Tonight. Were very happy to welcome Erika Bolstad in conversation with Lydia Kiesling as a documentary filmmaker and journalist who has studied and written vastly about Climate Change and fossil fuels. Erika bolstad the personal connection to oil was brought to light and late in late 2009 when her ailing mother unexpectedly received a check for leased mineral rights. They were rights that dated back to 1951, leased by ericas grandfather from the land that his mother had homesteaded in the early 1900s. In north dakota. Ericas great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. In fact, annas husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. In her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her Erika Bolstad excavates. Her familys buried past and its stark connection to the Promised Land of the american west. Both dad will be joined in conversation tonight
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Documentary filmmaker and journalist who has studied and written vastly about Climate Change and fossil fuels. Erika bolstad the personal connection to oil was brought to light and late in late 2009 when her ailing mother unexpectedly received a check for leased mineral rights. They were rights that dated back to 1951, leased by ericas grandfather from the land that his mother had homesteaded in the early 1900s. In north dakota. Ericas great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. In fact, annas husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. In her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her Erika Bolstad excavates. Her familys buried past and its stark connection to the Promised Land of the american west. Both dad will be joined in conversation tonight by lydia kiesling. Shes the author of the novel the golden state. Tonights event includes a
Written vastly about Climate Change and fossil fuels. Erika bolstad the personal connection to oil was brought to light and late in late 2009 when her ailing mother unexpectedly received a check for leased mineral rights. They were rights that dated back to 1951, leased by ericas grandfather from the land that his mother had homesteaded in the early 1900s. In north dakota. Ericas great grandmother, anna, was a woman of potential fortune, lost to history with very little photo evidence or writing. In fact, annas husband had committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. In her book windfall, the prairie woman who lost her way and the great granddaughter who found her Erika Bolstad excavates. Her familys buried past and its stark connection to the Promised Land of the american west. Both dad will be joined in conversation tonight by lydia kiesling. Shes the author of the novel the golden state. Tonights event includes an audience q a. We ask that you raise your hand during th