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Monday, July 10, 2023 - North Dakota State University's new Cybersecurity program will be available beginning this Fall. Jeremy Straub, Associate Director, NDSU Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research stops by to discuss. ~~~ Plains Folk ~~~ In an excerpt of the Prairie Pulse television show, Kathy Knowles from Winnipeg is interviewed by John Harris about her work in Ghana, Africa, building libraries. ~~~ Poetry from Studio 47 profiles poet Hellain Cardona and we hear her poem, “The Sexiest Flower.”

Friday, July 7, 2023 - Our monthly Journalists Roundtable features news director Dave Thompson, along with two very special guests this month, with the former and the present executive directors of the North Dakota Newspaper Association – Steven Andrist and Cecile Wehrman. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

Thursday, July 6, 2023 - Audubon Great Plains and the Indigenous Association are pairing up for birding and Native knowledge. We visit with Lisa Casarez of the Hidatsa Fort Berthold Tribe. She's executive director of Hiráaca Maa Aru Cáawi, a language reclamation non-profit. ~~~ An episode of Birdnote: ~~~ A report from Alicia Helgland-Thorpe, who attended the grand opening and dedication of a skatepark and basketball court in Standing Rock. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, “Kind Hearted Old Soldier.”

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigates crimes, provides forensic services, maintains a criminal history database, trains law enforcement officers, and provides public safety education. Joining us is Lonnie Grabowska, BCI director. ~~~ The WeFest Country Music Festival is coming up in August. In an excerpt of the Prairie Pulse television show, host John Harris visits with general manager Mark Bjerke. ~~~ Great American Folk Show host Tom Brosseau visits with Fargo tintype photographer Kary Janousek.

Monday, July 3, 2023 - News director Dave Thompson visits with Edward Fitzpatrick O'Keefe, the chief executive officer of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. They discuss the plans for this ambitious project coming to Medora. ~~~ In an episode of Birdnote, we hear a story about birds who take advantage of a free ride during their migrations. ~~~ There’s a new farm incubator in North Dakota. It’s a place where people are given temporary, exclusive, and affordable access to land, infrastructure, and training, for the purpose of launching farm businesses. We visit with Megan Langley, executive director of Strengthen ND. ~~~ The Farm Bill is up for renewal this year. And the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, is almost always a partisan battle. Republicans have pushed hard to expand work requirements for those who get SNAP. Harvest Public Media’s Eva Tesfaye reports.

Thursday, June 29, 2023 - The North American Game Warden Museum is a museum in the International Peace Garden on the Canada–United States international border between the Canadian province of Manitoba and the U.S. state of North Dakota. The museum is located on the American side of the border. Initially founded on a temporary basis at the International Peace Garden in the 1990s, it became a permanent museum in 2005. Stephanie Lee is the museum's manager. ~~~ Biologist Chuck Lura shares an essay on the state flower. ~~~ 2023 is the International Year of Millets! Harvest Public Media shares why farmers are embracing this drought-tolerant grain. ~~~ It’s a big deal for the North Dakota Council on the Arts. Executive Director Kim Konikow talks about their biggest budget ever and what they’re doing with the money. ~~~ Today’s BirdNote is about napping in mid flight.

Friday, June 30, 2023 - It's been four years since his dual lung-transplant and now Shannon Mohn is living "Life 2.0." He has been traveling, hiking mountains, weightlifting, and paving the way for electric cars throughout the region as an automotive instructor at Minnesota State Community and Technical College Moorhead. ~~~ Dave Thompson joins us for our weekly news discussion. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Asteroid City,” the newest from quirky director Wes Anderson.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - Walhalla is celebrating its 175th anniversary over the July 4th holiday. We visit with Zelda Hartje of the Pembina County Historical Museum. ~~~ Poetry from Studio 47 comes to us from Patrick Hicks. Today he profiles poet Barbara Crooker. ~~~ Harvest Public Media’s Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco reports on funding that will help communities provide more green space. ~~~ An episode of Breaking Barriers, oral histories from the Red River Rainbow Seniors. ~~~ Natural North Dakota

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - Joe Williams in one of this year's Bush Fellows. Director of Native American Programming at the Plains Art Museum by day, we visit about how he'll use the fellowship money to change the perception of Native American art from niche to a valued part of the region’s identity. ~~~ Chuck Lura tells us about the sneaky way cowbirds get other birds to care for their eggs. ~~~ There's nothing quite like sitting around a bonfire. Particularly if that fire is surrounded by a steel structure, nearly 7 feet tall with two multiple angular shapes that spin and a platform for a second, elevated fire. Hunter Nickel made just such a sculpture for a recent midsummer camping festival. ~~~ We share a Tell Tale: Dakota Folklife and Stories episode about a war bride.

Monday, June 26, 2023 - The Green Dot is a bystander intervention program that seeks to engage and mobilize community members in their role in preventing violence. Joining us are Anna St. Amant, prevention education director and Aaron Hochstetler, Green Dot violence prevention coordinator, both in conjunction with the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center in Fargo. ~~~ Work is underway on a possible Bird Flu vaccine, as Harvest Public Media's Katie Peikes reports. ~~~ Hillary Kempenich is an Anishinaabe artist and knowledge-keeper, and one of this year’s Bush Fellows. She's using the time and money from the fellowship to broaden our understanding of indigenous people and practices. ~~~ Plains Folk ~~~ BirdNote.