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Early October of 1906, the sheriff of Emmons County came out to a threshing site near Milton and arrested William Smith, a member of the crew, resulting in thirty days in jail for Smith. According to press reports, Smith had “threatened a woman in charge of the cook car with death if she didn’t drink out of a cup he offered her.”

Thursday, April 7, 2022 - Bismarck Global Neighbors and the state of North Dakota are developing the first ever ND Statewide Youth Refugee program. It will provide youth refugee mentoring and vocational services as a statewide initiative. We visit with State Refugee Coordinator Holly-Triska Dally, and Bismarck Global Neighbors Executive Director Julie Ramos Lagos. ~~~ Throughout April, Sue Balcom is taking a look at local food systems for Main Street Eats. Today she visits with Quinn Renfandt co-director of the Farmers Market Promotion Program at Dakota College at Bottineau. He’s also on the board of the Red River Harvest Cooperative. ~~~ We share a Joy Harjo poem from a recent appearance in Fargo, See With Your Heart.

In our final installment of the series, former Democratic State Senator and former teacher Erin Oban shares insights from her years in the classroom and in the legislature.

Angela Yam is the Gate City Bank Young Artist for the Spring 2022 season of the FM Opera. She joins us to talk about what it takes to be an opera singer. The FM Arts series is funded by The Arts Partnership, with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

April Fool's Day was a fun time in Page, North Dakota, on this date in 1906, and a prank that day led to the creation of a humorous social organization. Several men including the mayor, a constable and an attorney placed “an innocent, sweet-tempered little donkey” in the lobby of the European Hotel, which was on the upper story of two buildings on the Thompson Block.

The primary narratives from the hired girls--women, really--who staffed the cook cars and fed the working men on the threshing crews of the Great Northwest are engaging, even charming, but a little unsettling. They offer upbeat local color, but I feel like they may not tell the whole story of their lives as working women deployed to dispense meals to rough men in open country.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - FirstLink is partnering with TellWell to put on a film festival to highlight mental health concerns and resources. We visit with FirstLink Executive Director Jennifer Illich. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, Respectable Girl Wants Work. ~~~ In this month’s Philosophical Currents, Jack Russell Weinstein puts a philosopher’s spin on “the slap” from the recent Oscars.

In this month’s Philosophical Currents, Jack Russell Weinstein puts a philosopher’s spin on “the slap” from the recent Oscars.

Monday, April 4, 2022 – The 90s is a compendium by author and North Dakota native Chuck Klosterman. It covers the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of Michael Jordan, the birth of Amazon, the Unabomber and more. ~~~Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, Murder At the Cook Car. ~~~ Spring is here and the Foundation for Agricultural and Rural Resource Management and Sustainability (FARRMS) is getting ready for the planting season by soliciting applications for their Sustainable Agriculture Internship program. FARRMS's program manager, Felicity Merritt visits with Brandi Malarkey about what the program involves, and how to apply.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – Famed Polar explorer Will Steger is out with a book, a cookbook. The Steger Homestead Kitchen: Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life is a collection of recipes his niece and Steger Center head chef Rita Mae serves guests. The book promotes seasonal eating, foraging, and zero waste or fossil fuels. ~~~ Ford is coming out with an electric F-150. Harvest Public Media’s Elizabeth Rembert reports. ~~~ Bret Dockter, North Dakota’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, has been awarded a $15,000 grant to promote the teaching profession and education. It is the first grant of its kind in state history. He visits with guest interviewer Tom Gerhardt.