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The deadly flash floods in Nepal are not a surprise to many scientists. Glacial melt is accelerating because of climate change, putting millions of people at risk.
Arts & Culture
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This week, Movies 101 will tackle a pair of films that have little, if anything, in common … save for something plot-oriented that smacks of mystery. The first is the big-budget sci-fi survival adventure title, pun intended, “The End of Oak Street.” The other is the Japanese historical study “The Samurai and the Prisoner.” -
The End of Oak Street is a standard family-in-crisis movie with a fantastical dystopian conceit, Dan Webster says.
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Jim Tevenan and guests discuss the North Idaho Philharmonia's upcoming production of Carl Orff's beloved cantata, "Carmina Burana"
Events
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Join 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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Trump faces mounting pressure at home and abroad, Meta and states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial, death toll continues to rise after flash flood hit area of Nepal and China.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas about "Going Further," his new biography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Tim Curry, who died on Tuesday at 80, is remembered as an actor who threw himself into things, whether as Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or Pennywise the Clown in "It."
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The history and impact of the Black Caps, Louisville's former Negro League team, is being celebrated in a special baseball game tonight [8/27]
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The settlement between states and Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, means there will be new safeguards for young people on those platforms. What do psychologists think of the changes?
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with former Meta researcher and whistleblower Jason Sattizahn about the efficacy of Meta's new teen safety features.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep remembers the philanthropy of Dolly Parton and speaks with former Dollywood Foundation CEO David Dotson.
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The death toll continues to rise after massive flash floods hit a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday.
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The FDA has approved a new drug to treat pancreatic cancer. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Adam Feuerstein, who writes for the science and health website STAT.
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A judge in Texas rejected Minnesota's request to keep an ICE agent jailed while the court considers his extradition to Minnesota to face charges related to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant.
