Rick Allen Lippert
rickallenlippert.bsky.social
Rick Allen Lippert
@rickallenlippert.bsky.social
Working both sides of the camera & mic for 50 years. Adjunct professor emeritus. Playwright. Theatre advocate. Linkedin Learning author.
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
It’s safe to say that one man is responsible for bringing international recognition to This Town’s river sports, Mike Knopp. No Boathouse District without him. A most interesting story. On all platforms, but here's the link to Substack: open.substack.com/pub/rickalle...
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Carpenter Square Theatre executive artistic director Rhonda M. Clark tells stories of her early years performing and eventually directing in the first part of this two-part interview. Here's the link to it on my Substack:
rickallenlippert.substack.com/.../this-tow...
September 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
His byline has graced many newspapers around the state. M. Scott Carter has also written several books. Just wait til you hear him tell the real story of moving the state seal from Guthrie to OKC!
Here's the link to my Substack. rickallenlippert.substack.com/.../this-tow....
August 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New Podcast Alert!
Scott Munz has a story that's much more interesting than his 37 years with the Great State Fair of Oklahoma. Although you'll enjoy hearing about the Six-foot Man Eating Chicken! Available on all major platforms, but here's the link to my Substack.

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July 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New podcast alert! Leadership OKC exec dir Christy Zelley tells her story and details the history and current programs offered by LOKC. Available on all major platforms. Here's the link to my Substack:
rickallenlippert.substack.com/p/this-town-...
Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre
July 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Taking advantage of having long-time friend Jim Beaver in OKC to shoot a film I was producing, I took the opportunity to record this podcast. Jim tells of his start as an actor in both NYC & LA and of his roles on many, many TV shows including Justified & Deadwood. Available on all major platforms.
June 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Billie Thrash came here in the 1970s on a whim and has since graced the stages of many theatre companies as a choreographer, director, and performer. She describes working with Carpenter Square in its inaugural season and choreographing this town's first production of The Rocky Horror Show.
June 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A joyous intersection of a couple of my past lives at the table read for a film I’m producing. Kathy Kelly Christos was in Rick Allen’s Perfect Fun back about 1990, and Jim Beaver and I gunfought together at Frontier City in the mid-70s. Looking forward to seeing them together on screen!
June 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Latest episode of This Town OKC now available on your favorite podcast platform! Hear KGOU-FM general manager Dick Pryor tell about his start in broadcasting and the interesting stops along the way.

Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre.
May 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Cacky Poarch has made a name for herself as the executive director of the deadCenter Film Festival - twice. Leaving after this summer's Festival, she tells of growing up in the red dirt, tumbleweed-strewn fields of Quail Creek and some really odd jobs.

On your favorite podcast platform.
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Latest episode of This Town OKC features long-time radio and voice talent Randy Kemp of RK-One Productions. He tells fascinating stories about his early career in radio & tv, especially his on-air audition at the age of 14. Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre.
Available on all major platforms.
April 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Latest episode of This Town OKC podcast now available on all major platforms! Hear Joy Reed Belt tell how this PK ended up as the Keeper of The Paseo with several interesting stops along the way.

Apple: apple.co/4iqWc78
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1db9...
March 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Featuring the people behind the culture of Oklahoma City, This Town OKC with Leslie Spears. She's been an influencer since before that was a term! And she tells how the OKCMOA came to be the premier exhibitor of glass artist Dale Chihuly. Here's the link to Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
February 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM