In The Moment … December 15, 2020 Show 961 Hour 1 As the vaccine for COVID-19 is making its way into South Dakota, Dr. Hsu is calling it "the shining light at the end of a very dark tunnel." She is increasingly worried about burnout among frontline staff that’s been stretched thin. Guest: Dr. Jennifer Hsu , infectious disease physician at Sanford USD Medical Center Health reporting on SDPB is supported by Monument Health Find the In the Moment Podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play. Plus,

In The Moment … December 15, 2020 Show 961 Hour 1 What's it like to reexamine our view of history after removing barriers of racism and bias? And what might a new class of women political leaders might learn from the women who have held power and authority for a thousand years? Guest: Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D., author and scholar Watch the full interview here. The South Dakota Humanities Council kicks off their "Voting: Why It Matters" initiative (virtually) tonight at 7 p.m. CDT / 6 MDT. Tune

In The Moment … December 14, 2020 Show 960 Hour 2 When the State Theater opened in Sioux Falls in 1926, it was instantly a top-tier venue for both movies and live performances. Built with unusually ornate architecture and a Wurlitzer theater organ, it had the look and feel of the big-city movie palaces of the day. It had a good run, but by the 1980s, it was clear that the State Theater couldn't compete with shopping mall multi-plex theaters offering more modern amenities. The theater closed in

In The Moment … December 14, 2020 Show 960 Hour 2 A vaccine for the Coronavirus is soon to be rolled out. What does that look like for South Dakota? Guest: Dr. Shankar Kurra, vice president of Medical Affairs at Monument Health. Health reporting on SDPB is supported by Monument Health Find the In the Moment Podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play. Plus, watch interviews from our show on YouTube.

In The Moment … December 14, 2020 Show 960 Hour 2 Some 65 million years ago, a Tyrannosaurus Rex roamed what is now northwestern South Dakota. Some of its bones are housed at South Dakota Mines . Researchers there hope to one day get all the fossils together and displayed as one. Guest: Kayleigh Johnson, SDSMT lab manager, and preparator Find the In the Moment Podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play. Plus, watch interviews from our show on YouTube.

In The Moment … December 14, 2020 Show 960 Hour 1 It's almost 2021, and that means it is time for the annual In The Moment Best Music of the Year Special. Guests: Karl Gehrke, SDPB's Jazz Nightly host, and Lee Strubinger, SDPB's political reporter Songs You'll Hear: "Money Talks to the People" by Bananagun "Door by Caroline Polachek "Ahmed" by Immigrant Union "Violence" by Grimes "Beneath the Earth" by Nduduzo Makhathini "Children of the Next Level" by Testament "Look Long" by Indigo Girls

Although Egan Methodist Church officially closed earlier this year, the 110-year-old building will open to the public during the holiday season. On Christmas Eve, from noon to 10 p.m., the church's new owners are opening the doors for a look inside. They have renovated the building's outside and readied the sanctuary with holiday decorations and treats to welcome home families who have worshipped there for years. For Californians LiAnne Larson and Richard Maher, the first step to saving a small

In The Moment … December 11, 2020 Show 959 Hour 2 In 2017, a South Dakota Mines student noted the infrastructure at Trinity Eco Prayer Park in Rapid City was not adequate to handle larger storms. This sparked the idea for a series of upgrades that would increase water flow and filtration capacity. Thus creating a living laboratory. Joining us are Ken Steinken, one of the visionaries of the park and serves as the park director, and Jason Phillips, graduate student and staff member of Terra Site

In The Moment … December 11, 2020 Show 959 Hour 1 Poet Christine Stewart-Nuñez had been contemplating an anthology of South Dakota poems long before she became the state's poet laureate. She's written her own collections, including "Untrussed" and "Bluewords Greening." She is a professor of English at South Dakota State University. But now she has edited a collection called "South Dakota in Poems." It's a "capacious conversation," she says in the book's introduction. It's also a who's who of

In The Moment … December 11, 2020 Show 959 Hour 1 The 2020 Season of Holiday Jam with the Hegg Brothers is here. This year’s event, like so many others, is different. The band plays to a socially distanced audience at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls on Saturday, December 19 at 7:30 p.m. Over the years, the group has joined us inside some cramped studio spaces as well as spread out in the Leo P. Flynn Gallery at SDPB’s Sioux Falls studio. Since we can’t bring that to you during a pandemic,