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Melanie Hoffert longs for her rural North Dakota home with its grain trucks and empty main streets. But like many, she followed the out-migration pattern to a more urban life. When she returns home during harvest to confront the silences that have kept her at arm’s length from her childhood community, she finds it’s not easy. When asked if she's found a “fella,” rather than explain that she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject.

The universal appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder springs from a life lived in partnership with the land, on farms she and her family settled across the Northeast and Midwest. In this revealing exploration of Wilder's deep connection with the natural world, Marta McDowell follows the wagon trail of the beloved Little House series. You'll learn details about Wilder's life and inspirations, pinpoint the Ingalls and Wilder homestead claims on authentic archival maps, and learn to grow the plants and vegetables featured in the series. Excerpts from Wilder's books, letters, and diaries bring to light her profound appreciation for the landscapes at the heart of her world.

The hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham’s decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400 - the community he made famous as “the worst place to live in America” in a story he wrote for the Washington Post.

A podcast featuring inspiring journeys of women who have chosen to call North Dakota (ND) and Montana (MT) home. We will explore the modern woman's pioneer journey to the prairie one slice of pie at a time.

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When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed “undesirable” by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon and his young family adopted anglicized names and did their best to disguise their “foreignness”.

On the Prairie Tycoon, we connect with some of the best entrepreneurs that call the prairies home. We dive into the mindsets, habits, skills, and lessons that turned these hard-working men and women into the tycoons that they are today. Through these conversations, our goal is to be able to allow​other current and aspiring entrepreneurs to learn from our experts and apply the findings to their own entrepreneurial journeys and ultimately, prosper.

Prairie Prophets Podcast with host Brandon Butler will highlight opportunities to develop a climate-smart agriculture value chain. Topics will cover Conservation, Renewable Energy, and Agriculture. Guests will include industry leaders, educators, and enthusiasts alike with a common love for prairie and protecting our natural resources.

Nestled within North America is the beautiful Kansas Prairie, specifically within Kaw & Osage Land. We will be exploring all of the different realms that this space has to offer. With a focus on the topics of holistic farming and the crew members, farm-to-table restaurants, ways to be a conscious consumer, and diving deep within many other sustainability ventures throughout! All will be shared here on the Prairie Ramblings Podcast. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prairie-ramblings-podcast/support

Join Tyler and Dustin as they slip through the veil, discussing paranormal topics while enjoying their cigars and pipes.

The Plaid Prairie is a storytelling series highlighting the rich history and unique experiences of the people of North Dakota. From teachers and lawyers to models and athletes, each episode features an individual or couple whose stories illustrate the spirit of the people who call North Dakota home.Join us on a journey across The Plaid Prairie and discover the incredible people who make this state one of the most colorful places in the country.

In 1983 Chicago elected Harold Washington as the city's first black mayor. This is the story of Washington's improbable victory over Jane Byrne, heir to the late Richard J. Daley's political empire, and over Daley's eldest son. It's the story of a coalition outside the party's mainstream coming to power and ruling in the country's most political of cities. In Fire on the Prairie, Gary Rivlin reveals the personalities and philosophies of those who were at the center of events, from black separatists such as Lu Palmer to community organizers such as Jesse Jackson....

Howdy!Hey! Hello! My name is Dami and I really enjoy sharing my thoughts with a microphone as opposed to physical humans. so I couldn't be anymore grateful for podcasts. Come along with me as I share random stories or topics that i've been interested in lately. You never know what you're getting but thats what makes it exciting. Welcome. New episodes twice a week.

Around the Lake is a podcast about the community and environment of Prairie Crossing - a conservation community in Grayslake, IL.

Welcome to the Eden Prairie Assembly of God [EPAG] weekly podcast. EPAG is a vibrant local church with a heart for inspiring people to become Jesus followers and encouraging and equipping them in their journey.

A podcast about the intersection of public health, cultural history, and war in Kansas. School closures, mask mandates, infection waves, front line workers, debates over the disease’s origin, disparities in health care access, quarantine fatigue. All of these descriptions could easily apply to both current times and a century ago. In the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic, many have started looking back to the last global health catastrophe of this magnitude - the 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as the “Spanish flu”. Approximately 50 million people globally, including 675,000 ...

Conversations with innovators of the American West. Guests include athletes, artists, adventurers, writers, ranchers, conservationists, entrepreneurs, thought leaders—anyone who’s doing inspired work that contributes to the region’s evolving and complex cultural fabric. Through informal yet substantive interviews, conservationist Ed Roberson introduces you to these fascinating characters, giving you a better understanding of their careers, influences, and outlooks, as well as a deeper appreciation for life in the American West.

A funny and educational social commentary podcast about all things witchery, mental health and how to embody the phrase The Personal Is Political. Hosted by NAMPANDE, a Black queer diasporadical artist, comedian and community organizer rooted in Treaty 1 territory.

Peyakôskân, pronounced Paya-gos-gon, is a Cree word meaning ”One Family, One Bond, One Nation.” The Peyakôskân Podcast is a multicultural youth-led production team. The team conducts research, interviews, and youth-led discussions while building awareness of issues affecting society and the economy related to culture and ethnicity. By working together and interviewing community experts, Elders, and Knowledge-Keepers, the Peyakôskân Podcast provides learning opportunities for all participants, listeners and viewers to build awareness around truth, reconciliation, systemic racism, ...