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It's easy to forget that seeds aren't just the key to getting your plants to grow, they're living organisms themselves. So with a little care, you can ensure that your seeds are best prepared to last for years, even decades, and we'll talk about how to do so in this week's episode!

Most of us have learned about the Pilgrims and the Puritans in a history class or in a literature class. Some of us may have learned about them through movies and TV shows–these people dressed in black and white, with big hats embellished with large buckles.

Deer seasons are coming to a close, and it's time to put some wild pork in the freezer. In today's show, Luke talks about hunting wild hogs, and planning a trip to Texas or Oklahoma to hunt them. The featured photo this week is Mr. Gary Ables posing with a fine boar, and the flintlock he used to take it. Hogs can be hunted with everything from flintlocks to air rifles and there is no better time to hunt them than during the dead of winter. It's "Hog killing" weather!

Frost heaving can be a problem in areas like the High Plains, where soil can freeze and thaw repeatedly during the winter. This week, we'll talk about how and why this happens, and what steps can be taken to mitigate this cold-weather nuisance.

In April 1630, the Rev. John Cotton went from London to Southampton to preach a farewell sermon to 700 or so non-separatist Puritans under the leadership of John Winthrop. They were leaving for America—a two-month trip on the 350-ton sailing ship, "Arabella".

Hello from the High Plains 2025 Radio Reader’s Book Club. I hope you’ll join us this Spring in reading and discussing four books grouped under the title “Humor Me.”

I’m Bob Seay and this is a Radio Readers BookByte from High Plains Public Radio. I’ve been reading Sarah Vowell’s book, The Wordy Shipmates. This is the story of the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, the values that brought them across the Atlantic to the New World, and how those values continue to affect America today.

Hello, I’m Charles Jones, retired Director of the KU Public Management Center and author of the 2022 Kansas novel The Illusion of Simple. I welcome this opportunity to discuss Sara Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates as part of High Plains 2025 Radio Reader’s Book Club.

In The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell offers her readers a unique time capsule into the political and literary stylings of the early 2000s.

Travel back in time with author Sarah Vowell to explore the Puritans journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill"—a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." We often claim to be a Puritan nation, but what does that mean?