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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.
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 Market Night, a capstone event celebrating Asian culture.Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, The Re...
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 Card. ~~~ Where we're from shapes who we are. In this episode of Poetry from Studio47, how place...
Team ND defends their title in Wisconsin, insights from world snow sculpting. Plus, Dr. Tom Isern's essay, a warm family sky show, and a Godzilla movie review.
Prairie Public's Erik Deatherage unveils the new season of 'Prairie Musicians', coupled with a 'Plains Folk' essay from Dr. Tom Isern: "Open-Space Mammals."