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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 – “More Than Just the Music” is a new Prairie Public television documentary that profiles the Lincoln High School choir and their optimistic view of the world and its future. Our guests are Thief River Falls, MN, choir director Darcy Reese, and Prairie Public producer Barb Gravel in a conversation recorded at a gathering last week of Prairie Public supporters. ~~~ November is Native American Heritage Month. One event to commemorate the occasion will be an appearance

With killing frost hitting much of the state, we touch base with horticulturist Ron Smith.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 – Chloe Marie Watterud was the North Dakota winner of the “Celebration of Music” talent search. As such, the 18-year-old recently participated in filming the Celebration of Music National Show, hosted by PBS personality Ethan Bortnick. That show will be distributed next year. She joins us to discuss her experience in California where the show is being produced. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Potato Bugs and Paris Green.” ~~~ Poetry from Studio 47:

Monday, October 28, 2019 – Meet Keith O’Brien, author of “Fly Girls, How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History.” Among the women profiled is Florence Klingensmith, who grew up in Clay County. O’Brien is in town as part of the One Book, One Community reading project, which is featuring “Fly Girls.” ~~~ Ava Hill is a North Dakota native and “Miss International.” She is also an international ambassador for the Peyton Heart Project, which works to end bullying and suicide.

Keith O’Brien, author of “Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History.” Among the women profiled is Florence Klingensmith, who grew up in Clay County, MN. O’Brien is in the state as part of the One Book, One Community reading project.

Sunday, October 27, 2019 – Our Sunday morning show highlight show will feature Ashton Hauff the founder of Makewell, a Bismarck-based organizations that unites entrepreneurs and artisans and small businesses people in several states. ~~~ We’ll also have a Dakota Journalists podcast excerpt with veteran newspaper editors and reporters talking about the future of their profession. ~~~ And psychiatrist Dr. Judith Orloff will talk about her new book about empathy.

Friday, October 25, 2019 – For our monthly Journalists Roundtable, host Doug Hamilton and news director Dave Thompson are joined by special guests Robin Heubner, investigative and enterprise reporter at Forum Communications and WDAY TV in Fargo; and Monica Hannan, managing editor for KFYR-TV in Bismarck. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Zombieland: Double Tap Road Trip.”

Thursday, October 24, 2019 – Makewell is a community of more than one thousand “makers” around the Midwest. The organization seeks to equip makers and dreamers by sparking ideas and igniting action. On November 2nd, the organization will be holding its first-ever “Maker Award Show” in Bismarck. Makewell founder Ashton Hauff joins us to discuss what Makewell is all about. ~~~ In an episode of Poetry from Studio 47, Patrick Hicks profiles Carl Dennis. ~~~ After a short hiatus, retired English

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – The Army Corps of Engineers says there’s potential for record run off water this spring along the Missouri River . News Director Dave Thompson covered last night's meeting and joins us with details. ~~~ What is the future of journalism? In this excerpt from the Dakota Journalists podcast, regional journalists ponder the direction of the industry they worked in for decades. ~~~ We hear from two more teachers who were finalists for North Dakota ’s 2020 teacher of the

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – Prairie Pulse host John Harris talks with David Borlaug, president of the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation and the director of Capital Gallery West, a new fine arts facility in Medora. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Cry of the Plover.” ~~~ Dr. Judith Orloff returns with another discussion of empathy and how being an empath can stress a person out. Her new book is “Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People.”