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Friday, September 30, 2022 - It’s our monthly Journalists Roundtable. In addition to news director Dave Thompson, we have special guest journalists Jill Schramm, associate editor with the Minot Daily News; and Monica Hannan, managing editor at KFYR-TV. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Don’t Worry Darling.”

We know outdoor people love their gear. Jason Gilbraith and Benjamin Gleason of Vanna Adventure Vans are no exception. In this extended conversation from today's Main Street, they nerd out with Ashley Thornberg about off-grid batteries and van life etiquette.

Sue Balcom joins us to discuss green tomatoes – ripening, frying, chutney and more.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - From fecal transplants to renewable energy, the new book Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure explores why we might want to make our number two, a number one priority. We visit with science writer Dr. Bryn Nelson who’ll be speaking at Ferguson Books in West Fargo on October 6.

Thursday, October 6, 2022 - In an update from the Prairie Public Education department we hear about a continuing education opportunity for teachers called “Amplifying Student Voices.” We visit with Darcy Bakkegard and Tim Wollenzien. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Taking a Bite Out of a Ground Apple.” ~~~ Louise Erdrich’s book “The Night Watchman” is being featured this month in a One Book, One community reading project, and she’ll be appearing at an author event Thursday, Oct. 27 that will also be streamed live online. We share an interview from 2020 as Erdrich visits with NPR’s Scott Simon. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us to discuss green tomatoes – ripening, frying, chutney and more.• The author event will be streamed live at https://www.concordiacollege.edu/streaming/and at https://video.ibm.com/channel/concordia-college

Rick Steves discusses “Art of Europe,” his new show on PBS. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here to discuss the week’s headlines. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Blonde,” a look at the rise to fame and the epic demise of actress Marilyn Monroe.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - Jackie Stebbins of Bismarck is the author of Unwillable: A Journey to Reclaim My Brain. It’s the story of her battle with autoimmune encephalitis, a rare brain illness. ~~~ Capitol Shakespeare is presenting the Merry Wives of Windsor, and they’re setting it in the 1950s! Here to tell us about it is artistic director Erin Weichel.

On this date in 1930, a Fargo woman successfully made a 2,400-foot parachute jump at Salt Lake, North Dakota, about 30 miles northeast of Napoleon. The feat seemed particularly daring, after news of nine fatal aviation accidents from across the nation occurring in a single day. There had also been a death weeks earlier when a professional parachute jumper in Chicago fell when helping rescue a woman dangling from a plane in a tangled parachute.

This week in 1915, the paper’s “Northwest Gleanings” section chronicled events from around the state. One of Fargo’s early newspapers was the Fargo Daily Courier-News. In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, it touted Fargo as “The Gate City of North Dakota.”

On this date in 1910, the pioneer town of Timmer established a Post Office. Located along the Northern Pacific railroad about twelve miles southeast of Flasher, the town was named after C. L. Timmerman, a Mandan banker, rancher and merchant.