The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

O.K. shares a bit about a story, written by Robert Frost talking about home & the hired man.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GixoG8QLVkYClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. explores the topic of growing up and being forced to remember new words. Two that still stick for him, are inevitable and irrelevant.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. covers the bases today, tune in today for some pheasant.Click here to view the episode transcript.

1st Episode of Jay and Joe's Motor MondayClick here to view the episode transcript.

O.K announces, Monday, October 13, there's gonna be a new weekly program on The 405, Jay and Joe's Motor Monday.The day we honor horsepower one Monday at a time, here about it in this Friday's episode.Click here to view the episode transcript.

What's a cubit? Listen today and find out, plus it's pretty hard to build something if you don't know the measurements. Today O.K. covers some of them from a farmers prospective. Click here to view the episode transcript.

Listen to time marching on in this short little story by George SaundersClick here to view the episode transcript.

Bowling, Bowling, Bowling. From Jimmy Taylor's birthday party where O.K. bowled the nights high score in 1966. To remembering the winter 1992-1993 Bowling league newspaper scores. Bowling for O.K. is about the people. Click here to view the episode transcript.

While catching us up on current events and the news, O.K. keeps getting reminded of a story, and flashes back to 1970Click here to view the episode transcript.

Much like everyone else in America, Malta MT has seen its share of changes. O.K. also reminds us of some of the things here that haven't changed.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. gives us some obvious truths. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.Click here to view the episode transcript.

While growing up & when in the library, O.K.'s favorite reading material was the Great Falls Tribune newspaper. Want to guess which sections he read, and in what order?Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K figures it isn't all that bad to be broke.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Peigneux are bulletproof geniusesClick here to view the episode transcript.

All sorts of interesting stuff out there, today O.K. covers just about everything.Special tribute to KMMR radio station, 45 years today being on the air.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Preston Tucker and his amazing 1948 Tucker Tornado automobilePart IIClick here to view the episode transcript.

1st part of the Tucker torpedo automobile story.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. is gonna be talking about Forrest Tucker, a real life man best known as an escape artist.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today is about testing your musical knowledge.Click here to view the episode transcript.

More How to Stop Worrying and Start living by Dale CarnegieClick here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. would like you to picture yourself on a game show. Today it's a trivia quiz, mostly from the Andy Griffith, Green Acres & Beverly Hillbillies shows.Click here to view the episode transcript.

More thoughts from How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie today. Don't let the little things eat you up with frustration and worry.Click here to view the episode transcript.

In June 1973, the 2nd set of astronauts to live in Skylab left earth, learn what the astronaut Owen Garriott did, in O.K.'s version of Rest of the Story.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Everybody likes trivia. Today O.K. gives up another wholesome show on that topic about animals.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today its all about past Malta Mustang football state championships. O.K. lists some of the great players from back in 2006 & attempts to inspire our 2025 season players to go on an win tomorrow's homecoming game against the Conrad Cowboys. Click here to view the episode transcript.

In a dream O.K. was working on the rigs, then suddenly we are a young boy growing up on the farm. It's a relatable story. A simple story. One that feels just real and true.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. gives us the story and some of the history history of a local man. Napoleon Joseph LaFornayClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. calls out: Would someone please put their cherry picker out on the street.Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K has another story today, The Long CordClick here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. has a story, That Friday Night, as told by BethClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today, for a short while, O.K. becomes your muse.Click here to view the episode transcript.

We celebrate Cal Raleigh, the current Seattle Mariner Baseball catcher. Just broke 50 home runs so far this season, never before done by a catcher, and still 24 games left to play this year.This show replaces the bad production episode from last Friday. Click here to view the episode transcript.

Repeat Program. 1st Aired Aug 25th, 2025.https://the405.transistor.fm/s8/237Regarding Baseball, O.K. shares the infield fly rule and more on music:Peter built a truck for a man to drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COa3XvDV9yQNo Transcript. See Original Episode for that.

The 1st minute or so of this program was damaged in the studio and so we pickup the story as soon as the audio could be understood.Remembering Dave McNally, Montana's own.Hats off to Seattle mariner Cal Raleigh for his historic 50 home run season, in addition to being the teams catcher.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Inspiration for today's show comes from Merle Haggard's song Where No One Stands Alonehttps://youtu.be/EKEtl_Zkf-cThe Little Girl, by John Michael Montgomeryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1j669NVNzMClick here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. teaches us something about hats & caps while zooming back to 03/16/1916 and sharing in the delights of reading from the newspaper published back in the day.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Repeat of the Al Schulz story. 1st aired Aug 12th, 2025https://the405.transistor.fm/s8/224

Peter built a truck for a man to drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COa3XvDV9yQRegards Baseball, O.K. shares the infield fly ruleClick here to view the episode transcript.

Baseball is our subject today, if you need a tutorial on how baseball leagues work in America, this episode is for you.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Update to yesterday's story on the 1958 Kamla Jewelry Store Bee infestation. The main story for today's show comes from How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie Chapter 1. Live in day tight compartmentsClick here to view the episode transcript.

The word for today is A P I A R I S T, apiarist. Learn what it means, and what happened to Kamla's Jewelry store in 1958.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Repeat of show from Aug 12th, the old timer Al Schultz, whom came to Malta back in 1868 by Steamboat. Click here to view the episode transcript.

O.K. has gotta tell you a story. Here's to all the lonely hearts out there.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. remembers the words written and sung by Paul Williams for the movie Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. Does it help you answer the following question? Where does a fool go when he knows there's something missing?Click here to view the episode transcript.

Today O.K. compares us here in NE Montana, Phillips county to living in Mayberry, what do you think?Click here to view the episode transcript.

The fate of homesteaders in Harb, dead elephants & an update on the Al Schultz story.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Recounted here by O.K. from the Yesteryear book V1 there appeared a 1937 PCN story about a local man Al Shultz, whom had come, by Steamboat, to Montana back in 1868 as a young boy...Click here to view the episode transcript.

Gayle Stahl's retirement, 1979 Newspaper stories. Then there's a mention of a young Al Schultz, when he was riding a steamboat on the Missouri and he got left behind by the woodcutters, more on that this week.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Conclusion to O.K.'s tribute to Merle Haggard, the country music legend.Click here to view the episode transcript.

Much more on the life of Merle Haggard.Mama Triedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKuc4nfJBycClick here to view the episode transcript.