SDPB's Podcasts

Each day, SDPB brings you statewide news coverage. We then compile those stories into a daily podcast.

Our Dakota Political Junkies recap the 2025 legislative session, and Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen looks at a century of history in the Capitol.

Jon Hunter and Michael Card explore the impact of a contentious 2024 primary, the ongoing debate over direct democracy, and the role of legislative mentorship.

Gina Benz describes social-emotional learning and the impact on student's development.

Charlie Ziminga shares some memories of his playing and coaching career at Pine Ridge with Craig Mattick. He also looks back at some memories of one of the all-time South Dakota greats SuAnne Big Crow.

In this edition of History 605, Ben Jones speaks to author April White, who brings us back to the high society of the Sioux Falls Cataract Hotel and how it became the place where certain women from the East Coast could escape a bad marriage.

Before the fatal crash, Jason Ravnsborg was a political upstart – going from an unknown to holding one of the state’s highest offices nearly overnight. How did someone with so little experience in either politics or the courts rise so fast?

In June 2022, a near-total abortion ban went into effect in South Dakota after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In 2006 and 2008, voters rejected abortion bans at the ballot box.

Guests on this episode of Dakota Dialogues are former Kentucky legislator John A. Yarmuth, SDSU Associate Professor David Wiltse, and former South Dakota Congressman Tom Dempster.

A torrent of water rushes out of the Black Hills toward Rapid City. A teenager finds his mother’s home surrounded by raging water, while a man living high above Rapid Creek watches helplessly as homes and lives are swept away below. A real-estate developer is trapped by high water in one of his condominiums, and a young man is thrown into the water when a house breaks apart. Meanwhile, a National Guard soldier struggles to save a family on a rooftop.