Live from the News Dungeon

Tres, Angela, and Andrea (and Bryce, a little bit) talk about what some people call the most wonderful time of the year. They talk about the history of gift-giving, the most popular toys of almost every decade, the current progressive side of Barbie dolls, disdain for humanity, and Bryce's controversial opinion on horses.

 

Show Notes:

• Donation link to the OK Foster Wishes gift program
• Background information about Kwanza
• Background information about Christmas gifting
• The “love languages” quiz and subsequent gift guide
• Marcel Mauss’ book The Gift
• History Channel information about popular gifts of the past
• A controversial tweet about an article from The Frontier
• Information about the kingdom Animalia
• A link to make end-of-year donations to NonDoc

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Tres Savage, Angela Jones, and Andrea DenHoed are live(ish) from the NonDoc.com News Dungeon!

Join them as they talk about COVID-19, a historical spitting scourge, a child's hairy back, attractive medical professionals, and which is the superior liquid: printer ink or Topo Chico?

Links:

• Article about the 1896 New York City anti-expectoration law
• Oklahoma’s coronavirus tracking website; the Johns Hopkins coronavirus resource center
• Andrea DenHoed’s recent article on contact tracing
• Two tweets — first and second — from Bond Payne, chief of staff to Gov. Kevin Stitt
• Robert Ellis’ song Topo Chico
• Article about the world’s most valuable liquids

Live! from the News Dungeon is a NonDoc.com production

Email us at editorial@nondoc.com

The How We Got Here crew is back with a full recap and rundown of the results of the recent midterm elections.

The panel welcomes Brett Robinson, President of the Beer Distributors of Oklahoma, to talk about what many think is the biggest thing to happen to Oklahoma since we achieved statehood: the modernization of our alcohol laws! 

Tres and Bryan welcome OU professor Dr. Keith Gaddie to talk elections in Oklahoma and see how things have changed in almost a quarter of a century.

After a historic round primaries, the panel welcomes Bill Shapard, from Shapard Research and Sooner Poll, to discuss the upcoming runoffs.

Rep. Emily Virgin from Norman joins the panel to talk about the recent rules and regulations laid out by the Oklahoma Board of Health after the historic passage of SQ 788.

On this episode, the panel is joined by Ryan Tupps, of Right Strategy Group, and Chris Meredith, of Farmer's Insurance. The group discusses all goings-on from the recent Oklahoma primaries, as well as the historic passage of SQ 788.

Bud Scott, Executive Director of New Health Solutions Oklahoma, joins Tres and Bryan to talk the history and fine points of the upcoming medical marijuana vote, State Question 788.

The How We Got Here team welcomes longtime Capitol insider, children's advocate and health lobbyist Anne Roberts onto this episode that looks at Oklahoma's sometimes-sordid history of caring for kids.