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Plus, EPA begins removal of wildfire debris in Spokane neighborhoods and Spokane Transit employee helps to move her ailing father during wildfire's VA evacuation.
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A new movie starring Matthew McConaughey as a beekeeper uses real bees from Alabama. We visit the apiary where they live.
!["If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Shrinking star Jason Segel says. He's shown above in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3532ec1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1257x707+0+0/resize/960x540!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F1257x707%200%2012%2Fresize%2F1257x707%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F12%2Ff8a4f2ef4859a87c96d08eed1312%2Fimage-13.png)
Arts & Culture
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Jim Tevenan and guests discuss the North Idaho Philharmonia's upcoming production of Carl Orff's beloved cantata, "Carmina Burana" -
Spider-Man: Brand New Day proves that a superhero movie can have a heart at its center, Dan Webster says.
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This weekend, the bizarre, brazenly stupid 2001 cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer returns to theaters. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a great excuse to see some brilliantly silly jokes and an all-star cast before they were stars.
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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Walton County, Fla., relies heavily on immigrant labor for its booming construction and tourism industries. We look at how county sheriffs' cooperation with ICE affects things.
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Families of children adopted from Kazakhstan meet every summer in New Hampshire's lake country to celebrate the food and culture of their country of origin.
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The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.
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"Carpetbagger" describes people who move somewhere to run for office. In Southwest Florida, six former congressional hopefuls from other states are taking their shot in this conservative stronghold.
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As the number of data centers across the U.S. continues to increase, so does public opposition. That has some cities changing their standards for what acceptable data center development looks like.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Professor Shaun Harper about the intense media scrutiny of British sociologist Jason Arday and how the scholar's death has reverberated in Black academic circles.
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President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is trying to move Gaza talks forward. He met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day after meeting with Hamas, but key disagreements remain.
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At Portland's annual soapbox derby, motorless cars race downhill pulled by nothing more than gravity. It's part race, part parade, with cars built to look like sharks, guitars and slices of cake.
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A historic drought may have helped yellow fever spread in Brazil. A new study shows how understanding the connection could help prepare for future outbreaks.
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Attorneys general from several states are bringing Meta Platforms to court over claims that the company's products are addictive to kids and teens, and that Meta failed to warn the public.
