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Thursday, May 17 – As the Memorial Day holiday nears, we get a highway safety reminder about drinking and driving. North Dakota ranks second in the United States for fatal accidents involving drunk drivers. 6.62 deaths per 100,000 residents. That number comes from a study done by Value Penguin, a consumer research company. Joining us is the author of the study, Joe Resendiz. ~~~ Jennifer Walcott Goldstein is a lifelong educator, working as a teacher, teacher coach and administrator. In this

Wednesday, May 16 – North Dakota Tourism director Sara Otte Coleman is John Harris’s guest in this excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Legal representation can be difficult to come by, or very expensive in rural areas. Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer looks at unbundled legal services as a middle ground option. ~~~ Sue Balcom of the Root Sellers farm near Mandan joins us for a discussion of seasonal eating. ~~~ From the Simple Self-Care podcast , host Randi Kay guides us through

Tuesday, May 15 – Leah Juelke is the 2018 North Dakota teacher of the year. She and students Aline Uwase and Van Tran join us to discuss the “Journey to America” writing project in which students write and publish their immigrant stories. ~~~ NDSU English professor Bruce Maylath is the co-founder of the Trans-Atlantic & Pacific Project, which has linked students in writing and translation courses across four continents. The students gain experience in preparing texts for translation and

Monday, May 14 – Amy Krueger was the recipient of the governor’s 2018 “Legend Award” for Travel and Tourism. Amy is the director of the Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau. She joins us to discuss Williston’s growth, paddlefish, Band Day, the Chokecherry Festival, chainsaw carving and more. ~~~ The lack of high-speed internet is a real problem in many rural areas. Without it, businesses locate elsewhere, young people flee, and aging residents can’t access telemedicine, meaning communities

Jack Russell Weinstein, host of “Why? Philosophical Discussions of Everyday Life,” is here to preview this Sunday’s conversation with Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy and St. Olaf, and the author of “The Existentialist Survival Guide.” ~~~ Not a lot of films get made in North Dakota. On this week's Prairie Pulse with host Matt Olien, we learn about the challenges and successes filmmaker Dan Bielinski faced in making his short film, “The Badlands Girl.” ~~~ Our Friday news chat with Dave

Thursday, May 10 – The weather has finally cooperated, meaning it’s time for horticulturist Ron Smith to answer your lawn and garden questions. Call 888-755-6377 or write mainstreet at prairie public dot org. ~~~ Doug and Ashley have our What’s Happening calendar of events.

Danielle Andersen is an associate director for the Storycorps mobile tour, which is coming to North Dakota in June. She joins us to explain how you can reserve a spot to record a conversation with a loved one, or anyone else you choose. StoryCorps gives people of all backgrounds, typically two at a time, the opportunity to record meaningful conversations that will be archived at the Library of Congress. ~~~ Mark Trahant shares a commentary about an effort to relax pollution rules in Minnesota

Tuesday, May 8 – Another exhibit of the St. John’s Bible has come to North Dakota. The “Gospel & Acts” volume is now on display at St. Gabriel’s Community in Bismarck through May 17 th . Today we visit with David Allen, senior consultant for spiritual care at the Benedictine health system. He’s had the responsibility transporting the exhibit on a tour through the Midwest, and he shares some interesting stories about that journey. ~~~ The Quilters Guild of North Dakota will be holding a quilt

Monday, May 7 – If you're a foodie, and you don't know the name Sean Sherman, it's time to. He started the collective The Sioux Chef. Members of the collective on a mission to revitalize traditional indigenous food, and their new cookbook – The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen – just won the James Beard Award for American cookbooks. It’s one of our thank you gifts during our membership drive. Today we share an encore presentation of the conversation we had with him last December. ~~~ Speaking of

Friday, May 4 – Bill Thomas visits the Butterhorn restaurant in Bismarck where he chats with Chef Stephanie Miller. ~~~ And speaking of food, Chuck Lura says time to hunt morel mushrooms in today’s Natural North Dakota essay. ~~~ NDSU history professor Tom Isern shares this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Operation Snowbound.” ~~~ News director Dave Thompson joins us for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Avengers: Infinity War.”