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5702 - Thursday, September 9, 2021 - This Saturday, the Williston Basin International Airport will host the inaugural XWA Air Show. Joining us for a preview is Airport Director Anthony Dudas. ~~~ NDSU history professor Tom Isern has a Plains Folk essay titled “Hundreds of Ballads.” ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for this week’s episode of Main Street Eats. Today she’s talking about hummingbirds.

Friday, September 10, 2021 - UND philosophy professor Jack Russell Weinstein is here to preview this Sunday’s WHY radio show when he’ll discuss “What is Machine Learning and Why is it Important to Philosophy?” His guest on Sunday will be Emily Sullivan, assistant professor of philosophy at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Her research explores the intersection between philosophy and data and computer science. ~~~ Samantha Specks is the author of Dovetails in Tall Grass: A Novel. The book was inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged in Minnesota in 1862. It’s a powerful tale of two young women connected by the fate of one man. She visits with Lori Walsh, host of In The Moment on South Dakota Public Radio. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” the latest superhero film based on Marvel Comics.

Now and then in the middle of a Plains Folk essay you may hear me erupt into song, sometimes mournful, sometimes exuberant, because singing is a significant part of my life. I am, as I sometimes remark, an unreconstructed folkie from the 1970s, and there was a time when I made rent with a Martin dreadnought. Thank God I don’t have to do that now. Because the music business is full of, well, real musicians.

Ask anyone old enough to remember the polio years, and they will probably recall waiting in line to take a vaccine on a sugar cube. Dr. Jonas Salk gets a lot of credit for developing a vaccine to defeat polio, but this oral vaccine came out years afterward, developed by his rival, Dr. Albert Sabin.

Thursday, September 16, 2021 - Andrew Clark is the chief archaeologist for the State Historical Society of North Dakota. He joins us to preview his upcoming presentation at the Heritage Center about a book he co-authored titled "Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains." ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about Impatiens, which are also known as jewelweed, or touch-me-nots. ~~~ Eliza Blue shares a Postcard from the Prairie. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for a discussion of Savory pies and sweet desserts using garden vegetables.

Meet Roger, a beloved regional character and jack-of-all-trades whose unique skills are attributed partly to a surprising childhood event in Carson, North Dakota.

The 1950s are remembered fondly by most US history textbooks. Known as the Eisenhower era, the postwar years were considered a new height of prosperity, with median family purchasing power increasing as much as 30%. Unfortunately, that prosperity was not universally shared. While many Americans were celebrating the end of World War II, indigenous people on the Fort Berthold reservation were being forced into a settlement agreement over losses they would suffer due to the Garrison Dam. After this settlement they experienced an economic decline aggravated by drought, poor relationships with the surrounding governments, and their decreasing ownership of the land.

I recently read a study about the Dakota skipper. The Dakota skipper is a small butterfly, with a wingspan of around one inch. Coloration is variable between the sexes with the upper wing surface of males a towny-orange to brown while females are a darker brown and spotted. The underside of males is dusty yellow-orange and females gray-brown with spots.

Friday, September 17 - A recent Kids Count report argues that the state could benefit by considering child care a form of infrastructure that can be good for the economy. Here to discuss the report and the need are Xanna Burg, Kids Count coordinator for North Dakota; and Jessica Haak, board member with the North Dakota Women’s Network. ~~~ Dave Thompson provides a deeper dive into some of the week’s biggest news stories. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “The Card Counter,” starring Oscar Isaac.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - We discuss "TR's Western Friends" with historian Duane Jundt and Roosevelt scholar Clay Jenkinson. It’s a preview of the upcoming Theodore Roosevelt Symposium on the theme “Western Scenes, Western Friends.” ~~~ Blood plasma is in short supply. Here to discuss the situation in North Dakota, the uses for plasma, and how to donate is Jennifer Bredahl, regional director for Vitalant Blood Donation.