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Thursday, November 24, 2022 - On this Thanksgiving, we share an episode from the podcast Gravy, exploring evolving food culture, and how we tell the story of Thanksgiving. ~~~ It’s time for Main Street Eats. Sue Balcom joins to talk about traditions and gratitude.

A woman in Twin Buttes ND on the Fort Berthold reservation has found a way to combine her spiritual calling and passion for horses- with a wellness program that helps promote healing in her community. Dr Jessica White Plume visits with Alicia Hegland-Thorpe. ~~~ For decades, many Native children were taken from their homes and raised outside their culture. “Saints and Indians” explores the legacy of “the placement,” when indigenous children were raised Mormon.

Friday, November 18, 2022 - Waŋna niš niyepi: Continuity of Culture is on display at the Plains Art Museum. The museum is also hosting an indigenous art fair this weekend. We visit with Joseph Williams, the director of Native American programming at the Plains Art Museum. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews the new Black Panther film, “Wakanda Forever.”

Monday, November 28, 2022 - Philosopher Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein joins Main Street's Ashley Thornberg for this month’s philosophical currents as he discusses affirmative action. This in light of the case before the United States Supreme Court concerning affirmative action and the higher education admission process.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - North Dakota’s unemployment rate is 2.3%, and yet restaurants across the state say they’re desperate for workers. Where is everyone working? We visit with Becca Cruger, director of workforce development for the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation. ~~~ The State Historical Society of North Dakota is digitizing its newspaper archives, making searchable files available to the public. We visit with Shane Molander, director of the state archives.

Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats. This week she talks about fruitcake.

On this date in 1995 the Bismarck Tribune ran a front-page story about the memorial service for Richard C. Halverson. This was no ordinary service. It was held in the U.S. Capitol building, and the attendees included members of the U.S. Senate. The Reverend Richard C. Halverson had served as the chaplain to the Senate, and the most powerful people in the country gathered to pay tribute to this humble minister from North Dakota.

North Dakota rodeo and Wild West Show performer Scott Gore was born on this date in 1880 in Deadwood, South Dakota. His family moved to North Dakota in the 1890s where his parents worked for the Pierre Wibaux W Bar Ranch.

A supercentenarian is a person who lives to be at least 110 years old. Once a rarity, the number of supercentenarians has grown steadily, and North Dakota has had its fair share.

This week in 1882, the Virginia Star, a black newspaper in Richmond, Virginia reprinted an article from the Conservator, a black newspaper from Chicago, that read: “A number of well-known colored men of this city have united to establish a colored colony in Dakotah. Their pronunciamento is as follows ..."