Main Street
A Clearer View of North Dakota’s Legacy Fund
Oct 29, 202649 min
Explore North Dakota’s $15 billion Legacy Fund, hear Tom Isern reflect on the Great Plains’ past, and learn how smart appliances and battery-backed cooktops work.
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Listen for interviews with authors, artists, and newsmakers that tell the story of our region. Email us: mainstreet@prairiepublic.org
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What has Main Street covered recently?
Recent episodes include "A Clearer View of North Dakota’s Legacy Fund" (29 October 2026, 49 minutes), "North Dakota Stories, Election Voting and Icelandic-Inspired Eats" (28 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "Data Centers, Power and North Dakota’s Electric Co-ops" (27 October 2026, 50 minutes).
How often does Main Street publish?
Main Street publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 50 minutes.
How hard is it to get booked on Main Street?
Booking probability for Main Street is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Main Street requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Main Street's contact route on record: verified email.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 28, 202650 min
Playwright Abigail C.K. Lill adapts North Dakota stories into plays; Michael Howe explains voting and election security; Solo’s Skyr serves Icelandic-inspired fare.
- Oct 27, 202650 min
ND electric co-ops weigh data center growth; Harvest Public Media examines wolves and livestock; and on MN Reads, author Andrew Wittkop revisits two overlooked literary lives.
- Oct 22, 202651 min
Hunters face deer season changes amid EHD; lawmakers weigh data center rules; George Peck examines Tesla’s flying Roadster; Tom Isern recalls prairie Halloween mischief.
- Oct 21, 202649 min
Prairie Plates visits a new Fargo coffee shop; Prairie Beat looks at two ballot measures; and One Book, One Community hosts The Birth of Loud author Ian S. Port.
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- Oct 20, 202650 min
Food banks face rising hunger; Halloween pranks reveal history; school meals face cost pressures; guests discuss Prohibition fiction and Indigenous hunting traditions.
- Oct 19, 202650 min
Ray auditor Ronda Rustad on public service and her award; VCSU’s Dennis McCulloch on women’s flag football; and Gateway to Science’s interactive power-grid exhibit.
- Oct 15, 202650 min
A permanent oil tax break faces scrutiny; Theater B’s Frankenstein explores humanity and creation; and Tech With Peck examines data centers’ promises and costs.
Oct 14, 202651 minPrairie Plates visits Blackbird and The Bird; Prairie Beat follows a 480-mile relay supporting grieving families; farmers assess drought, markets and rising costs.
- Oct 13, 202650 min
In Part 2 from TeddyCon, Craig Blumenshine moderates historians on presidential biography and public memory; Tom Isern explores why prairie communities are seen as past their prime.
- Oct 12, 202651 min
At TeddyCon, Craig Blumenshine talks with historians Kathleen Dalton, Lindsay Chervinsky and Stacy Cordery about presidential biography and how it shapes our view of history.
Oct 7, 202650 minDeputy Secretary Kyle Haustveit on U.S. and ND energy; Prairie Plates visits Mount Everest Kitchen; Prairie Beat examines rising aid costs; and Tom Isern finds hope in Gen Z.
- Oct 6, 202651 min
Jack Russell Weinstein examines moral responsibility in the Clancy trial, while Amy Dalrymple previews North Dakota races, ballot measures and voting essentials.
- Oct 5, 202651 min
Fargo VA Director Brent Pharis discusses veterans’ care and access, while Dr. Jon Solberg shares lessons in endurance and leadership from Greenland’s ice.
- Oct 1, 202650 min
George Peck shares bookmark-worthy websites. Plus, the Monitor examines a candidate lawsuit, a major Cass County data center and its 2026 voter guide.
Sep 30, 202650 minDrekker's Oktoberfest, UND's Title IX sexual violence support and investigation procedures, and key 2027 Medicare plan updates to review.
- Sep 29, 202650 min
Explore North Dakota’s Carnegie library legacy, the roots of Great Plains identity and why drought-tolerant sorghum could be a crop for a hotter future.
- Sep 28, 202651 min
AARP’s John Hishta examines older voters’ concerns ahead of the midterms, while Shane Mendez shares his journey through trauma, addiction, recovery and teaching at UND.
- Sep 24, 202650 min
North Dakota court politics and a development fund audit, smart TV privacy, and Tom Isern on chokecherry-picking traditions across the northern Plains.
Sep 23, 202650 minExplore fall color at Icelandic and Pembina Gorge, visit Fargo’s Growing Together gardens, and hear how a super El Niño could shape North Dakota’s winter.
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David Greene
Civil Liberties Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Denise Johnson
literacy professor at William & Mary, Big "I" Oklahoma
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April Smith
author of Simplify Your Writing Instruction: A Framework For, Treasure Village Montessori
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Thomas Dolby
Prairie Public
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