Thursday, September 21, 2023 - In an excerpt from the \“Conversations on Health Care\” podcast, two leading experts in LGBTQ+ health issues discuss what the Human Rights Campaign calls a \“state of emergency.\” Dr. Marwan Haddad is the immediate past chair of the HIV Medicine Association and the medical director at the Center for Key Populations at Community Health Center, Inc. Dr. Carl Streed is the president-elect of the US Professional Association for Transgender Health and the research lead for the GenderCare Center at Boston Medical Center. They visit with hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter. ~~~ Tom Isern is here with another Plains Folk essay. This one is titled \“Quite a Historical Character. ~~~ NOTSTOCK is Minot State's signature arts event, held every fall since 2007. It gets underway today and runs through Saturday. From a recent episode of The Great American Folk Show, here’s host Tom Brousseau with a preview. ~~~ In this week’s episode of Main Stre
Monday, August 21, 2023 - Jeffrey Miller's new book is "Forever Towards the Sunrise: A Lifetime Lived in the Outdoors." It's a collection of more than 100 articles he's authored over the years. His work has appeared in a wide variety of magazines on topics including hunting, fishing, fur trapping and modern homesteading. He and his significant other Melanie live with their four children on the banks of the Sheyenne River near Kindred, North Dakota. ~~~ Pests that can kill many trees quickly can pose real economic dangers. Some Midwestern communities are now hedging their arboreal bets. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service reports. ~~~ In a Dakota Diners segment from the Great American Folk Show, Tom Brousseau takes us to the Pastime Club and Steakhouse in Marmarth, North Dakota. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, \“The Culbertson Ballads.\”