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There is a lot of texture to historical life on the prairies that gets glossed in historical memory. As my old friend John Helgeland used to say, doing History is mainly a matter of leaving things out. That is how a historian, academic or popular, tries to get at the essentials and make a manageable, useful story.

Thursday, August 18, 2022 - Lyndsay Ulrickson is a new grantmaking officer with the Bush Foundation, and her focus is North Dakota. Lyndsay is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She grew up in north central North Dakota and lives in Minot. She joins us to discuss her new position, which allows her to further the foundation’s mission to provide “opportunities to people who think bigger and differently about problem solving in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share that geography.” ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us for a cover crop discussion on “Main Street Eats.”

Ashley and Alicia join Sue for a discussion about problems with pickles.

What to do with those bare spots.

Not bad, says Matt. But when it comes to screwball violence, it's no Pulp Fiction.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - Youthworks North Dakota provides critical support for at-risk youth across the state – everything from anti-trafficking services to transitional housing. Here to explain this wide-ranging effort is Megan Lundborg, survivor, leader, and supervisor at YouthWorks in Fargo, which has an event coming up to help youth return to school with a back-to-school clothing giveaway. ~~~ Concordia College has joined the E-Sports ranks. We’ll find out why, and how it all works as we visit with the new e-sports coach, Lucas Campoverde. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about parasitic plants.

Friday, August 19, 2022 - An encore visit with Winifred Gallagher, author of “New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story.” It’s about pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights. ~~~ Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien review “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin, who finds himself on a collision course with lethal adversaries on the world's fastest train.

On this date in 1917, North Dakota Senator Porter J. McCumber announced that the Senate had passed his bill mandating the draft of alien residents. It directed the president to enter into negotiations with European allies to approve drafting their citizens in the United States into the American Army.

In the summer of 1910, former president Theodore Roosevelt was still making headlines in the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper. Roosevelt had been on page one in June as the paper recorded his interaction with passengers at sea off the coast of Ireland as he began his return after a triumphal tour of Europe.

Tuesday, August 15, 2022 - Yesterday’s interview about Monarch butterflies reminded us about one of our favorite interviews from last year when we spoke with Dr. Jonathan Balcome, biologist and author of the book “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects.” So here is an encore of that conversation as he’s interviewed by Ashley Thornberg. ~~~ Admiral Rachel Levine is an assistant secretary for health at the US department of Health & Human Services. Her office recently reported that 7 to 23 million Americans have developed a long covid, which can last weeks, months and even leave some previously healthy individuals disabled. In an excerpt from Conversations on Health Care, Levine discusses long COVID, monkeypox, access to reproductive health, and LGBTQ issues.