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Plus, Idaho public defenders stare down even deeper budget cuts. And a rural Washington hospital says it will recover from losing millions of dollars to fraud.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Bergman, who says she had to close her family's toy store business of 44 years in July 2025 due to President Trump's tariffs.
Arts & Culture
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CarliAnn Forthun Bruner and Monica Mota from Kindling Productions joined host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss Rising Tide Season 3. -
Pianist Yun Park plays music of Beethoven and chats about her upcoming all-Beethoven recital -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that focus on characters and how they interact, both positively and negatively, with the communities to which they belong—or, in some cases, merely encounter. They begin with “Magellan,” a film about the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. And they follow up with “The Plague” and “Peter Hujar’s Day.”
Events
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Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
We are no longer accepting donations for the 2026 Record Sale
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Wiseman's narration-free documentaries, including Titicut Follies, Hospital and Central Park, examined institutions and neighborhoods. He died Feb. 16. Originally broadcast in 1986.
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Duvall, who died Feb. 15, often played intense, combative characters. His film credits include The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini and Lonesome Dove. Originally broadcast in 1996.
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The 6-3 ruling is a major blow to the president's signature economic policy. -
A second American aircraft carrier moved closer to the Middle East Thursday, as President Trump remains noncommittal about whether he'll use force against Iran.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks retired Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, a former Navy commander in the Middle East, about the U.S. military buildup near Iran.
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President Trump went to Georgia Thursday for his latest domestic stop, where he pitched the economy and touted his tariff policies to voters.
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The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, which is packed with President Trump's allies, voted to approve the new White House ballroom project pursued by Trump.
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President Trump hosted the first ever Board of Peace meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C., with about 40 countries attending.
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In 1974, Lt. Colonel Randall Lanning manned the launch controls that could deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack. He looks back at one night that's still etched in his memory.
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A second U.S. aircraft carrier moved closer to the Middle East Thursday, President Trump's Board of Peace held its first meeting, former Prince Andrew released after spending day in police custody.
