In Their Own Words

Anthony Williams is a retired Navy Veteran. Captivated by the history of the American West, he decided to make his post-Navy life in Deadwood. He bought a historic home and volunteers his time serving on the Historic Preservation Commission of Deadwood. During a recent preservation conference in Rapid City, he visited with SDPB’s Lura Roti about his passion for history and preserving it.

This interview posted above is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment, hosted by Lori Walsh.Carol Evan Saunders was born and raised in Rapid City. She began her career as a theater teacher and taught at Central High School. After she retired from teaching, she revisited her childhood passion for history and received a master’s in history.

Each year South Dakota colleges and universities are required to submit a report on all of their efforts to promote intellectual diversity. The 2021 report was nearly 150 pages. The Senate Education Committee heard a debate on Senate Bill 117 which would repeal the requirement for the report. We listen in on the debate.

Debate summary of Senate Bill 139, “An Act to provide for the creation and funding of Oceti Šakowiŋ community- based schools."

We take a moment to look back on this day in 1971. Senator George McGovern gave a speech on television expressing his opposition of U.S. military actions in Vietnam. This ended up being a big part of his campaign for President in 1972.

Miller Farmer Terry Johnson is the fourth-generation to farm the land his Great-Grandpa Cawood and Grandpa Johnson homesteaded in the late 1880s Dakota Territory. Today his son, Curtis continues the family farming tradition.

SDPB's Nate Wek talks about the USD volleyball team making the NCAA tournament where they will face the University of Minnesota on Friday.

The University of Sioux Falls (formerly Sioux Falls College) is the oldest private college in the state, but its history is not well known. USF professor Stephen Jackson explores that history in the Fall 2021 issue of South Dakota History journal.

Dakota Political Junkies Michael Card (political scientist and professor at USD) and Jon Hunter (publisher emeritus, Madison Daily Leader) join us to discuss the abortion rights debate in South Dakota in light of today's testimony in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. It's a case that examines the constitutionality of abortion legislation out of Mississippi.