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.

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.

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 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, 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).

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.

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.

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!