American Culture

Museum Confidential: Season 8, Episode 1.

"This perceptive book is an insightful account, appealing to the aficionado and scholar alike." -- Todd Wright, Director of Jazz Studies, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

An individual who's enriched and enlightened the lives of countless Tulsans, Rabbi Fitzerman came to Congregation B'nai Emunah back in the Eighties; he'll soon retire from his leadership at the Synagogue.

"Masterful.... This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work [on Hoover]." -- The Washington Post

Here's an engrossing, foodie-friendly road trip along Route 66...with plenty of stops at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands; the book also describes how and why such venues came and went over the years...and even offers kitchen-tested recipes from various historic eateries along the way.

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 15.

"A powerfully illuminating narrative of how things changed over the last century or so, both thorough and compelling." -- The Baffler

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

We chat with Abby Kurin, the recently named managing director of the OKPOP Foundation.