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St. Louis Public Radio hosted one of the first media appearances this year between Rep. Wesley Bell and former Congresswoman Cori Bush. The primary race is a rematch of a race Bush lost last year to Bell.
Arts & Culture
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Director Jean Hardie and student actors from Spokane Civic Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream visited the SPR studio to preview the production, including a reading from Shakespeare's legendary script. -
Theater on the Verge visits the studio to preview their first concert, The Art of the Possible: Songs for a Marginally Less Terrible World, featuring performances from singers Abbey Crawford and Robby French. -
Maddie’s Secret, from comedian John Early, is a hard film to classify. It plays like an homage to a 1980s TV movie about a woman with an eating disorder, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s a surprisingly thoughtful and sometimes absurd study of an often-mocked genre.
Events
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Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival -
SPR was a Media Partner for Rock the Block: West Central! We also hosted our first-ever Record Sale Pop-Up Shop at the event! -
EventsJoin SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2026
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The Illharmonic Orchestra's performances blend hip-hop lyricism with classical instrumentation, and feature all-Black musical ensembles. The group's leaders speak with NPR's Juana Summers about how they build community around their high-energy performances and represent musicians and audiences in spaces where they may have not traditionally felt welcomed. -
Ferrell plays a zany former golf star who's trying to regain his mojo in a new Netflix series. While The Hawk has its flaws, it delivers satisfying silliness, amusing shenanigans and surprise cameos. -
Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery at age 24, and lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun. Originally published March 20, 2024.
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New U.S. strikes on Iran and continued Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf and Jordan are sending ripples through global energy markets.
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NPR's A Martínez asks former U.S. deputy national security adviser Jon Finer what the blockade of the Red Sea by Houthi rebels means for the global economy.
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Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are backing popular peptide therapies. They voted to allow specialized pharmacies to make them despite agency scientists' recommendations against it.
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Ascend West Virginia is one of dozens of relocation initiatives across the country offering cash and other incentives to move to states needing an economic boost. Here's how they're working out. -
U.S.-Iran strikes escalate, affecting global energy markets, Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries, Vigil held in Madison, Wisconsin, for man killed by police.
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Dalia Stasevska is a rising star in the conducting world. On her new album, "Ukrainian Mixtape," she's promoting some of Ukraine's neglected composers.
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With news of more U.S. casualties in the war with Iran, military families face the challenges of lengthy deployments.
