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FirstLink is partnering with TellWell to put on a film festival to highlight mental health concerns and resources. Prairie Public is the event's media sponsor. We visit with FirstLink Executive Director Jennifer Illich. The FM Arts series is funded in part by The Arts Partnership, with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats to talk about direct-sow vegetables.

Friday, April 1, 2022 - It’s time for our monthly Journalists Roundtable. News Director Dave Thompson steps in as host with special guests KFYR Anchor and Managing Editor Monica Hannan, and Sarah Elmquist Squires, executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Association. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also reflects on the recent Oscars.

Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats to talk about direct sow plants and vegetables.

Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 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. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats to talk about direct sow plants and vegetables.

Matt Olien reviews Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also reflects on the recent Oscars.

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.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - In our final installment of the North Dakota Teacher Retention Crisis series, in partnership with North Dakota United, Tom Gerhardt visits with former Democratic State Senator and former teacher Erin Oban. ~~~ The US Department of Agriculture’s first-ever survey of hemp production found an industry worth more than 800 million dollars. But the recent report also showed a glaring diversity issue: Just six percent of hemp growers are Black. Harvest Public Media’s Corinne Ruff reports. ~~~ We share a Natural North Dakota essay, “Pasque Flower.” ~~~ Growing Small Towns is bringing art to Oakes, ND with the assistance of a North Dakota Council of the Arts Grant to host a "Creating Stories" event the first weekend in April. Rebecca Undem visits with Brandi Malarkey to share a little of the journey that went into creating this event.

Monday, March 28, 2022 - Thanks to member dollars, we’re able to expand our coverage and have a new reporter in Bismarck. We welcome Katie David to the Prairie Public family and share a conversation she has with Susan Wefald about an effort to identify the largest tree of its species in the Bismarck area. ~~~ We learn about the Dakota Media Access Film Festival coming up March 31st and April 1st with Bryan Keidel, one of the festival organizers.

Friday, May 6, 2022 - The annual PBS Kids Writers Contest is always a source of delight here at Prairie Public. We love sharing some of those stories, and joining us to do just that is Christine McClellan. ~~~ Drought is still affecting much of the Great Plains, as we hear from Harvest Public Media’s Elizabeth Rembert. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Val,” a documentary about the life and career of Val Kilmer, using archival footage often shot by Kilmer himself over the course of his career. ~~~ Mothers Day is coming up on Sunday. Did you ever wonder how it got started? We get the story from Nate DiMeo, host of the Memory Palace.