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This comes complete with the tale of Morley Safer, the sweet potato, a dream trip to Paper Moon and a night in a brothel. With Bick leaving for High Plains Journal, the two friends look back at their 15 years of working together. Thanks to our sponsor, Shield Agricultural Equipment, for the years of supporting our Agland podcast.

Rebecca Call and her fiance Patrick Mahoney found themselves living under a bridge after being kicked out of the garage they were living in. A year later, they are surviving and rebuilding their lives after meth addiction. Bick and Kathy tell their story - one they have followed for the past four years.    

Also, Bick tells of how Freeport - Kansas' smallest city - decided it was time to say farewell. 

Also, Kathy asks Kansans how they heard the news of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago.

Bick isn't sure - but Kansas is high in cotton this year - poised to harvest a record number of bales. Meanwhile, Bick and Kathy talk about their experience ringing bells for the Salvation Army.

Bickel also tells how Hutchinson-based Kuhn Krause is still helping farmers manage the farm, 101 years later. Kathy reports on Kansas crop dusters learning to fight wildfires. 

Also, Bick tells of how a McPherson County farmer has found a crop with some pop. 

Also, Bickel tells of how one Greensburg, Kansas man is living by the motto - when life gives you milo, make vodka.

Bick also tells of how a family owned pizzeria in Stafford is still going after 30 years. And, with plenty of moisture this year, a High Plains farmer takes a gamble with dryland corn.

Also, Kathy tells of covering a naturalization ceremony at Fort Larned. Bick talks about the new Kansas Agland publication and its cover story - a southwest Kansas farmer working to save the Ogallala Aquifer for the next generation.

And, an 88-year-old rebuilds his home himself after a Kansas wildfire.

For the 105th time the Kansas State Fair is back in Hutchinson and Kathy and Amy are exploring it in their "mobile information unit." 

Kathy and Bick also talk about one family's multigenerational journey through the county fair.

Bick and her daughters get ready for the 4H show, Kathy visits the quintessential county fair and a church is the only living thing left in a ghost town.

Kathy and Bick also talk about a 4H youth winning a national archery title and the Garden of Good inside prison walls.

Kathy and Bick take a trip to the old west and find something new.

Kathy talks to a 100-year-old woman about surviving a century on the farm; Bick learns about making farms sustainable and takes us inside one of the most historic grain elevators in America.

Kathy and Amy also talk about the current wheat harvest that's in full swing in Kansas and a historical perspective of the notorious Fleagle Gang.

Amy and Kathy also talk about getting ready for wheat harvest.

This month marks 10 years since a tornado swept through Greensburg, destroying homes and lives. Kathy and Amy revisit the Kansas town.  Also, Amy looks at the forecast for this year's wheat crop.