Main Street

A powerful hour on health and hope: addressing intimate partner violence in care settings, raising lung-cancer awareness with early screening, and expanding STEM education across ND.

Dr. Cullinane breaks down the federal shutdown's end, Prairie Plates visits Fargo's 1889 Kitchen, and The Tell shares a sharp airport story about trust and humanity.

From adaptive riding in Lisbon to jacaranda blooms in Australia, plus a veteran's recovery and a deepening farm labor crisis—four stories of resilience and connection.

North Dakota's Civil Air Patrol trains future aviators, while the Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club builds skill and camaraderie with “Make Friends and Stab Them.”

From Duke Ellington's historic Fargo concert to small-town legends, storytelling, and corn detasseling—Main Street brings you music, history, and heartland voices.

Lindsay Breuler on creating a new children's museum, Geoff O'Gara reflects on Dick Cheney's life and legacy, and Montana's sweet way to reduce bear conflicts.

Historian John Monsky previews “American Heart in WWI,” a Carnegie Hall Tribute, followed by Charles Spira's moving memory of survival as a hidden child in Belgium.

Horace residents face steep special assessments as city leaders explain the law. Then, Tom Isern recalls a 19th-century railway hunting coach built for Dakota adventures.

From ethics to eerie encounters to urgent food aid—today's Main Street explores where morality meets law, ghosts meet gastronomy, and communities face hunger.

From America's most deadly drug to prairie hunting tales, Texas bats, and an Oklahoma minerals fight - Main Street explores health, history, nature, and Native land.

Levi Bachmeier outlines his vision for North Dakota's schools, then North Dakota Monitor reporter Michael Achterling explores the statewide shortage of sign language interpreters.

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.

Youth healing at Home on the Range, Fargo's Walk to End Alzheimer's, Dave Thompson's news review, and a heartfelt tribute to columnist Marilyn Hagerty.

From workforce growth at the Fusion Conference to Robert Redford's legacy, the impact of heavy news on well-being, and Fargo's Moonrise Café community hub.

Michael Osterholm & Mark Olshaker on vaccine policy, rabies fears on the prairie, toxic water in Illinois, North Dakota's jumping mice, and the Karuk Tribe's cultural burning.

Severe storms brought several tornado warnings to central ND, we mark 200 years since Norwegian migration, and author Larry Millett shares mysteries of old Minneapolis.

October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month, plus Dave Thompson's news review, Gateway to Science's new outdoor exhibits, and Fargo's live storytelling event The Tell.

A deep look at suicide prevention with Essentia's Dr. Kohlhase, a preview of Fargo's Drekkerfest 11, and Prairie Beat on opioids and the life-saving role of Narcan.

Dr. Lance Richey on a new Lawrence Welk biography, Tom Isern on Clell Gannon, experts on beef prices, and Alaska's walrus hunters adapting to climate change.

Ellendale Mayor Don Flaherty on rural growth and housing, plus artist Dessa on music, creativity, and life as she heads to Minot State's NOTSTOCK festival this week.

Dr. Erin Haugen on athlete anxiety, Annie Beck on ND Gateway to Science events, and Becky Perdaems on helping seniors navigate life's transitions in North Dakota.

Dr. Victor Montori calls for kind care, Prairie Plates spotlights Tee's Tacos' Indigenous roots, and Harwood plans a $3B AI data center campus.

PBS's "Becoming Thurgood," Plains Folk on Z'dena Trinka, why local produce costs more, and a National Geographic photo camp on the Wind River Reservation.