Top Regional News
Ember Braun
We hear from candidates from Washington's 5th Congressional District, as well as from Spokane County.
In states like Maine and Michigan, Progressives delivered major wins that helped return Democrats to power in Washington. NPR's Elena Moore discusses what comes next.
Arts & Culture
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Gonzaga University's production of Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone visited host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss the play. -
Spokane Playwright Laboratory visits the studio to discuss the new play Furies by Joshua H. Cohen. -
In Possible Love, two couples from different backgrounds get close while making a documentary about worker’s rights. Nathan Weinbender says Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s latest is a fascinating, mysterious drama about relationships and social class.
Events
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Tune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with KQED politics correspondent Marisa Lagos about preliminary election results from California.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with prominent left-wing Twitch streamer and commentator Hasan Piker about preliminary results of the midterm elections.
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President Trump made the 2026 midterms all about him - and the Iran war and economic undertow took their toll.
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University of Virginia's Center for Politics director Larry Sabato talks about what's next for the Democratic Party after their resounding win Tuesday night.
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Michigan's first Muslim senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed, discusses his historic victory, an unlikely agreement with Trump on Israel military aid and the political divisions that remain. -
Democrat Amy Acton, Ohio's former health director, will be the state's next governor. Her win marks the first time in two decades that Ohioans have elected a Democrat to lead the state.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to political consultant and publisher of The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell, who runs focus groups with swing voters, about what mattered to independents in the midterms.
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The twin victories in the House and Senate return the Democratic Party to full control of Congress and deepen the level of expected friction between President Trump and congressional Democrats.
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The Democrats picked up seven Senate seats Tuesday night, flipping the chamber in a decisive victory.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, about how mid-decade redistricting affected the results of the midterms.
