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One likes small town medicine. The other is pursuing psychiatry.
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Boise State Public Radio
Scientists discover what makes basketball shoes squeak on the courts, and celebrate their discovery by making music.
Arts & Culture
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A conversation around the Spokane Symphony's seventh Masterworks program, "Primavera." -
music and conversation with Salish Sea Festival's Jeffrey Cohan and Oleg Timofeyev about the Festival, its origins and upcoming performances in the Inland Northwest. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the 98th Oscars broadcast, the wins and the shoulda-beens. Then they discuss another music-themed documentary, this one featuring the former Beatle Paul McCartney, Amazon Studio’s “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run.”
Events
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EventsJoin SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
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
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The White House has depicted the war in Iran online with videos that weave real life images of missile strikes and destruction with clips from video games, sports clips, and action movies. -
NPR's Scott Simon talks with House Armed Service Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., about the war on Iran, now a month old, and DHS funding.
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When Maddie Christine Brokop learned she was dying, she invited her friends to help weave the tray she will be buried in.
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As the war with Iran enters its second month, the U.S. has determined with certainty that about one third of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele talk men and women's March madness.
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Protests against the Trump administration are planned to take place around the country today. Organizers say there may be more than 3,000 rallies across 50 states.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sina Toossi, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, about the power structure in Iran, and how things have changed within it since the start of the war.
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The Iran war and high gas prices are weighing down President Trump's approval ratings.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude about his latest film, "Kontinental '25."
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with David Harrington, Gabriela Díaz, Ayane Kozasa, and Paul Wiancko about being the Kronos Quartet.
