On today's show...
SDPB's Director of Radio and Journalism Content Cara Hetland discusses the power of public radio (1:00 to 10:53).
Then, "A Christmas Story" comes to a Sioux Falls stage and a new holiday-themed collection hits bookshelves everywhere.
Director Bob Wendland and actor Wade Gemar preview their upcoming production with the Good Night Theatre Collective (10:53 to 34:50).
Wendland shares why he made this their holiday musical and its connection with his annual family tradition with his father.
Plus, South Dakota poet Joseph Bottum selects more than three decades of Christmas-themed writings for his new book. He shares why he values Christmas for both its outrageousness and melancholy (34:50 to 49:22).
Learn more about Bottum's "Frankincense, Gold, and Myrrh: A Christmas Chrestomathy."
