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Friday, April 15, 2022 - On this Good Friday, we help you navigate family time with the art of asking questions. We share an excerpt from a recent episode of Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life about how to think philosophically. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews The Northman.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - How do you commemorate important experiences. Many cultures have different approaches. Today we learn about what a winter count is. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe visits with Dakota Goodhouse, a History and Native Studies educator at United Tribes Technical College. ~~~ We share a Plains Folk essay from Tom Isern, Breakfast at 6. ~~~ The State Historical Society of North Dakota has awarded twenty organizations throughout the state with a Cultural Heritage Grant for improvements, projects, and events. The B’nai Israel Synagogue, located in Grand Forks, is one of the grant recipients. Today Bert Garwood, president of the congregation at the B’nai Israel Synagogue, visits with guest interviewer Brandi Malarkey about their building rehabilitation project.

The Souris River flood of 2011 was devastating in Minot. Even though people banded together to strengthen flood defenses, the water still flowed over levies on June 22. Thousands of homes were destroyed.

On this date in 1968, just over two weeks after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, telephone workers in North Dakota and across the country were out on strike. When Dr. King died, he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. He believed that workers rights and racial justice were “closely intertwined.” The telephone workers’ strike had been postponed a week to give space in the wake of Dr. King’s assassination.

Throughout April, Sue Balcom is taking a look at local food systems for Main Street Eats. Today she visits with Marv Baker or North Star Farms in Carpio, about 30 miles north west of Minot. He runs a 3-acre organic farm and is a vendor at the North Prairie Farmers Market in Minot.

A brutal depiction of revenge

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - Michael Patrick F. Smith is on a book tour in North Dakota about his time in the bakken. His book is The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown. He visits with Bill Thomas. ~~~ In this week’s Natural North Dakota, we learn about an upcoming meteor shower. ~~~ April is National Poetry Month. We share an excerpt from a recent episode of The Great American Folk Show.

In the second installment in our series examining how to retain teachers in North Dakota, we hear from the 2021 North Dakota Teacher of The Year, Kristi Reinke, and a former Fargo teacher.

Brent and Anna Huso of McVille are in Ukraine to rescue Anna’s family. They share what it’s like in Ukraine. Farmers and Merchants Bank of McVille is accepting donations to help the Huso family.

For this week’s Main Street Eats, Sue Balcom helps us methodically plan out the gardening season.