Top Regional News
We talk with the head of a new group that's pushing for simple majority bond issues in Washington. A WSU researcher explores whether people are inherently greedy or generous. And the Idaho Humanities Council celebrates 250 years of America.
Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002.
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.
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Pianist Yun Park plays music of Beethoven and chats about her upcoming all-Beethoven recital
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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
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Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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We are no longer accepting donations for the 2026 Record Sale
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Trump's ceasefire plan calls for Palestinians to be able to enter and leave Gaza — but the reality on the ground is challenging
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NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about how ultrarunning affects the body, the trend of intermittent fasting and how to protect people's mental health when they talk with chatbots.
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A South Korean court today sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for leading an insurrection.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Max Colchester about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the new details that have emerged in the Epstein files.
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The International Paralympic Committee decided to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags in Italy. The decision has caused an outcry in Ukraine.
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Disgraced, stripped of royal titles and now jailed. King Charles' brother Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He denies wrongdoing.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on how halftime shows significantly influence listening habits.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sky and Amanda Roberts, family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, now that the former Prince Andrew has been arrested by police in the U.K.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Myha'la and Ken Leung of HBO's Industry about the show's fourth season.
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U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz had a lot of hype accompanying him in these Winter Olympic Games. He's now got two gold medals, one silver, with one event to go.