Top Regional News
After gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird failed to pass Republican party vetting, his backers responded with shouts, then overturned the decision. Dave Reichert bailed on seeking his party’s blessing in the race.
A survivor of the then-unprecedented school shooting in Colorado struggled for years to understand her own response to trauma and now helps others learn to feel safe. (First aired on ATC on 04/15.)
Arts & Culture
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss Alex Garland’s latest film "Civil War," which stars the likes of Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeney as photojournalists covering what is a second American war between the states and the federal government. After that, they move on to the film “La Chimera,” which is playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre.
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Glenn Dicterow, James Lowe and Mateusz Wolski discuss music of subversion and empowerment
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“Civil War” is an intense, yet empty, study of photojournalism and a potential American future, Dan Webster says in his review.
Events
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EventsHear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts May 15, 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM.
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EventsGet your tickets to SPR’s inaugural "Firehouse Sessions Song Contest" Concert. Hear from our three winners, Anne Christine, The Red Books, and Time Baby, along with our two launch collaborators, Olivia Brownlee and T. S The Solution at the Bing May 10, 2024
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EventsHear Spokane Brassworks play Americana music at our next Free KPBX Kids' Concert
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, who star in the new Broadway revival of "Cabaret."
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Some teachers have found a way to combat classroom burnout: stand up comedy. In Oregon, the Teacher Show features professors, preschool teachers and everyone in between joking about their day jobs.
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Volkswagen workers at a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union.
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When actor George Takei was 4 years old, he was labeled an "enemy" by the U.S. government and sent to a string of incarceration camps. His new children's book about that time is My Lost Freedom.
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In "Henry Henry," Shakespeare's Prince Hal gets a modern, queer recast. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Allen Bratton about his debut novel.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with scientists Feifei Qian and Ryan Ewing of the LASSIE Project. It is training a robot dog to navigate different types of terrain in preparation for future space missions.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Masoud Mostajabi, deputy director of the Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, about Iran's military strategy with its proxies in the region as well as Israel.
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A church rents apartments for asylum seekers, who pay the church back after an initial buffer period. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on April 16, 2024.)
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We discuss today's upcoming vote on the multiple aid packages before Congress today as well as the jury selection in the hush money trial of former president Donald Trump.
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NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the long career of John Sterling, the New York Yankees' play-by-play announcer, who is retiring at the age of 85.