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It's more than $264 million over forecast.
Main Street, hosted by Ashley Thornberg and Craig Blumenshine, keeps its finger on the pulse of Prairie Public's broadcast region.
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Iron Opera is a documentary exploring high art in a small town. It introduces us to a legendary concert pianist who teamed up with an Ojibwe language teacher, a skateboarding accordionist, and talent imported from every corner of the Earth to pull off the impossible. It's airing on Prairie Public May 30. ~~~ Have you ever seen a Smooth Green Snake? They inhabit much of North Dakota, and as Chuck Lura explains, they're beneficial and down-right friendly. ~~~ News Director Dave Thompson reviews the news. ~~~Matt Olien is Prairie Public's movie critic. Today he looks at the latest in the Mad Max saga, Furiosa.
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The state's Republican governor allowed the bill to become law without his signature. The move comes after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptations; the songs “Meter Run” and “Worth It” and Gasoline Rainbow. -
The same solar region that brought an outburst of night-time beauty in early May is coming back around. But things have changed, a space weather expert tells NPR.
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Episode 111 features Jenny Owen Youngs, a hit co-writer, acclaimed singer-songwriter and wildly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcaster, Lyle Lovett's award-winning fiddler Luke Bulla, folk band il gato and musician Mol Sullivan. Plus, Plains Folk essayist Tom Isern traces the origins of Great Plains ballad, "Little Sod Shanty on the Claim."
