Within The Realm

24/09/2025

This story has all the elements of a good Within The Realm tale: A significant event in an overlooked place, this time just with an English accent! Our story involves a doctor on the cutting edge, a neighborhood facing an overwhelming problem and a pump handle. withinpodcast.com

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For this episode, we will depart from the usual back road or mountain trail, far from where the Great Plains, the Ozark Mountains and the Indian Territory collide for the cobble stone street of Lon…

24/09/2025

I never knew how sifficult it would be to find a clip of "Rule Britannia!" New episode out tomorrow!

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15/09/2025

I was working on an episode, a story I've wanted to tell since I first started the podcast. I want to get it just right, which will take a little time. So I have worked today on a new script, something a little different to get out to my dutiful listeners! Hopefully that can get complete in a couple of days so I can get back to the BIG story!

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24/08/2025

The Piggy Bank, that most useful tool in teaching thrift, the concept of a little pig in every child's room is recent & from an unlikely starting point in Kansas. The bank was inspired by Pete the Pig, sold by Wilbur Chapman to aid the world's lepers. Pete's inspired over $1 million toward the cause

The Piggy Bank, that most useful tool in teaching thrift and saving for a rainy day. The idea has been around for centuries, but the concept of a little slotted-back pig in every child’s room…

17/08/2025

Sat down to record the next episode. As soon as my butt hit the seat, the neighbor fired up his mower. So, in order for the sound of a Briggs and Stratton small engine not to be my co-hist, I am patiently waiting.

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01/08/2025

Here's something to note for later!

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Within the Realm history podcaster Steve Garrett joins our OVNIcon lineup as the moderator for our Legends of the Sooner State panel!

28/07/2025

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An old fan used by my Grandfather to provide a little respite from the Oklahoma summer heat had a history. It had been purchased three decades before I became fascinated with it, listening to it’s ancient blades whir during his afternoon naps. I later learned it figured prominently in a sad chapter in the family story and represented progress during a tumultuous time in American history.

28/07/2025

An old fan used by my Granddad to provide a little relief from the summer heat had a history. Purchased 3 decades before I became amazed by it, I listened to it's blades whir. It figured in a sad part in the family story & showed progress during hard times in our Nation's history. withinpodcast.com

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An old fan used by my Grandfather to provide a little respite from the Oklahoma summer heat had a history. It had been purchased three decades before I became fascinated with it, listening to it& #8…

13/07/2025

Latest in our line of good listening. The rolling Gypsum Hills of Western Oklahoma have held a mystery for 120 years - why did Mrs. Norton kill Katie DeWitt? Hear the WHOLE story of Dead Woman's Crossing.

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13/07/2025

Katie DeWitt had come to the Oklahoma Territory to get herself a piece of the disappearing American Frontier. She taught school there in what would become Dewey County, perfected her claim to a farmstead,married and had a child, all by the age of 29. On July 6, 1905, She made the trip into Taloga, the County Seat, to file for divorce from her husband Luther James....

Katie DeWitt had come to the Oklahoma Territory to get herself a piece of the disappearing American Frontier. She taught school there in what would become Dewey County, perfected her claim to a far…

13/07/2025

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10/05/2025

Traditions have to start somewhere. I was there at the birth of a new tradition for a bunch of fellow Okies in Kansas involving a favorite food from home. A few things had to fall into place before the it was born, like the advent of the Frito and for the daytime high not to exceed 60 degrees!

Traditions have to start somewhere. I was present at the birth of a new tradition for a bunch of fellow Okies living in Kansas involving a favorite food from our home state. A few things had to fal…