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Now the former Republican U.S. representative leads an organization that promotes taxing carbon as a way to reduce dependency on fossil fuels.
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Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines for a non-profit group, and in a short career helped find more than 100.
Arts & Culture
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Olivia Brownlee's "One-Woman War in Three-Part Harmony"— featuring Lani Call and Rachae Thomas— joins host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their production. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two foreign films that are radically unique: the Oscar-nominated Spanish-French film “Sirāt” and the French film “Alpha.” -
Movie ReviewsThe Oscar-nominated “Sirāt” takes viewers on a heartbreakingly surreal road trip through Morocco’s desert, Dan Webster says.
Events
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EventsJoin SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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Investors thought they had President Trump figured out as someone who would always back down from his most extreme policies. The war with Iran is challenging that.
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Israel continued strikes on Lebanon Friday as Iran insisted on a cease-fire there in order for formal negotiations with the U.S. to begin.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University and Cato Institute chair in constitutional studies, about the latest case challenging President Trump's global tariffs.
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President Trump faces pressure to end the war with Iran both from Iran and from onetime political allies here at home.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas about how U.S.-Iran negotiations being held in Pakistan
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NPR's Scott Simon and reporter Michele Steele discuss the Masters and the NCAA men's hockey tournament, and preview the NBA playoffs.
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Celine Dion is returning to the stage after years battling an illness. NPR's Scott Simon talks about it with Elisa Furr, a Celine Dion tribute singer based in Las Vegas.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Halle Bailey about her new film, "You, Me & Tuscany" and what romantic comedies can teach you about yourself.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke. Friends and authors, the duo has written a novel called "The Ending Writes Itself." It's part mystery, part sendup of the publishing industry.
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The political future of pro-Kremlin Trump ally Viktor Orban is at stake in Sunday's Hungarian elections.
