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Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced budget holdbacks for all state agencies except for public schools last week
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This story starts with a bag of potato chips — but there were no chips inside. A city hall reporter was handed an empty bag with a red envelope filled with money from someone working for Mayor Eric Adams' re-election campaign. NPR's Juana Summers speaks to Katie Honan, the reporter at the center of the incident, about what happened.
Arts & Culture
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of streaming documentary features that focus on well-known public figures from the past—TV host Ed Sullivan in Netflix’s “Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan,” and Jayne Mansfield in HBO Max’s “My Mom Jayne.” -
Joey Quintana, a.k.a. Banjoey, joins host Henry McNulty in the studio to preview his upcoming concert at Stage Left Theater in Spokane. -
Spokane Children's Theatre joined host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their teen camp production of "Legally Blonde."
Events
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EventsAugust's Free SPR Kids' Concert features sister-duo, Dry and Dusty in the River Park Square Atrium Saturday, August 23rd at 1 pm -
Join SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2025 -
SPR was a media partner for the 2025 Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival
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What's behind the trend of so-called "gray divorces," and what is it like for newly single people to seek out new relationships over the age of 50?
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Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb.
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NPR's Hannah Chinn and Emily Kwong talk about the microbes behind great-tasting chocolate, possible reasons for daytime drowsiness, and a curious observation about the poop of seabirds.
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Climate change increased the severity of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago. Since the scientific understanding of how climate change influences hurricanes has changed and improved.
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On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Harrison Ford talks about being too belligerent to listen to advice in his youth.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to singer and songwriter Kathleen Edwards about her new album, Billionaire.
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Mortgage rates are finally dropping a bit lower at the end of a slow summer season. We take a look at what the latest data tells us about what's ahead.
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Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival. -
Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up earlier and go to bed later. -
The world's largest retailer — like many others — has been absorbing most of the increased costs, but raising prices of some goods.
