Ozarkian Folk Chronicles
Come with us as we dive head first into the titillating tales of Ozarkian folklore and discuss the origins and obscurities of these stories. From Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head, this is Ozarkian Folk Chronicles.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 88
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 87: Ozarks Icon Phyllis Speer: Ready and Loaded for Bear!
Join the Chronicles for a delightful conversation with Phyllis Speer as she talks about her adventures hosting the wild game cooking show, Cooking on the Wildside, with John Philpot; hunting and fish…
01:14:28 |
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Episode 86: Arming for Armageddon: Vincent Anderson and the Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord
Vincent Anderson joins the OFC for our third in the series, Ozarks Movements on the Margins, to recall for us one of the most notorious cults ever planted in these hills, the Covenant, Sword, and Arm…
01:24:22 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Episode 85: From Coven to Christianity: The True Story of a Contemporary Ozarks Witch
The Movements on the Margins series continues with Kimberly, a former Wicca witch who recalls her experiences with the occult. Kimberly not only talks about the attraction of magic and the community …
01:10:13 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Episode 84: Ozarks Religious Movements on the Margins: A Conversation with Dr. John Schmalzbauer
Most Ozarkers are familiar with Gerald L.K. Smith, the founder of the Sacred Projects, e.g., The Great Passion Play and the Christ of the Ozarks, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, but Dr. John Schmalzbaue…
00:49:24 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Episode 83: Thomas Hart Benton, Ozarks Artist and Renegade of Folk
In this episode, the Chronicles celebrate the truly impressive Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri's most famous artist! Curtis and Hayden survey Benton's boyhood in the Ozarks; his education as a young man…
00:43:35 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Episode 82: Dr. Jared Phillips Discusses the Pace of the Past and the Wave of the Future in the Ozarks
Dr. Jared Phillips is a multi-generational Ozarker with an intense passion for the hills. He joins the Chronicles to discuss a wide range of topics: From the measured pace of farming with animals to …
01:10:02 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Episode 81: Mike Mills and the Buffalo River
Mike Mills sits down with the Chronicles to talk about canoeing the Buffalo, wearing your life jacket, and sticking with your dreams. From his childhood to his days in college to his first rental bus…
01:00:05 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Episode 80: Didja Hear the One about the Yale Grad Student Who Came to the Ozarks? A Conversation with Christian Badach
Christian Badach, a graduate student in photography at Yale University, has made the rural northwest a subject of his photography for some time now. After researching the Ozarks, he felt drawn to com…
01:11:34 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Episode 79: In Part Two of Our Conversation, Jason Harmon Asks, Was Ralph Baker a Lawman, an Outlaw, or Both?
When journalist and author Jason Harmon began digging into the alleged crimes of Sheriff Ralph Baker four years after the lawman's death, his research led Harmon to "marijuana moonshiner" Dave McEly…
01:00:00 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Episode 78: Part One: Jason Harmon's Wild Ride with Marijuana Moonshiner, Dave McElyea
Author, journalist, and historian Jason Harmon wrote When Money Grew On Trees in collaboration with David McElyea, a Michigan transplant to the Ozarks in 1980 whose goal was to create a marijuana far…
01:08:24 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Episode 77: The Story of the Scots Irish Settlers in the Ozarks: A Conversation with Todd Wilkinson and Champ Herren
Champ Herren and Todd Wilkinson share a deep love of our Ozarks hills. As far back as their time at MSU (then SMSU), they read everything by Vance Randolph they could get their hands on, and for some…
01:21:01 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Episode 76: Meet the Pilgrims: Loving the Land, Preserving the Culture, and Raising a Family in the Ozarks
Roy and Aviva Pilgrim were invited to participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival because of their talented musicianship and authentic life in the Ozarks. Roy is a logger who cares about sustain…
00:48:10 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Episode 75: Photographer Henry O. Head talks about his new book and coming of age in the Ozarks
Henry O. Head has taught workshops on photography in the US, Greece, and Ireland and his photos have been exhibited in places as diverse as South Korea and Rogers, Arkansas. Some of his recent photos…
01:03:51 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Episode 74: Todd Wilkinson and the Magic of Montauk
Curtis and Hayden travel to Dent County, Missouri, to talk with their good friend, Todd Wilkinson, about Montauk Spring, the headwaters of the Current River, and the state park that bears its name. T…
00:56:32 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Episode 73: The Bizarre Case of Adam God
The Ozarkian Folk Chronicles posts its very first episode, "The Strange Case of Adam God," a story recorded by Vance Randolph in Haldeman-Julius's Little Blue Books and confirmed by contemporary news…
00:54:01 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Episode 72: Rose O'Neill, Renegade of Folk
Famous for her creation of the Kewpies, Rose O'Neill was much more than an illustrator of children's cartoons. Rose was a daring woman in an era of male domination, and her courage in forging her own…
01:06:07 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 71: Todd Parnell and the fight to save Ozarks rivers
Todd Parnell, former bank president, president of Drury University, and advocate for our Ozarks environment, talks about floating the entirety of the Buffalo River twice and the remarkable influence …
01:01:29 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Episode 70: Big Smith: Legendary, Lyrical, Kin
In this extra-special episode, Mark Bilyeu, Jody Bilyeu, and Rik Thomas talk about their legendary group, Big Smith. Not only do they perform live versions of some of their most iconic songs--"Trash,…
01:16:09 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 69: Champ Herren and the Lynching of Dick Cullen
Champ Herren, the OFC's official "renegade newscaster," digs back into the Ozarks archives and unearths the story of Dick Cullen, who murdered his four-year-old step-brother but didn't live to tell a…
01:03:02 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 68: Hoss Braden: Legendary Actor, Storyteller, and Iconic Ozarker
Hoss Braden, born and bred in the Ozarks hills, has turned his life into art, both in the Legend of the Lost Silver Mine that played in Branson West and currently, in the long-running Shepherd of the…
00:58:52 |
Wed 07 May 2025
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