March 9, 2020 - MPR’s John Enger interviews Native American author Dennis Staples about his first novel, "This Town Sleeps." The story depicts the struggle of a gay Ojibwe man to accept a Native tradition where he rarely felt at home, while escaping a reservation he could never quite leave. It is told through the eyes of a twenty-something narrator, who bears a striking resemblance to Staples himself.
December 5, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger profiles Tom Petrie, who works full-time as a sergeant in the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office…but has second job that happens in the shed. He's an expert in a type of trophy taxidermy known as the European mount.
November 2, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger traveled to Wisconsin to see what he could learn from that state's efforts to contain Chronic Wasting Disease in it’s deer population.
November 2, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger traveled to Wisconsin to see how Chronic Wasting Disease has changed everything for one deer hunter.
November 1, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger traveled to Wisconsin to see what exactly Chronic Wasting Disease is; how it is impacting Wisconsin…and potentially in Minnesota.
August 17, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger reports on Republican gubernatorial nominee Jeff Johnson and his DFL opponent Tim Walz as they faced each other on debate stage in Nisswa for their first meeting. While views on topics like mining and pipeline were similar, healthcare and taxes became key debates between the two candidates.
November 20, 2017 - MPR’s John Enger reports on boxing on Red Lake Indian Reservation. Enger profiles boxers Antonio Varney and Louis Jourdain.
October 3, 2016 - MPR’s John Enger interviews Ojibwe storyteller Anne Dunn, who reflects on a lifetime of storytelling on northern Minnesota reservations. Enger spoke with Dunn in a cabin on Drewery Lake.
July 6, 2016 - MPR’s John Enger reports from Deer River, a small town in Itasca county, which was hit especially hard by a storm racing across northern Minnesota on July 5, 2016. The damaging rain and wind came just days before the town’s annual Wild Rice Festival.
June 22, 2016 - MPR's John Enger goes on a hunt for Bigfoot with Mike Hexum.