The Dry Line Podcast

Purveyors of Oklahoma Culture
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An exploration of Oklahoma City's strangely endearing culture, with editor-in-chief Ryan Fightmaster and a rotating cast of opinionated Oklahomans www.drylineokc.com

  1. 8 Oct

    How Not to Screw Up OU/Texas Weekend

    This is a website and podcast dedicated to Oklahoma’s culture. So why are talking about Texas? Because every year during the second weekend of October, every Oklahoman is given a hall pass to place their fidelity, financial security, and general wellbeing in hands of the State of Texas. That weekend is this weekend and this weekend is OU/Texas weekend. Ryan has you covered with a guide for how not to screw up your hall pass and for how to make meaningful memories in Dallas, whether or not the University of Oklahoma wins or loses. (Ryan understands fully that Oklahoma will likely lose this game but he is still going to Dallas because he loves his alma mater and because he really wants to eat good cajun food.) In the Oklahoma News Round Up, Ryan covers the latest in the Stephanie Bice campaign saga, Trump’s weird trip to Durant, the Thunder’s preseason ghosting of Tulsa, and Penn Square Mall’s $15 million facelift (and new Barnes and Noble). Boomer Sooner. Texas Sucks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

  2. 1 Oct

    Why is Trump Really Coming to Oklahoma?

    On Saturday night, Ryan’s phone pinged. A text from a family member with a link. Feeling reckless, he clicked the link. It was a page that said Donald Trump was coming to Oklahoma, to Durant of all places, for a “midterm rally”. The website looked like it had been constructed on Squarespace with the first, basic template. It looked like a scam. Ryan Googled “Trump Oklahoma”. Not a scam, a legitimate event. A for real event. Which begged the question: Why? Ryan dug around and came up with a theory, one which has Oklahoma actually beating Texas. In this situation. Not on the football field, of course. In the Oklahoma News Round-Up, Ryan breaks down Buc-ee’s and OKC making things official, Markwayne Mullin’s shouting match with a former Edmond mayor, and Stephanie Bice’s hot mic up at an event in Stillwater, along with the most important development in his life since the birth of his son, the pothole getting fixed on Kelly at the railroad tracks before I-235. LINKS * The Oklahoman’s reporting on Markwayne in Edmond: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/28/dhs-sec-mullin-edmond-shouting-match/91909057007/ * The Oklahoman’s reporting on Bice’s hot mic in Stillwater: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/29/republican-u-s-rep-bice-oklahoma-says-its-time-to-end-iran-war-trump/91925588007/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

    Why is Trump Really Coming to Oklahoma?

  3. 24 Sept

    The Most Comprehensive Oklahoma State Fair Review Ever Done

    The Oklahoma State Fair is pure, unbridled Oklahoma Americana. It’s full of heart, full of commercial opportunity, full of people you don’t usually hang out with, and full of opportunities to fall more and more in love with this strangely endearing home of ours. Systematically, Ryan and Robert go through their two trips to the Oklahoma State Fair this year, looking for what they loved and would do again, and also looking for ways that the fair could improve. Food. Rides. Buildings. Goats. Music. Rabbits. Pork belly lollipops. Roasted corn. The Midway. But the real question was… would they go back in 2027? LINKS Ryan’s article from this week: “Why Doesn’t the State Fair Feel Like the State Fair Anymore?” Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

  4. 17 Sept

    Nick Coffey’s Fight to Hold Oklahoma Accountable

    Change is afoot. The signs are everywhere across Oklahoma City. On street corners. In front yards and gardens. Almost ubiquitous at this point, they’re colored yellow and black. And we’re not talking about the monarchs’ ongoing migration across Oklahoma (which is super cool and should be highlighted more often). No, we’re talking about the campaign signs for attorney general candidate Nick Coffey. Because those signs are everywhere. Part of this groundswell of support is attributed to Nick’s roots, with him growing up in OKC and being a proud law graduate of The University of Oklahoma. But we believe it has more to do with Nick’s campaign messaging. He’s a Democrat on the ballot, but he’s said publicly that the Office of the Attorney General should not be a partisan office. He says it should be a law enforcement office acting on behalf of public interest, and partisan politics should have no role. That simple promise—almost idealistic in today’s political environment—is resonating with voters who want their leaders to start focusing on real issues impacting Oklahomans. Graciously, given his schedule ahead of November’s election, Nick joined Ryan to discuss the issues that voters care about—data center development, cannabis legislation, and the Inola smelter project—along with how OU offense can right the ship against New Mexico on Saturday. After their conversation, Ryan rounds up the Oklahoma news from this week, which involved an upcoming jury trial against Turn Key Health Clinics, the Oklahoma Prison inmates doing telemarketing, and the Harkins Theatre and A24 breakup. LINKS Nick Coffey’s campaign site: https://www.coffeyforok.com/ The Frontier’s reporting on the Shannon Hanchett death: https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/this-company-promised-to-improve-health-care-in-jails-dozens-of-its-patients-have-died/ Ryan’s column from this week about reimagining cannabis culture in Oklahoma Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

    Nick Coffey’s Fight to Hold Oklahoma Accountable

  5. 10 Sept

    We Were Promised a Cold Front, Plus IKEA Comes to Tulsa, El Reno’s Water Leak for Bitcoin, and a Pregnant Okie Runs a Blazing Fast Marathon

    First, a promise: after this podcast, you won’t be hearing about weather from us again. Not in 2026. We’re done, and we’re turning the page into fall no matter what the high temperature is. Second, what this episode is about: weather. Ryan recaps the summer inferno in all of its statistical glory, then he vents about those mirage merchants, the meteorologists. Third, there was a lot going on in Oklahoma this week: IKEA is coming, a constitutional convention is coming whether you want it or not, and Bitcoin is coming for all of El Reno’s water. Most newsworthy though, an eight-month-pregnant Oklahoman ran an insanely fast marathon in Australia. LINKS Ryan’s column from this week: Is the Cold Front Coming? For Real. Is It Coming? I NEED TO KNOW. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

  6. 3 Sept

    OU Football’s All-Name First Team, Plus the Next Chapter in the Gold Dome Saga...

    We’ve arrived folks, at the reason for living in Oklahoma, at the reason for living at all: football season. Exhaustively, position by position, Ryan has a first of its kind ranking for you: the OU Football All-Name First Team. He had too much fun, spent too much time on this. Next year, we’ll be budgeting our time differently and putting him on a different project for fall because he can’t be trusted with that much Oklahoma football on his brain. Riveting, yes, but an irresponsible allocation of our resources. Also, as reported in the The Oklahoman, the Gold Dome found a surprise buyer this week. Ryan tells us what it all means and tells us if this leads us any closer to demolition. LINKS Ranking OU Football’s 100 Best Names of the Century The Oklahoman’s article on the Gold Dome’s future Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

  7. 26 Aug

    Mazzei Beat Drummond. The Trump Endorsement Mattered. What Does It All Mean?!?!

    Yesterday, the Republication runoff election featured a zebra in Oklahoma politics, the moderate Republican Gentner Drummond, and what’s become more commonplace than a Big Gulp cup littering the shoulder of I-35, the MAGA Republican Mike Mazzei. This was Oklahoma’s best chance to elect a reasonable governor since 2011. And what happened? Mike Mazzei won by 2,020 votes. In today’s podcast, Ryan breaks down the real impact of Trump’s endorsement, the growing gulf between registered Republicans and Democrats in Oklahoma, Drummond’s campaign mistakes, and what a term with Mike Mazzei might mean for Oklahomans. Links Ryan’s article from yesterday: Can Oklahoman’s Still Elect a Reasonable Governor? Gentner Drummond’s concession speech Mike Mazzei’s acceptance speech This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

  8. 22 Aug

    If They Disappeared, Would We Miss Any of the 2026 Best of OKC Winners? Part II with Robert Fightmaster

    Alright, yes, The Harvey is a deserving winner of Best Brunch. And yes, we hear you, Bunker Club is worthy of Best Dive Bar. But of the 2026 Best of OKC winners in August’s edition of the OK Gazette, would we really miss any of them 20 years from now if they disappeared? Ryan and Robert break down this year’s results, then answer that question while comparing OKC’s past with its present. Links The OK Gazette’s Best of OKC Winners: https://community.okgazette.com/oklahoma/BestOf Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ugly-mothers/armisticeLicense code: 4FKLPIAMMJW3LZJ6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.drylineokc.com

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An exploration of Oklahoma City's strangely endearing culture, with editor-in-chief Ryan Fightmaster and a rotating cast of opinionated Oklahomans www.drylineokc.com

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    Purveyors of Oklahoma Culture
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    14
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    Explicit
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    © Ryan Fightmaster
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    The Dry Line Podcast

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