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Monday, May 6, 2019 – Ben Kubischta helped initiate the Scenic Byway Program in North Dakota. Now retired from the Dept of Transportation, he joins us to talk about the delights to be found on North Dakota’s back roads. ~~~ Bruce Berg shares an essay, Card Games. ~~~ The Hunger Free North Dakota Coalition is celebrating 10 years of helping people. In observance of that anniversary, each month we’re highlighting one of the coalition’s efforts. Today we visit with agriculture commissioner Doug

Friday, May 3, 2019 – James Wolner is the host of the 10 episode podcast, Dakota Spotlight which looks into a mysterious death of a Glen Ullin man. ~~~ A Way With Words is a show for language lovers, like Moorhead’s Sarah Tron, whose question about slushburgers was highlighted on their most recent episode. ~~~ News Director Dave Thompson discusses this week’s news. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews the record shattering Avengers: Endgame.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 – Matti Friedman is the award-winning author of “Spies of No Country,” a chronicle of the exploits of a ragtag unit assembled by the British as part of the battle for Israeli statehood during World War II. It’s a unique, often overlooked view of a pivotal moment in history. ~~~ The 2019 National Poetry Out Loud winner is Minnesota’s Isabella Callery. Bill Thomas joins us to talk about the power of poetry. ~~~ Sue Balcom is talking dandelions in today’s Main Street Eats. ~~~

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – "The Social Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing" is the subject of the annual Community Lecture organized by the College of Science and Mathematics at NDSU. The speaker this year is Wendy Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia and Faculty Associate at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. She joins us with a preview. ~~~ Farmers and ranchers who have been dealing with the fallout from Missouri River flooding also have been

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 ~~~ This Thursday is National Life Insurance Day. We visit with Dan Haglund of Sons of Norway Insurance about what you need to know. ~~~ Psychedelic mushrooms were federally banned back in the ’70s, along with a host of other hallucinogens. Harvest Public Media reports on a growing movement wants access to this fungi for medicinal use. ~~~ We know it’s important to save for college for our kids. 529 plans are good options. How many parents have considered an IRA for their

Monday, April 29 – The Hunger Free North Dakota Coalition is celebrating 10 years of helping people. In observance of that anniversary, each month we’re highlighting one of the coalition’s efforts. Today we discuss the summer food service program, which provides lunches during the summer when school is out. Joining us is Linda Schloer, director of child nutrition programs at the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. ~~~ A new study shows forests are really good at filtering contaminants

Friday, April 26, 2019 – Our monthly Editors’ Roundtable show features news director Dave Thompson and guest journalists from around the state. Today we have Mike Jacobs, columnist and former editor of the Herald of Grand Forks; and KVRR’s Joe Radske.

Wednesday, April 24 – Marcus LaVoi is from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. He stars alongside Uma Thurman in Chambers, coming out Friday on Netflix. ~~~ Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO…the list of subscription services has grown to 300, and is still growing. Nearly half of consumers say they’re getting frustrated. Jeff Loucks is the executive director for Deloitte’s Center for Technology, Media and Telecom. He joined Tanzina Vega on The Takeaway to talk about subscription frustrations

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 ~~~ Renowned Egyptologist and Minot native Mark Lehner will be making appearances in his home town May 2 nd , visiting schools and speaking at the Minot State Alumni Association Gala. He joins us to discuss his fascinating career that began with a trip to Cairo in 1973. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, The Prairie in Your Freezer. ~~~ From our Prairie Pulse television show, we share an excerpt of a conversation with Don Kautzmann, a coordinator with Clay County

Monday, April 22, 2019 – Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein are the authors of “The Problem of Democracy.” The book revisits the concerns of John and John Quincy Adams, who felt that hero worship and blind allegiance posed a danger for democracy. The authors argue that it’s a problem persisting today. ~~~ Titicut Follies – the Ballet, is the stunning product of a partnership between choreographer James Sewell and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. The Ballet is coming to