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Tuesday, January 17, 2013 - Michael Miller was recently appointed director emeritus of NDSU Libraries. He joins us to reflect on his career and the pioneering work done on the history of North Dakota’s Germans from Russia. ~~~ Spotted Tail was a Sicangu Lakota leader. His life is the focus of an upcoming virtual History Talks presentation sponsored by the South Dakota State Historical Society. We visit with Richmond Clow, professor emeritus of Native American Studies at the University of Montana. He wrote the book, “Spotted Tail: Warrior and Statesman.”

Matt Crowley was born in Minnesota in 1875. In 1887 his family relocated to North Dakota to establish a ranch where they raised Hereford cattle. Crowley only had four years of formal education. After that, his father was his teacher as they worked the ranch together.

On this date in 1925, the Bismarck Tribune reported that a committee examining possible sites for hospitals in the tenth district, which included North Dakota, recommended building a 200-bed facility on Fargo’s north side. The site was intended to care for tuberculosis-infected veterans.

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park was established in 1947. It’s home to a variety of remarkable critters, and officials have long sought to restore the area’s historic wildlife, including species present when future President Theodore Roosevelt ranched and hunted there in the 1880s.

In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear Lorraine Davis, educator, leader, and enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate share her insights into the importance of working together to help each other grow an understanding of our differing perspectives.

Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Christy Goulet joins us to discuss the latest news regarding the use of place names seen as offensive in the indigenous community. ~~~ Consumers have experienced higher food prices at the grocery in the last couple of years, especially for eggs. Kendall Crawford reports for Harvest Public Media…on what's behind the increase. ~~~ Sue Balcom says it's not too early to be digging into the seed catalogs and getting serious about planning the garden.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - It’s Giving Tuesday. We share our favorite gift – the gift of conversation with a look back on a couple of our favorite interviews from 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. We spoke in April. ~~~ From May, we revisit a conversation with science writer Mary Roach has adapted her book “Packing for Mars” for a middle school audience. How did NASA engineers make a toilet for zero gravity? How do you deal with food that won’t stay on silverware or waste that clings to your derriere? We’ll find out!

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - Doug Allen Nash is bringing his Country Christmas show to the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, which might include appearances by Johnny Cash and Elvis! Nash joins us with a preview. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota essay about tree squirrels. ~~~ In an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show, host John Harris visits with Janelle Stoneking about the Southwest Art Gallery and Science Center, which is coming to Dickinson. ~~~ Tom Isern is here with this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Field Notes.”

Thursday, December 1,2022 - 10% of the people who get COVID experience lingering medical problems. In an excerpt from the Conversations on Healthcare podcast, we hear a discussion about long COVID with Akiko Iwasaki, Yale University researcher; and Fiona Lowenstein, editor of “The Long COVID Survival Guide.” ~~~ In an episode of BirdNote, we hear what those diving birds are up to once they submerge. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us for a Main Street Eats conversation about baking hacks and recipe sharing.

A coal miner was murdered near Kenmare in late November of 1912, and it doesn’t appear his death was ever solved. The deceased was Carl Hanson, a 29-year-old born in Norway. A Soo Line section foreman discovered his body near the shore of Des Lacs Lake after following a bloody trail from the tracks