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Listen for interviews with authors, artists, and newsmakers that tell the story of our region.
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From North Dakota’s tourism milestones to spooky science fun and a cross-country mural journey, this episode highlights creativity, curiosity, and community spirit.
From the pop culture of the 1980s to Fargo’s culinary creativity and a new state education leader, Main Street rewinds, celebrates, and looks ahead across North Dakota.
Dr. Rebecca Hug shares how to sharpen your focus, Midwest growers raise pumpkins the size of cars, and clear skies promise dazzling meteor showers across the prairie.
From rebuilding civility to surviving deportation, a musical collaboration, and a wild college tale - Main Street shares stories of empathy, artistry, and resilience.
We honor art visionary Laurel Reuter, review the week’s news, explore fall vines, and visit Bismarck’s Gateway to Science for new “If/Then” STEM exhibits.
Barak Goodman on American Experience: Kissinger, Fargo’s Patty Hagen stirs up soup and pie day memories, and Prairie Beat unpacks rising health premiums.
Alicia Blaufuss, an Essentia Health-Wahpeton nurse practitioner, brings new hope for rural mental health, Tom Isern recalls duck-hunting dangers, and low Mississippi levels squeeze farmers.
Frannie Tunseth, North Dakota’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, shares her passion for helping every child succeed. Plus, free planetarium shows this Saturday at VCSU!
From Lisbon’s century-old Scenic Theatre to border town life, prairie duck hunts, and fall STEM fun—Main Street explores North Dakota’s stories of culture and community.
Chef Andrew Doan serves up game day eats, Prairie Beat revisits the Enderlin EF5 tornado, and Tie Lasater explains how spending now can drain your retirement.
Dr. Debora Dragseth reflects on 100 years of DSU Blue Hawks football with a new book including legacy, and the lasting bond between Dickinson State and its community.
Tim Wetsch shares his journey with Primary Progressive Aphasia, followed by PBS CEO Paula Kerger on the future of public media, trust, and local connection.
Vaccine myths and trust in science, Oktoberfest fun at Würst Bier Hall, and how supporters power hands-on STEM learning at Gateway to Science.
NDSU President David Cook shares plans for a new AI-focused Honors College, plus Prairie Beat investigates the dark side of digital childhood in North Dakota schools.
From renewing Jamestown’s historic Voorhees Chapel to rabies panics on the prairie and the fight for rural broadband, Main Street explores history, fear, and the future.
Furniture Mission helps families in crisis create homes with dignity, while Cinema 100 previews a fall lineup of indie films, global stories, and community conversations.
Explore Finland’s happiness lessons, hear harvest insights from ND farmers, and discover simple, hands-on science activities to try at home this fall.
Go inside baseball with Christopher Krick, preview Norsk Høstfest with Searle Swedlund, and hear how North Dakota’s new school cell phone ban is changing classrooms.
Essentia Health drives significant economic regional impact, while prairie communities of the past faced rabies scares, rumors, and “mad dog” panics.
Dr. Cullinane unpacks political violence and free speech, then journalists Kitty and Marie Felde retrace their grandparents’ 1925 Model T honeymoon.
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