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Today is Halloween, a perfect time to talk about scary stories, ghosts, and old legends! The North Dakota State Archives holds many items that speak to such things. After all, history is rife with stories of the unexplained, and North Dakota is no different.

Friday, October 28, 2022 - It’s time for our monthly Journalists Roundtable. It’s been a busy news month. Here to chat with Ashley and news director Dave Thompson are Joe Skurzewski, news director and anchor, KMOT minot; and Dave Kolpack of the Associated Press. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Ticket to Paradise.”

Monday, November 14, 2022 - “Uff Da: The Folk Art of Emily Lunde” is the title of an exhibit at the Barnes County Museum. Joining us to talk about Lunde is Dr. Suzzanne Kelley, editor-in-chief of the ND State University press, whose dissertation featured Lunde and four other “memory artists” of the Great Plains region, from Texas to Saskatchewan. ~~~ Veterinarian clinics in rural communities have been dramatically declining in numbers for decades. Rural veterinarians often get paid less than urban practitioners, take on more workload and carry thousands of dollars in debt from medical school. Harvest Public Media’s Xcaret Nuñez reports. ~~~ Brenna Gerhardt, executive director of Humanities North Dakota visits with John Harris in an excerpt of the Prairie Pulse television show.

North Dakota’s bare landscape isn’t known for its trees, but in the state’s centennial year of 1989, North Dakota provided two trees for Christmas in the nation’s capital.

Hear Debbe Poitra, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, share a bit about the importance of storytelling in the Michif culture and how those stories help to express important ideas, values, and the history of a people.

In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear Debbe Poitra, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, share a bit about the importance of storytelling in the Michif culture and how those stories help to express important ideas, values, and the history of a people.

Friday, November 11, 2022 - Sunday’s episode of “WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life” explores the question “What Makes a Movie Good?” with Jinhee Choi, Reader in Film Studies at King's College London. Host Jack Russell Weinstein gives us a preview as he visits with Prairie Public movie critic Matt Olien. ~~~ On this Veteran Day, we share another profile from the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. In this case, it’s a group – the soldiers from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa who served and died in Vietnam. It’s narrated by former tribal chair Richard Marcellais. ~~~ Jessie Veeder shares an essay titled “Edie’s Worried.” ~~~ Dave Thompson recaps the week’s news. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Armageddon Time,” which features Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - Teresa Perleberg and Chris Armbrust were honored last week for their preservation of the schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota – a National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. From earlier this year, we have a feature from special contributor Brandi Malarkey who took a tour of the Nome Schoolhouse. ~~~ As winter approaches, we visit with Dr. Nancy Hodur, the director of the Center for Social Research at NDSU. She discusses a recent report from North Dakota Compass about the financial burden of housing in North Dakota and how renters and homeowners compare, and how we compare nationally.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - We discuss yesterday’s election with news director Dave Thompson and NDSU political science professor Nicholas Bauroth. ~~~ Candace Stock is an Indigenous Chef -- she grew up on White Earth -- who now works at Bernbaum's in Fargo (an award-winning restaurant). This fall, she was engaged to prepare a Native American multi-course, ambitiously flavorful meal in Medora. The Theodore Roosevelt Library project had a meeting with tribal leaders from the area and they wanted something special. So, she put together a meal that is a treat to hear about. ~~~ In a special BirdNote, we share the first in a series called “Indigenous Voices.”

Today on Dakota Diners, we visit with Kevin Hartel of Maple Valley Meats in Enderlin, North Dakota. He makes a sausage that’s very popular — a cold-smoked sausage called Farmer's Rope. Host Tom Brosseau visits with Kevin to learn about the process of cold-smoking.