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Rooted in the Plains
Rooted in the Plains is a podcast about the people, places and moments that shaped the Great Plains.
We’ll dig into stories of resilience, curiosity and courage. These are the voices that whisper through the wind and are written in the dirt beneath our feet.
Rooted in the Plains
Latest Episodes
Deep Roots, Wide Open Future
Two years ago, I took a walk around a lake. The tallgrass was moving in the wind, and if I was lucky, a red-winged blackbird. That's where this podcast started.In this episode, I close out Season 2, eight episodes across the Great Plains...
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Off the Record
Every episode leaves something on the research desk. The details that didn't quite fit. The rabbit holes that led somewhere unexpected. The questions the records wouldn't answer.Today we're opening the files.In this episode, we go...
What the Prairie Knew
Before the plow broke the prairie, the prairie was already a library. Every plant had a name. Every name carried a use. Every use carried a story.In this episode, we explore the deep relationship between the peoples of the Great Plains a...
A Line in the Sod: Oklahoma Land Runs
Note: This episode opens with a gunshot sound effect. On September 16, 1893, a gun was fired at noon, and 100,000 people surged across the Oklahoma plains in the largest land run in American history. Within 2 hours, 6.5 million acre...
What Couldn't Be Erased: Deadwood's Chinatown
In 1876, Chinese immigrants arrived in Deadwood, South Dakota, building restaurants, laundries, medical practices, and a temple that smelled of incense from a block away. By 1880, there were over 200 - possibly 400. But then the Chinese Exclusi...