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How Curious

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Exploring Oklahoma legends, tall tales, oddities, and conundrums. Heard something you're curious about? Submit questions and suggestions for future episodes to [email protected].

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Episódios

72 episódios

  1. What’s the deal with Oklahoma’s feral hog population? 15:11
  2. What were Oklahoma’s Abernathy Boys’ great adventures? 16:13
  3. How did one Oklahoma family help 250 Vietnamese refugees to start over after the fall of Saigon? 15:43
  4. How did a Route 66 lunch fiasco turn into an Oklahoma franchised food sensation? 14:43
  5. Who was once known as the Good Angel of Oklahoma? 15:15
  6. How come a Hollywood stunt pilot acquired 475 Oklahoma airplanes in a day? 14:13
  7. What goes down at the Medieval Fair of Norman? 15:17
  8. What has made the Coleman Theatre Beautiful? 14:44
  9. What goes on at WildCare Oklahoma? 15:44
  10. What does Moore-Lindsay House reveal about life in the once young city of Norman, Oklahoma? 15:43
  11. Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964? 15:47
  12. Why is Guthrie's Stone Lion Inn considered Oklahoma's most haunted property? 15:28
  13. How did an Italian palace come to be on the Oklahoma plains? 16:11
  14. Why is Oklahoma sending thousands of rescue dogs and cats out of state? 16:52
  15. How did Waynoka, Oklahoma, briefly become a center of pioneering jet set travel? 15:38
  16. How about How Curious? 6:19
  17. What is the Prairie House and how did it become part of the Oklahoma landscape? 14:54
  18. How come the parking meter was invented in Oklahoma? 15:00
  19. Why is Oklahoma such a challenging place to live for seasonal allergy sufferers? 14:54
  20. What Oklahoma City institution has over 1500 strings attached? 14:23
  21. How did two African American property developers become groundbreaking in Oklahoma City and far beyond? 15:14
  22. What unique geological bloom flowers only in Oklahoma? 13:14
  23. Was the shopping cart invented in Oklahoma? 13:12
  24. What Oklahoma City institution began as a collection of roadkill? 14:52
  25. How did Oklahoma become the location of a real-life Lord of the Flies? 17:44
  26. Which Oklahoman Got a Hippopotamus for Christmas? 13:54
  27. Which Oklahoma community was 'America's Model City' in 1951 and how did the Shetland pony help it grow? 14:22
  28. Who are the Germans from Russia in Oklahoma? 14:21
  29. How did Oklahoma help create the Chicken Dance craze? 12:22
  30. Is there an Oklahoma Octopus? 14:22
  31. How did a young Oklahoman become known as "The Richest Black Girl in America"*? 14:21
  32. How did rural Norman, Oklahoma, become a Chicago mobster's second home? 13:20
  33. How did Oklahoma save the Texas Longhorn? 12:22
  34. How did Oklahoma give birth to seismic reflection? 13:20
  35. How did an Oklahoma impresario take country music to the former USSR? 14:14
  36. What fascinating avian museum is based in Oklahoma City? 12:59
  37. How come Oklahoma has so many lesbian bars? 12:14
  38. How did an Oklahoma gospel song become an international musical phenomenon? 12:43
  39. How was a windmill mecca established in Shattuck, OK? 11:43
  40. Why is OKC central to the Morgan horse world? 12:44
  41. Why are a pair of pretty red panties so significant to Oklahoma? 12:43
  42. What ghostly goings-on take place at Kendall's Restaurant? 13:14
  43. How Curious: Who is the worst outlaw that became famous in Oklahoma? 8:10
  44. How Curious: What Oklahoma mound inspired an H.P. Lovecraft story? 8:10
  45. How Curious: Is gold buried in Oklahoma? 8:10
  46. How Curious: Why was Oklahoma the last state in the nation to legalize tattooing? 7:30
  47. How Curious: Did an Oklahoma City lake revive a movie star? 8:10
  48. How Curious: Was An Oklahoma Lawman The Inspiration Behind The Lone Ranger? 12:37
  49. How Curious: A City That Never Was? 8:00
  50. How Curious: Why Can’t You Buy A Car In Oklahoma On Sunday? 7:58