Top Regional News
The Spokane Fatherhood Initiative provides a venue where men can share feelings and learn skills that bring them closer to their children.
Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses.
Arts & Culture
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Conversation with Helen Byrne and Amanda Howard-Phillips around the Spokane String Quartet's upcoming concert.
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William Berry and Andrea Olsen preview the upcoming Clarion Brass concert, Off the Charts
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the recent Academy Awards nominations, the hits, the misses, the utter melodrama of it all. First, though, they take a look at "The Testament of Ann Lee," Mona Fastvold’s look at the woman who founded the offshoot of the Quaker church known as The Shakers.
Events
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SPR and IAE present David Sedaris on November 13th, 2025 at the Fox Theater.
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SPR is a media partner for the Fall Folk Festival, taking place November 8th and 9th, 2025 at Spokane Community College.
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SPR Staff attended the Fall Arts Preview in Comstock Park on Labor Day, September 1st, 2025
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Every year, the NFL battles to protect its trademarks, copyrights and licenses. The league aggressively goes after people who produce counterfeit merchandise. It's a problem during the Super Bowl.
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As more countries look to follow Australia's lead and introduce social media bans for children, we ask whether Australia's legislation is working.
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The ability to imagine -- to play pretend -- has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests certain apes may be able to as well.
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Host Ailsa Chang chats with Washington Post food writer Tom Sietsema about his months-long project to cover six of the nation's oldest restaurants.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actress Haley Lu Richardson and showrunner David Iserson about their new spy thriller Ponies.
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The U.S. and Iran sat down for high-stakes talks as the U.S. builds up military forces in the region.
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President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.
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Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump returned for a second term.
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Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."
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A mild-mannered young man enters into a dominant-submissive relationship with the leader of a gay biker gang. Pillion approaches the subject without judgment and with a great deal of sly humor.