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Under a new rule, Washington insurance agencies will need to tell customers in writing why their premiums have gone up.
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Should you be friends with your ex? It's a toughie. NPR's Life Kit has advice for transforming a once romantic relationship into one that is purely platonic.
Arts & Culture
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Following up his Oscar-winning drama “Drive My Car,” Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest is a meditation on nature and commerce called “Evil Does Not Exist.” Nathan Weinbender says the film, which is now playing at the Magic Lantern Theater, is slow and challenging but worthwhile and thought-provoking. -
On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart share with you some of what they’re calling their "comfort movies"—the kinds of films that they go to over and over again. -
Events
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Thank you for the 2024 Celtic Dance Party! -
The free concert is happening March 9 at 1 PM at 1110 W. Riverside Ave. -
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Sir Keir Starmer is widely expected to become the UK’s next Prime Minister after July’s parliamentary election. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to author Tom Baldwin about the politician’s remarkable rise.
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Seniors at a Durango high school who lost a friend to overdose channeled their grief into passing a law to make it legal for students to carry Narcan.
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Marian Robinson, mother to Michelle Obama and grandmother to Sasha and Malia, has died. She was 86 years old.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with musical artist Shaboozey about his new album and his musical journey that started in Virginia with a Nigerian immigrant father who loved country music.
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More than 20 women in Texas sued their state saying they were harmed by its abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled against them, keeping the abortion ban with its narrow medical exception.
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Biden announced at the White House that Israel offered a “comprehensive new proposal” that offers a “roadmap to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages.”
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Planet Money spends a day with a San Francisco junkman as he makes a living off of other people’s trash. We learn about the scrap metals commodities markets and the second lives of random objects.
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On June 2, 1924, Congress passed a law which granted citizenship -- and the right to vote -- to Native Americans. Has the U.S. has kept the promise of voting rights for Indigenous people?
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The finals of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off Thursday night — and we caught up with some of the contestants before and after the event.
