Friday, March 12, 2010

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From nationally broadcast series like Painting With Paulson to regional documentaries such as Our State Fair: The North Dakota Experience, the slate of award-winning original programs created by Prairie Public’s acclaimed production team reflect the life, culture, and interests of people in the prairie region.

Check here for more about Prairie Public productions currently in our roster of broadcast programs. You can also visit the Prairie Public Classics area to see a chronological list of the many local productions created by Prairie Public.

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• A Considered View: The Photography of Wayne Gudmundson

  Categories: History and Heritage, Arts

  Wayne Gudmundson’s black and white photographs are admired not only for their beauty, but also for their cultural significance-they capture the grandeur of Gudmundson’s native North Dakota landscape with focus that evokes a meaningful sense of place.
  Gudmundson is a prolific photographer. He has produced nine books, and his work is in the collections of The [...]

• Managing Carbon Dioxide: The Geologic Solution

  Categories: Environment

  It’s 1916 in the American Southwest…a rumble on the drilling platform…wildcatters dive for cover as a cloud of mist explodes from the wellbore..natural gas or something else?
  The documentary tells the story of geologic CO2 sequestration. Natural CO2 tapped from underground geologic formations has been used for more than 30 years to help recover more oil [...]

• Out of the Air-Into the Soil: Land Practices that Reduce Atmospheric Carbon

  Categories: Environment

  Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas and the major component of our carbon footprint. Terrestrial CO2 sequestration is a way of reducing our carbon footprint using the natural ability of plants to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store the carbon in roots, stems/trunks, leaves, and soils. This 30-minute documentary shows examples from North [...]

• Nature In The Balance: CO2 Sequestration

  Categories: Environment

  This 30-minute feature is full of information on anthropogenic CO2: what it is, where it comes from, and what we can do to control it. This documentary addresses the following questions:

  What is anthropogenic (human) CO2?
  Why be concerned about human CO2 emissions?
  What is the difference between the natural greenhouse effect and global warming?
  What is the relationship [...]

• Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: The Role Of Markets

  Categories: Public Affairs, Environment

  This 30-minute feature is full of information on anthropogenic (human) CO2 emissions, including where they come from and how markets are playing a role in reducing emissions. This documentary addresses the following questions:

  What is anthropogenic (human) CO2?
  Why be concerned about human CO2 emissions?
  What is the relationship between energy, the economy, and human CO2 emissions?
  What are [...]

• An Evening With Raymond Schroth

  Categories: Arts

  Biographer and author Raymond Schroth presented a free public keynote address on the life and career of Eric Sevareid at the Heritage Center in Bismarck Thursday, November 12 at 7 p.m.  His talk, sponsored by Read North Dakota, is part of the consortium’s focus in 2009 on biographies of notable North Dakotans.
  In his biography “The [...]

• Bill Holm: Through the Windows of Brimnes

  Categories: Arts

  Bill Holm: Through the Windows of Brimnes introduces us to poet, essayist, and musician Bill Holm-a Minnesota native who escaped to his small cottage in Iceland every year to create and contemplate.
  That’s where Prairie Public filmed Holm, just months before his death, talking about the work he’d produced during a life well lived.

• A Photographer’s View of Iceland

  Categories: Arts

  Travel with Prairie Public to Iceland, where the beautiful landscape and friendly people have inspired countless artists. Prairie Public followed photographer Wayne Gudmundson to this island country in the North Atlantic Ocean to capture the sights and explore its volcanic majesty in A Photographer’s View of Iceland.

• Divided We Fail: A Forum On Healthcare Reform

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  As healthcare costs skyrocket and retirement savings dwindle, more attention than ever before is being focused on the subject of health care reform. Senator Kent Conrad and a panel of policy experts join us in the Prairie Public studio as we discuss the issue that is one of President Obama’s top domestic priorities. 
  If you missed [...]

• Prairie Pulse

  Categories: Public Affairs

  Prairie Pulse is back with a new season featuring host John Harris and the newsmakers of our region. Tune in Fridays at 7:30 pm or Saturdays at 5 pm CT.

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