SDPB Podcasts

Each day, SDPB brings you statewide news coverage. We then compile those stories into a daily podcast.

The U.S. is on track for its longest government shutdown ever. Our Dakota Political Junkies discuss the blame game both parties are currently playing.

Lee Strubinger, SDPB’s Politics & Public Policy Reporter, chronicles the story of former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Follow the story from after Ravnsborg struck and killed pedestrian Joe Boever in September 2020 to his impeachment and removal from office in 2022.

From the sidelines to the spotlight, Bruce Kleinsasser has been a driving force in South Dakota’s competitive cheer and dance scene. He was there when it all came together—helping sanction the sport and elevate it across the state. A two-time South Dakota Cheer Coach of the Year, he joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.

Cara Rogers Stevens joins us to discuss her recent book about Thomas Jefferson and his work to eliminate slavery. We see how 14-year-old Thomas Jefferson dealt with inheriting other human beings, came to see slavery as a moral wrong, and then was confronted with what he would do about it?