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Wednesday, December 27, 2023 - It’s the time of year everyone has a Best Of list. Even dictionaries get in on the trend. “Woke” made dictionary.com’s short list for word of year, following a 2300% increase in searches. We revisit a conversation with philosopher Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein on the long history of this suddenly popular word. ~~~ Dr. Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, He Died in the Harness.” ~~~We’ve eaten enough lately and been overstimulated. Sue Balcom has a Main Street Eats about getting back in touch with nature, and feeding the birds. ~~~ Speaking of birds, why do we love some and loathe others? We air a BirdNote on doves and pigeons.
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In the new book "Charlie Chaplin vs. America," bestselling Hollywood biographer and historian Scott Eyman explores the tumultuous life and times of this once-in-a-lifetime talent. He visits with Prairie Public film critic, Matt Olien.
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The New York Kammermusiker is returning to North Dakota for the group's 16th annual Winds of Change Concert series. Main Street spoke with the group's founder and director, North Dakota native Ilonna Pederson.
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The North Dakota Council of Teachers of English is hosting an online event that's open to the public. It will feature Natalie Goldberg, whose 1986 book "Writing Down the Bones" sold more than one million copies.
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A new book explores the 1974 murder of North Dakota native Arlis Perry, who was killed at Stanford University's Memorial Church.
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From the Main Street archives. Jill Kandel moved to a tiny village in Zambia right after she got married. She and her husband spent six years there developing infrastructure for improved farming techniques. Decades later, she wrote a book.
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Kayla Jones, a project manager for the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, developed a training program about Diversity Equity and Inclusion that is available for various organizations. She joined Main Street to discuss the purpose of DEI trainings and what they involve.
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With help from Montana Pool Service and Nike's N7 program, Standing Rock youth will now be able to find community and a sense of belonging with a new skate park and basketball court.
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Host Ashley Thornberg, News Director Dave Thompson, and the executive directors of the North Dakota Newspaper Association Cecile Werhman and Steven Andrist have a roundtable about journalism in North Dakota.
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There's nothing quite like sitting around a bonfire — particularly if that fire is surrounded by a work of art. Main Street's Ashley Thornberg visits with Hunter Nickel, who made a nearly seven foot tall sculpture for a recent midsummer camping festival. This interview is a project of FM Arts, a special radio series of profiles, performances, and discussions with artists in the Fargo-Moorhead area. This series is funded by The Arts Partnership, with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.
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Hillary Kempenich is an Anishinaabe artist and knowledge-keeper, and one of this year’s Bush Fellows.
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Work is underway on a possible vaccine for the devastating avian disease, as Harvest Public Media's Katie Peikes reports.