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Tuesday, November 12 – Today the Bush Foundation announces five winners of the Bush Prize for Community Innovation with awards of up to $500,000. There’s a North Dakota winner, but we can’t reveal that until Tuesday. Tune in to meet a representative from the winning organization. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Fair Chase.” And he visits with us about the new audio book for “Pacing Dakota,” which is a compilation of his essays. ~~~ Mark Trahant shares commentary from the Native

Monday, November 11, 2019 – November is Native American Heritage Month. Laura Youngbird is the Plains Art Museum's Director of Native American Programs. She helped organize a screening of "Warrior Women" about the women of the American Indian Movement. ~~~It’s Veterans Day today, and last year, Prairie Public partnered with the State Historical Society of North Dakota collecting oral history interviews of Vietnam vets. We share three excerpts from “Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years.” ~~~

Sunday, November 10, 2019 – A repeat of our conversation with philosophy professor Jack Russell Weinstein as he tackles the biggest question of all – what is the meaning of life? ~~~ Gabe Brown talks about his experience with regenerative agriculture and pilot projects involving 100-thousand acres. ~~~ We get some tips on canning and pickling from a recent First Fridays at B discussion about food.

Friday, November 8, 2019 – Jack Russell Weinstein previews this Sunday’s WHY radio show, when he’ll visit with Michael Ruse of Florida State on the topic of “does Accepting the Theory of Evolution Mean There is no Meaning of Life?” ~~~ November is Native American Heritage Month, so for this week’s Poetry from Studio 47 Patrick Hicks profiles Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “The Lighthouse.”

Thursday, November 7, 2019 – John Nichols is a National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. He’ll be the keynote speaker for the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition’s Human Rights Summit. He joins us to preview his presentation and to discuss the current state of American media. ~~~ Another profile from the ND Native American Hall of Honor as we learn about Charles Murphy, former Standing Rock Tribal Chair, who was inducted this year in the category of leadership. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a

Wednesday, November 6 – Between late planting, floods, and trade turmoil, many families in agriculture are operating under an extra layer of stress this year. But as Harvest Public Media’s Christina Stella reports, addressing mental health in rural communities is more complicated than increasing resources. ~~~ Speaking of mental health, Pam Sagness, the director of the behavioral health division for the North Dakota Department of Human Services, is John Harris’s guest in this excerpt from the

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 – Preston Truman Boyd, a Moorhead native, is joining the touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon Les Misérables as Inspector Javert. Boyd’s Broadway credits include Kiss Me, Kate, The Play That Goes Wrong, Sunset Boulevard, She Loves Me, One the Twentieth Century, Bullets Over Broadway and Big Fish . He joins us to talk about his next chapter in his impressive stage career. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a macabre Plains Folk essay, “The Poison was Taken

Monday, November 4, 2019 – DIRT stands for Dakota Innovation Research and Technology, but ultimately, it is about dirt. Modeled after the NDSU Café Talk program, it’s a workshop designed to present practical, science-based information for farmers, educators, researchers and anyone else interested in soil health. Here to discuss the event and the “growing” interest in soil health is Abbey Wick of NDSU Extension. ~~~ Emily Kulzer of the Historical Society of Clay County joins Prairie Pulse Host

Friday, November 1, 2019 – Prairie Public music host Mike Olson is interviewed by John Harris in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ We share another profile from the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. Today it’s artist Butch Thunder Hawk, one of this year’s inductees.~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here for his weekly discussion of recent headlines. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.”

Thursday, October 31, 2019 – Nicotine addiction, tainted cartridges, hospitalizations, and concerns about a growing black market have health officials and legislators trying to address the problems with vaping. Here to discuss the proliferation of vaping and the strategies to counter it is Fargo Cass Public Health Tobacco Prevention Coordinator Melissa Markegard. ~~~ A story on picking a Halloween costume from NPR’s Leila Fadel. ~~~ In this week’s Natural North Dakota, biologist Chuck Lura