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After cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022, specialized distressed asset investors started buying up the company's debt. They stand to make big profits off the remains of FTX.
Arts & Culture
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“Challengers” is a study of desire, whether for athletic success or romantic intimacy – and sometimes both, Dan Webster says in his review.
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However minor, the marital-discord mystery “Coup de chance” is Woody Allen’s latest movie offering, Dan Webster says in his review. -
On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss Alex Garland’s latest film "Civil War," which stars the likes of Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeney as photojournalists covering what is a second American war between the states and the federal government. After that, they move on to the film “La Chimera,” which is playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre.
Events
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Bike Everywhere Month 2024 -
EventsHear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts May 15, 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM. -
EventsGet 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 May 10, 2024
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Hope Hicks, a Trump-era White House adviser and communications director, is testifying in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. Hick's name has come up several times before taking the stand.
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Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government. -
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been taking place on university campuses around the world since last October. Morning Edition focuses on three countries: the United Kingdom, France and Mexico.
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President Biden finally broke his silence on student protests over the Israel-Hamas war and conditions in Gaza, an issue that has caught him in a political bind.
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The tabletop role-playing game, which has its 50th anniversary this year, debuts as a theatrical show in New York this weekend. Audiences get to decide what happens in the story by voting on an app.
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The orangutan chewed up some medicinal leaves and applied them to the wound. He did this several times, and within two months the wound had healed. Where did he learn that? Researchers don't know.
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Protesters in the small southern Caucasus nation of Georgia say a Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech and democracy.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Robert Kelchen, professor of education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, about what's at stake when college students join in protests.
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President Biden addresses pro-Palestinian protests. Monopoly trial between DOJ and Google is wrapping up. Protesters in the Caucasus nation of Georgia say Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech.
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A decision by the Ukrainian government to suspend consular services for military-aged men living abroad has left some men uncertain about their futures.
