Search results for

Sue Balcom discusses pumpkins for cooking.

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - We continue candidate conversations today as we hear from Rep. Kelly Armstrong, the incumbent Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. ~~~ November is Native American Heritage Month. Yesterday, we heard from the record number of indigenous people running for office this year. Today, we share a profile of Dr. Gerald “Carty” Monette, a recent inductee into the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. ~~~ Sue Balcom discusses pumpkins for cooking.

In this first episode of our new Dakota Datebook series, "Teachings of our Elders," we'll hear Dr. Wayne Fox, educator and enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nation share a bit about helping students develop a deeper relationship with the land around them.

Friday, November 4, 2022 - Tonight at 9 Prairie Public will feature jazz programming associated with the book “Fargo Jazz.” Earlier this year Ashley Thornberg visited with musician Russ Peterson and photographer/writer W. Scott Olsen about the book, and we take the occasion of tonight’s new show to re-air that conversation. ~~~ Urban farmers who want to buy land often look to vacant lots. It seems like a win-win for the farmers and the city. The farmers get the land they need and can bring more food security to their neighborhoods. And the vacant lots are taken care of while the city gets more greenspace. But as Harvest Public Media’s Eva Tesfaye reports, urban farmers often struggle to get that land. ~~~ Dave Thomson joins us for this week’s news chat, as we take a deeper look at news of the week. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Tar,” the new movie starring Cate Blanchett.

Monday, November 7, 2022 - Linda LeGarde Grover is a professor emerita of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and an award-winning author. She returns to Main Street to discuss her latest book, “The Sky Watched,” which gives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life in English and Ojibwe. November is Native American Heritage Month. ~~~ Tickets are still available for “The Moth,” which is coming to North Dakota with a mainstage event in Fargo next month. We share an encore visit with executive producer Sarah Austin Jenness.

In this episode of Dakota Datebook's Teaching of our Elders series, we'll hear Gladys Hawk, elder and educator, who was an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, share a bit about the importance of reciprocity with the land as we use its natural resources.

November 2, 2022 - Native American Heritage Month coincides with the election this year. Nine Native American candidates are running for legislative or statewide seats in the upcoming election. Alicia Hegland Thorpe visits with each of the 9 candidates to learn about the challenges to running and their thoughts on this record number of indigenous candidates. ~~~ Agritourism is a boom business. Harvest Public Media’s Xcaret Nuñez reports. ~~~ John Cox, Ph.D, is a professor of East European history at NDSU. He recently translated the book, The Cherry Tree, the first English translation of a Sorbian novel, a near-extinct West Slavic language. He speaks with Todd McDonald.

Monday, October 24, 2022 - Drew Wrigley, the appointed Attorney General, is seeking election to the post. He visits with Matt Olien. ~~~ We also visit with Michael Howe, one of the three candidates for Secretary of State.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - Libraries are academic spaces. And in one professor’s imagination, a portal that protects us from cosmic evil. Brian Urlacher, Ph.D. chairs UND’s political science department by day and reads cosmic horror in his free time. He’s now joining the ranks of fiction writer with his new novella, The Library of Chester Fritz, a fictionalized story of how the library protects us from malicious cosmic forces. ~~~ Tribal colleges across North Dakota are boosting apprentice opportunities thanks to a recent $14 million donation. The funding comes from a trio of private energy companies. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe visits with Dr Cynthia Lindquist, president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College. ~~~ We share another profile from this year’s class of inductees into the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. Kevin Todd Finley was inducted for his work as basketball coach and athletic director at United Tribes Technical College.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - NDSU political science professor Nicholas Bauroth discusses the upcoming election in this excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show with host John Harris. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Sweet Betsy.” ~~~ Fintan Dooley is seeking election as agriculture commissioner. He visits with Matt Olien.