# Bob Blackburn

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Retro Wrestling w/Gene Jackson – Episode #47: The D.I. Bob Carter: From the Dungeon to Dothan

From his early days growing up in Boston during the WWWF era… to surviving brutal tryouts under Gene Anderson and Nelson Royal… to training in the infamous Hart Dungeon… Bob Blackburn’s journey into professional wrestling was anything but ordinary  We dive deep into: The insane 250-man tryout that…

ENCORE BONUS EPISODE: "Voice of the Sonics" Bob Blackburn Centennial Celebration

Feliks Banel’s guest on this BONUS ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bob Blackburn, Jr., son of legendary "Voice of the Sonics" Bob Blackburn. The NBA Board of Governors voted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 to “explore” expanding the league to Las Vegas and Seattle. Explore? Really? EX-PLORE?!?! …

The Grapes of Wrath

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Both the book and the movie The Grapes of Wrath are classics that portray a difficult period in American history. The story of the Joad family from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, caused some people to sympathize with the plight of migrant farmers while others saw it as a mischaracterization of reality. In thi…

Sheb Wooley and Roger Miller

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Two of Oklahoma’s most influential entertainers came from Erick, a small town located near the Texas border on Route 66. Sheb Wooley recorded a famous novelty song in 1958 and was the star of the TV series “Rawhide,” in addition to appearing in over 80 movies. Roger Miller became known as one of co…

Historic Restaurants on Route 66

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As traffic increased on the Mother Road, restaurants were opened to give people the sustenance they needed to get to their destinations. In this episode, Trait Thompson and Dr. Bob Blackburn discuss a few of the historic restaurants, both closed and still-thriving, located on Route 66 in Oklahoma. …

142 | Hollywood's Fringe: The World of Ed Wood

Step beyond the bright lights of classic Hollywood and into the forgotten world of Ed Wood's Fringe Hollywood. Long before Ed Wood became a cult icon and the subject of Tim Burton's acclaimed film, he was hustling to make movies on the margins of the film industry - renting bare-bones soundstages, …

This is Dr Bob Blackburn - Oklahoma History with CoHost Trait Thompson | A Very OK Podcast

With roots in eastern and western Oklahoma, Bob Blackburn graduated from Southwestern State College with a degree in History before earning his Masters and Doctorate degrees in History from Oklahoma State University. At the time of his graduation from OSU in 1979 he already had published his first …

Mickey Mantle

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An unlikely baseball superstar, Mickey Mantle was raised in a mining family in northeastern Oklahoma. His father started training him to be an elite baseball player from a young age, and he eventually joined the prestigious New York Yankees. Despite injuries and personal demons, he became one of ba…

An Oasis of Hope in Bethany

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After a brief stop at a train station in 1897 on her way to Canada, missionary Mattie Mallory felt a call to help the orphaned children in Oklahoma City. She came back and established the Oklahoma Orphanage. In 1909, she moved it to a quarter section of land she helped purchase near present-day 36t…

How To Beat Diabetes By Changing Your Diet: Your Body In Balance

The doctor told him that he would need to be on insulin to treat diabetes for the rest of his life. But he told the doctor that wouldn't work for him. Soon thereafter Bob Blackburn became the first patient the doctor had ever seen to reverse a diabetes diagnosis. The idea of ditching meat and dairy…