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Monday, August 3, 2020 - One silver lining of the COVID 19 pandemic is that some are returning to home cooking and exploring local flavors. Sarah Aaronson, host of The Write Question, visits with Yellowstone Public Radio’s Stella Fong about her newest cookbook, Flavors Under the Big Sky.The book pays tribute to her Chinese American heritage and the bounty of eating locally in the plains and in the mountains. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay, “Milkweed and Bees.” ~~~ Parenting

Friday, July 31, 2020 - It’s time for our monthly Journalists Roundtable. Joining host Doug Hamilton and news director Dave Thompson are special guests Steve Wagner, director of the Forum News Service, and Robin Huebner, investigative and enterprise reporter at Forum Communications and WDAY TV. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “First Cow,” a film that got its start on the film festival circuit before earning wider distribution after a solid response from audiences.

Thursday, July 30, 2020 - Event promoter Jade Nielsen of Jade Presents discusses the impact the pandemic is having on the music industry, event centers, and the people whose livelihoods depend on entertainment events. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, “Buffalo Skinners.” ~~~ Tom Brosseau, host of the Great American Folk Show, joins us for a preview of episode four, which airs Sunday, August 2 at 5pm. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for another episode of Main Street Eats. Today’s topic is

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - August 6th will mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Science writer Steve Olson discusses a key chapter in the development of the bomb in his new book, “The Apocalypse Factory, Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age.” He chronicles the discovery and weaponization of plutonium and the unforeseen consequences of the nuclear arms race, with a focus on the Hanford nuclear production complex in Washington State. ~~~ Yesterday we heard how the Frost

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - The pandemic has generated a desire by some urban folks to move to relocate to rural areas, a trend that could see more people moving into states like North Dakota. In neighboring Minnesota, Otter Tail County even hired someone to promote the idea. Erik Osberg, the county’s Rural Rebound Initiative Coordinator was recently featured in “The Daily Yonder,” an online publication covering rural America. ~~~ Frost Fire Summer Theatre is up and running … online! The longtime

Monday, July 27, 2020 - Kristin Knight Pace is one of thirty-one women in the world to have completed both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest dogsled races. In this interview, she discusses her memoir, This Much Country. She also reads a short passage. ~~~ Larry Watson’s book “Let Him Go” has become a feature film starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. Watson grew up in North Dakota and went to college at BSC and UND. He joins us to discuss his writing and the experience of having his book turned into

Sunday, July 26, 2020 - News director Dave Thompson starts us off with a COVID update. ~~~ An historic route from Mexico to Canada called The Great Western Trail is being remembered with historical markers all along the way. Volunteers have now completed the first phase of the project in North Dakota. Joining us is Darrell Dorgan, project manager. ~~~ NDSU historian Tom Isern not only shares a weekly Plains Folk essay on Main Street, he’s also hosting an online event every week he calls the

Friday, July 24, 2020 - North Dakota will likely have a variety of protocols across the state as schools try to safely resume in the fall. Here to discuss the many considerations school boards are facing is Nick Archuleta, president of ND United, the union representing many of the state’s teachers. ~~~ From the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Susan Hassmiller, Senior Advisor for Nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr.

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - News director Dave Thompson joins us a day early for this week’s news chat. ~~~ From the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Andy Slavitt. He’s the former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is founder of United States of Care and Town Hall Ventures, two entities committed to advancing health coverage and health reform in the US through bipartisan coalitions. ~~~ Commentary from

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - A recent Dakota Datebook on the religious group called the Doukhobors attracted the ire of some listeners. The original article in the Hope Pioneer from 1908 reported on an incident with the headline “Armed Fanatics,” but it turns out they weren’t Doukhobors! Here to provide a more accurate history of the Doukhobors are Jonathan Kalmakoff, who is steeped in Doukhobor history; and Dr. Ashleigh Androsoff of the University of Saskatchewan, who specializes in the history