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We talk with Spokane County auditor candidates Dale Whitaker, Callie Gee and Michael Cathcart.
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The exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran appeared to have stopped overnight Thursday as Iran buried its Supreme Leader.
Arts & Culture
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Earth, Wind and Fire is the latest streaming documentary about a beloved musical act, in this case the groundbreaking funk band from Oscar winner Questlove. Nathan Weinbender says it’s an entertaining and surprisingly complicated portrait. It’s now streaming on HBO Max.
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Trumpeter Chris Botti and host Jim Tevenan talk about Chris' upcoming concert at the Fox, a benefit performance for the Sandpoint Music Conservatory -
On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart will be discussing three different studies of the bizarre. Steven Spielberg’s aliens-come-runnin’ feature “Disclosure Day," followed by a couple of surprising suspense/horror hits, Curry Barker’s “Obsession” and Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms."
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
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Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026.
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NPR's domestic extremism correspondent, Odette Yousef, reports on how the white nationalist group Patriot Front pays for their rallies.
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A former prison corrections officer and a former prisoner share their perspectives on incarceration.
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The investigation continues into the death of a Black teenager in Mississippi whose body was found after he was left on an island.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, who has estimated what the Iran war has cost the average U.S. household so far.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated to preview the Wimbledon Finals.
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The ceasefire left Gaza split in half: Israel's military occupied the east, and 2 million Palestinians squeezed into the remaining areas. But Israeli forces have been pushing deeper into Gaza.
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Young Jewish-Americans have been looking for new ways to engage with Jewish culture. Some have found community by learning Yiddish, a language with roots in 10th century Europe.
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The Federal Reserve has two main goals: price stability and maximum employment. But new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh seems to be leaning into price stability and away from full employment as equal goals.
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Amid an administration crackdown on various forms of legal migration, there's one type of visa that even many Republicans support: the popular H-2A program for seasonal agricultural workers.
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The 2008 financial crisis and Brexit shrank the UK economy and led to a revolving door of PMs. Analysts say the first-past-the-post parliamentary system is ill-suited to modern, multi-party politics.
