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Thursday, March 9, 2023 - Director of radio Bill Thomas joins us with some highlights from this year’s Poetry Out Loud event. ~~~ Youth For Christ operates in over 100 countries and has a variety of programs, including youth clubs, sports ministries, music ministries, and evangelism training. The organization aims to connect young people, including young people considered “at risk” and provide them with support, mentorship, and guidance as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood. Sean Patterson, director from Grand Forks, and Greg Everett, executive director from Fargo, discuss the mission of YFC.

In 1932, North Dakotans were on the alert at the prospect of something big: gold in North Dakota! Earlier in the year, free flake gold was reportedly washing up in the Missouri River near Denbigh. On this date, mining engineer Deane Purves declared to Williston residents his belief that it is “possible there is gold enough on the Missouri bottoms in the vicinity of Williston to create profitable employment to many men out of work.”

Friday, March 10, 2023 - News director Dave Thompson is here to discuss the latest from the legislature and other highlights from the week’s news. ~~~ The Great American Folk Show is heard weekly on Prairie Public. Today we share an excerpt as we learn how to make a great stew. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about owls. ~~~ Matt Olien joins us for an extended movie conversation as he reviews Aftersun, a coming-of-age drama, and previews Sunday’s Academy Awards presentation, sharing his predictions for the big winners.

North Dakota Native American Essential Understanding number three is about sharing and generosity. It states, "Native people have rich traditions of sharing and generosity, which include gifting, shared meals, powwow gatherings, shared living spaces, and care for relatives, including the environment, natural resources, and waters."

Tempers flared during the 1933 legislative session in Bismarck, when the leader of a ballot measure to repeal alcohol prohibition in the state sparred with state lawmakers.

Unusual and even bizarre events can pop up during sessions of North Dakota’s legislature. In 1890, during the state’s first legislative session, the House of Representatives convened one day at 7:00am. Several members overslept, requiring a call of the house to compel their attendance. The sergeant-at-arms went out to rouse the missing members. He reportedly fired blanks from a revolver to get one representative out of bed! Another member was roused by “a large cannon fire cracker.”

In today's episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear Jerome Dancing Bull, enrolled member of the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara nation, share a bit about how all living things are holy.

What's on your football playlist? Sue Balcom gives us the game-day food playbook.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 – Cyber Madness is a two-day event where North Dakota students team up and compete to solve today’s most pressing cybersecurity issues. We visit with Cathy White, First Tech Challenge Robotics Coach & Technology Coordinator for Alexander Public School, and Prairie Public’s Troy Jackson II, an education services associate. ~~~ Dr. Rupak Gandhi is the superintendent of schools in Fargo, and he comments on the declining test scores students have faced during the pandemic. He visits with John Harris in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “That Hungry Coyote.”

Four women have served on the North Dakota Supreme Court. The first was Beryl Levine, appointed by Governor George Sinner in 1985. Voters later elected and re-elected Levine to the court. She served 11 years on the court, and retired on this date in 1996.