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Chelsea Handler
Plus, candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District faced off at an NAACP forum last night. And five Spokane County fire districts will have levies on the ballot this fall.
An armed bystander stopped a shooting at a school in Bend, Ore. We talk with experts about how rarely an armed civilian ends an attack like this and how gun rights groups are responding.
Arts & Culture
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Star violinist Simone Porter talks with Jim Tevenan and shares her new CD, "ad tendo." -
Hitchhiker's Theatre visited the studio to discuss their production of A Year with Frog and Toad. -
Actors from the national tour of & Juliet visit the SPR studios to answer the question: what would happen if Juliet didn't end it all over Romeo?
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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In Silicon Valley, the AI boom means a lot of people are excited about this new technology, but concerned about when the music might stop. NPR went to San Francisco Tech Week to take the pulse.
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Norway has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, but it's facing a self-imposed dilemma. Should the fund's investments include companies that contribute to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war?
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A massive deep-ocean wave is raising sea levels along the West Coast. It's called a Kelvin Wave, and it's driven by El Nino
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Money is pouring into political races across the country, but are there limits to how much the extra cash can do to sway the outcome of the midterms.
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Many infants are leaving the hospital without getting immunized against RSV. Why? Because many insurance companies won't pay for the shots while the newborn is in the hospital.
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Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Levine speaks with NPR's Scott Detrow about the attack.
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Some people may think that plants that grow in lakes are weeds that should be removed, but ecologists say native aquatic plants keep lakes healthy. They also prevent invasive species from taking over.
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The Brewers head to the World Series how do they compare to the 1982 squad? We ask NPR's Ron Elving, who covered them.
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The federal deficit for the fiscal year that just ended was nearly $2 trillion. That's the biggest budget gap since 2021, when the country was still recovering from the pandemic.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kate Berlant about her new comedy special, Parmesan, and how being funny can affect women's romantic prospects.
