After the U.S. Government encouraged the extermination of approximately 30- 60 million bison on the Great Plains, and before the cattle barons built their huge herds, there stood a brief time when sheep grazed on the lush grasses of the Texas Panhandle. For many years prior to 1874, sheep from the New Mexico Territory, Spanish settlers and Indigenous sheep farmers herded sheep along the Canadian River. The Spanish called them “Pastores.”

The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club's 2026 Fall Read, Wind & Weather, explores our enduring relationship with the natural world through four remarkable books that move us through the seasons—and through the power of the atmosphere itself.

Hunting seasons are just around the corner! Larry Weishuhn, a/k/a "Mr. Whitetail”, is Luke's guest this week.

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of music by contemporary American composers Korinne Fujiwara and Christopher Theofanidis!