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  • A look at dying with dignity, a review of this week’s top news, and a powerful film discussion on Nickel Boys and the realities of injustice in Jim Crow-era Florida.
  • Rick Gion talks with Nikki Berglund about Nova Eatery’s cozy, scratch-made supper club vibe and its swift rise as Fargo’s newest downtown dining gem.
  • Deer hunters need to see clearly and aim accurately to bring home the big bucks. But they also need to follow basic gun safety rules to avoid harming themselves or other hunters.
  • During this week in 1996, Roosevelt Elementary School in Fargo, North Dakota, celebrated its 75th anniversary. Among the honored guests was one of the school’s most beloved retired teachers: 91-year-old music instructor Martha Hook.
  • Monsignor Shea reflects on Pope Francis’ legacy of compassion and inclusion. Plus, a preview of Valley City’s Earth Day events with environmental advocates.
  • Spring is often punctuated by a series of new sights and sounds as winter gives way to summer. It seems like each new sighting of a bird, for example, is duly noted and announced to others. Sighting the first robin of the season is probably the best example, but don’t forget to pay attention to the many other varied sounds of spring.
  • The year 1889 is so full of meaning in the history of the Great Plains. To Samuel Western (that’s his real name, seriously), it connotes the writing of constitutions, five of them, all in the Great Northwest — North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho — as authorized by Congress in the Omnibus Bill of 1889. He writes about them in his new book from University Press of Kansas, The Spirit of 1889: Restoring the Lost Promise of the High Plains and Northern Rockies.
  • Can a commission hold public officials accountable and be a check on corruption? This episode we look at the history of North Dakota’s Ethics Commission and why former state senator Ray Holmberg’s sentencing has put it in front of legislators as a place that could check power in Bismarck.
  • Emerging tech, river restoration, local food cuts, and key ND legislation—this episode explores regional changes shaping our environment, schools, and society.
  • Film critic Matt Olien reviews Bob Trevino Likes It, a poignant 2024 comedy-drama
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