Lori Walsh
In the Moment Host, Senior ProducerLori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.
In six years of public radio, she has interviewed more than 6000 guests on-air, in the studio, or on stage. Walsh is also a writer, poet, and teaching artist. Her professional memberships include Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the National Book Critics Circle.
A graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif., Walsh also studied humanities at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu and received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D. She was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 1994; she served six years as a cryptologic Korean linguist. Walsh lives in Sioux Falls and is the caretaker of a tortoise known as "The Entity.”
Connect: @sdpbinthemoment (Instagram), @MomentSDPB (Twitter) and Email: Lori.Walsh@sdpb.org
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Aging is expensive. Financial therapist Rick Kahler explores how to pay for long-term care and 'die broke' without outliving your finances.
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Historians Jon Lauck and Jon Schaff recap the 56th Dakota Conference. They discuss the political influence of South Dakota and the current state of history education.
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We speak to one of the prime sponsors of Senate Bill 201, which was signed into law this session. Rep. Will Mortenson joins us for a look at the content of the bill.
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South Dakota poet Joseph Bottum lends us his voice and works for National Poetry Month. Hear and feel the words of "Bliss and Blunder" and "Homecoming."
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If you find a piece of prehistory during your summer vacation, be a responsible citizen scientist and report it. Park ranger Mattison Shreero shares how to do that.
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We get a sneak peek of the performance and party happening this weekend for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's season finale.
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The governor signed Senate Bill 201 into law. Rep. Will Mortenson discusses how the bill made it over the finish line and what it means for South Dakota landowners.
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The governor signed Senate Bill 201 into law. Rep. Will Mortenson discusses how the bill made it over the finish line and what it means for South Dakota landowners.
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The opera "Notes on Viardot" will have its world premiere in Vermillion this week. We learn more from its composer, director and star performer.
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An Oregon community passed an ordinance essentially banning sleeping in public. We ask Mike Thompson about the precedent and implications of this Supreme Court case.