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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. -
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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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - Our candidate conversations continue, today with independent candidate for Secretary of State, Charles Tuttle. ~~~ “Freeman Vines: Hanging Tree Guitars” is a new exhibit at the North Dakota Museum of Art. It tells a story much deeper than guitars, as we learn from Timothy Duffy, who collaborated with Freeman Vines, artist, a luthier, and a spiritual philosopher, whose life is a witness to the truths and contradictions of the American South. ~~~ A BirdNote feature on the various types of bird calls. -
“Freeman Vines: Hanging Tree Guitars” is a new exhibit at the North Dakota Museum of Art. It tells a story much deeper than guitars, as we learn from Timothy Duffy, who collaborated with artist, luthier, and philosopher Freeman Vines — whose life is a witness to the truths and contradictions of the American South. -
Main Street's Ashley Thornberg visits with Naomi Bender, Ph.D, who is presenting “Culture as Medicine: Reimagining Health Education to Address and Impact Health Inequity in Our Communities” Monday, October 17, at 7pm at Concordia College. -
Temple Grandin is an autism activist, scientist and New York Times bestselling author. She visits with Main Street's Ashley Thornberg to discuss her new book, “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions.” -
Rick Steves discusses “Art of Europe,” his new show on PBS, with Main Street's Ashley Thornberg. The 6-week series airs Sundays at 3pm Central. This extended conversation includes more behind-the-scenes information on making the show, how to travel with people for a long time, and what security measures a travel pro recommends. -
From life-saving fecal transplants to renewable energy, the new book Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure explores why we might want to make our number two, a number one priority. Main Street's Ashley Thornberg visits with science writer Dr. Bryn Nelson who’ll be speaking at Ferguson Books in West Fargo on October 6. -
Our summer intern, Nick Rommel, is back at the University of Chicago, but he has a final piece we're sure you'll enjoy. Nick is a musician in his own right, and when he heard about a Metis fiddler on the Turtle Mountain reservation, he had to check it out. -
Scott Prebys visits with Conductor Efrain Amaya and the father-son team of Erik Anderson, cellist, and Erik Mychal Anderson, composer. -
An extended conversation of the interview that first aired on Main Street:Being a police officer is a tough job, perhaps tougher than ever. Helping the police manage is Dr. Aaron Suomala Folkerds, an ELCA ordained minister who teaches full time at MSUM in counseling, but also works for the Moorhead Police Department as wellness coordinator, embedded counselor, and chaplain. He joins us to explain this important new type of police work. -
September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. The new book Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide details author Juliet Patterson’s grief journey following her father's suicide. Patterson will be speaking at 5:30pm on September 23 at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Fargo. There will also be a spokesperson from the Fargo chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Patterson spoke with Main Street's Ashley Thornberg.
