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Republican House Speaker Mike Moyle's bill comes months after city of Boise declared LGBTQ+ pride flag as official flag to work around state ban
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NPR staff debate the best movies to see on the big screen.
Arts & Culture
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Music and conversation with Archie Chen, Rhona Gouldson-Chen, Rebecca Soderberg and Michael Cruite around their upcoming concert. -
Actress Sharon Catherine Brown joined host Henry McNulty to discuss the Best of Broadway touring production of The Notebook, playing through March 22nd, 2026, at the First Interstate Center for the Arts. -
“The Bride!” is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s genre-defying reimagining of “Frankenstein” starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a gutsy attempt, but it doesn’t know what to do with its many weighty themes.
Events
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SPR GM John Decker was at New Love Coffee in Liberty Lake on Saturday, October 25th, and enjoyed hearing from you! -
SPR and IAE present David Sedaris on November 13th, 2025 at the Fox Theater. -
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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Scott Simon and former director Deborah Rutter look out over a soon-to-be shuttered Kennedy Center.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Ninette Kelley about the condition of people displaced by war in Iran and the impact on countries in the region.
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Heavy airstrikes overnight in Tehran as President Trump says he's considering winding down military operations.
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Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli raid in south Lebanon looking for an Israeli airman captured 40 years ago
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to sports writer Howard Bryant about the opening round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement.
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Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot a space craft. A new documentary charts her path to the stars. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Collins and film director Hannah Berryman.
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The majority of young men in Generation Z are gambling -- on sports, on pop culture events, on politics. They're also experiencing of the downsides of gambling.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Geoff Bennett about his new book, "Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms."
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For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything. -
A self-employed couple already had to dip into retirement savings for health costs. Now, they are skipping vacations and canceling streaming to afford health insurance.
