy Institute last August. The Oklahoma Sustainability Network’s Montelle Clarke gave a balanced, informative talk on the pros and cons of Okl…
OK PolicyCast Episode 13: Analyzing the Elections
Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news affecting Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we speak with David Blatt about what this week's elections mean for Oklahoma and the na…
OK PolicyCast: Episode 12
Each week the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news affecting Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we'll discuss a new OK Policy report on the track record of the Medicaid expansion in o…
OK PolicyCast: Episode 11
The OK PolicyCast discusses the most important news in Oklahoma and what it means. This week, we’ll speak with Carly Putnam about economic opportunities for women in Oklahoma, and what we can do to m…