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Our history of addiction, and millions in COVID relief sent back to the fed

Angela Hsieh
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NPR

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On today's show

South Dakota returned millions of unused federal dollars to the federal government. This money was earmarked for pandemic housing assistance. We look inside a reporter's notebook today with Bart Pfankuch from South Dakota Newswatch

Delbert Hopkins Junior is the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Chairman. He delivered the annual State of the Tribes address to a joint session of the legislature. In his own words, here are edited highlights of his address.

The current debate over the nature of addiction is only the latest chapter in a centuries-old story. Today we explore the history of addiction in medicine, literature, philosophy, and public policy with physician and bioethicist Carl Erik Fisher. His new book is called The Urge: Our History of Addiction.

Today we take a moment to understand what it means to Noel Henrickson to live on the Fort Pierre National Grassland.

Some people ignore the knock on the door when a politician stops by asking for support. Kevin Woster opens the door, has a conversation, and then writes about it. We talk with Woster about political compromise in a time of division.

Musicians continued to work and create through the pandemic including the group Sun Daze, comprised of musicians Wes Eisenhauer and Brandon Phrommany. Their new album Deserted came out in December. Wes joins us now to talk about the pair's work.

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Cara Hetland is the Director of Radio and Journalism Content for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
Chris is a producer for In the Moment.