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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - Every month our Journalists Roundtable features a discussion of topics in the news. Joining host Doug Hamilton and news director Dave Thompson today are special guests Dave Kolpack of the Associated Press; and Monica Hannon, managing editor at KFYR-TV. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay titled "June Beetles and White Grubs."

Monday, June 29, 2020 - Thomas Jefferson scholar Clay Jenkinson joins us to discuss his new book, “Repairing Jefferson’s America: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship.” And he has another new book, “Bring Out Your Dead,” a book of essays related to the pandemic.

Sunday, June 28, 2020 - A news update from Dave Thompson tops the show. ~~~ Prairie Public contributor Meg Luther Lindholm has created a new podcast called “Uplifted.” She joins us to introduce the series and we share one of the episodes. ~~~ Helping Native Americans thrive is the mission of the Native American Development Center, and they recently received an important grant to assist in that effort. Bill Thomas visits with founder and executive director Lorraine Davis about Native, Inc. ~~~

Friday, June 26, 2020 - John Harris visits with Governor Doug Burgum in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. They discuss the pandemic, the economy, and the racial unrest that has troubled the nation. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson joins us for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews the new Spike Lee film, “Da 5 Bloods,” which, until theatres reopen, is available on Netflix.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 - Prairie Public contributor Meg Luther Lindholm has created a new podcast called “Uplifted.” It’s a look at personal/global problems through a spiritual (non-religious) lens. She joins us to introduce the series and we share one of the episodes. ~~~ Climate change and the environmental damage caused by large-scale agriculture have researchers searching for ways to increase productivity without furthering harm. Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer reports. ~~~ Sue Balcom is

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - One of the finalists for the Midwest Book Awards is “Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors” by Denise Lajimodiere and published by the North Dakota University Press. The book is built around the stories of sixteen people who attended an Indian boarding school. It also takes a hopeful look toward a future. In a conversation from last year, she speaks with Ashley Thornberg about the

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - With the heightened racial tension in the country, we share a special program today from “The Write Question,” which features authors from the western United States. Host and producer Sarah Aronson visits with Shonda Buchanan about her memoir “Black Indian,” an inspiring story that explores her family’s legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with the consequences of this dual inheritance. Buchanan is an award-winning poet and

Monday, June 22, 2020 - From the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease, Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He urges ongoing measures to protect the public and front line health care workers and discusses the scientific efforts to produce treatments and a vaccine. ~~~ Mark Trahant commentary reflects on summer, noting it’s not likely to resemble the lazy, hazey

Sunday, June 21, 2020 - We begin with a news update from Dave Thompson ~~~ The pandemic is exacerbating the already difficult times for nursing homes, we visit with Shelly Peterson, president of the North Dakota Long Term Care Association.~~~ A discussion of antibody testing of blood donors and the need for convalescent plasma with Cliff Numark, the chief marketing officer for Vitalant blood bank, which has donation centers in Fargo, Bismarck and Minot.

Friday, June 19, 2020 - Matt Olien starts our show today on the theme of “Most Over-Rated Movies.” ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay on the twogrooved Poisonvetch. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ ND tourism director Sara Otte Coleman discusses her hopes and concerns for this summer in a visit with John Harris, host of the Prairie Pulse television show.