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Thursday, July 7, 2022 - “Grilling season is in full swing, and that means It’s busy for butchers. Melissa Evans runs She Said Butcher Shop in Moorhead. She talks with Ashley Thornberg about her 14 to 16 hour days. ~~~ Horticulturist Ron Smith is here for another lawn and garden update. Among his topics this week: lilacs and their care, wise watering, bug woes and more. ~~~ Some listeners may be familiar with the Sons of Norway fraternal organization. Well, its Fargo lodge is home to a regular non-Norwegian musical event. Prairie Public intern Nick Rommel not only has a report, he joined in! ~~~ Sue Balcom is here with Main Street Eats. Today’s topic is garlic.

Mixed thoughts on this one.

While there are tornadoes on every continent, most of them happen in the United States. And most of those occur on the Great Plains. North Dakota is located at the northern edge of what is known as Tornado Alley. April, May, and June are considered tornado season.

Friday, July 8, 2022 - Jack Russell Weinstein is here to preview this Sunday’s Why radio show as he visits with Firoze Manji in an episode titled “What does it Mean to be ‘African’?” ~~~ Dave Thompson is here with this week’s news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Elvis.”

Across the western United States (and even in New York), western riders take part in what is known as “cowboy church.” The cowboy church movement is commonly credited to Glenn Smith, an ex-rodeo clown who was inspired with the idea and made an enterprise of it. Worship from the saddle is not exactly my subject today, however.

We have a full moon coming up on July 13. Not only that, but this full moon is also a supermoon. So, you might want to make a point of doing some moon watching the evening of the 13th.

There are about a half-dozen or so sunflowers that call North Dakota home. One of the more interesting sunflowers from an historical perspective is Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani).

There is a lot of texture to historical life on the prairies that gets glossed in historical memory. As my old friend John Helgeland used to say, doing History is mainly a matter of leaving things out. That is how a historian, academic or popular, tries to get at the essentials and make a manageable, useful story.

Thursday, August 18, 2022 - Lyndsay Ulrickson is a new grantmaking officer with the Bush Foundation, and her focus is North Dakota. Lyndsay is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She grew up in north central North Dakota and lives in Minot. She joins us to discuss her new position, which allows her to further the foundation’s mission to provide “opportunities to people who think bigger and differently about problem solving in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share that geography.” ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us for a cover crop discussion on “Main Street Eats.”

Ashley and Alicia join Sue for a discussion about problems with pickles.