A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting May 2015
Lord Selkirk’s compassion for the Scottish crofters helped seed the Canadian prairies. BUILT ON AGRICULTURE pays tribute to Selkirk and the settlers of those early decades, investigates the grain exchanges and pools that contributed to the growth of agriculture in Manitoba and western Canada, interviews farmers who carry on the traditions, and considers the trends and technology that are building the future of agriculture. Tune in Monday, May 4, at 9:30 pm CT for part one of this new four-part series from Prairie Public: The Selkirk Settlers. And stay tuned this fall for three additional episodes in the series: The Institutions, The Farmer, and The Future of Agriculture Production funding for Built on Agriculture provided in part by Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development— Growing Actions Program, MacDon Industries Ltd., Monsanto Canada Inc., and by the members of Prairie Public.
May Prime Time Television Programs Visit www.prairiepublic.org for the most up-to-date schedules, including Prairie Public’s multicast schedules. Programming may change with little or no notice. Programs are listed in Central Time. Prairie Public local television productions are highlighted in blue.
1 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Karen Babine, Author of “Water and What We Know” fi 8:00 North Dakota Legislative Review 8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge (part 2 of 3) fi 9:30 Music Voyager Israel: Songs from the Holy Land fi 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
2 Saturday 7:00 Vicar of Dibley › 7:30 After You’ve Gone › 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Beck ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live Shelby Lynne ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
3 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Music Memories fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 6 of 8) ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (part 6 of 8) ™ 10:00 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (part 5 of 6) ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
4 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Santa Clara, Hour 3fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Biloxi, Mississippi, Hour 3 fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Politician A.C. Townley, musician Elisa Korenne, Poetry Out Loud, and the Carluster Crumblebee Orchestra fi 9:30 Built on Agriculture The Selkirk Settlers fi 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
5 Tuesday 7:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Get Action (1858-1901) (part 1 of 7) ⁄ 9:00 Frontline Outbreak 10:00 Waiting for God ›
10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
6 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Parrot Confidential ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Nazi Attack on America ⁄ 9:00 Nazi Mega Weapons The Siegfried Line ™ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Quirke (part 3 of 3) ⁄ 10:32 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
8 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Indian Cookbook Author Sherbanoo Aziz fi 8:00 Charlie Rose—The Week 8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge (part 3 of 3) fi 9:30 Caring for Mom & Dad ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
9 Saturday 7:00 Vicar of Dibley › 7:30 After You’ve Gone › 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Bonnie Raitt/Mavis Staples ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live The Wailin’ Jennys ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
10 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Mother’s Day fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 7 of 8) ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (part 7 of 8) ⁄ 10:00 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (part 6 of 6) Œ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
11 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour 1 fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Washington, DC, Hour 1 fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Jon Offutt glass, Minnesota grass roots politics, singersongwriter Elisa Korenne, and the Mary Marshall Quintet fi 9:30 Music Voyager Telluride fi 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report
11:00 Charlie Rose
12 Tuesday 7:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History In the Arena (1901-1910) (part 2 of 7) ¬ 9:00 Frontline The Trouble with Chicken 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
13 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Animal Childhood ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Lethal Seas ⁄ 9:00 Boom! Behind the Bakken fi 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
14 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Father Brown › 10:00 Waiting For God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
15 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse MSUM Film Studies Professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson fi 8:00 Charlie Rose—The Week 8:30 American Masters American Ballet Theatre: A History fi 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
16 Saturday 7:00 Vicar of Dibley › 7:30 After You’ve Gone › 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Bon Iver ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live Rusted Root ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
17 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Salute to the Armed Forces fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 8 of 8) ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (part 8 of 8) ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
18 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour 2 fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Washington, DC, Hour 2 fi
9:00 Prairie Mosaic Poetry Out Loud, SingerSongwriter Elisa Korenne, Lord Selkirk, Auratone fi 9:30 Black Gold Boom fi 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
19 Tuesday 7:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History The Fire of Life (1910-1919) (part 3 of 7) ⁄ 9:00 Frontline Secrets, Politics and Torture 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
20 Wednesday 7:00 Nature The Sagebrush Sea ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Rise of the Hackers ⁄ 9:00 Nature My Bionic Pet ⁄ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
21 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Father Brown › 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
22 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Trudy Schroeder fi 8:00 Charlie Rose—The Week 8:30 The Lincoln Awards: A Concert for Veterans & The Military Family fi 9:30 No Going Back: Women and The War ⁄ 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
23 Saturday 7:00 Vicar of Dibley › 7:30 After You’ve Gone › 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits The Lumineers/Shovels & Rope ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live Buckwheat Zydeco ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
24 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Concert in the Park fi 8:00 Lest We Forget-A Survivor’s Story fi 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2015 ⁄
Join us at one of these free events May 26 • Midwest Kid Fest in Island Park, Fargo • We’ll bring our video cameras so you can record a promotional spot that may air during Prairie Public’s kids programming! May 29-31 • Family Literacy Event in Devils Run in Devils Lake • Play with our mobile learning lab, and go home with cool learning resources and a free book! June 6 • Share a Story at Rheault Farm in Fargo • Share stories and learn about science, meteorology, and dinosaurs.
Register now for the 2015 Teacher Training Institute PreK-12 teachers may receive graduate credit for attending a two-day teacher training institute being offered in June by Prairie Public Broadcasting. The Prairie Region Teacher Training Institute will focus on strengthening the preK-12 arts, history, and culture curriculum through the innovative use of strong video and other technologies, placing emphasis on crosscurricular applications. Teachers may also receive a $100 stipend for attending the Institute, then writing and submitting an approved, media-rich lesson plan integrating regional arts, history and/or culture into a cross-curricular lesson. The Institute is scheduled for June 23 and 24, 2015, at Concordia College in Moorhead. Information and registration is at prairiepublic.org/education. Prairie Public is hosting the Institute in partnership with The Energy and Environmental Research Center’s The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership project, the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and the North Central Council for School Television. 10:00 Above and Beyond ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
25 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Hour 3 fi 8:00 The Homefront ⁄ 10:00 Waiting for God 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
26 Tuesday 7:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History The Storm (1920-1933) (part 4 of 7) ⁄ 9:00 Frontline Obama at War 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
27 Wednesday
7:00 Danube—Europe’s Amazon (part 1 of 2) ⁄ 8:00 Danube—Europe’s Amazon (part 2 of 2) ⁄ 9:00 Colditz the Legend › 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
28 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Father Brown › 10:00 Waiting for God › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
29 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Author Amy Watkin fi 8:00 Moments to Remember: My Music fi 10:30 Nightly Business Report
11:00 Charlie Rose
30 Saturday 9:00 am Wheat Belly Total Health with William Davis, MD fi 10:30 Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White fi 11:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Sewing with Nancy: Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares fi 3:00 Dr. Christiane Northrup-Glorious Women Never Age fi 4:30 BrainChange with David Perlmutter, MD fi 6:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy fi 7:00 The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute fi 8:30 Brit Floyd: Live at Red Rocks fi 10:00 Soundstage: Blues Summit in Chicago fi 11:30 Rick Steves’ Festive Europe fi
31 Sunday 1:30 pm Don’t Worry, Retire Happy with Tom Hegna fi 3:00 Healing ADD with Dr. Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN fi 5:00 Rick Steves’ Dynamic Europe: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin fi 7:00 Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures fi 9:00 Best of Daniel O’Donnell Music & Memories fi 10:30 Sing Out! Icons of Folk fi
Overnight Schedule Programs are listed in Central Time. Antiques Roadshow Wednesdays, 1 am, 2 am, 5/27, 1 am Asia Insight Wednesdays, 12:30 am Austin City Limits Sundays, 4 am except 5/31 Black Gold Boom 5/20, 3:30 am Boom! Behind the Bakken 5/15, 3 am Brit Floyd: Live at Red Rocks 5/31, 4:30 am Built on Agriculture 5/6, 3:30 am; 5/9, 4:30 am Charlie Rose—The Week Mondays, 1 am Colditz the Legend 5/29, 3 am Danube—Europe’s Amazon 5/29, 1 am Doc Martin Saturdays, 2 am; Mondays, 2 am The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute 5/31, 3 am Father Brown Mondays, 3 am except 5/4, 5/11; Saturdays, 3 am except 5/2, 5/9 Focus on Europe Sundays, 1 am Frontline Thursdays, 3 am
Globe Trekker Sundays, 3 am except 5/31 Great Decisions in Foreign Policy Sundays, 1:30 am The Homefront 5/27, 2 am It’s an Age Thing Thursdays, 12:30 am Lawrence Welk Show Tuesdays, 1 am Lest We Forget—A Survivor’s Story 5/26, 2 am Living Smart Sundays, 5 am except 5/31 Loopdiver: The Journey of a Dance 5/2, 4:30 am Masterpiece Classic Tuesdays, 2 am except 5/26 McLaughlin Group Sundays, 2:30 am Music Voyager 5/13, 3:30 am National Memorial Day Concert 2015 5/26, 2:30 am Nature Fridays, 1 am except 5/29; 5/22, 3 am Nazi Mega Weapons 5/8, 3 am Nightly Business Report Saturdays, 5 am NOVA Fridays, 2 am except 5/29 Overheard with Evan Smith Saturdays, 12:30 am; Sundays, 2 am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Sundays, 5:30 am except 5/31 Painting with Paulson Sundays, 6 am except 5/31 PBS NewsHour Tuesday through Saturday, 4 am except 5/2 and 5/9 Prairie Mosaic Wednesdays, 3 am except 5/27 Prairie Pulse Mondays, 12:30 am Quirke 5/2, 5/4, 5/9, 5/11, 3 am Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Tuesdays, 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe: Remote, Sacred, Wild 5/31, 6:30 am Rick Steves’ Festive Europe 5/31, 6 am The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Thursdays, 1 am Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac Sundays, 6:30 am except 5/31 Scully/The World Show Fridays, 12:30 am Super Skyscrapers 5/1, 3 am Tavis Smiley Tuesday-Saturday, Midnight; Saturdays, 5:30 am This Old House 5/4, 5/11, 4:30 am This Old House Hour Mondays, 4 am except 5/4, 5/11; Saturdays, 1 am To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Sundays, Midnight The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman Mondays, 1:30 am Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Mondays, Midnight Well Read Sundays, 12:30 am Wolf Hall on Masterpiece 5/5, 5/12, 3 am
May Daytime Television Programs Saturdays 6:00 am Charlie Rose 7:00 Campus News (5/2) Great Decisions in Foreign Policy begins 5/9 7:30 Studio One (5/2, 5/9) McLaughlin Group begins 5/16 8:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 8:30 It’s an Age Thing fi 9:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated fi except 5/30 9:30 Pati’s Mexican Table fi except 5/30 10:00 Martin Yan’s Taste of Vietnam fi except 5/30 10:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking fi except 5/30 11:00 A Chef’s Life fi except 5/30 11:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Knitting Daily fi except 5/30 2:00 Sewing with Nancy fi except 5/30 2:30 Quilting Arts fi except 5/30 3:00 Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac fi except 5/30 3:30 Painting with Paulson fi except 5/30 4:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home fi except 5/30 4:30 This Old House fi except 5/30 5:00 Prairie Pulse fi except 5/30 5:30 North Dakota Legislative Review (5/2) 5:30 Scully/The World Show fi except 5/2, 5/30 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend except 5/30 6:30 Charlie Rose-The Week except 5/30 Sundays 7:00 am Sesame Street æ 8:00 Bob the Builder æ 8:30 Space Racers fi 9:00 1001 Nights Æ except 5/31 9:00 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins æ (5/31) (1 hr.) 9:30 Thomas & Friends æ except 5/17, 5/31 9:30 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins æ (5/17) (1 hr.) 10:00 Martha Speaks æ except 5/17 10:30 SciGirls fi 11:00 Curiosity Quest fi 11:30 EnviroPals! æ Noon Odd Squad æ 12:30 Living Smart fi except 5/10 12:30 Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter fi (5/10) 1:00 IQ: Smartparent fi except 5/10, 5/17 1:00 Great Performances at The Met “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” ⁄ (5/10) (3 hrs.) 1:00 Language Matters with Bob Holman ⁄ (5/17) (2 hrs.) 1:30 Second Opinion fi (5/3, 5/24) 2:00 Homes on the Range: The New Pioneers fi (5/3) (1 hr.) 2:00 A Hidden Epidemic fi (5/24) (1 hr.) 3:00 Globe Trekker ⁄ except 5/10, 5/31 4:00 Doc Martin ⁄ except 5/31 5:00 Islands Without Cars with Kira Hesser fi (5/3, 5/10)
5:00 Ultimate Restorations fi (5/17, 5/24) 5:30 Islands Without Cars with Kira Hesser fi (5/3, 5/10) 6:00 Antiques Roadshow fi except 5/31 Weekdays 5:00 am Prairie Public Instructional Resources (1½ hrs.) ends 5/22 5:00 Various Public Affairs programs (1½ hrs.) begins 5/25 6:30 Wild Kratts Y 7:00 Curious George æ 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! æ 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood æ 8:30 Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo æ 9:00 Sesame Street æ 10:00 Dinosaur Train æ 10:30 WordWorld æ 11:00 Peg + Cat æ 11:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog Y Noon Super Why! Y 12:30 Martha Speaks æ 1:00 Sesame Street æ 1:30 Caillou Y 2:00 Sid the Science Kid æ except 5/19 2:00 National Geographic Bee fi (5/19) (1 hr) 2:30 WordGirl æ except 5/19 3:00 Cyberchase æ except 5/25 3:00 National Geographic Bee fi (5/25) (1 hr) 3:30 Arthur æ except 5/25 4:00 Maya & Miguel æ except 5/22 4:00 National Geographic Bee fi (5/22) (1 hr) 4:30 Odd Squad æ except 5/22 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 PBS NewsHour 6:30 Waiting for God › Symbol Key fi General audience æ Suitable for all children Æ Directed to children age 7 and older ⁄ Parental guidance suggested
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May Television Highlights
There are more than 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Language Matters with Bob Holman travels to a remote island off the coast of Australia to visit with aboriginal people who speak 10 different languages; to Wales where Welsh is making a comeback; and on to Hawaii, where Hawaiians are fighting to save their native tongue. New! Sunday, May 17, 1 pm CT Honoring our American heroes for more than 25 years, the National Memorial Day Concert 2015 pays tribute to the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform before an audience of hundreds of thousands, millions at home, and to our troops around the world via American Forces Network. New! Sunday, May 24, 8:30 pm CT Ultimate Restorations shares the stories behind the restoration of history’s greatest historical and engineering treasures. Tune in this month to see the challenging restoration of one of the first U.S. yachts to round Cape Horn, Cangarda: The Last American Steam Yacht, on May 17 and the restoration of a World War II spy plane in The Lysander: Canada’s Unsung Hero on May 24. New! Sundays at 5 pm CT
American Masters American Ballet Theatre: A History chronicles the rise of the company from its days as a small collective to its pinnacle as one of the most revered dance companies in the world. Delve into its rich, 75-year history with a documentary that combines intimate rehearsal footage, virtuoso performances, and interviews with artists pivotal to the company’s formation. New! Friday, May 15, 8:30 pm CT
Passing through 10 countries and four capital cities, Danube—Europe’s Amazon is an extraordinary visual journey that exquisitely captures the beauty and impact of what Napoleon called the “Queen of Europe’s rivers.” The two-part documentary presents a comprehensive look at the majestic and mighty river that has been instrumental in shaping the contours of Europe as we know it today. New! Wednesday, May 27, 7 pm CT
May Television Highlights Back by popular demand: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. Ken Burns’ seven-part documentary weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics. The 14-hour series marks the first time their individual stories have been woven into a single narrative. Tuesdays at 7 pm CT In every animal’s life, there comes a time when it must stand on its own two feet, so to speak, and face the world alone. For a few, this happens just moments after birth, with no life lessons from parents to help them. Others have the advantage of home schooling under the watchful eye of a mentor or family member. Nature’s Animal Childhood shows that growing up is never easy. New! Wednesday, May 13, 7 pm CT The skeletons and shells of marine creatures that form the foundation of the web of life are dissolving. Follow scientists who are seeking solutions and making breakthrough discoveries, including to a unique coral garden that offers a glimpse of what the seas could be like in a half-century, when NOVA investigates Lethal Seas. Can experts crack the code of a rapidly changing ocean? New! Wednesday, May 13, 8 pm CT Many Prairie Public local television productions are funded in part by the following: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008, North Dakota Council on the Arts, North Dakota Humanities Council, and by the members of Prairie Public. Thank you!
Filmed at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Brit Floyd: Live At Red Rocks captures the magic and majesty of Pink Floyd’s legendary music set against the aweinspiring natural rocks and Colorado landscape. Tune in to learn how you can receive tickets to the live Brit Floyd show at Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg on August 20. Saturday, May 30, 8:30 pm CT Discover how yoga can come to the aid of anyone, regardless of age, who wants to increase strength and mobility with Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy. Peggy’s yoga poses can increase range of motion, improve awareness of the body, help prevent bone loss, and keep the metabolism running efficiently. Saturday, May 30, 6 pm CT
Radio Features
THIS MONTH ON Some small towns fade away. Some turn into a top-rated destination! Sheila Schafer, the unofficial “First Lady of Medora,” and her late husband Harold rejuvenated Medora in the 1960s, and on May 17, the whole town is celebrating her 90th birthday. Tuesday, May 12, on Main Street, we’ll visit with Sheila to learn what Medora was like before the Schafers’ generous investment, what they love about their town, and what she thinks about this city-wide birthday celebration. • TUNE IN WEEKDAYS AT 3 AND 7 PM CT •
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We extend our appreciation to new and renewing members of Investors Circle. These donors have demonstrated significant annual support for public broadcasting in our region. In this issue of WAVES, we recognize gifts received January 1— March 31, 2015. Gold Investors $5,000 to $9,999 Frederick Baker Margaret Garr Silver Investors $2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous J. W. Burns Jane Dynes Dr. Rosanne Gasse Drs. Kimberly T. Krohn and John A. Fishpaw Ian and Donna Plant Anne Swanson
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Prairie Public recognizes gifts in memory and in honor of others. This month, we gratefully acknowledge the following: Janet Daley Jury In memory of Joe Westby Tracy Hsu In memory of Sharon Gadbaw Skip and Barbara Hinton In Memory of John Harris, Jr. Alan Dahlen In memory of Rodli J. Pederson John and Peggy Bartunek In memory of Helen Sayer Family of Patricia Darling In memory of Patricia Darling Patricia Garrity In memory of Erma Garrity
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Black Gold Boom producer Todd Melby
Reporting on the Energy Boom Television doc explores tribal concerns Tune in Monday, May 18, at 9:30 pm CT With vast deposits of oil underneath tribal lands, all eyes are on the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. The new television documentary Black Gold Boom explores how Three Affiliated Tribes in western North Dakota is grappling with what many see as an opportunity and others view as a threat. Rancher Marty Young Bear worries about the environmental effects of oil drilling. Meanwhile, local leaders rush to form a tribal-owned oil company with the motto, “Sovereignty by the Barrel.” This new television documentary from awardwinning reporter and director Todd Melby is the latest installment in his multi-year public media project on North Dakota’s oil boom. Produced with Prairie Public, Black Gold Boom features online videos, an interactive documentary, and more than 50 radio stories—all available at blackgoldboom.com. Radio reports investigate the grid We are increasingly reliant on electricity for every aspect of modern life. But that reliance comes at a time of increasing grid vulnerability. In May and June, tune your radio to Prairie Public as Inside Energy presents special reports on ethanol, renewables, utilities of the future, microgrid and storage experiments, cybersecurity, solar storm threats, and military microgrids—and find all the reports archived online at insideenergy.org.