Tom Isern News Today

We explore live local storytelling with Stacy Nicholson and Laurie Baker, hear Tom Isern's Plains Folk essay, and discuss health initiatives with HHS Commissioner Wayne Salter.

Jack Weinstein on democracy, Tom Isern on regional studies, news review by Dave Thompson, and Matt Olien's review of Woody Allen's "Coup de Chance."

Today's segments:With Memorial Day behind, the summer vacation season is underway. But if we're travelling with our devices, can we actually rest? What do we lose when we don't properly rest? We visit with philosopher Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein.Harvest Public Media reports on efforts to preserve and restore the grasslands.Nearly 50 countries make up the Asian continent. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. For this week's Prairie Plates, Rick Gion takes us to Asian M...

Critics called it a marketing gimmick. But for supporters it was a chance to warm up the struggling state's image.

We hear from veteran Bradly Aune. Wool prices are plummeting, Midwest sheep producers seek alternatives. Early 1900s rest room reforms in ND were slow. Memorial Day travel plans and foods discussed.

There's an upcoming cohort aimed at supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs. We visit with Brenna Ortiz who's hosting the cohort, in partnership wtih StrengthenND. She's the program manager at Native Max, an Indigenous fashion magazine. ~~~ Historian Tom Isern takes us back in time to prohibition with a Plains Folk essay. ~~~ Part interview, part existential game show, veteran NPR host Rachel Martin rips up the typical Q and A script and asks guests to go deep with her new show Wild C...

Matthew Shepard's legacy explored at Concordia; ND Republican Gubernatorial debate reviewed; Tom Isern discusses 'book showers' in ND; Prairie Plates features wings.

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse's supply chain impact. Kari Bucholz founds Haley's Hope for dyslexia. Tom Isern revisits Johnson County War, highlighting skewed narratives.

Discussion on gossip's role amid Catherine Middleton's health news; study of a gray fox by Iowa researchers to address population decline; Prairie Plates and Tom Isern

Episode 101 features music from Frontier Ruckus, Lunar Ash, and Matt Blake. Plus, Ed O’Keefe on his new book, "The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt," and historian Tom Isern shares the origins of the song, "Red River Valley."