Filmmaker Milton Nieuwsma ~ Prairie Out Loud Winner Caroline Huber ~ Horticulturist Ron Smith

Milton Nieuwsma joins us to discuss his film “Inventing America: Making a Nation.” It brings our Founding Fathers back to life in a TV talk show filmed before a live audience. This program features three delegates to the Second Continental Congress—Thomas Jefferson (Bill Barker), Benjamin Franklin (John Hamant) and John Adams (Sam Goodyear)—discussing the lead-up to the Declaration of Independence. A fourth delegate, John Dickinson (Rodney TeSlaa), who refused to sign the document, reveals the conflict behind this historic event. The film airs July 4 on PPB4, one of Prairie Public’s digital channels. ~~~ We hear from Caroline Huber of Minot High School, this year’s Poetry Out Loud winner. ~~~ Patty Olson of Safe Kids Grand Forks stops by with some summer safety tips. ~~~ Former NDSU Extension horticulturist Ron Smith answers some lawn and garden questions.