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Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - Clete Winklemann moved from Illinois to Fargo early this Spring to take the executive director job at Nexus Path, long known for adoption services. Path is also a leader in clinical trauma treatment and it continues to grow its services, including placing social workers in schools. What Winklemann found here in ND is a growing need for youth services and a critical lack of social workers. In a conversation with guest interviewer Carol Kaupaun Rachenski, we learn about Path’s goals and struggles, and what those tell us about North Dakota. ~~~ Working for yourself can be challenging. The hours and pay are sporadic. There’s a lot of paperwork. But many love the freedom and pride of having a business to call their own. On a recent visit to Medora, Ashley caught up with Jordan Morin, owner of Bar Diamond Bar Boutique and Gallery.

Soon the last of the massive poplars planted in the 1970s at our property on Willow Creek will all fall. Then the tallest tree on the place will be the native, seeded cottonwood I planted in 1992. Surely it will outlive me. I like that. Because Clay Jenkinson is right: cottonwoods speak to us of our common condition.

Thursday, August 12, 2021 - The third time’s the charm for comedian Paula Poundstone. After getting postponed twice due to the pandemic, she’ll be performing later this month in Fargo. Paula, who is also a frequent guest on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, visits with guest host Bill Thomas. ~~~ In an excerpt from Sunday’s Great American Folk Show, we hear from North Dakota vocalist Colleen Reinhardt. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here to discuss gardening for health.

This week in 1945 the world shook with the news that World War II had come to an end. The classic bold type across a Fargo Forum Extra newspaper edition boasted Japan Quits.” The subheading read “Allied Forces Given ‘Cease Fire’ Order.”

On this date in 1995, The Bismarck Tribune reported about the decay of the Fortuna Air Force Station. From 1951 to 1979 the station was an active radar station in the Air Defense Command that protected the United States from attack. The station was six miles from Canada and eight miles from Montana. The nearest town was Fortuna.

Friday, August 13, 2021 - North Dakota’s strong tradition of home gardeners and farmers’ markets has helped drive a growing interest in soil health. And Derek Lowstuter of Folly Hill Farms in Menoken had soil health in mind when he developed a new fertilizer. With a background in natural resource management and horticulture, he's traveled the globe getting hands-on experience with small-scale, sustainable growing techniques. He calls himself a soil alchemist. Ashley Thornberg stopped by for a visit. ~~~ News director Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Stillwater,” the new Matt Damon film about a young American woman imprisoned in France for a murder she didn’t commit. ~~~ Chuck Lura is here with a Natural North Dakota essay on poison ivy.

A friend recently told me all about the Baltimore orioles they had been observing, complete with a cell phone picture of the oriole feeding on a half an orange at their feeder.Most everyone is familiar with the Baltimore oriole, but it might surprise you that North Dakota has three species of orioles. The Baltimore oriole and the orchard oriole range over much of the state. The orchard oriole is darker with the orange being less prominent. The bullock’s oriole may be found southwest of the Missouri River. It is a chunkier oriole with brighter coloration, and unlike the Baltimore oriole which has a dark head, the bullocks head is orange with a black cap and eye stripe.

Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021- Carol Kaupaun Ratchenski guest hosts as we visit with Jamie Parsley, Episcopal priest and poet. Parsley first published his book "Fargo 1957" in 2010. This year a new edition came out from NDSU Press. Both a poet and a priest, this book is an elegy to the people, both victims and survivors of the tornado that tore through Fargo on June 20, 1957, killing 12 people including two members of his family members. We’ll talk about his decision to record, in poetry, that devastating historical event. We’ll also hear about his poem “Pristine,” on the new memorial to victims of TWA flight 529 which crashed in September 1961. ~~~ Josie Danz is the former manager of Zandbroz on Broadway, an independent bookstore in Fargo. She is the new Marketing and Publicity Manager with Laurence King Publishing at Hachette Book Group in San Francisco. We’ll talk about her new adventure, and get her thoughts on recent research that tells us reading fiction makes us not only happier, but also more empathetic.

On this date in 1921, members of the Arikara tribe got back to work after spending three days honoring Mother Corn. The Bismarck Tribune reported, “... they could be seen at work in haying and harvesting, and in cooking and drying for winter their green corn.” This had been a rare opportunity for the Arikara to practice their religion openly.

Monday, Aug 16, 2021 - We drop in on a One-Book One-North Dakota event, as Rebecca Chalmers, former English professor at the University of Mary, visits with author William Kent Krueger about his book “This Tender Land,” which was the June selection for one-book one-nd. ~~~ North Dakota is not the only state to host a statewide book club. Minnesota is currently featuring Marcie Rendon’s book “Murder on the Red River.” We share an interview Ashley Thornberg did with Marcie, back in 2018 when the book first came out.