In The Moment ... April 23, 2020 Show 802 Hour 2 Since the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the U.S., we've been talking about how COVID-19 could devastate the residents of America's nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Elders are at high risk for death from the disease. Spread throughout nursing homes proves difficult to contain due to the nature of the contagion. In fact, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 in U.S. nursing and long-term care facilities has topped

In The Moment ... April 23, 2020 Show 802 Hour 1 On March 27, Rapid City enacted an ordinance that called for the closure of most city businesses to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and help buy time for area health care workers to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 cases. It was one of the earliest and toughest set of restrictions in the state. Since March, Pennington County has 11 confirmed cases of the disease, eight people have fully recovered and the state Department of Health reports

In The Moment ... April 22, 2020 Show 801 Hour 2 While the COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many companies to reduce or even shut down one South Dakota company presses on due, in part, to a backlog of orders, and through practicing social distancing and other practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. Jay Parker is vice president for Live Events and Spectaculars at Daktronics in Brookings and, while we're not getting to experience those live events at the moment, Daktronics' Brookings

In The Moment ... April 22, 2020 Show 801 Hour 2 Where Do We Go From Here? is an SDPB program, usually broadcast live from the SDPB Black Hills Studio in downtown Rapid City, bolstered by a studio audience. The show is hosted by Chuck Parkinson and offers thoughtful dialogue about government, leadership, cultural affairs, and who we are as a community now and in the days ahead. It's a gathering, and this is a time when we gather in drastically different ways than we did weeks ago. Until those

In The Moment ... April 22, 2020 Show 801 Hour 2 How does the national media report on South Dakota, especially during the current pandemic? How do we balance civil liberties and personal responsibility as protests increase in cities under lockdown? And what does the future hold for our weekly newspapers? We've invited the Dakota Political Junkies to speak on these topics. Michael Card is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, and Jon Hunter

In The Moment ... April 21, 2020 Show 801 Hour 1 We've been asking a few of our trusted friends five essential questions about life during the pandemic. This Earth Day we've invited David O'Hara to return to In the Moment. He is director of sustainability at Augustana University and Professor of Philosophy, Classics, and Environmental Studies. Find us on: Apple , Spotify , and Google Play

In The Moment ... April 21, 2020 Show 801 Hour 1 As billions of people around the globe stay at home in order to slow the spread of Sars-Co-V2, the novel coronavirus, humans are noticing the way the planet is responding. Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The global movement was launched in 1970 by a 25-year-old graduate student named Denis Hayes. We live in a very different world than we did in 1970. For today's Earth Day we welcome a team from the South Dakota School of Mines &

In The Moment ... April 21, 2020 Show 800 Hour 2 There is great value in diversity in the workplace from both a business and community perspective. Perhaps you are thinking what does diversity in the workplace mean or even look like? Kira Kimball is the chief innovation officer for Marsh & McLennan Agency and she joins us now to expand. Find us on: Apple , Spotify , and Google Play

In The Moment ... April 21, 2020 Show 800 Hour 2 Many of us have been tuning in to the governor's press conferences along with press conferences from the White House coronavirus task force. Most of us have heard so many pandemic news stories we make special efforts to unplug from the noise. A worthwhile question is, "Have we all been hearing the news?" The answer to that is, no, not fully. Lindsey Jorgensen is an audiologist and an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences

In The Moment ... April 21, 2020 Show 800 Hour 2 For most of us, if we are infected with the novel coronavirus, we will be able to take care of ourselves at home, without a trip to the hospital. But that means we have to figure out how to provide supportive care at home, including ways to prevent the spread of a highly contagious virus to the people we live with. For help with that, we welcome Rhonda Wiering, director of Clinical Growth and Innovation with Avera@Home. Education and Healthcare