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Thursday, July 12 – “WWI Pilots and Their Planes” is the topic of a presentation coming to the Prairie Village Museum in Rugby. Joining us with a preview of his talk is Glenn Blackaby, director of the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. ~~~ Kevin Locke is a Lakota and Anishinaabe storyteller, recording artist, educator, and flute player. He is most known for his hoop dance. Locke told his story to Madison Mullen of StoryCorps -- the oral history project now recording in Bismarck. ~~~ NDSU

Wednesday, July 11 th – The annual END-WET swimming race on the Red River recently took place, and for the first time on the 36-mile course there was a 100% finish rate. Eighteen solos and one team had entered the water at Belmont Park, and the same number made it to downtown Grand Forks. Up next for this extreme racing group is the Wilderman, and in the fall there’s the Halloween Double Feature. Joining us to discuss extreme racing is End Racing’s Joel Larson. ~~~ A report from Harvest Public

Tuesday, July 10 – News director Dave Thompson starts us off with a discussion of the severe storm that hit the Watford City area last night. ~~~ Say the words alternative school and you might picture kids in trouble with the law, but alternative schools help a variety of students who might otherwise get lost in the shuffle of traditional education. In an excerpt from the Cutting Ed podcast, host Tom Gerhardt speaks with Grand Forks Community School teacher Eileen Zygarlicke. ~~~ Storycorps is

Monday, July 9 – Immigration attorney Anna Stenson joins us for a conversation about immigration issues in the news and what an immigration lawyer is able, and unable, to help with. ~~~ Mark Trahant is the editor of Indian Country Today. He shares his thoughts on the resignation of EPA head Scott Pruitt. ~~~ Can small steps impact the global environmental movement? The push to eliminate plastic straws worldwide may seem small in the fight against plastic pollution, but Caroline Fairless argues

Friday, July 6 – Jack Russell Weinstein joins us to preview this Sunday’s episode of “Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life.” His guest this month is UND history professor Eric Burin, who weighs in on the NFL and the apparent blackballing of quarterback Collin Kaepernick. ~~~ Trade disputes with China, Mexico and Canada threaten to slash U-S food exports by billions. Frank Morris reports for Harvest Public Media. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson joins us to discuss the latest

Thursday, July 5 – We learn about the James Memorial Art Center in Williston from Deana Novak, vice president of the board of directors. On Friday, the center will honor Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on her 111th birthday. There’s also an exhibit of Minot artist Kim Whittemore, known for her whimsical style. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk column, “Watermelon and Thistles.” ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay on Swamp Ragwort. ~~~ Sue Balcom of The Root Sellers farm outside

Tuesday, July 3 – Prairie Public Production Manager Barb Gravel produces the show Prairie Musicians. She joins us with a preview of who’s on this season . ~~~ Director of Radio Bill Thomas drops by with excerpts from StoryCorps . He spoke with mobile-booth facilitators Madison Mullen and Savannah Winchester about their lives on the road recording oral histories. ~~~ In a constantly connected world, we are constantly bombarded with information. Wallace Jackmon, Ph.D, studies anxiety and

Monday, July 2 – A growing number of communities are adopting no-sort recycling, relying instead on companies that have automated sorting. Today we learn how that works from Bill Keegan, president of Dem-Con , a solid waste processing company. ~~~ Poet Tim Murphy died this weekend. Murphy drew on his experience as a political conservative, alcoholic, abuse victim, gay man, Boy Scout, and reborn Catholic to inform his poetry. We revisit a conversation with Murphy when his book, Devotions, was

Friday, June 29 – Our monthly Editors’ Roundtable discussion of events with news director Dave Thompson and special guests, Steve Wagner of The Forum and Monica Hannon of KFYR TV in Bismarck. ~~~ StoryCorps had its Bismarck kick-off event. Director of Radio Bill Thomas shares a couple highlights. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews The Incredibles 2, a sequel 14 years in the making.

Thursday, June 28 – Darley Newman is the host of Travels with Darley on PBS and Amazon Prime. The crew just wrapped up filming an episode in North Dakota, tentatively airing this winter. ~~~ Baseball umpires don’t get paid more if games go into extra innings. From NPR’s Morning Edition, Shankar Vedantam looks into how that affects the calls they make. ~~~ Ahh, the dog days of summer. From the Simple Self Care podcast , host Randi Kay has tips on maximizing summer. ~~~ Sue Balcom of the “ Root