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East Adams Rural Healthcare
Chief Executive Todd Nida talks about the challenges of running a small-town health care system.
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Finding a job is hard right now, especially for young people starting their careers. NPR's Adrian Ma spoke with college students and an economist about navigating today's tough job market.
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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Trump administration started deploying 500 miles of Big buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande, the dividing border line with Mexico, financed by 2025's spending bill. Locals aren't happy considering that illegal border crossings are at a 50-year low.
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U.S. marines have arrived in the Middle East. NPR's Emily Feng has been monitoring the latest developments from the border of Iran and Turkey.
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Advocates for ending birthright citizenship point to "birth tourism" schemes to argue that the legal principle is ripe for exploitation and threatens national security. Experts say it's not so simple. -
Thousands of protests took place around the country today, against the Trump administration. We hear from people who came out about why they were there.
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The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of ethics violations after a rare public hearing on allegations of financial crimes.
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At least 15 U.S. military personnel were wounded in an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels entered the war with an attack on Israel.
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Two landmark verdicts this week could reshape the way social media works. Aza Raskin, a co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, explains the implications of the courts' decisions.
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Andrew Schneider, Senior Political Reporter for Houston Public Media, explains how competing narratives about the Texas Senate race have emerged.
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What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years? Host Adrian Ma speaks with expert Sherlockian, Otto Penzler.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Charlie Puth about his new album Whatever's Clever.
