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Monday, January 9, 2023 - Matt Fetsch started working for the North Dakota High School Activities Association in 2010 and became executive director in 2014. He visits us about all things high school sports and activities in North Dakota. ~~~ Dr. David Cook is the new president of NDSU, and he talks with John Harris in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Governor Doug Burgum would like North Dakota's anti-corporate farming law amended to help the state compete for larger livestock processing operations. If North Dakota eases restrictions, it will be joining some other states in the Midwest that have paved the way for larger feedlots. Harvest Public Media’s Eva Tesfaye reports.

1879 was a good year to purchase land in Dakota Territory. The Northern Pacific Railroad had gone bankrupt. The company was money poor but land rich, so it was selling land to raise funds for extending its railroad line. Land could be had for as little as fifteen cents per acre.

In this episode, we'll hear Debbie Poitra, elder, educator, enrolled member of Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, discuss the important role that humor plays among the indigenous people of this area.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - The holidays are a time when family gathers. That makes them a good time to discuss health care plans. Craig Blumenshine visits with Tracee Capron, executive director of Hospice of the Red River Valley about available services, statewide needs, and upcoming building plans for an 18-unit Hospice center. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, “Christmas Parable from the High Line.” ~~~ When it’s cold and snowy, it can be all too easy to stay inside. Today we reair a conversation from September about One Winter Up North. It’s a kids book exploring the flora and fauna of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We revisit with illustrator John Owens that first aired in September.

The old-fashioned wringer washing machine looks primitive by today’s standards, but at one time it was a state-of-the-art innovation. As the industrial revolution exploded, people became more and more interested in labor-saving devices. Wooden tubs equipped with a hand-powered agitator were already in use. But the wet laundry still had to be wrung out by hand. That was time consuming and labor intensive.

North Dakota Native American Essential Understanding Number Five is about tribal policies, treaties, and sovereignty. In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear Demus McDonald, elder and enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota nation, tell the traumatic story of his own experience with assimilation policies practiced by America's Indian boarding school system.

North Dakota Native American Essential Understanding Number Four is about sense of humor. In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear Jesse Taken Alive, elder educator, and enrolled member of the Standing Rock Nation discuss the important role that humor plays among the Lakota people.

Governors throughout North Dakota history have given speeches to the Legislature to outline their priorities and proposals and to describe the state's outlook: a “state of the state,” it's been called. Those speeches are often given around this date, including in times of war, prosperity, gloom and uncertainty. Here’s a sampling:

People come from all over the state to eat the pies, kuchen, award-winning caramel rolls, knoephla soup, and fleischkuechle at the Little Cottage Café in Bismarck, North Dakota. On this episode of Dakota Diners, Tom Brosseau speaks with co-owner Robert Serr.

Thursday, December 22, 2022 - We’re looking back on one of our favorite conversations from 2022. From October, we reair a conversation with Christopher Vondracek, author of “Dancing with Welk: Music, Memory and Prairie Troubadours.” It’s a cheeky retelling of Lawrence Welk’s story, blending memoir, travelogue, and cultural history. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us for Main Street Eats to talk Christmas. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews Avatar: The Way of Water.” ~~~ We share a reading from the late Doug Hamilton of “The Night Before Christmas.”