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Freedom Caucus Network power broker Maria Nate blasted controversial state Rep. Heather Scott for support of “moderate” House speaker
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Auto workers are doing what long seemed impossible – unionizing in the South. The United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain's connection with workers and willingness to fight have led to the resurgence.
Arts & Culture
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On this week's show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that involve the theme of challenges. The first is “Challengers,” director Luca Guadagnino’s look at a three-way relationship among tennis players. The second is a challenge to our very senses, director Bertrand Bonello’s head-scratching study “The Beast.” -
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“The Beast” explores the dangers of AI, but in a way that even AI might not understand, Dan Webster says in his review.
Events
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Hear Spokane Brassworks play Americana music at our next Free KPBX Kids' Concert -
Thank you for the 2024 Celtic Dance Party! -
The free concert is happening March 9 at 1 PM at 1110 W. Riverside Ave.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dalibor Rohác of the American Enterprise Institute about the attempt to assassinate Slovakian PM Robert Fico and the broader political landscape in Europe.
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Forecasters say most of the U.S. is set to have a hotter summer, and 2024 will be one of the five hottest years ever recorded. Meanwhile, hot water in the Atlantic means more fuel for hurricanes.
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Author Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz singer Stacey Kent turned a friendship into a songwriting collaboration. Sixteen lyrics have been compiled in a new book The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maggie Harrison Dupre, staff writer at Futurism, about her reporting into AI-generated articles appearing on major news publications.
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Imagine that imaginary friends were real. Now imagine that IF director John Krasinski and star Ryan Reynolds convinced A-list pals to voice them. -
The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented. -
The latest version of ChatGPT has the internet wondering: Was it meant to make it sound like Scarlett Johansson in the movie Her? Its creators insist the model was not based on the movie.
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The White House paused a shipment of bombs to Israel out of concern they would be used in Rafah. But this week, the Biden administration announced it is moving ahead on a new sale of arms to Israel.
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The two 2024 presidential candidates are bypassing the matchups organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to commission co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf.
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The Netflix show's third season takes on the "friends to lovers" romance trope.
