Main Street
Monday-Thursday at 3pm and 7pm CT
Main Street brings the people, stories, and issues shaping Prairie Public’s broadcast region into focus.
Studio line: 888-755-6377
Email us: mainstreet@prairiepublic.org
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Heartview’s Monster Mile supports recovery, Prairie Plates visits an organic Red River Valley farm, and Prairie Beat looks at respiratory virus season.
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Hemingway and Gellhorn come to life onstage, Dr. Tom Isern reflects on America 250, and Harvest Public Media examines how SNAP changes are affecting rural communities.
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Authors Howard Dahl and Patrick McCloskey visit with Prairie Public about their new book, The Never Quitters: The E.G. Melroe Legacy. Plus, we talk with David Greene, host of the radio program Sports in America.
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Listen to a conversation with Cody Two Bears about the upcoming People of the Sun Festival, a story from The Tell Fargo, and a conversation about Bismarck's upcoming Food Truck Festival. Plus, A Closer Look with The Monitor examines North Dakota's new speed zones.
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Former Standing Rock Tribal Chairman David Archambault II gives Prairie Public a tour of WOZU, a nonprofit focused on regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, cultural revitalization and land stewardship. Alongside a herd of buffalo, he shares how reconnecting people with the land can help heal both the prairie and the community.
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Hear North Dakota’s fall migrants, uncover Bismarck’s buried past, preview September at Gateway to Science and review the news with Dave Thompson.
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North Dakota is a super-highway for migrating birds, meet genre-bending guitarist Gladius, examine kratom’s risks and visit Bismarck’s French-inspired Brick Oven Bakery.
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Bowman leader Lyn James shares how her community is building for the future. Also, Tom Isern defends North Dakota’s distinctive history, and federal staffing cuts leave farmers with less conservation support.
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Philosophical Currents examines a deceptively simple question: What does it mean to be educated? Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein considers the difference between knowledge and wisdom
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Tom Brosseau reflects on six years of The Great American Folk Show. Plus, new SNAP restrictions and a preview of ND’s special session in A Closer Look With the Monitor.