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Drag queen Monét X Change used to think she couldn't do stand-up comedy. Now, she's on her second national tour. First stop? The Spokane Comedy Club.
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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. -
Pianist Yun Park plays music of Beethoven and chats about her upcoming all-Beethoven recital -
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 -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
We are no longer accepting donations for the 2026 Record Sale
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"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level. -
For much of Thursday's final, it seemed Canada would refuse to relinquish the throne of Olympic women's ice hockey to this younger American squad. But the U.S. found the grit to topple them, 2-1. -
The classic spiritual conjures themes of freedom and resilience, which flow through a conversation between pianist Lara Downes and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. -
As President Trump's Board of Peace prepares to meet for the first time Thursday, he says the group has raised $5 billion for Gaza reconstruction. But key challenges remain.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Middle East expert Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the prospect of lasting peace in Gaza.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the British former prince, was released after spending the day in police custody but is still under investigation on suspicion of misconduct in public office. -
Barbara Alvarez lost her husband in 2017, just before their daughter went off to college. Her unsung hero helped her find the strength to be a single mother to her child at a key moment in their lives. -
President Trump's Board of Peace to meet for the first time, latest round of talks to end war in Ukraine conclude with little progress, Meta CEO defends the platform in social media addiction trial.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks professor Dorothy Roberts about her new memoir, "The Mixed Marriage Project," about her father's quest to challenge white supremacy by studying interracial couples in Chicago.
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for imposing martial law to suppress the opposition in December 2024.
