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US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff made their first trip to Kyiv, one day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Arts & Culture
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Coyote vs. Acme, which almost didn’t get released because of studio meddling, is finally in theaters. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a bright, entertaining “Roger Rabbit”-style slapstick comedy. -
This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing a pair of movies that involve survival. The first is The Dog Stars, a Ridley Scott film based on a best-selling novel. The second is the blend of live action and animation titled Coyote vs. Acme. -
Coyote vs. Acme is a testament to the world of animated film that Chuck Jones helped create, Dan Webster says.
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. -
Spokane Public Radio was 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!
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One of the world's largest logistics companies plans to fit one of its ships with a strange type of sail, the latest in a small but growing number of cleaner sailing shipping vessels.
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Ticks and the diseases they carry are a growing problem nationwide. As tick season ends, a closer look at what researchers are learning about how ticks survive and spread disease.
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Angine de Poitrine wears giant masks, speaks an alien language and plays wildly complicated math rock. Manager Sebastien Collin talks about the rise of the enigmatic musical group.
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Over the past quarter century the events of 9/11 have been reflected in direct and indirect ways in movies.
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Journalists Mikhail Zygar and Cindy Yu explain how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped reshape Russia and China's ambitions.
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Classicist Emily Wilson talks about her new book, 'Crossing the Wine Dark Sea,' a series of essays reflecting on translation and classic writing in the modern world.
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In a massive restructuring under the Trump administration, U.S. Forest Service is closing dozens of research stations but, as NPR's Chiara Eisner reports, it is keeping some facilities open that had been projected to shutter.
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The U.S. strikes three Iranian oil tankers after Iran targets two American warships, in the latest exchange over shipping and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Activist and author Angela Davis remembers her friend Gloria Steinem, and discusses intersectional feminism today.
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On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.
