12/17/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by North Dakota's newest Governor, Kelly Armstrong. They talk about his goals now that he has the office, and how he plans to address property taxes in the state.

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12/16/24: Joel Heitkamp and former Governor Ed Schafer sit down in the KFGO studio once again for another edition of "Table Talk." They share their thoughts on everything from property tax reform, homelessness, and the economy. 

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12/13/24: Joel is broadcasting live from the 98th Annual North Dakota Farmers Union state convention in Bismarck, and is joined by Peter Leyden. Peter is a Futurist on artificial intelligence technology, and is the keynote speaker at the convention. 

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12/13/24: Joel Heitkamp is broadcasting live from the North Dakota Farmers Union convention in Bismarck, and is joined by Megan Vig, the NDSU Extension Agent for Steele County. She talks about the free succession planning workshops NDFU is conducting in partnership with the Extension next year. 

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12/12/24: The group is a bit scattered this week, but we still have all our usual participants! Jack Michaels, Joel Heitkamp, Rusty Halvorson, and Too Tall Tom Szymanski are all making their picks, as well as our boss, Dan Cash. 

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12/10/24: Joel is joined by Jen Pickett and Mary Aldrich in the KFGO studio for another "Recycling Reality Check" to talk all things recycling ahead of the holidays. 

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12/11/24: Joel Heitkamp and Abby Miller are joined in the KFGO Studio by FM Area Foundation to talk about their Caring Catalog. Michelle Johnson is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the FM Area Foundation and Eric Wilkie is the Executive Director. 

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12/10/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by the Workforce Services Director for North Dakota Job Service, Phil Davis, to talk about their upcoming Nationwide Virtual Job Fair in January and November jobs report. 

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12/11/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by David French for a conversation about President Biden's final days in office, specifically regarding the war in Ukraine. 

David French is an Opinion columnist for The New York Times. He also served in the JAG Corps as an Army lawyer and was awarded a Bronze Star. After 21 years of legal practice, he joined the National Review as a senior writer, but left in 2019 to help start The Dispatch, a conservative media company, then joined the Times in 2023.

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12/06/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by North Dakota's State School Superintendent for the first time after her win in the November Election. Superintendent Baesler was first elected to the office in 2012, and she and her 86-person team oversee the education of public and nonpublic school students in more than 480 buildings across the state.

Joel asks her on "News and Views" to talk about Superintendents in North Dakota resigning, and gets her take on a new South Dakota proposal. 

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