My name is Jewel Rodgers and I am your state Poet of Nebraska and I am going to read my poem Bloom for you. I wrote this poem with the intention of keeping it grounded in very concrete items—hibiscus, rose, agave, domino tables, spades, soup kitchens, city halls. I wanted it to move from the intimacy of tending to oneself to tending to an entire community.

On this Veterans' Day holiday, we remember those who served, as well as their families, who also share in the sacrifice of military service, with this archived conversation from Storycorps' One Small Step project.

This week Classical Music Amarillo is playing music by Sergei Prokofiev and Claude Debussy in anticipation of Chamber Music Amarillo’s upcoming “Painting with Notes” concert!

This week, "Mr. Whitetail" himself, Larry Weishuhn, joins Luke for a discussion of hunting blinds.

At the end of the season, it's never a bad idea to spend some time reviewing what worked for you and what didn't, and actually making some notes on which varieties overproduced or disappointed you. You won't necessarily remember in future years, and over time, this practice will give you a fair bit of data points on which to help base your future research. We'll talk more about how to keep track of this information in this week's episode!

Hi, I’m Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. I am honored to share one of my own poems with you today: Pilgrimage with Grandchildren, which was published in 2023 in KANSAS!, (that’s Kansas with an exclamation mark), our state’s gorgeous travel magazine.

Early day practitioners of the healing arts were in short supply and great demand on the Great High Plains

Join us this week as we prepare for the Harrington String Quartet's upcoming November 7th Recital!

Well, it's that time again, and while no one loves raking the leaves, they do give you some great organic material for your garden, if you bother to handle it properly. This week, we'll review some easy steps to follow in order to get your leaves to turn into good humus, to make the best fertilizer for your spring garden.

I'm Glenda Shepard from Yucca Corners Farm in Stanton County KS. Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl, has HPPR radio readers book club theme, undercurrents of grief as a subtle and nonviolent form of grief.