© 2024
Prairie Public NewsRoom
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Latest Stories
Main Street
Featured Stories & Segments
Dare I say it's delicious? A lutefisk first-timer finishes feared fish
At last week's Norsk Høstfest, the annual Scandinavian festival in Minot, North Dakota, Prairie Public program manager Erik Deatherage was set out to "finally, finally try the often-dreaded traditional Norwegian fish dish, lutefisk."
The call of sandhill cranes
No doubt many North Dakotans hear a loud, gurgling call emanating from overhead during spring or fall, and look skyward in search of the source. After a bit of searching, you finally identify the source as a flock of large birds, way up there! If the flock is lower, long legs might be visible sticking out behind them. Ahh, the call of sandhill cranes!
My Life on the Plains
Sometime soon I will come to Prairie Public studios and record Plains Folk radio feature no. 1000. I am not winding down, but ramping up toward that recording, wherein I will, of course, offer some wise and witty remarks about life on the Great Plains of North America and the enterprise of telling their stories.
News from NPR
Destroyed homes are visible in the aftermath of a devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023.
Jae C. Hong
/
AP
Survivors of last year's deadly wildfire that decimated a historic Maui town will receive an additional year of housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Arts & Culture
Photo: Eric And Jackie Hylden
Episode 122 features Tennessee guitarist Joy Clark, London singer-songwriter Art Block, Chicago musician Steve Slagg, and folk singer Jesse Terry. Plus, singer-songwriter Michelle Malone’s new album, Southern Comfort, was released October 4. She joins us for a live session.