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Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.
Arts & Culture
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In Possible Love, two couples from different backgrounds get close while making a documentary about worker’s rights. Nathan Weinbender says Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s latest is a fascinating, mysterious drama about relationships and social class. -
In A Talent for Murder, Tom Ripley returns but ends up being just a pale version of Patricia Highsmith’s killer character, Dan Webster says. -
YunJoung Park plays selections from and discusses her upcoming solo piano recital of music by Russian composers.
Events
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EventsTune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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Democrats are putting up a fight in midterm races this year that went for President Donald Trump by double digits in 2024. Kentucky Public Radio's Sylvia Goodman explains what we can learn from one Kentucky district.
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There was a mixed Halloween bag of economic news this week. GDP growth is up, but so are prices. For now at least, interest rates are staying the same. What does that mean for the midterm elections?
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, with a focus on economic and security challenges.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jazz pianist Joe Alterman about his podcast The Upside of Jazz from NPR member stations WABE in Atlanta.
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A new local government has taken its seat in the southern Philippines, in a step that marks a milestone in the peace process for a conflict that has lasted some 80 years.
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Some election officials have been notified that the DOJ will be monitoring their polling stations. NPR's voting correspondent Miles Parks explains what he's watching for on election day - and afterwards.
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What does it take to create a horror movie scream that is truly horrifying? One that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? NPR's Michelle Aslam found it is part art and part science.
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Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi say filmmaking is a weapon against intolerance. Justin Chang reviews Possible Love. New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein reveal "sad" kitchens. -
As Senegal prepares to make Olympic history, a young breakdancing team is hoping its mix of hip-hop and African traditions can win medals on home soil.
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Former President Obama caused a kerfuffle with his comments about President Trump's interior decorating at the White House. But maybe state dinners should happen at The Cheesecake Factory.
