Odd Oklahoma

I want to do a series on depictions of Oklahoma in popular culture, but there is one major problem. I don’t actually consume that much popular culture. I listen to somewhere close to zero FM and AM radio. What little satellite radio I partake in is almost exclusively music at least a decade old. I do listen to a lot of podcasts, but that are hardly mainstream culture. The closest is probably Marc Maron and This American Life, both of which have conveniently covered Oklahoma on their shows in the last year. I’ll definitely be posting those.

As for television, I technically have one, but it is hooked up to netflix streaming and a pair of rabbit ears. I never watch network television excepting the occasional ball game or presidential debate. With netflix, I get to watch a lot of great contemporary shows, but not the current season. This means I never see commercials (yay!) and never see depictions of Oklahoma and its residents when they first air. It also means I never see cable shows like The Daily Show or Conan.

All of this is to say that I’d like to do a few posts covering depictions of Oklahomans in the broader media culture, but they will either be rather obscure or a year out of date.

Maybe I’ll just stick to podcasts for now. It seems silly to complain about a terrorist from Oklahoma in the pilot of Justified when season four is about to start in January.