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Expert insights on the 2024 election, North Dakota races, and what’s next for property tax reform—plus Prairie Plates serves up some comforting post-election dishes.

On this date in 1941, poultry were in the news in various ways. During World War II, poultry played a crucial role in the “Food for Freedom” program, which aimed to boost food production with the slogan "food will win the war." In 1942, farmers were tasked with producing a minimum of 4 billion dozen eggs, an 18 percent increase from the previous year.

A Veterans Day Special featuring WWII Veteran Rolf Slen as he shares his remarkable experiences and reflections from the war from the Fargo Air Museum.

The Vietnam War was a polarizing and traumatic event in American history. Should we stand strong against the spread of Communism or should we allow others to chart their own course? While many Americans signed up to serve in the United States Armed Forces, other Americans marched in the streets to protest the war.

Great legacies can have small beginnings. This includes varsity hockey at the University of North Dakota. On this date in 1908, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, The Student, asked, “How would you like to have at your disposal, morning, noon, and night, an open-air rink, 200 by 150 feet, in good condition, where you could play hockey or just have a good time?"

CBS Sunday Morning aired a story a couple weeks ago on people searching out larch trees in the western mountains during the fall to observe their golden colored needles. Although there are no larch native to North Dakota, an introduced species is grown as an ornamental in the state.

I’ve been arguing, along with Richard Edwards and his new book, Great Plains Homesteaders, that we should rethink our history with the Homestead Act on the Great Plains. You can do some of this for yourself, of course. If you have a homesteading ancestor, then you can order up the land patent file from the National Archives and learn the gritty details of proving up. You can scroll through the digitized pages of your local and regional newspapers and watch the notices of final proof blink in across the landscape like farmyard lights at prairie dusk.

Episode 21 features Tejano/country musician Tish Hinojosa, banjo duo Willow Osborne and Jessie Blue Eads, UK musician Hattie Whitehead, and North Dakota poet Emma Katka. Plus, Tom talks with retired Prairie Public radio director, Bill Thomas, who shares a folk song.

Ann Alquist visits with the Head of Reference Services, Sarah Walker, at the Heritage Center in Bismarck to learn more about two veterans she interviewed as part of an oral history project: Nathan Goodiron and Thelma Saxby.

Rick Gion reveals his ultimate post-election comfort food, the dish he turns to for a satisfying pick-me-up after the polls close.