“The Post-Oklahoma Podcast (POP) is a live audio drama project for multigenerational audiences who are open to challenging and comedic conversations on remembering who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. POP provides critical and creative stories to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on stories of home, identity, history, and politics at a time of deep uncertainty over the future directions of Oklahoma and the United States. ”
PLAYWRITING, INDIGENOUS STUDIES, PODCASTING
DUSTIN TAHMAHKERA (COMANCHE)
Born in the Comanche Nation capital of Lawton, Oklahoma, Dustin Tahmahkera is a Tulsa Artist Fellow, a playwright of Comanche-centric theatre, and professor of Indigenous art, media, and sound at the University of Oklahoma, where he serves as the Wick Cary Chair of Native American Cultural Studies. He engages the history and futurity of creative Natives’ images, sounds, and performances through onscreen, onstage, and on-mic storytellers and artists. In all, he uses his art and writing to strengthen relational accountability, well-being, and bridge-building in the spirit of his creative and intelligent ancestors.
Tahmahkera’s books include Tribal Television: Viewing Native Peoples in Sitcoms and Cinematic Comanches: The Lone Ranger in the Media Borderlands. He consulted on Hulu’s feature film Prey, interviewed on-camera for Ken Burns’ PBS film The American Buffalo and other documentaries, and co-wrote and narrated the popular TED-Ed film about his ancestor Chief Quanah Parker. Tahmahkera’s short play 9-1-1 Comanchería, starring a Comanche man who challenges a west Texas town’s 1970s centennial celebration, received both the best play and audience favorite awards at Native Voices at the Autry’s play festival in Los Angeles. His Theatre for Young Audiences play Comanche Girl on the Moon is co-commissioned by Native Voices and the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
