The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

Today O.K. looks back at the Phillips county rural school history starting in 1936 and ending in the 1960's with the invention of the School Bus.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Its Jay & Joe's Motor Monday, today its all about the Plymouth Valiant. As today is July 20th, happy birthday Tim!Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K's got another good story for you. The neighbor who never kept score.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. is having Musical memory's again. She's got it. Yeah, baby. She's got it.Shocking Blue - Venus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHkZoom forward to 1986 and Bananarama remakes Venus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1YClick here to view the episode transcript.

The Weight of a Small ChoiceClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today's episode is dedicated to O.K.'s friend David Rummel. O.K. calls him Smoke, and he calls me Brimstone. This is the Story of Borrowing Billy.Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, O.K. begins with Happy Birthday to brother Marv! Then some origin stories of the modern SUV. Starting back in 1896 with the 1st speeding ticket at 8 MPH, then on to cars with giant tail fins, finally finishing with the blind engineer whom invented cruise control.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. covers a story about nothing. It's titled The Rock, The Gum, and the Dominion.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. explores what is meant by the story of The 3rd Chair.Click here to view the episode transcript.

The magic we can see in the number 37.  Also today O.K. explores the saying "If you need something done, get a busy person to do it."Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. remembers the time, when he and many of us Americans alive then wondered whether America would even make it to its 250th birthday.Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Today O.K. covers the Chevy Impala.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Happy Independence Day. 8 hours early. Today O.K. celebrates this 4th of July. America's 250th birthday!Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. looks at some of the top World Series ever played.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today, O.K.'s gonna be talking about signs!Click here to view the episode transcript.

The Penny that looked to much like a Dime.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Today O.K. highlights The AMC (Rambler) RebelClick here to view the episode transcript.

In today's episode O.K. covers the value of looking at the list of ingredients on the package, can or bag products found in your local grocery store.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. explains to us how the pineapple is a great meat tenderizer.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Another flash back to the year 1965. This time to do some Phillips County News searching.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Back in April of this year, there came a fascinating story, a human interest story that O.K. wants to share with you today. People still alive Becky Gibson, 82, and Ralph Slaughter, 75.Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's Monday. And that means it's Jay & Joe's Motor Monday. Today, we're gonna notice the Ford Falcon.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. loves thunderstorms. Today he looks at their value.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. ponders what is the value of baseball?Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. covers The Forgotten Art of Getting AlongClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. gives us a fictitious story. You may think it was about tooth paste ingredients or reading material found in the bathroom. But it's also about truth, trust and concepts within life.Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's time for Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. In today's show the Chevrolet Impala breaks the million unit production mark back in 1965. It was a time when all manor of automobile was in demand, yet the Impala landmark stands out in human achievements terms. Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K.is getting old. Its that time of year for birthdays again. Happy birthday O.K. Happy birthday Jimmy Murdock.Click here to view the episode transcript.

The art of conversation is not complicated. Listen carefully. Speak thoughtfully.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O,K.writes an episode about 57 years into the future.Click here to view the episode transcript.

1969 was not simply another year. It was a year determined to change everything at once. O.K. dedicates this episode to his friend Mike Lowney.  Mentioned was Sugar Sugar by The Archieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcoyCOQQPEClick here to view the episode transcript.

It's once again Jay & Joe's Motor Monday. In 1969, a motorcycle called the Honda CB-750 came along and quietly but decisively changed the way the world rode. This episode is dedicated to Mick Mikkelsen and his son Rick Mikkelsen, formerly of Mick's Honda whom sold those bikes here in Malta.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Do you find yourself with a craving for a cardboard box? O.K. explains in this episode.Click here to view the episode transcript.

In a world filled with opinions, preferences, arguments, and endless debates, O.K. finds a little island of agreement, in numbers.  Today learn what 37 has in its back pocket.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. dives into explaining the statement: If you're a good swimmer, people won't even know you're drowning.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K.'s got you another Jay and Joe's Motor Monday! Today its the Volkswagen and specifically the Beetle. Plus a bonus math lesson in how to value our recent rains, priced in cattle.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Thank God it's Friday.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. puts out a call for help on findng a color coded map of Phillips County, one where each color depicts which watershed drainage that water comes from. Today's main topic is Antifreeze.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K.'s hankering to do an episode on antifreeze, but also has a strong desire to talk about the Dodson Dam decisions, decisions, decisions. Today it's the Dodson Dam show.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Over the weekend, O.K. got to read allot of books with his grand daughters.  Today we get a few examples cause it's fun to have fun and cause they're gooder than good.Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. O.K. started the month out with a Studebaker story, today he brings another one on the company's near 10 year history with Electric Vehicles. It all started in the year 1902, while most Americans still trusted horses more than engines...Click here to view the episode transcript.

So what's the deal with the black diamonds on a tape measure? Stay tuned, O.K. will get you Knowed Up!Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K.'s program is on pride, and featured in this story is someone right from our history books, Richard Milhous Nixon.  Pride would both build him and break him.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. shares with us an interesting true story. That of Wilmer McLean, the man apparently had an ambition in life, to be left alone. History refused to cooperate.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Abraham Lincoln and John f Kennedy, two presidents, two fathers, two leaders different centuries, different enemies. Yet echos of one, can be found in the other. And for both in a moment they were dead. Suddenly America changed too. Click here to view the episode transcript.

It's time again for Jay and Joe's Motor Monday.  Richard Petty, Plymouth, Ford, the Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird all get covered in this show. Click here to view the episode transcript.

I'm sure glad it's Friday. What do you think of Fridays?Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. is switching from Socrates to Forrest Gump, Do you remember Bubba?Click here to view the episode transcript.

Socrates was born around 470bc, in the city of Athens. Listen, as O.K. recounts the man's life.Click here to view the episode transcript.

In today's show O.K. reads us lyrics fragments to/from many different 1969 era songs. It's a real fun one to listen to. Here is that video link O.K. mentioned in the show::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_LD2jPDhhcClick here to view the episode transcript.