Top Regional News
Spokanites won't be voting on a parks levy, state public lands officials are considering a property swap, Spokane Co. officially renews its crime center, WA cities may ask for greater ability to raise property taxes, and 13 Idaho State Troopers are training in Texas.
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The latest in a string of food safety recalls, the CDC is recalling Mexican cucumbers due to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 68 people in 19 states.
Arts & Culture
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that, each in its own way, tackles what joys, and pains, face both sides of the adult-child relationship. Said films are the blockbuster “Gladiator II,” the streaming feature “In the Summers” and the Netflix documentary “Daughters.” -
“In the Summers” is a moving look at the frayed bonds between a divorced father and his two daughters, Dan Webster says in his review. -
Director Sarah Dahmen and performers Hazel Bean and Joey Quintana joined me in the studio to discuss Stage Left Theater's production of a new work: Minister of Sorrow by playwright Pam Kingsley.
Events
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Tune in for a KPBX live broadcast featuring a selection of Fall Folk Festival performers. -
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The next Free KPBX Kids' Concert features The Radio Helpers in the Great Room at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Saturday, November 23rd at 1 pm
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Beverly Gage about her biography of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's history of civilian surveillance.
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Rebels have rekindled Syria's war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have spread conflict across the region. -
Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.
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Protestors in Georgia want new elections as the government says it's suspending European Union membership talks.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Eliot Cohen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's strategies preceding President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.
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Silvia Pinal, the "last great diva" of Mexican cinema, has died. There is disagreement over whether she was 93 or 94 years old.
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There is a historic opera house in the Amazon that is a destination for some famous singers, musicians and local fans.
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President-elect Donald Trump flipped the blue city of Dearborn, Mich., with a promise to end the wars in the Middle East. As his administration begins to take shape, some residents are concerned.
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The Ryan White program serves about half a million people with HIV, and 90% of them are successfully keeping the virus at undetectable levels. But will Republicans cut funding for the effort?
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As the transition to a new administration approaches, what is the likely impact on a decidedly nervous State Department?
