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This Town OKC

This Town OKC

Written by: Rick Allen Lippert
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 Cities are defined by their cultures. Those cultures could entail sports, or business, or certainly arts and entertainment. Oklahoma City is thriving in all of these areas. But who makes that all happen?

This Town OKC explores the people behind the cultures. Their origins, their motivations, their challenges, and their dreams.

I’m Rick Allen Lippert. I’ve been in this town for over fifty years with a front row seat to seeing the culture grow from a dusty bus stop on the southern plains to a flourishing destination.

Join me as we meet the folks behind the culture on This Town OKC.2025 Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • S2E3 Mary Blankenship Pointer

    S2E3 Mary Blankenship Pointer
    Jan 15 2026
    Her roots in philanthropy and community support go back 100 years. Mary Blankenship Pointer was destined for a career in banking when her grandfather put a hundred-dollar bill into her infant hand. In her first banking job after college, Liberty Bank offered greatly discounted season tickets to employees from their sponsorships of cultural events. That led to a lifetime of supporting local arts organizations and other worthy causes. Now heading the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner, Mary tells the story of its origin and shows why she exemplifies the label of Community Volunteer.

    Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
    Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre
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    40 mins
  • S2E2 Lucas Ross pt 1

    S2E2 Lucas Ross pt 1
    Jan 7 2026
    He’s visible on TV and films in a variety of roles: morning show co-host, doofus Donnie in car spots, and even as a banjo player in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” And you’ve probably heard his banjo playing without realizing who was behind the amphibious performer. Lucas Ross now supplies the music when Kermit the Frog plays. It’s a fascinating story how it came to be from a youngster first hearing the Rainbow Connection on TV to actually playing onstage with Willie Nelson. The kid from Minco, OK did good!

    This podcast is a little longer than usual, and we didn’t even get to how our two careers have crossed. That will have to come later. Please stand by.

    Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
    Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • S2E1 Shoshana Wasserman

    S2E1 Shoshana Wasserman
    Jan 2 2026
    If anyone was ever destined for their career, it’s Shoshana Wasserman, Deputy Director of the First Americans Museum. Her degrees and early professional life running a Native American dance company that traveled the world, with a couple important stops along the way, prepared her well for her current position. As did her personal connection to Enoch Kelly Haney who was instrumental in creating the FAM.

    The saga of how the FAM grew from an idea to a world-class cultural institution exemplifies how much perseverance is required when one chooses to “dream big.”

    Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
    Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre
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    50 mins
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