MINOT — I've written extensively about $740,000 in film grants that were directed to a Bismarck-based company, sometimes through a competitive process that seemed organized around a predetermined outcome, and sometimes with no process at all.

Matt Fern, a Bismarck-based filmmaker, blew the whistle on the grants, along with dozens of his colleagues in that industry, and his efforts to shine a light on the situation were central to my reporting (Fern has since joined the Plain Talk podcast as our producer). Now Fern has made a podcast of his own about the situation, and it's worth your time to listen.

Why? Maybe you don't care that much about film grants. Perhaps you don't consider $740,000 to be something worth getting worked up about. However, this podcast, titled "The $740,000 Quest

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