The Invite is a powerful look at marriage that echoes one of the great works of American theater, Dan Webster says.

One of the many great things about film is its ability to adapt to any scale. An intimate story about one person’s inner life can be just as effective as one spread over a huge canvas with a cast of thousands. On this week’s episode, Movies 101 will look at two new releases on opposite ends of the scale spectrum: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s multimillion-dollar, decades-spanning epic, and Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, a four-person chamber piece set in a single location.

Director Jean Hardie and student actors from Spokane Civic Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream visited the SPR studio to preview the production, including a reading from Shakespeare's legendary script.

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President Trump to meet with the leaders of Ukraine and Israel, Work permits for thousands of TPS holders set to expire, survey finds many Americans believe corruption is a problem in politics.

A month after Venezuela's deadly earthquakes, the focus is shifting from rescue to rebuilding -- and the costs are staggering.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with AFP journalist Sebastian Braddock about the wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in southwestern France.

Mexico's most prestigious university is facing a cheating crisis after a first-ever online admissions exam produced results so unusual that one analysis suggests nearly half of test-takers may have cheated

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington Post national security reporter Alex Horton about DEA and Pentagon conclusions that U.S. boat strikes have not reduced drug smuggling into the U.S. by sea.

In the 1970s, many households rented their telephones. As part of a campaign to convince people to buy them, one phone company created the Sculptura. It's now on display in New York City.

Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with immigration attorney Ira Kurzban about the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.

Seattle residents gathered for a vigil for the three victims of Sunday's shooting at a food festival, while police searched for a second suspect.

Recent cuts, especially to state and local health departments, are slowing and muddling the response to what's already a record year of outbreaks for diarrhea-causing cyclospora.