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Sunday, January 9, 2022 - We visit with Robin Behl, author of “Price Per Barrel: The Human Cost of Extraction.” It’s both memoir and travelogue, focused on public safety and health care workers in extraction communities. Behl has first-hand knowledge – she worked as a firefighter, then as a paramedic and finally as a physician assistant over a period of 20 years. ~~~ In this week’s Main Street Eats, Sue Balcom is talking about Epiphany, the many celebrations that go with it, and of course the food! ~~~ Matt Olien reviews the new movie, “The Power of the Dog.”

Friday, January 7, 2022 - In an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show, host John Harris visits with John Gieser with North Dakota EduTech, which works to strengthen education technology and provide support and training for educators. Today they discuss a fun event for students, a "cyber madness" tournament that's coming up next month. ~~~ Chuck Lura is here with a Natural North Dakota essay on “Wildlife in Winter.” ~~~ Matt Olien reviews the new movie, “The Power of the Dog.”> Link to ND Cyber Madness: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/events/nd-cyber-madness

Thursday, January 6, 2022 - Having a family member addicted to alcohol or drugs can be difficult. It’s an issue school counselors can expect to encounter. To help them better understand the recovery process, the Point of Contact Foundation is developing a program that will allow counselors to observe how it works. This program has plans for nationwide participation in partnership with the Hazelton Betty Ford Foundation, and it will begin with eight counselors from North Dakota. Program founder, Ken Maher visits with our director of radio, Bill Thomas. ~~~ In this week’s Main Street Eats, Sue Balcom is talking about Epiphany, the many celebrations that go with it, and of course the food!

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 - We visit with Robin Behl, author of “Price Per Barrel: The Human Cost of Extraction.” It’s both memoir and travelogue, focused on public safety and health care workers in extraction communities. Behl has first-hand knowledge – she worked as a firefighter, then as a paramedic and finally as a physician assistant over a period of 20 years.

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 - Sound journalism is critical to a functioning democracy, but the internet has changed the business model dramatically. To help newspapers and other media outlets, a new non-profit organization is being organized. Here to tell us about the North Dakota News Cooperative are board members Steve Andrist and Tom Gerhardt. ~~~ CSA often refers to Community Supported Agriculture, but it can also stand for Community Supported Art. Prairie Public volunteer Brandi Malarkey visits with Dayna Del Val of the Arts Partnership in Fargo, and Nicole Gagner of Meadowlark Mercantile in Bismarck.

Monday, January 3, 2022 - Our monthly Journalists Roundtable hosted by Dave Thompson will feature special guests Amy Dalrymple of the Bismarck Tribune, and Matt Von Pennon, editor for Forum Communications. ~~~ Historian Tom Isern has a Plains Folk essay, “The Heart of Any True Scotsman.”

Sunday, January 2, 2022 - Jack Russell Weinstein joins us for a look at self care as we go into a new year. ~~~ We share a conversation today from Humanities ND with author Melissa Gould about her memoir, Widow-ish. ~~~ Matt Olien has a movie review.

Friday, December 31, 2021 - We’re looking back on 2021. It was a big year for Minot native Joe Davis. He was named one of Living Lutheran's Top 10 Leaders Under 40. He uses poetry, music, dance, and theatre to teach anti-racism tactics and shape culture. We reair a conversation from March. ~~~ In this cold, it’s best to cuddle up with a movie, music, or a good conversation. How about all three! We reair a conversation from February with film Critic Matt Olien and music host Scott Prebys talking about where their passions intersect, soundtracks! Today they dive into their favorite composers of crime and espionage movies and tv shows. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, Holding Hands on New Years Eve.

Monday, December 27, 2021 - After opening all those gifts, many of us are left with a mountain of packaging. What’s the most responsible way to deal with the waste. We re-air a conversation from April with recycling expert Jennie Romer, author of Can I Recycle This? A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use. ~~~ Where we are from shapes who we are. For the Pfeiffer sisters, 1950s rural North Dakota proved to be an idyllic childhood. Together they wrote about their young lives in, "While the Windmill Watched." We re-air a conversation from May of 2021.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 – We’re reairing some of our favorite conversations from 2021. It’s a book filled with lessons for leadership, but the advice can help anyone live a more meaningful life while making a difference. It comes to us from North Dakota State University Press. In May, we spoke with the author, Prakash Mathew as we discuss “We Are Called … to do The Right Thing.” Now retired, Mathew still serves as vice president emeritus for student affairs at the NDSU. ~~~ Churchgoers have missed church during this pandemic. Today we reair a conversation from October with poetry with Jamie Parsley, a poet, priest, and one of the associate poet laureates of North Dakota as he discusses ministry in the time of covid.