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North Dakota has a rich baseball history. Legends of the game, including Roger Maris and Satchel Paige, have a connection to the state.

Host Craig Blumenshine sits down with interior design expert Professor Susan Ray-Degges, film critic Matt Olien reviews the new Superman movie, and musician Tom Brosseau takes a trip to Medora, North Dakota.

I suspect that most people have seen a small hawk-like bird perched on a utility pole or line that is a little larger than a mourning dove but smaller than a pigeon. If so, that is likely a sparrow hawk, also known as a kestrel.

Leif Erickson led the first European expedition to North America around the year 1000. It’s difficult to determine how far inland they traveled, and their settlements were abandoned after a short time. Many centuries passed before Scandinavians began arriving in the New World in large numbers.

Episode 43 features Seattle singer-songwriter Shelby Earl, fiddle player Josie Tompkins, Dublin musician Eoin Glackin, violinist and teacher Ellie MacPhee, and 16-year old folk musician Ned Swarbrick.

On this date in 1889, the Bismarck Tribune reported that "Wahpeton has a large and juicy scandal for the delectation of gossip." A Fargo divorcée got off the train in Wahpeton to meet a prominent man for a romantic rendezvous. She had written a letter indicating the time and date.

Director of Radio Ann Alquist sits down with Director of Television Barb Gravel and Prairie Public President & CEO John Harris to explore the legacy of Lawrence Welk and the story behind the new documentary Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy. Plus, Main Street host Craig Blumenshine chats with Beach, North Dakota Mayor Walter Losinski, and we wrap up with a sneak peek into Mike Olson’s latest playlist.

The common bullhead catfish on the northern plains is the black bullhead. The state record for North Dakota is 4 pounds, 9 ounces, taken from Devils Lake by a lad from Fort Totten. I’ve never seen a bullhead even half that size.

There are a dozen species of sage that may be found in North Dakota. Among the more common are a couple species that most people would just call sagebrush, wormwood (an introduced noxious weed), and fringed sage or prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida).

How can healthy roles in youth sports help kids thrive? Plus: dying bur oaks, forgotten farm tech, Alaska wave energy, and climate stories from spuds to sprinklers.