Nolan Strawder, a mechanical engineer and National Grange member who has moved home to the family farm, contributes to Harvest Public Media's ongoing series "My Farm Roots." More at harvestpublicmedia.org.
Kirtan Singh Khalsa discusses with Patt Morrison the shooting of Sikhs in a Wisconsin temple. Khalsa is a member of the board of directors for Sikh Dharma So Cal and Sikh Darma Worldwide, an international body of Sikhs; he is also a minister at the West Los Angeles Guru Ram Das Ashram. More at scpr.org.
WAMU 88.5 explores the political, economic and emotional impacts of federal spending cuts in a series of stories inspired by what reporters learned when they asked D.C. area residents how a smaller government might affect them. The first of five parts. More at wamu.org.
Medical interpreters talk about the unique challenges of the job, what it takes to do it right, and how 'MRI' can sound an awful lot like 'hemorrhoids.' More at publicinsightnetwork.org.
Haddayr Copley-Woods, an author, blogger and PIN source, explains why science-fiction conventions are so appealing to the people who attend them. More at mprnews.org.
Why the high clearance rate? Peter Vogel, a Little Falls resident and a member of MPR News' Public Insight Network, has an explanation. More at mprnews.org.
