Episodes

  • Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964?

    Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964?
    Nov 25 2025
    This month's How Curious dives into the story of what happened when Oklahoma City became the location of a bold experiment concerning sonic booms — a moment when science collided with everyday life. Through historical detail and voices from those who lived it, this episode looks at why the city became a testing ground, the surprising ripple effects on homes and businesses, and the larger questions it raised about progress and public trust.
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    16 mins
  • Why is Guthrie's Stone Lion Inn considered Oklahoma's most haunted property?

    Why is Guthrie's Stone Lion Inn considered Oklahoma's most haunted property?
    Oct 28 2025
    This month’s How Curious episode has a Halloween theme as our intrepid host Rachel Hopkin dares to venture into one of Oklahoma’s reputedly most haunted properties.
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    15 mins
  • How did an Italian palace come to be on the Oklahoma plains?

    How did an Italian palace come to be on the Oklahoma plains?
    Sep 30 2025
    In this month's How Curious, host Rachel Hopkin visits the sumptuous Marland Mansion in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and finds out the story behind its creation. It was built in the mid 1920s for the oilman and later OK state governor E. W. Marland. However, he only lived in it - with his second wife Lydie, who was formerly his adopted daughter - for a relatively short time. Alas its creation coincided with a downturn in Marland's once astronomical fortune and he and Lydie were forced to vacate and live in one of the estate's supporting buildings instead.
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    16 mins
  • Why is Oklahoma sending thousands of rescue dogs and cats out of state?

    Why is Oklahoma sending thousands of rescue dogs and cats out of state?
    Aug 26 2025
    Animal shelters and rescues across Oklahoma are regularly transporting thousands of adoptable animals in need of homes out of state. In this episode, host Rachel Hopkin learns more about why Oklahoma has an overpopulation of cats and dogs and what is being done to alleviate it.
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    17 mins
  • How did Waynoka, Oklahoma, briefly become a center of pioneering jet set travel?

    How did Waynoka, Oklahoma, briefly become a center of pioneering jet set travel?
    Jul 29 2025
    For a brief period from 1929-1930, the small town of Waynoka, Oklahoma, became the center of a pioneering coast-to-coast air transport service for the ultra-wealthy.
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    16 mins
  • How about How Curious?

    How about How Curious?
    Jun 24 2025
    If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know that How Curious is typically a documentary strand that explores interesting Oklahoma stories. But we’ve had a number of listeners asking how How Curious is made. So this month, KGOU managing editor, Logan Layden, turns the tables on How Curious host/producer Rachel Hopkin to find out a little about her production process as well as what’s in the works currently.
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    6 mins
  • What is the Prairie House and how did it become part of the Oklahoma landscape?

    What is the Prairie House and how did it become part of the Oklahoma landscape?
    May 27 2025
    The Prairie House - which stands a few miles outside of Norman, OK - was the creation of architect Herb Greene and was completed in 1961. It's been variously likened to a bird, a bison, a steeple, a shed, a boat, a haystack, among other things. It's also been hailed as “an excellent example of organic architecture”, an embodiment of the American School of Architecture, and a masterpiece. It's been in private hands and largely hidden for many years, but now it's in the process of being restored. How Curious host Rachel Hopkin went to find out more.
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    15 mins
  • How come the parking meter was invented in Oklahoma?

    How come the parking meter was invented in Oklahoma?
    Apr 29 2025
    In this month’s How Curious, host Rachel Hopkin looks into how, when, and why the parking meter was invented here in Oklahoma City back in the 1930s. In the course of her investigation she learns about the polymath behind it, inventive reactions to its installation such as tying a horse to the meter post and paying for the metered spot for a game of bridge, and some beautiful women in golden bikinis.
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    15 mins