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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - Imagine competing on a cooking show, complete with celebrity judges and timers and a film crew capturing your every move. Now imagine you’re not told what to make, but have to figure it out based on clues left in the kitchen. The detective and the baking shows are combined in Crime Scene Kitchen, which airs Wednesdays at 8 pm Central on Fox. Two contestants are from North Dakota. Thomas McCurdy, who now runs a farm in Vermont appears on the show with his mom Cathy

Monday, June 7, 2021 -Today is author Louise Erdrich’s birthday. In honor of this, we re-air a conversation from December 2020 when her novel, The Plague of Doves, was the One Book one Minnesota selection. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about North Dakota’s most popular game fish, the walleye.

Sunday, Jun 6, 2021 - A number of creative art projects are underway that will explore recovery from trauma for war veterans. In one of those projects, local songwriters and musicians will express those experiences in song. Joining us is veteran and musician Dan Hudson. ~~~ We visit with co-directors David Borlaug and Marci Narum of the Capital Gallery in Bismarck. ~~~ A Plains Folk essay from NDSU historian Tom Isern titled “Marching to Bismarck.”

Friday, June 4 2021 - For our monthly journalists roundtable with news director Dave Thompson, we welcome guest journalists Dave Kolpack of the Associated Press, and Jill Schramm, senior reporter with the Minot Daily News. ~~~ Matt Olien is here for his weekly movie review. Today's film is “A Quiet Place Part II.”

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - “Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook” is a new publication from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. This collection of essays from more than three dozen writers includes perspectives on the pandemic and situates them amid the long history of cooking, food, and women's work in the home. Joining is one of the editors, UND history professor Cynthia C. Prescott. ~~~ The Great American Folk Show with Tom Brosseau will be airing twice a month this

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - The Center for Forest Ecology at the University of Minnesota researches the effect of climate change on ecosystems in our region. Returning to our show with an update on their observations is the center’s director, Dr. Lee Frelich. ~~~ We visit with co-directors David Borlaug and Marci Narum of the Capital Gallery in Bismarck. There are a number of things to talk about, including their first student art fair that’s coming up. They also have a program called “Hang with

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - When parents lose a child, it can feel like life will never go on. Minot’s Melissa Olson lost her first born after a decade of health concerns following a premature birth. She’s channeled her love for Natalie, and her love of baking, into her business, Nine Sticks of Butter Cookies. It’s named in honor of Natalie’s birth weight. ~~~ Chuck Lura discusses prescribed burning in another episode of Natural North Dakota. ~~~ As school is over or winding down, it’s time to think

Sunday, May 30, 2021 - Jack Russell Weinstein joins us for another episode of Philosophical Currents as he and Ashley discuss the interaction of emotion and reason, especially as it applies to vaccine hesitancy. ~~~ The Great Plains Food Bank is more than doubling the number of Youth Summer Meals locations this year. We visit with the director of the program, Nancy Carriveau.

Friday, May 28, 2021 - A number of creative art projects are underway that will explore a recovery from trauma for war veterans. In one of those projects, local songwriters and musicians will express those experiences in song. Joining us is veteran and musician Dan Hudson. ~~~ Farming feeds the world, but it also contributes about 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions. For Harvest Public Media, Brian Grimmett looks into how a small group of Kansans are trying to develop crops that could lessen

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - A new quarterly forecast is out for the economy in North Dakota. Joining us to discuss the report is Jeremy Jackson, professor of economics at NDSU. ~~~ Deb Marquart grew up in Napoleon, deep in the Sauerkraut Triangle of North Dakota. After touring as a rock musician she moved to writing. She teaches at Iowa State in Ames, and is Iowa's Poet Laureate (and still performs music). She has piles of honors and critical praise, especially for her memoir "The Horizontal World: