After releasing <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org/news/flyover-country-oklahoma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my last episode</a> where I shared stories from my time in Oklahoma many years ago, I came across one more short radio piece in my archives that I thought some of your might enjoy. It’s about another cultural phenomenon unique to Oklahoma that I experienced: the world’s only <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyvw2O5Uk_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">behind-the-walls prison rodeo</a>. Before a stadium of 9000 cheering fans, a hundred inmates from around the state competed in events like calf roping, steer wrestling, a wild horse race, and “Money the Hard Way,” a competition where people tried to grab a $100 bill that was tied between the horns of a charging bull.

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On Far From Home, award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian documents fascinating stories from far-flung places like Iran, Chernobyl, and Mongolia. For more info, visit <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">farfromhomepodcast.org</a>

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