For NPR's Word of the Week, we're getting hot: During the Ottoman Empire, people used devices called "zarfs" to hold their coffee cups. Here's what to know about this word's history.

In its 12th week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters finally hits No. 1. Elsewhere on the charts, Justin Bieber zooms back into the top 10 thanks to a deluxe edition and sombr's debut makes a move

Gov. Larry Rhoden has announced a task force dedicated to correctional rehabilitation efforts.

We meet Travis Dewes of the Rapid City Arts Council, Sioux Falls theatre leader Bob Wendland and award-winning photographer Aaron C Packard in Vermillion.

The Parkston Commercial Club's proposal has reached the public voting round in the application process for a Levitt Music Series Grant.

Rhubarb enthusiast Doris Hodgen bakes up a Rhubarb Crunch recipe.

Ryan Howlett, CEO of Friends of SDPB, discusses what their latest fundraising campaign could and couldn't do for SDPB's journalism efforts going forward.

We share the second half of our conversation with the Dakota Political Junkies. Seth Tupper and Brad "Murdoc" Jurgensen unpack the debate over Rapid City's water needs.

Dakota Life goes back to 1998, when we met Johanna Meier from Spearfish. With her incredible international doll collection, she crafted a magical miniature world.

There's a shortage of lawyers in small towns across the nation. South Dakota is leading the way with rural law programs to address the problem.

For four decades, the South Dakota Magazine has collected, preserved and archived stories from around the state. Editor Bernie Hunhoff shares the history of the magazine.

Seth Tupper, editor in chief of South Dakota Searchlight, and Brad "Murdoc" Jurgensen explore who counts as an American hero and whether statues qualify as art.

Visitors may notice something different at the World’s Only Corn Palace: faces plastered on the walls and the words “In Mitchell, conservation is tradition. Protect it.”