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Tuesday, January 2 – Best Selling author Marta McDowell’s latest book is called "The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books." McDowell looks takes a fresh look at Wilder by examining the author's relationship with the land. She visits with Lori Walsh of South Dakota Public Radio’s “In The Moment.” ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Beaches of Manitoba.” ~~~ We share an encore presentation, one of our favorite interviews of 2017,

Chef Tim Rosendahl joins us to continue our conversation about current food trends.

Thursday December 28 – Bitcoin has been making a lot of news, with an astonishing leap in value, but just what the heck is a cyber currency? Are we all going to be using such global currencies in the future? Are there risks? Here to answer some of the questions, and to explain how he’s making a business out of the currency, is Ryan Berry, the CEO of Fargo Bitcoin. ~~~ A Plains Folk essay from NDSU history professor Tom Isern, A One-Spotted Hog. ~~~ Chef Tim Rosendahl joins us to continue our

Wednesday, December 27 – Today we’re looking back at a few of 2017’s memorable interview. We start with Leann Bertsch. She’s the director of North Dakota’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. She had an eye-opening visit to prisons in Norway and is now implementing some of the interesting strategies she observed. We re-air a conversation from July. ~~~ 2017 was a good year for sky watchers. In August, Ashley Thornberg and Fred Remer flew to Nebraska to be in the Path of Totality. Remer

Tuesday, December 26 – It’s a look back on the music of 2017. We visit with our music aficionados Mike Olson and Scott Prebys. Mike hosts Into the Music and Scott hosts Prebys on Classics and Prebys on Jazz. ~~~ We also revisit on of our favorite music stories of the year, The Tremble Clefs Choir. It’s for people with conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, as well as their loved ones.

Friday, December 22 – On this Friday before Christmas, we revisit a conversation from October with Tim Ternes, the project coordinator for The St. John’s Bible. Nearly 70 hand-calligraphed pages of the bible are on display at Moorhead ’s Hjemkomst Center . The St. John’s Bible highlights women, celebrates racial diversity, math, science, and more. ~~~ Native American Night Before Christmas is a book from writer, filmmaker, and photographer Gary Robinson , who runs Tribal Eye Productions. We

We catch up with North Dakota senator John Hoeven, who shares some perspective on what’s been a rather raucous time of late in the nation’s capital as the tax reform bill is passed. ~~~ The Sioux Chef’s Sean Sherman teams up with Anishinaabe writer Winona LaDuke to celebrate the winter solstice with a Manidoo Giizisoons Feast, or Feast of the Little Spirit Moon. ~~~ Chef Tim Rosendahl of Rosey’s Bistro is here to continue our discussion of 2017 food trends. ~~~ Doug and Ashley have our What’s

Film buffs Tom Brandau and Matt Olien join us to discuss the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, and the latest crop of 25 films selected for inclusion

Monday, December 16 – Dr. Michelle Perro is a co-author of “What’s Making Our Children Sick.” It’s a critical analysis that makes the argument that industrial food trends are causing an epidemic of chronic illness. It also shares some insight on approaches available to heal children and adults by improving diets. ~~~ In this week's commentary from UND professor Mark Trahant, we hear about Paulette Jordan, the only Native American lawmaker in the Idaho Statehouse, who's now announced a run for