Fiddle Festival ~ News Chat ~ Oil and Medicare News ~ Movie Review

John Lardinois, “Fiddling Johnny,” is visiting Bismarck for the Arthur A. Link Fiddle Festival. He and the Frog Holler String Band will be performing at a free concert Saturday at the North Dakota heritage Center. Also joining us is festival chair Karen daSilva. ~~~ With oil prices falling, the industry is employing new techniques for maximizing the amount of oil they recover from wells. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports. ~~~ A bi-partisan effort is underway by the leadership in Congress to solve the problem of Medicare payments to doctors. In this excerpt from the Takeaway radio show, host John Hockenberry visits with Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson joins us with a discussion of the week’s news. ~~~ Matt Olien is here to review “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”