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Plus, the Washington Senate approves a bill to ban law enforcement officers from wearing masks while interacting with the public. And Washington's Board of Natural Resources could get more tribal representation.
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The Bardo is a Tibetan Buddhist idea of a suspended state between life and death. Saunders explored the concept in his 2017 novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, and circles back to it again in his new novel Vigil.
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Arts & Culture
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Cast members and director of CVHS's production of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" perform and talk with host Jim Tevenan -
The fourth film in the long-running horror series, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is a crazed, bloody apocalyptic nightmare directed by Nia DaCosta. Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the standouts of the franchise.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films peopled by characters who don’t act in manners that most of us would consider, for want of a better term, normal.
Events
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EventsThe 2026 Record Sale will take place February 14 and 15 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Spokane Valley -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
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Democrats are demanding changes to a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The fight over spending could cause a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff whether his party is willing to allow a partial government shutdown in order to block new funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady.
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A film about first lady Melania Trump premieres this week, with big presidential promotion. -
The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. -
Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview.
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A Palestinian man and his Israeli friend are dedicating themselves to a peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of the devastating war in Gaza.
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New research looks at the long-term impact of a controversial federal program from the 1990s that demolished housing projects and replaced them with mixed-income developments.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois about her party's intensifying opposition to funding the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails for ICE.
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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar spoke at a Minneapolis mall Wednesday, one day after a man sprayed her with liquid as she addressed a town hall. Omar said "fear and intimidation" won't stop her.
