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Main Street explores college’s purpose with Dr. Weinstein, dines at Fargo’s Spaghetti Western, visits KKWE Native radio, and shares lunch with Marilyn Hagerty.

Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein explores college’s purpose, rising costs, and lasting value, arguing it remains a transformative force despite modern pressures.

Bill Siemering, NPR’s first program director and the author of its inspiring mission statement, recounts the network’s early goal of honoring diversity by including a variety of American voices. Also, we hear how America’s 18th century founders emphasized the importance of a free press and an educated citizenry to the success of their experiment in democracy. Features Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Gordon Wood (Brown University) and Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University).

From re-imagining health care and redefining drought to preserving prairie fruits and Indigenous homelands, these stories explore change, challenge, and resilience.

The fur traders who ventured to the American west relied on unpowered keelboats to haul furs back to civilization, where they could be sold. The boats had to be physically hauled up the Missouri River, then loaded and sailed back downriver with the current. The arrival of a powered steamboat would dramatically open the upper Missouri to trade and travel.

On Mainstreet, host Craig Blumenshine talks with journalist Allison Olimb about the role and importance of rural journalism in strengthening small communities. Plus, Director of Radio Ann Alquist sits down with John Dyste to discuss why independent grocery stores in small towns matter now more than ever, and why they’re worth supporting.

Main Street host Craig Blumenshine sits down with Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane to explore the current climate of American politics. Then, Prairie Plates' Rick Gion interviews Katie Chin, celebrity chef and featured speaker at the upcoming TEDx Fargo.

This week on Prairie Plates, Rick interviews Katie Chin. Katie is a featured speaker at the upcoming TEDx Fargo event coming up on Wednesday, July 23rd taking place at Brewhalla in Fargo. Katie is a celebrity chef, award-winning cookbook author, spokesperson, food blogger, and the Culinary Ambassador to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Katie is also the daughter of Leeann Chin, a famous restaurant name that you may recognize.

The latest report from the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission seems to show high consumer confidence, as 2025 shapes up to be a record year for airline boarding from the state's eight commercial airports. Passenger boarding numbers have been growing for the past 14 consecutive months.

On this date in 1946, alumni of the University of North Dakota's secret society called “Iron Mask” held a reunion.