Tuner is the story of a man with musical gifts and sensitive hearing who becomes a safe cracker. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a minor but entertaining neo-noir, and it’s now available as a digital rental.

The Invite is a powerful look at marriage that echoes one of the great works of American theater, Dan Webster says.

One of the many great things about film is its ability to adapt to any scale. An intimate story about one person’s inner life can be just as effective as one spread over a huge canvas with a cast of thousands. On this week’s episode, Movies 101 will look at two new releases on opposite ends of the scale spectrum: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s multimillion-dollar, decades-spanning epic, and Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, a four-person chamber piece set in a single location.

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

In the 1970s, many households rented their telephones. As part of a campaign to convince people to buy them, one phone company created the Sculptura. It's now on display in New York City.

Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with immigration attorney Ira Kurzban about the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.

Seattle residents gathered for a vigil for the three victims of Sunday's shooting at a food festival, while police searched for a second suspect.

Recent cuts, especially to state and local health departments, are slowing and muddling the response to what's already a record year of outbreaks for diarrhea-causing cyclospora.

A newly discovered letter from suffragist Susan B. Anthony to then-President Ulysses S. Grant outlines her plea for women to get the right to vote.

Voters indicate they're increasingly concerned about corruption in public office. A new survey indicates that concern spans the political spectrum.

Dr. Kenneth Ngure, president-elect of the International AIDS Society, says, "We have had very good scientific advances ... yet the funding cuts have also taken us back."

Savannah Guthrie has made another video appeal to the unknown kidnappers of her mother, as the investigation continues amid visible tensions between local and federal authorities.

Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus.