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This Sunday on The Great American Folk Show features musicians Jolie Holland, Robert Ellis, and Courtney Hartman; and host Tom Brosseau chats with Julie Wolfson.

An interview with author CJ Wynn on her book "Wilder Intentions," which chronicles a murder in Minot.

Sunday, January 23, at 5pm: Intelligence Squared Debates presents: "Is Cancel Culture Toxic?"

This Sunday on Prairie Public Presents: The Black History of the Banjo traces the history of this most American of instruments from its ancestors in West Africa through the Caribbean and American South and into the present, as a new generation of Black women artists reclaim the banjo as their own.

This Sunday on Prairie Public Presents: In honor of Flag Day and the Fourth of July, the Smithsonian unveils the often misunderstood stories behind two of our nation's most famous flags: the Betsy Ross flag, and the Star Spangled Banner.

Episode 41 features 12-string guitarist Greg Hager; abstract painter Nuala Clarke; banjoist duo The Lowest Pair; and a Dakota Diners visit to Prairie Sky Breads in Minot. Plus, Larry and Julia Marple on their Theodore & Edith show in Medora.

This Sunday in Prairie Public Presents: Whether it's the theremin, the octobass or the contrabass flute, this special will explore instruments that are off the beaten track and the musicians that play them. Hear commentary about the instruments along with music recordings that showcase their unique sound.

3/22/2007: Citizens of Glenburn awoke with a start to the sound of flying bullets on this day in 1908. W. B. Bennett and a man by the name of Brooks started a genuine gun-fight on the streets of Glenburn after refusing to pay their bills at the livery barn. It was reported that both of the men exhibited the usual signs of a night spent in the local saloon.

3/28/2007: Early pioneers were preparing for a new season of back-breaking work about this time of year. In addition to her daily chores – such as childcare, cooking, sewing, chopping firewood, carrying water and baking bread – the farm wife would also soon be gathering eggs, milking cows, making butter and cheese, and maintaining a huge garden.

3/25/2007: Fort Pembina is a name that applied to several fur trading posts and forts built at various times, beginning around 1793, near the junction of the Pembina and Red Rivers in northeastern North Dakota.