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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Dancers of all styles and skill levels are welcome at the three-day dance festival happening this weekend. We get a preview of the performances and workshops.
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Grace Powell is South Dakota's 2024 Poetry Out Loud champion. She tells "In the Moment" about her experience performing the spoken word.
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Madeline Shields, executive director of Bishop Dudley House, joins "In the Moment" to discuss the new campaign to expand emergency shelter for families.
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Travis Entenman, director of Friends of the Big Sioux River, joins us for Earth Day. We dive into the small improvements community members and South Dakota legislators are making.
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We learn about taking care of the river in our backyard. Plus, author Don Carr talks about the real-life environmental crimes that inspired his fictional thriller.
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We learn about taking care of the river in our backyard. Plus, author Don Carr talks about the real-life environmental crimes that inspired his fictional thriller.
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The new film dives into the unique and diverse collection on display at the National Music Museum in Vermillion. We hear the sounds and stories behind the documentary.
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We honor Beverly Warne's life and legacy by revisiting our August 2022 conversation with the mentor and Lakota elder.
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Beverly Warne passed away on Sunday. We bring you our conversation with the nurse, mentor and Lakota elder from her South Dakota Hall of Fame induction.
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Beverly Warne passed away on Sunday. We bring you our conversation with the nurse, mentor and Lakota elder from her South Dakota Hall of Fame induction.