April 5, 2026

Walking the Margins: Mental Health & Housing Precarity Along Admiral

A motel room. The interstate. Winter wind. Days of walking with no plan but to witness life on the street. Nick Alexandrov set out to report on mental health along an extended-stay motel corridor in Tulsa. What he found was a quieter, more elusive, more human story.

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DR. AUTUMN BROWN is an assistant professor with the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at Oklahoma State University-STW. In addition to her role at OSU she owns a research consulting business called Winona Jewel Research Consulting, LLC. Her aim is to amplify marginalized voices, specifically Black voices, through oral storytelling.

JACOB LITTLEBEAR is a Mvskoke citizen of Yuchi and Shawnee descent and a Marine Corps veteran.

Jacob is dedicated to elevating marginalized voices across Oklahoma and addressing issues of Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and economic inequality.

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