This is the Panhandle

This is the Panhandle

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This is the Panhandle episodes

  • Sitting Down with Communities Unlimited
    This week, we sit down with Communities Unlimited, a new organization in our community, to learn about their various programs. Katy Parrish shares details of their first loan and how they plan to create self-sustainability throughout our region.
    29 min
  • Sitting down with Kimberly Anderson
    In this week's episode, we sit down with newly-promoted No Limits No Excuses Program Officer, Kimberly Anderson. An Amarillo native and Palo Duro High School graduate, Kimberly currently serves on the Amarillo ISD School Board. We talk education and how Kimberly was never going to follow her mother into teaching but is now a self-confessed public education advocate!
    55 min
  • Sitting down with Suzanne Bellsnyder

    This week we sit down with Spearman native and entrepreneur, Suzanne Bellsnyder. Ms. Bellsnyder had worked in Austin for decades but coming back to her roots proved to be a great place to raise a family and start a couple of new businesses. In the interview, Ms. Bellsnyder shares her view of this year's legislative session and how a self-described policy wonk views policy for our area.

    57 min
  • Sitting Down with Dr. Pam Kirby

    This week we sit down with Dr. Pam Kirby, a local Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Kirby talks about mental health in the era of COVID, what she is seeing in her practice, and what you can do to improve your mental health during a global pandemic.

    Documents mentioned in the podcast:

    Click HERE for American Psychological Association

    43 min
  • Sitting Down With Dr. Scott Milton
    This week we are sitting down with Dr. Scott Milton, Infectious Disease physician at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, and the Public Health Authority with the City of Amarillo. We have a conversation about how the increased COVID cases affects our local hospitals, what that means for our community, and how you can help keep the infection rates down.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Sitting Down with Representative Ken King

    We sit down with Representative Ken King in this week's episode. He talks about the upcoming legislative session and how the state is continuing to be impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Representative King shares why he loves his district and the work he's done to make the Panhandle an even better place to live.

    44 min
  • Sitting Down with Representative Four Price

    We sit down with Representative Four Price in this week's episode. He talks about the upcoming legislative session and how the state is continuing to be impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Representative Price shares why he loves his district and the work he's done for mental health legislation.

    39 min
  • Legislative Update with Senator Kel Seliger

    We sit down with Senator Kel Seliger in this week's episode. He talks about the upcoming legislative session and how the state is continuing to be impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Senator Seliger shares why he loves his district and how he prioritized legislation to benefit our area.

    43 min
  • Lucia Mendez comes home to the Panhandle

    On this week’s episode, we speak with Lucia Mendez Polston the Director of Community Engagement and Impact at Amarillo Area Foundation.  Lucia recently moved from Washington D.C. back to her roots in the Texas Panhandle.  We talk about her important work in D.C. and what she’ll be doing at the Foundation. 

    1 hr 21 min
  • SITTING DOWN WITH COLONEL ANDREW SCOTT DEJESSE

    This week we sit down with Colonel Andrew Scott DeJesse, one of the Monuments men in the United States Army. As well, as an accomplished artist in his own right, Colonel DeJesse speaks about life in the Panhandle, and how growing

    52 min

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The top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle is filled with amazing people and places. This podcast will introduce you to those people as they share their stories of how they are making their…