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Author Mary Roach ~ ND Tourism Update ~ Making Lefse with Evelyn Hensud

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Monday, May 16, 2022 - Science writer Mary Roach has adapted her book “Packing for Mars” for a middle school audience. How did NASA engineers make a toilet for zero gravity? How do you deal with food that won’t stay on silverware or waste that clings to your derriere? We’ll find out! ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about migrating birds. ~~~ State tourism director Sara Otte Coleman visits with host John Harris in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Tomorrow is Syttende Mai, the 17th of May, Norwegian Constitution Day. It’s another popular day for lefse, a traditional Norwegian food. In Sunday’s Great American Folk Show Tom Brosseau visited with lefse-making teacher Evelyn Hensud, and in case you missed it, we thought it was deserving of an encore.

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