Education is once again a top topic of the Oklahoma legislative session, so our podcast team decided to have NonDoc education reporter Megan Prather — spoiler, she has three pets! — as a guest co-host this week. We also welcomed House Common Education Committee Chairwoman Rhonda Baker (R-Yukon) for a new taped segment: From the Rotunda.
So if you are an educator, lawmaker, parent or even a student, you will want to catch this latest episode of Live from the News Dungeon, which you can subscribe to on PodBean, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora and Apple Podcasts, as well as its connected platforms.
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A timeline of the key topics at hand
Episode 5 of Live From the News Dungeon is a bit of a beast, so please refer to the following time-stamp guide if you can’t catch the entire discussion:
- 6 minutes: Historical nuggets (here and here) about early Oklahoma education;
- 9 minutes: A discussion about in-person education and distance learning;
- 20 minutes: A brief interview with Rep. Rhonda Baker;
- 34 minutes: Discussion about pending legislation, such as SB 783;
- 47 minutes: An overview of issues surrounding Epic Charter Schools
- 58 min: Our donor relations segment, which this week focuses on how the Walton Family Foundation “has been incredibly hands off” while providing NonDoc with a grant to hire an education reporter.
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Prior episodes of Live from the News Dungeon
Make sure you are caught up on prior episodes of NonDoc’s new podcast:
- Episode 1: Spit takes and fluid fingers
- Episode 2: Gifts for the holidaze
- Episode 3: Vaccinate me
- Episode 4: Rep. Jon Echols previews the 2021 Oklahoma legislative session
