Series: Just Passing Through

Produced by This Land Press

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Just Passing Through features tales of Tulsa, Oklahoma from the voices of those who come and go.

The series includes stories from musicians, authors and artists, including nationally syndicated cartoonist Dan Piraro and New York based author, Ginger Strand.


9 Pieces

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Sister Helen Prejean Passes Through
Series: Just Passing Through
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Sister Helen Prejean, of "Dead Man Walking" fame, discusses her spiritual awakening and the problems she has with how wealthier people look down on...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:15
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Randy Roberts Potts Passes Through
Series: Just Passing Through
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Randy Roberts Potts is known as the gay grandson of the late televangelist and university founder, Oral Roberts. In this segment, Potts remembers t...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
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David Sedaris
Series: Just Passing Through
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Author David Sedaris shoots the shit with This Land. Full transcript below.

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:29
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Ian Frazier
Series: Just Passing Through
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Ian Frazier talks to us about his book "Travels in Siberia" and his struggle to accurately portray a foreign country.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
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Paula Poundstone
Series: Just Passing Through
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Paula Poundstone has been criss-crossing the country performing as a stand-up comic since she was in her late teens. As a result of traveling so fr...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
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Gordy Ryan says Play a Drum
Series: Just Passing Through
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Gordy Ryan has been passing through Tulsa since the mid-80's when he was first invited here by an African student group at TU to give an African dr...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:38
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Tulsa's Slow Integration
Series: Just Passing Through
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Caption: John Franklin's grandfather, B.C. Franklin (right), practiced law out of a tent after the riot. , Credit: Image courtesy the Beryl Ford Collection at the Tulsa City-County library
John W. Franklin is the grandson of an African American lawyer who survived the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He’s been coming back to Tulsa since infancy...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:53
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Dan Piraro is Not a Redneck
Series: Just Passing Through
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Growing up in Tulsa in the 1970's was torturous for Dan Piraro. It was a land full of ignorant cowboys and Christians. Fancying himself an artist, ...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:11
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Oklahoma is Cooler than Ohio
Series: Just Passing Through
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When New York City author Ginger Strand passed through Tulsa, we sat her down and asked her what she thought about our state. The wind, of course, ...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
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