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Don't miss HPPR's interview with Heather Courtney, the documentary's director/producer & Laurie Ezzell Brown, the Editor/Publisher of The Canadian Record. We discuss the film, the community of Canadian, and the importance of rural stories, regional coverage, and common ground to citizens of the TX Panhandle.
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Don't miss George Saunders LIVE IN CANYON, TX, at a free lecture on campus at WTAMU on Thursday, April 4th at 7pm CT. If you can't make it, the event will be livestreamed as well. Scroll down for the link to the FULL INTERVEW with George from the "Humanities on the High Plains" podcast, as well as the link to stream it tomorrow night.
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In 1998, nine-year-old Dorien Deon Thomas went missing from the North Heights area in Amarillo, Texas. A new podcast series by Amy Hart's Macabre Club reveals new information about this decades-old cold case. Hear our interview with Amy about her series, "What Happened to Dorien Thomas?"
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Thanks to Amy Von Lintel for standing in for the ACTUAL brewmaster at her new venue on Route 66 the Old Tascosa Brewing Company. Her husband Matt Welch is busy filling kegs for the GRAND OPENING, tomorrow (12/2/23) from 11a-11p CT. Come check it out!
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Feast your ears on THIS! My Thanksgiving crew is BACK with a wild 2023 playlist full of incantations, revelations, and detonations. Tune in from 9a-12p CT this Thanksgiving Day for another takeover program to celebrate everything we have — especially MUSIC. Thanks for supporting PUBLIC RADIO on the High Plains!
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Thanks to Sherman Bass of Visit Amarillo / Amarillo Convention & Visitors Bureau for stopping by High Plains Morning for a conversation about the long game of making this happen. Great work, Amarillo CVB!
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Thanks to High Plains hero Rick Todd for stopping by for a chat about his brilliant new album, Diesel Town. He's a gifted writer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer — and he co-hosted the whole hour with me! (I love outsourcing my job. Thanks, Rick!)
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I had a great conversation with Max Aguiar on High Plains Morning this week! Check it out. Don't miss Real Ag (Season 12), airing Friday night, Nov. 10th at 8:30pm CT on Smoky Hills PBS.
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I scream! You scream! We all scream for...Johannes Brahms! Tune in this week for Classical Music Amarillo's celebration of this German composer, pianist, and conductor from the mid-Romantic period.
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To celebrate the premiere of The American Buffalo, we talked to producer Julie Dunfey about the continent's largest mammal and its stunning resilience in the face of adversity.
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New at this year's Tumbleweed Festival is HPPR's Gazebo Sessions: a special live broadcast from the festival with interviews and acoustic performances, as well as a two hour edition of Songbirds live. Saturday, Aug 26, 11a- 5p CT at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, KS.
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San Antonio cosmic country guru Garrett T. Capps took some time out of his tour to stop by the studio with his pals Heavy Meddo (San Antonio / Austin). They talked a little about hitting the road, and we got some deep intel about Capps's latest album, People are Beautiful. Click the blue button above to listen to the full in-studio performance, featuring Capps + Heavy Meddo. For the phone interview with Capps, scroll down — we had a great chat about songwriting, San Antone, spotlighting the greats, and the gnarl of a summertime tour.