Prairie Public

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Prairie Public Broadcasting is a trusted public service dedicated to building an exciting and productive future for the prairie and its people. Prairie Public Broadcasting offers a window on the world through national and regional television and radio programming; creates a forum for the most important issues facing our region with locally produced, topical documentaries; partners with others to foster education for all ages; and utilizes digital technology and Web services to expand those valued services. Beginning with a single television transmitter in Fargo, Prairie Public Broadcasting has grown to become the premier broadcaster of public television and radio services throughout the prairie region.

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A three-part series that explores the challenges Chinese adoptees and their families face in a state with relatively few international adoptions. It follows two families as they navigate the loss of birth culture, experiences of racism, and unanswered questions about the past.

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Ranch life essays from Jessie Veeder Scofield.

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A collection of programs from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection.

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A series of pieces from a multimedia project about ways schools, students and parents are working to stop bullying. Produced for North Dakota, but relevant elsewhere as well.

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Acclaimed folk musician Tom Brosseau hosts a charming hour of music, arts, culture and the characters that make up his beloved North Dakota.

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A monthly philosophy show hosted by Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein that explores current everyday themes. Jack visits with guests who work in academic philosophy or whose professions are ideal for digging into the philosophical issues that affect everyday life.


Latest Pieces

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People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
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Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Michael Apple, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A leading theorist of education, ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Samuel Walker, Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1995, James Loewen published Lies My Teacher Told Me, a powerful critique of how American history is taught in schools. He visits with host Jack...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 1
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2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Bull Moose bid to be president. This program looks back at Roosevelt's career and how...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUAF Public Radio, WRPI, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 20:07
  • Purchases: 4
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Is there such a thing as objectivity or does science just describe what we ourselves bring into the laboratory? On this episode of WHY? we are goin...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of WHY?, we will ask what it means for a corporation to be a person, how collective action affects agency, and how these large comp...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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An essay from Jessie on her appreciation for the good ol' boys she knows and loves.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:41
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Everywhere we look there are “economic indicators.” We talk about the jobless rate and the national debt. We learn about the first quarter and eval...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Does the government have the responsibility to care about its citizens? Does it have an obligation to think of each of us as people, as individuals...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2