Good History

Good History

Studying History is not for the faint of heart. It knocks us out of our comfort zone. But maybe that's the point. Good History is a podcast from the Oklahoma State University History Department inspired by Oklahoma native Dr. John Hope Franklin's wisdom that "A good historian is a moralist at heart....

Recent Episodes

Oct. 15, 2024

We Have to do a Better Job of Owning Our Past

Hannibal Johnson is a Tulsa-based author and public figure committed to bringing the history of African Americans in Oklahoma to wider audiences and to weaving history and social justice together. That work led to appointmen…
Sept. 9, 2024

How Wide the World Is

Raised in Oklahoma by a single mother, Sarah Kirke--a self-described homebody—liked to stay close but also couldn’t shake the urge to go far. By age 16 she was in Germany all on her own attending German high school. Two year…
Aug. 9, 2024

Feel Something Deeply

Doug Miller played his first professional gig with his high school band at a ballroom in Iowa. He grew up ready to make-or-break it in the music industry and moved to the Twin Cities—an indie rock capital—to pursue that drea…