Funny, poignant, sentimental, and sometimes controversial thoughts of the day. garrisonkeillor.substack.com
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Listen for interviews with authors, artists, and newsmakers that tell the story of our region. Email us: mainstreet@prairiepublic.org
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Join us each month as we engage in philosophical discussions about the most common-place topics with host Jack Russell Weinstein, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the director of The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life.
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Jack Russell Weinstein, host of Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, joins Main Street to discuss the philosophical aspects of current events.
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Television producer Matt Olien doubles as Prairie Public's resident movie critic, and uses his background in film studies and extensive knowledge of movie history to review a current film. Stay tuned until the end, where he's quizzed with obscure Oscar trivia.
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Completely Booked - Official Podcast of the Jacksonville Public Library
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Listen to stories from local Jacksonville residents, learn something new, and get updates about events happening at the Jacksonville Public Library.
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Plains Folk is a commentary devoted to life on the great plains of North Dakota. Written by Tom Isern of West Fargo, North Dakota, and read in newspapers across the region for years, Plains Folk venerates fall suppers and barn dances and reminds us that "more important to our thoughts than lines on a map are the essential characteristics of the region — the things that tell what the plains are, not just where they are."
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Hosted by Chuck Lura, a biology professor at Dakota College in Bottineau. Chuck has a broad knowledge of “Natural North Dakota” and loves sharing that knowledge with others. Since 2005, he has written a weekly column, “Naturalist at Large,” for the Lake Metigoshe Mirror. His columns also appear under “The Naturalist” in several other weekly newspapers across North Dakota. Natural North Dakota is supported by NDSU Central Grasslands Research Extension Center and Dakota College at Bottineau, a ...
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Sitting Bull to Phil Jackson, cattle to prairie dogs, knoefla to lefse. North Dakota's legacy includes many strange stories of eccentric towns, war heroes, and various colorful characters. Hear all about them on Dakota Datebook, your daily dose of North Dakota history. Dakota Datebook is made in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota, and funded by Humanities North Dakota, a nonprofit, independent state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, f ...
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Keep up with news in Central Illinois every weekday with 217 Today. Hear the day's headlines, along with one deeper dive, in just ten minutes. Learn about the people and places that make Central Illinois unique with 217 Today.
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Get ready to hear from northern Illinois’ “prose pros." Hosted by WNIJ Arts Reporter Yvonne Boose, you will hear voices from northern Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. If you would like to submit a poem for consideration, please send submissions to yboose@niu.edu
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Essential news for the St. Louis region. Every weekday, in about 8 to 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region. Music by Ryan McNeely of Adult Fur.
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Take an audio trip around Kentucky, Indiana, and throughout our region. On each episode, we listen to a field recording from the Kentuckiana Sounds map, and hear from the contributor who made it. Produced by Louisville Public Media, and Kentuckiana Sounds.
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Welcome to the On the Wing Podcast with Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever. On the Wing is your destination for conversations about upland bird hunting, wildlife habitat, public lands, bird dogs, wild game cooking and epic adventures in search of pheasants, quail and grouse. These are the stories of Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s 145,000 members, volunteers, team of professional wildlife biologists and experts in the field. Our shows are recorded in person and often on the road from the ...
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Every week, our 29-minute podcast brings you all the environmental news and stories to keep you in the know in Pennsylvania and beyond.
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A podcast about the intersection of public health, cultural history, and war in Kansas. School closures, mask mandates, infection waves, front line workers, debates over the disease’s origin, disparities in health care access, quarantine fatigue. All of these descriptions could easily apply to both current times and a century ago. In the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic, many have started looking back to the last global health catastrophe of this magnitude - the 1918 influenza pandemic ...
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In 1982, Toby Evans, The host of Dead, But Not Gone, began to dialogue with the unseen realms when the voice of her Higher Self broke through the sound barrier of her ordinary reality. Life as she knew it, began to change. She transitioned from a public school Art teacher to a modern day, shamanic, Earth Steward creating one of the largest seven-circuit labyrinths in the United States. As “Keeper” of The Prairie Labyrinth, www.prairielabyrinth.com she transformed a five-acre field of native ...
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A movement of millions for equality. This is the official ERA Coalition podcast presented by our media hub, Equal Voices. Together with 290 partner organizations representing over 80 million champions for equality, Equality Talks uplifts and amplifies the voices of this movement, especially from communities most affected by systemic oppression and exclusion from mainstream media. Hosted by nationally acclaimed radio host and Equal Voices Elisa Parker, Equality Talks bridges the intersections ...
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Where-to, how-to and when-to bird hunting advice on pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, sharptails, prairie chickens and quail, Host Randy Shepard has bird hunted from Oregon to Wisconsin to New Mexico and Arizona. He's taken 15 different combination limits and four different double limits of upland birds across the mid-west. He's never hired a guide, leased land, hunted as a guest or engaged in a swap hunt, while in pursuit of dual limits. All self-made, self-planned hunts, on public (and a ...
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Lit Chat Interview with "Prairie Man" Author Dean Butler
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Dean Butler is an actor, producer, and director best known for his role as Almanzo Wilder (the man Laura Ingalls married) in Little House on the Prairie, based on the beloved Little House book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. He appeared in the final four seasons of the show, the spin-off show Little House: A New Beginning, and the three pos…
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Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's featured poet is Carol Alfus.By Yvonne Boose
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217 Today: More college students are struggling to get enough food. What schools are doing about it
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about what some colleges are doing to help students who are struggling to get enough food.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Monday, September 30 - Roller Derby provides a meaning of home
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As part of our collaboration with NPR Next Gen Radio project, we hear from a local writer who found the meaning of home in a rough and tumble sport.
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The University of North Dakota's 1912 Dacotah yearbook reported that president Edward Robertson of Wesley College envisioned Sayre Hall, the men’s dormitory, as a place “where tossing, stretching, room stacking, and other relics of barbarism intended to strike terror into freshmen … would have no place, for the founder had high ideals.” The yearboo…
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History is a complicated business. There are high plateaus and also a good deal of swamp. The Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana was preserved in honor of General Custer who there gave his life along with his men of the Seventh Cavalry, a sacrifice that no longer strikes anybody as noble. What is the good of preserving an enormous site of milita…
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Women and men and how they get along, or not, are not just matters for contemplation and commiseration in our personal lives. They are historical questions in the settlement and development of the Great Plains. The homesteading era often featured men going out alone to stake claims. Historically, however, the late nineteenth century in America saw …
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Now is a good time to go stargazing in North Dakota
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If you are up for a little stargazing, now might be a good time to do so. There is a new moon coming up on October 2, so with the relatively warm temperatures and clear skies, conditions could be quite good. Plus, the Orionids meteor shower is about to begin.By Chuck Lura
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Episode for September 27, 2024: East Palestine settlement, lessons from Bhopal and industry influence on universities
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Support our journalism. This work doesn't happen without you. Become a founding member today! A judge signed off on a 600 million dollar settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near the East Palestine train derailment. But many are unhappy with the outcome. A new study looks at the influence of oil and gas industry donations on univ…
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In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the book ban law that was passed in Illinois last year.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Friday September 27 - Prison education program 'transforms lives'
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In 2023, the federal government reinstated access to Pell grants to incarcerated students– allowing them to apply for financial aid. This will affect the future of higher education in Missouri prisons. Rebecca Smith has more from one graduation ceremony where both incarcerated individuals and Department of Corrections staff received associate’s deg…
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September 27: Events Along Apple Creek in 1885
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Beginning in a field near Wing, Apple Creek meanders 65 miles before flowing into the Missouri River near the University of Mary in Bismarck. In 1885, residents considered the creek a recreational spot, although it could often be dangerous. Some declared that crossing the Apple Creek bridge after dark, or with a shy team of horses by daylight could…
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Live from Norsk Høstfest, Ann Alquist and Erik Detheridge explore Scandinavian traditions, festival highlights, and Minot's growth with Mayor Tom Ross.
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217 Today: Want to know a police officer’s job history? There’s a new tool for that from Invisible Institute
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about a new tool launched by the Invisible Institute that shows the employment history of police officers.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Thursday, September 26 - A call for reparations, in cash
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As the St. Louis Reparations Commission comes to an end, Black St. Louisans say they want repayment for decades of racial discrimination in education, healthcare and housing … and they want it in cash. St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson reports.
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In June 1917, fourteen steamships and three Navy transports gathered in New York Harbor. They were accompanied by four cruisers, thirteen destroyers, two armed yachts, and two fuel tankers. By the end of the month, the flotilla had reached France, delivering fourteen thousand fresh American troops to join the Allied forces in World War I.…
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Strips of Prairie; Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story; Dave and the News
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Farmers are adding prairie strips to row crops for soil, water, and wildlife benefits. Matt Olien reviews "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" and gives early Oscar predictions. Dave reviews the news.
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Dr. Gregory Jantz and Anticipatory Trauma; Prairie Plates and Oktoberfest!
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Dr. Gregory Jantz explains anticipatory trauma, its signs, and what to do if identified. Rick Gion highlights local Oktoberfest celebrations on Prairie Plates.
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EP. 284: Creating Public Lands with Biologist Matt Holland
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Host Bob St.Pierre visits with Matt Holland, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s vice president of grant development and a wildlife biologist, about the organization’s public land creation efforts in celebration of Build a Wildlife Area Week. The organization first created a public wildlife area in 1986. Since that time, PF & QF has worked on 1,8…
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217 Today: Immigration advocate says bill to stop Illinois non-citizens from voting is unnecessary and harmful
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about an immigration advocate's opinion on a bill proposed by a conservative lawmaker from central Illinois.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Wednesday, September 25 - Reincorporating the prairie
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Agriculture replaced nearly all of the original prairie in the Midwest, but a growing number of farmers are incorporating strips of prairie into their row-crop fields. These colorful corridors help with soil and water quality, and wildlife. Harvest Public Media’s Rachel Cramer reports on the efforts to expand the use of prairie strips.…
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September 25: Basement Fallout Shelter in Bismarck
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Ever since the establishment of the Minot Air Force Base and the Grand Forks Air Force Base in 1957, North Dakota has been considered a potential target for enemy nuclear weapons. This knowledge created anxiety among some of North Dakota’s citizens. One response has been to build fallout shelters in backyards or basements.…
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Being Human and Working in the Age of AI; Empathy
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Dr. Mark R. Hagerott is Chancellor for the North Dakota University System and discusses the Sept. 26 conference in Valley City, "Being Human and Working in the Age of AI."
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In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the experience of a high school counselor who helped students navigate college admissions last school year.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Tuesday, September 24 - Midwest states spend millions on border security
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Missouri is among states that have deployed National Guard troops and law enforcement agents to the US-Mexico border as part of Operation Lone Star. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched the operation in 2021, saying the Biden administration was not doing enough to keep undocumented immigrants and illegal drugs out of the country.Journalist Kallie Cox te…
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On this date in 1971, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, the Dakota Student, announced an upcoming visit by Congressman Arthur Link to UND. He represented North Dakota's western district at a time when North Dakota had two congressional districts.By Andrew Alexis Varvel
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Lit Chat Interview with NYT Bestselling Author Gabrielle Zevin
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NOTE: This Lit Chat will only be available to listen to through Monday, October 7th 2024. Gabrielle Zevin is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into forty languages! Her tenth novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, was a New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a selection of the Tonight…
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Teen Lit Chat with NYT Bestselling Author Jason Reynolds
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NOTE: This Teen Lit Chat will only be available to listen to through Monday, October 7th 2024. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Maryland, Jason Reynolds first found inspiration in rap and began writing poetry when he was nine years old. He went on to publish several poetry collections before publishing his first novel, When I Was the Greatest,…
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217 Today: 11th annual Immigrant Welcome Awards celebrates the work of community members in Champaign County
In today's deep dive, we’ll hear a conversation with one of this year's Immigrant Welcome Award winners about their work with The Immigration Project.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Monday, September 23 - A more sustainable crop
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Most agricultural crops like corn, wheat or barley are replanted into the ground every single year.It’s a lot of work, and hard on the soil where they're grown. Perennial crops, like Kernza, can stay on the land for several years, offering environmental benefits. But there’s not that much of it being grown right now. St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric S…
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll hear from Kevin Locke, enrolled member of the Standing Rock Nation, in part three of Hinhan Kaga and the Milky Way.
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like hamburgers. I went into a McDonald’s the other day and ordered a Double Quarter Pounder and thought it was good. At McDonald’s you do not have the carcass of the cow on a spit by the drive-up window, the eyes glazed, the tail hanging down, and the workers don’t gouge the meat from the cow’s rib cage. The hamburger is handed to you wrapped in p…
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In a previous essay, I left you in the lurch, having quoted, in closing a discussion of the early work of the Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota Agricultural College, now NDSU, a poem by John R. Milton. This opening poem of The Loving Hawk, a chapbook published by the Institute, ranges from the fall of man to the endless issues of place…
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Where to see the fall foliage in North Dakota
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It’s that time of year! The fall equinox occurs this year on Sunday, September 22. At precisely 7:43am CT, the sun will be directly over the equator.By Chuck Lura
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Episode for September 20, 2024: A controversial plastic recycling plant, fracking and public health
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Support our journalism. This work doesn't happen without you. Become a founding member today! A Pennsylvania-based driller is promoting its own data showing fracking poses no health risks. But public health experts are skeptical. Erie residents have questions about how a huge, proposed plastic recycling plant could impact them. We're not going to b…
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In today's deep dive, we’ll learn how farmers are using prairie strips to improve their soil and water quality.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Friday, September 20 - Threats of violence disrupt area schools
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Over the last two weeks, school officials and law enforcement have been bombarded with threats of violence against schools in the St. Louis region. St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Moline spoke with reporter Lacretia Wimbley about the toll these threats are taking on students, teachers and law enforcement.…
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Frank O’Brien was born in 1892 in Fargo. At 18, he began working at the Fargo Mercantile Company, a wholesale grocer. Like many young men of his time, Frank was drafted after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. He was among the first draftees from Fargo and was inducted in September 1917. After arriving at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Frank wro…
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UND Center for Innovation Turns 40; Olien Reviews 'Reagan'; News With Webster
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The UND Center for Innovation celebrates its 40th anniversary with Director Amy Whitney. Also featured: Matt Olien reviews "Reagan," and Danielle Webster reviews the latest news.
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In today's deep dive, we'll learn why some farmers are suing Tyson Farms.By The 217 Today Podcast
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Thursday, September 19 - Sarah Silverman mines humor from tragedy
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Politically minded comedian Sarah Silverman debuts her new stand-up show tonight at the Stifel Theatre. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin speaks with Silverman about her comedy.
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On this date in 1957, newspapers across the country reported on Louis Armstrong's recent remarks during an appearance at Grand Forks Central High School, where he expressed outrage over the crisis at Little Rock High School.By Andrew Alexis Varvel
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