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Zoe Leigh Hopkins goes North of North S4E11

Zoe Leigh Hopkins joins Sunrise and Angela to talk about her career, starting with acting, then to editing and now to directing episodes of the award-winning Netflix series North of North. She talks about the importance of learning her language and all of the power that comes with it.

deadCenter 2: Loren, Walter, Peshawn S4E10

Back to deadCenter for the next round of interviews! We mix it up with Icon Loren Waters, Tulsa filmmaker Keith Daniels, and fashion icon Peshawn Bread, who lays down the law about AI. And remember, narrative sovereignty is the goal! #sunrisen #filmfestival #indigenous

Tai Leclaire on Becoming Cheyenne S4E9

Actor, writer, director, producer, graphic designer, but funny? Let's find out this week when Tai Leclaire visits with us. Fresh off King of the Hill, we talk Rutherford Falls (!), the Best Holiday of the Year (Halloween, duh) and his upcoming film Cheyenne!

Little House's Meegwun Fairbrother gets Big on the Prairie S4E8

Meegwun Fairbrother has come a long way from Butterhead to playing an Osage family man in the new Little House on the Prairie series dropping on July 9. Charles Ingalls just got a new neighbor! He joins us this week to talk about working with Sydney Freeland, learning Osage, and his upcoming projects.

dC2026 with Reservation Redemption and Stankface Standing Soldier S4E7

It's deadCenter 2026 Part 1 - The Reckoning! First, we got Blake Pickens and Caleb Vesely, who worked with Brenda Fisher and Chief Marchand Rice to share Chief's story of his life sentence and his journey into reconnecting with his heritage in a moving documentary that won Best Indigenous Festure at dC2026. Next, we got Josiah Jones, whose documentary short Stankface Standing Soldier follows DJ and Mato Wayuhi, known for his work on Reservation Dogs. It can be seen on PBS In the Making American Masters Short Docs online.

How to Con(vention): Indigenous Edition S4E6

Spend the next hour with Noetta, Angela and Sunrise flying their geek flags as we discuss the different types of conventions, their own convention experiences, cosplaying and the importance of being Native in these spaces. What cons have you gone to?

deadCenter Film Fest Sneak Peek S4E5

deadCenter Film Fest programmers Sunrise and Paris share their knowledge of the upcoming OKC film festival, with some pretty amazing films screening in Oklahoma City! Lots of info on the films and how to see them this week!

Steven Paul Judd & the Indian Bus Stop on the way to Dark Winds S4E4

Steven Paul Judd, director, writer, artist, currently writing and directing Dark Winds, finally joins us on the podcast this week. Special appearance by Ghost Will Sampson and the Bricktown IHOP (RIP).

Ceremony Wins at SXSW S4E3

We are thrilled to welcome Banchi Hanuse, Qwaxw Siwallace, and Q'umulha Schooner to the pod this week. They were nice enough to sit down with us at SXSW for a chat before winning the SWSX Documentary Audience Award! The history of North America is littered with centuries of imperialism, and scars run deep. In Bella Coola, this story is even more harrowing than most. The Nuxalk Nation has seen attempts to wipe them out with smallpox, genocidal acts to steal their land, and now, the disappearance of the ooligan has been a major hit to the local customs. Ceremony tells the story of a people and a land, highlighting the ways that culture and the land remain as ingrained as ever.

Dank Winds Season 4 drops S4E2

Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale, citizen of the Navajo Nation, joins us this week to talk Dark Winds Season 4, from her Dine perspective. Dr. Denetdale is chair and a professor of American Studies at University of New Mexico, and brings her unique point of view to our ongoing discussion of this fan favorite show.

Return of #OscarsSoWhite...or is it? S5E01

How many Indians are nominated for the 2026 Oscar Awards? More than we thought, but still, we are losing some steam on this front. Our hosts debate who will win, who should win, and more this week!

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Sunrise (& sorta Matt) at Sundance-2026 edition S4E34

Last year in Utah! And Sunrise went to say goodbye to all the Park City Pals. Matt joined virtually, and we got the scoop on the 2026 Final Park City Sundance!

We Love Love, and you! S4E33

February is made for love, and no one loves a love story more than our hosts. Which ones made the top of the list?

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Doctor Sleep thru the new Shining S4E32

Our hosts watched the 1997 Shining so you don't have to, followed up by 2019's Doctor Sleep. And yes, Angela watched one with the sound muted. Pod favs Cliff Curtis and Zahn McClarnon join the cast of Doctor Sleep to finish out Danny Torrance's story for an interesting addition to the King Universe.

Welcome to Derry, with NDNs! S4E31

How tropey does Derry get? Our hosts have all the feels about the new series on HBO Max. It takes us all back to the 60s and how Pennywise became the clown we all know and love?

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Best of the Best for 2025 S4E30

2025 was...a...year. We've had a wild ride and are here to talk about it!

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Wrapping up 2025 with The Lowdown S4E29

So long, 2025. You've been a year. To finish it off, let's talk about the last four episodes of FX's The Lowdown. Thank you to our listeners for sticking with us for 4 years, and we hope 2026 will be the year you want! Be kind, and in the words of Rosebud Sioux citizen Bob Barker, please spay and neuter your pets.

Edington + our favorite Taylor Swift era S4E28

Edington + our favorite Taylor Swift era

Tiger: Making a nomination run S4E27

Nominations for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are all under consideration by voters right now, and WHAT!!?? Several Native films have qualified to be considered! Tiger is a live-action documentary short about Dana Tiger and her family of artists, who changed the landscape of North American Indigenous art. Their t-shirts have been seen most recently in Reservation Dogs and The Lowdown (and are available online). A family triumphant and devastated, the Tiger story is deftly told by documentarian Loren Waters, and it's now available to stream on FNX and Criterion.

Live from OKC: Richard Ray Whitman S4E26

Richard is a multi-hyphenate: artist, actor, activist, photographer. And he took time to sit down with our hosts to discuss his career, his experience on the set of American Indian Graffiti, and a host of other topics. Quyana to Oklahoma Film Exchange for hosting our retrospective!