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Friday, February 24, 2023 - Our monthly Journalists Roundtable will take a closer look at the current legislative session. In addition to Prairie Public news director Dave Thompson, we welcome special guests Jeremy Turley, Forum Communications reporter based in Bismarck; and Jack Dura, reporter with the Bismarck Tribune. ~~~ Matt Olien Reviews "Women Talking."

Thursday, February 23, 2023 - Last year, the North Dakota department of corrections created a new position, a director of diversity and cultural competency. Erica Thunder was named to the post, and in this excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show, she discusses her role with host John Harris. ~~~ The need for quality child care far outweighs the supply, and it’s worse in rural areas. Harvest Public Media’s Xcaret Nuñez reports. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “The Whole Aspect of Nature is Transformed.” ~~~ Sue Balcom is talking about potting soil in another episode of Main Street Eats.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - What does it mean to want to become a teacher today and how is the training of teachers in North Dakota evolving? Dr. Yvonne H. Cannon, Assistant Professor in the Division of Education at Mayville State University, talks about the challenges and opportunities for students who aspire to become teachers. ~~~ Dr. Travis Hoffman, assistant professor and sheep extension specialist at North Dakota State University brings us up-to-date on the state’s sheep industry. His work and research aims to support an integrated supply chain for sheep, lamb, and wool production as part of the land grant mission to help North Dakota and Minnesota sheep producers.

In this episode of Dakota Date book, we'll hear Josie Lawrence, enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation share a bit about how to teach by example.

In an encore presentation from January 2020, host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Adam Hosein, philosophy professor at Northeastern University in Boston. Hosein is the author of "The Ethics of Migration: An Introduction."

Jack Russell Weinstein visits with philosophy professor Mark Reiff of the University of California at Davis. Mark R. Reiff is the author of five books: In the Name of Liberty: The Argument for Universal Unionization (Cambridge University Press, 2020); On Unemployment, Volume I: A Micro-Theory of Economic Justice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); On Unemployment, Volume II: Achieving Economic Justice after the Great Recession (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State (Oxford University Press, 2013), and Punishment, Compensation, and Law: A Theory of Enforceability (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Host Jack Russell Weinstein explores the question “What Makes a Movie Good?” with Jinhee Choi, Reader in Film Studies at King's College London.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Andrew Seidel, the author of "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American;" and "American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom." He’s also co-editor of an academic text, "Law and Religion: Cases and Materials."

The University of North Dakota recently announce that it found Native American human remains in storage, and has begun the repatriation process. With that current headline in mind, we offer an encore episode with George “Tink” Tinker, the Clifford Baldridge Emeritus Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, where he was still teaching at the time of this 2014 conversation.

Political freedom lies at the core of any democracy. Yet some people claim that even countries like America and England aren’t free enough. What does a free society look like and how much liberty is necessary for the moral life? In this encore presentation from 2011, Jack visits with James Otteson. At the time, he was Professor of Philosophy and Economics at Yeshiva University, but has since moved to Notre Dame, where he is the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics. He is also the Rex and Alice A. Martin faculty director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, and the faculty director of the Business Honors Program in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. And if that’s not enough, he’s also Senior Scholar at The Fund for American Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute. His latest book is Seven Deadly Economic Sins, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.