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Monday, October 21, 2019 – Naturopathic doctor Alli Svobodny joins us for a discussion of toxins, including the effects on the brain. ~~~ Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today, shares his thoughts on a recent summit regarding the arctic, and the importance of including indigenous voices. ~~~ In this week’s Natural North Dakota, biologist Chuck Lura investigates a flood of toads in one pocket of the state. ~~~ Not everyone loves hugs. Some doctors and counselors say we shouldn't force them

Sunday, October 20, 2019 – When dinosaurs roamed the earth North Dakota was a very different place. This Sunday on Main Street Weekend, we'll talk with state paleontologist Clint Boyd about the fossil history from the Mesozoic Era. Boyd says only a fraction of the animals that lived millions of years ago have been identified, but North Dakota’s fossils offer a revealing glimpse of how things used to be—and intriguing details about dinosaur feathers and colors. ~~~ We’ll also hear about the Big

Friday, October 18, 2019 – Dr Karyn Chiapella is a special ed teacher, intervention specialist, and advanced composition teacher in Scranton, southwest of Dickinson. Her dedication was acknowledged this year as she was named one of the five finalists for North Dakota Teacher of the Year. She visits with Prairie Public teacher ambassador Darcy Bakkegard. ~~~ Dave Thompson joins us for a discussion of the week’s headlines. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Judy.”

Thursday, October 17, 2019 – American Indians are among the most underserved population on many levels...education, access to healthy food, and access to health care. Dr. Donald Warne is one of many indigenous leaders working to fix that. We share a conversation with Prairie Pulse host, John Harris. ~~~ In another profile from the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor, we hear about 2019 inductee Keith Bear. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota Essay on the Orionid Meteor Shower. ~~

Wednesday, October 16 – An art exhibition at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks is devoted to women winning the right to vote. It's part of a year-long celebration of the centennial of the 19th amendment, which congress ratified in 1920. The Her Vote Counts exhibition opened with a panel discussion featuring local leaders in the fight for equal rights. We hear from Marilyn Youngbird and former US Senator Heidi Heitkamp. ~~~ For most jobs in farming, there’s probably a robot for that. But as

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 – Ellen de Vibe is the former Chief City Planner of Oslo, Norway . She’s one of the featured speakers for the annual “Norway Seminar” put on by the Norwegian Teachers Association of North America, NorTANA. This year, the event will be held at UND, and the theme is “Oslo: Democratic Public Space.” De Vibe will will talk about the principles behind “Fjordbyen” and car-free livable cities. Also joining us is Melissa Gjellstad, professor of Norwegian at UND. ~~~ NDSU

Monday, October 14, 2019 – Governor Burgum has proclaimed October as Arts & Humanities Month. There is indeed a wealth of arts news from around the state, so we take the occasion to visit with Kim Konikow, the executive director of the North Dakota Council on the Arts. ~~~ We debut a new poetry feature called “Poetry from Studio 47” from write Patrick Hicks. Today he talks about English professor Heidi Czerwiec, who was recently on the faculty at the University of North Dakota. ~~~ Today is

Sunday, October 13, 2019 – Sunday morning on Main Street Weekend, we'll talk about the Casper Project—a six-month discussion about widespread distrust of the news media that was put together by the Society of Professional Journalists. Rod Hicks led the effort, which brought together dozens of Casper, Wyoming, residents to talk about how news is gathered and how it’s received, with the aim of reducing distrust. The discussions revealed deep divisions among news consumers. ~~~ Sue Balcom will join

Friday, October 11, 2019 – Jack Russell Weinstein previews this Sunday’s “WHY?” radio show when he’ll visit with Miranda Fricker in an episode titled “Who should we blame and who should we forgive?” Fricker is Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center. ~~~ Seven soldiers who died during the Vietnam War from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe were among the recent inductees into the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. An event honoring the 7 was

Thursday, October 10, 2019 – Citizens skeptical of the news recently participated in a series of five sessions in Casper, Wyoming, aimed at understanding the root of their distrust and identifying information that might be useful in rebuilding that trust. It was sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Here to tell us what they learned, is Rod Hicks, the veteran journalist tasked with leading the project. (a wealth of information about the project at: www.spj.org/pdf/casper-report