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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We learn about how some land management practices in western South Dakota are seeking to copy nature's top architect.
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Pat Guptill says he saw his land's health improve after he got a beaver neighbor. The rancher shares why he credits a beaver with repairing the creek on his land.
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Emily Fairfax, Ph.D., breaks down her paper on "Smokey the Beaver." Plus, we learn how she used construction paper and felt to explain her research to the layperson.
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We speak with Ben Goldfarb, author of "Eager," about the history of the beaver and its environmental impacts.
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We talk to scientists, researchers and landowners about our ecological relationship with beavers. Meet nature's top engineer and learn how he builds resilient landscapes.
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We talk to scientists, researchers and landowners about our ecological relationship with beavers. Meet nature's top engineer and learn how he builds resilient landscapes.
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Attorney General Marty Jackley shares details on the new digital investigation unit and other programs the 2025 budget will fund.
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The South Dakota Women and Trans Musicians Network is accepting applicants for the Transcendent Musicians Program. Morgan Carnes shares what's included in the package.
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SDPB's Jackie Hendry steps into the studio to preview her reporting in the latest episode of "South Dakota Focus" on juvenile justice and trauma.
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Garrick Moritz talks about what's in Senate Bill 201 and what isn't in it. The bill is meant to be a compromise between landowners and pipeline companies.