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Thursday, May 3 – David Jenkins is president of an organization called Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, a group that supports the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Waste Prevention rule, which helps reduce lost natural gas. He joins us to explain why failing to recover the wasted gas is bad for taxpayers. ~~~ Part two of our series from Harvest Public Media on beef cattle genetics. ~~~ The governor’s Travel and Tourism Awards were recently announced. Receiving the “Heritage Award

Wednesday, May 2 – George Crook is one of history's often overlooked generals. We hear his story from Gary Enright, the director of the 1881 Courthouse Museum in Custer, South Dakota, as he visits with Lori Walsh of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “In The Moment.” ~~~ In part one of a two-part series, Harvest Public Media reports on how ranchers are using genetics to build up beef herds. ~~~ In an excerpt from The Cutting Ed podcast, host Tom Gerhardt visits with Zak Allen with the National

Tuesday, May 1 – It’s our monthly Editors’ Roundtable show with news director Dave Thompson. This month we welcome new guest Kimberly Wynn, Bismarck Tribune city editor, who will be joined by roundtable veteran Matt Von Pinnon, editor of the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. ~~~ A report from Harvest Public Media on how the growing demand for halal meats in the US is changing food production.

Monday, April 30 – "The Fight Against Colon Cancer – Screening & Treatment" is the topic of this year’s Community Lecture organized by the College of Science and Mathematics at NDSU. Tonight’s lecture will feature NDSU alums Michelle Mahoney and Douglas Mahoney, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. They join us to discuss their careers and to preview tonight’s presentation. ~~~ Schools are supposed to prepare students for the future. From The Cutting Ed podcast, host Tom Gerhardt

Friday, April 27 – Maya Rao, a writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has written a book of narrative nonfiction called “Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks and the Making of an Oil Frontier.” It's about her time reporting on the North Dakota oil rush and the OPEC oil price war that followed. She joins us in advance of upcoming appearances in Grand Forks. ~~~ In part 5 of Harvest Public Media’s series on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Peggy Lowe reports on how the

Thursday, April 26 – Little Women is a classic novel from Louisa May Alcott. It's getting the PBS Masterpiece treatment, with a new series beginning on May 13th. Prairie Public is hosting an advance screening of the first hour this Sunday 2pm at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck and at Prairie Public's Fargo studio. Prairie Public's Darcy Bakkegard is a former English teacher. We visit about the novel and the evolution of teaching classics to students. ~~~ Federal food benefit

Wednesday, April 25 – Today is Parental Alienation Awareness Day. Parental alienation refers to children being manipulated by one parent to hate the other. Here to discuss the problem is Sean Brotherson, NDSU Extension Family Science Specialist. ~~~ And on part three of our series on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is part of the Farm Bill being negotiated, we hear a story about work requirements. ~~~ In this week’s Natural North Dakota Chuck Lura talks about some weedy

Today we start with two more excerpts from “Standing Rock and the Media,” the symposium that took place last week at UND that examined media coverage of the protests over the DAPL Pipeline. One of the presentations was titled "Challenges of Communicating the Government's Story," which featured Nicole Willis, a consultant assisting the Standing Rock Tribe, and Scott Davis, the executive director of the state’s Indian Affairs Commission, who job it was to serve as Governor Dalrymple’s

Monday, April 23 – We learn about the Culinary Arts program at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton from associate professor Kyle Armitage. We’ll hear about their restaurant nights, a recent trip to a regional championship, and an upcoming food tour through Italy. ~~~ The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is the country’s biggest federal food aid effort. In the first part of a weeklong/5-part series, Harvest Public Media’s Erica Hunzinger provides a primer on

Friday, April 20 – Faye Seidler is advocating for at-risk transgender youth in North Dakota. She’s looking to improve resources and support in schools across the state, and she’s also been involved with a new clinic, the Harbor Health Clinic, which provides hormone therapy at a much reduced cost. She joins us to discuss those efforts and also to share her personal story. Find her open letter to trans youth HERE. ~~~ In the past, President Donald Trump has threatened to terminate NAFTA, the North