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The latest report, will not only give an update on inflation, it could also indicate if the Federal Reserve will resume lowering interest rates.
Arts & Culture
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The Italian director Luca Guadagnino < Gwad-a-nino > isn’t known for restraint, and his newest film “Challengers” is a big, stylish melodrama about obsession and betrayal in the world of tennis. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a lot of fun, and made with more energy and zeal than most mainstream movies.
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On this week's show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that involve the theme of challenges. The first is “Challengers,” director Luca Guadagnino’s look at a three-way relationship among tennis players. The second is a challenge to our very senses, director Bertrand Bonello’s head-scratching study “The Beast.”
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Events
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Bike Everywhere Month 2024
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EventsHear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts May 15, 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM.
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Get your tickets to SPR’s inaugural "Firehouse Sessions Song Contest" Concert. Hear from our three winners, Anne Christine, The Red Books, and Time Baby, along with our two launch collaborators, Olivia Brownlee and T.S The Solution at the Bing on May 10, 2024.
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The Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.
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Big primaries in Maryland and West Virginia could have implications for the Senate in November — and signal fights ahead for Democrats.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leonard Rubenstein of Johns Hopkins University about the unprecedented Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, and what international law could do to protect them.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cassandra Nagley, who covers women's basketball for Yahoo Sports, about the WNBA season kickoff.
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Rick Slayman, who in March became the first living person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has died. One of his doctors talks about what was learned from the historic transplant.
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Miranda July's latest novel, "All Fours," explores the transitional period of middle age and menopause through the journey of one unnamed protagonist.
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Writer and actor Issa Rae draws from the Wild Card deck and tells us about the guiding belief that helps her make sense of the world.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with law professor Kim Wehle about the second day of testimony from Michael Cohen in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
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The Canadian writer was known for her masterfully crafted short stories. Throughout her long career, she earned a number of prestigious awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
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New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.