For High Plains Public Radio Readers Book Club, I'm Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas. Today we're talking about the book The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts. This book was written back in 1951, but it might as well have been written today because the things he talks about, well, it's exactly what we're dealing with here.

Despite significant omissions from our nation’s history books, early women settlers across the High Plains and the mountain states, recorded their experiences as participants in the transformation of the U.S. We find their words in diaries, in letters sent east, and in memoirs which we pick up today like heirlooms from an attic trunk.

Hello! I’m Jane Holwerda in Dodge City KS for Radio Readers Summer 2026 Read, a series wherein we seize the opportunity to go on a bit about which ever books we’d like to recommend. I’ve just finished a collection of essays, titled Out Here in the Out There, authored by Phillip Heldrich.

Tune in this week to revisit some beloved moments from the other CMA's most recent season!

This week, we're talking about catching striper on Lake Texoma with Luke's buddy, Bill Carey!

Want to get out of a gardening rut? Try growing some nontraditional plants from other parts of the world, such as chayote, and with a few adjustments for our warmer and drier climate, you might find a few new favorites in your fall harvest!

My name is Jewell Rodgers and today I bring you the poems of Noni Williams. Noni is one of my favorite people. I met her in Omaha, Nebraska. Noni Williams is a senior cloud data engineer, a teaching artist, an independent data consultant, a storyteller, a mathematician, a philosopher, and of course - a performance poet - born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska.

It’s undeniable that Charles Goodnight had a huge impact on the development of the Texas Panhandle. Primarily identified as a rancher, Goodnight’s lifetime activities and achievements are broad based and far reaching . Born in Illinois in 1836, his family relocated to Waco, Texas when Charles was 9 years old. He later liked to say that he came to Texas at the same time that Texas came into the U.S., joining the Union in 1845.

This week, Luke and his longtime buddy J.C. McCullough had an exciting time on the Red River, and had some real success with catfish; tune in to hear a recap!

Tune in this week to hear a collection of commissioned works and beloved orchestral favorites!