Kevin Woster

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 moves to the U.S. House after passing the Senate, but our resident macro-economist is skeptical of its true impact. We talk with professor of economics at South Dakota State University, Joe Santos.

We hear opposing viewpoints on abortion rights, we revisit juvenile justice reform, and Kevin Woster talks politics with his family ... and survives.

He had me at VA.Well, he also kinda had me at “I’m big. I’m bald. I’m bold. And I’m here to build bridges for South Dakota.”

An SDPB driveway moment has veteran journalist Kevin Woster pondering the conduct of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in the days following the fatal crash for which he is currently facing an impeachment inquiry.

It was to be my first professional massage. At age 70. To be clear, I wasn’t giving it. I was getting it.

By Twitter. With a tweet. That’s how South Dakota senior U.S. senator, John Thune, announced on Saturday that he would run for a historic fourth term in the Senate.

Probably by this Sunday? That seems to be the time frame for John Thune to make an announcement on whether he will run for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate.

Last year at this time, SDPB's Kevin Woster was writing about the defeat of Hillary Clinton and how then President Trump's failure to admit defeat was impacting American democracy. In 2022, Woster is contemplating the changing nature of the Republican party, in the nation and in South Dakota. You can find his work online at SDPB.org/woster.

Watching former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle speak during the funeral service for former Sen. Bob Dole last week reminded me of a couple of things.

Kevin Woster joins us with thoughts from his conversation with U.S. Senator Mike Rounds regarding the loss of his beloved wife and his return to work in Congress.