Thursday, October 6, 2022 - In an update from the Prairie Public Education department we hear about a continuing education opportunity for teachers called “Amplifying Student Voices.” We visit with Darcy Bakkegard and Tim Wollenzien. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Taking a Bite Out of a Ground Apple.” ~~~ Louise Erdrich’s book “The Night Watchman” is being featured this month in a One Book, One community reading project, and she’ll be appearing at an author event Thursday, Oct. 27 that will also be streamed live online. We share an interview from 2020 as Erdrich visits with NPR’s Scott Simon. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us to discuss green tomatoes – ripening, frying, chutney and more.• The author event will be streamed live at https://www.concordiacollege.edu/streaming/and at https://video.ibm.com/channel/concordia-college
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - Christy Goulet joins us to discuss indigenous techniques to quiet the mind, control anxiety, and de-stress from everyday life, a preview of a program she’ll be presenting in Moorhead next week. Christy is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and a descendant of Chief Little Shell. ~~~ Tuba Christmas is coming to four locations in North Dakota. Bill Thomas visits with Tuba Christmas participants Tim Wollenzien and Doug Neill.