31+ min ago (109+ words) President Trump says he's closing Venezuela's airspace and further limiting immigration to the U.S. Lawmakers are facing a deadline over extending the subsidies for Obamacare. - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) Politics chat: Trump moves on Venezuela, Afghans in the U.S.; Obamacare deadline approaches President Trump says he's closing Venezuela's airspace and further limiting immigration to the U.S. Lawmakers are facing a deadline over extending the subsidies for Obamacare. The biggest portion of Boise State Public Radio's funding comes from readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information. Your donation today helps make our local reporting free for our entire community....

12+ hour, 43+ min ago (105+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a pardon of the breach of trust, bribery and fraud charges he's been facing for the past several years. - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) Netanyahu seeks pardon from corruption charges he faces in Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a pardon of the breach of trust, bribery and fraud charges he's been facing for the past several years. The biggest portion of Boise State Public Radio's funding comes from readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information. Your donation today helps make our local reporting free for our entire community....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (207+ words) An interview with Amber Murrey, author of A Certain Amount of Madness.Published on the 30th anniversary of his assassination,the book illustrates how Thomas Sankara's legacy continues to provide lessons and hope for decolonisation struggles today. - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) "A Certain Amount of Madness" by Amber Murrey Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century. His declaration that fundamental socio-political change would require "a certain amount of madness" drove the Burkinabe Revolution and resurfaced in the country's popular uprising in 2014. In her latest book, A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara, Amber Murrey looks at Sankara's political philosophies and legacies and their relevance today. Amber Murrey is an Associate Professor of Political Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow at Mansfield…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (145+ words) After over two decades in law enforcement, Wade Milyard Jr. retired as a K-9 police officer for Maryland's Frederick department. He took up a different kind of service to his community, becoming the ... - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) Ex-police officer helps homeless people do laundry After over two decades in law enforcement, Wade Milyard Jr. retired as a K-9 police officer for Maryland's Frederick department. He took up a different kind of service to his community, becoming the founder of Fresh Step Laundry, a nonprofit that offers free laundry services to people experiencing homelessness. In his bus, nicknamed Lucy, retrofitted with washers and dryers, he offers a free laundry service to those in his neighborhood. Host Scott Tong speaks to Milyard Jr. about the work he is doing now. This article was originally published on WBUR.org....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (174+ words) This month, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reburied the remains of 67 ancestors that were excavated in the 1960s and held for decades by the Milwaukee Public Museum. - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) Wisconsin tribe reburies 67 ancestors, but many Native American remains await repatriation The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin this month reburied the remains of 67 ancestors that were excavated in the 1960s and held for decades by the Milwaukee Public Museum. It's the latest enforcement of a longstanding law requiring the repatriation of Native American remains and objects to indigenous custody. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Shannon O'Loughlin about the decades-long implementation of NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. She's attorney and chief executive for the Association on American Indian Affairs and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Then, he speaks with…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (102+ words) Part 1 of the'TED Radio Hour'episode Decoding nature's hidden patterns. This segment of the TED Radio Hour was produced by James Delahoussaye and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. You can follow us on Facebook @TEDRadioHour'and email us at'[email protected]. Related TED Topic: Biodiversity Related TED Talk: Grief and love in the animal kingdom Related TED Talk: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal TED Radio Hour: The birds and the bees Short Wave: Flowers and trees are blooming earlier. Is it because of climate change? Environment: Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (132+ words) In an age of misinformation, polarization, and shrinking trust in news and institutions, how can we rebuild meaningful public conversation? This event shares an open discussion about the media we consume, share, and how we make sense of information. At a panel discussion presented by the Idaho Media Initiative, students, journalists, and media scholars explored the role of media literacy, dialogue, and civic engagement in strengthening democracy, as well as what it will take to bridge divides and reclaim a shared reality. The event was recorded on Nov. 12, 2025, at Boise State University. Panelists:" Sam Martin " Boise State University School of Public Service" Scott McIntosh " Idaho Statesman" Emily Carmela Nelson " The Arbiter" Isaac Castellano " Boise State University School of Public Service Moderated by Seth Ashley " Boise State University Dept. of Communication...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago (599+ words) After an Afghan national was named as being behind a shooting in Washington, D.C., that left one member of the National Guard dead and another in critical condition, President Trump vowed a sharp crackdown on immigration from countries he described as "third world." Writing on social media on Thursday night, Trump railed against immigrants from impoverished nations, accusing them of being a burden on the nation's welfare system and "preying" on natural-born citizens. "I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover," he wrote on Truth Social. "Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation." The Trump administration is already deporting some immigrants, either to their countries of origin or to third countries, many of which are paid to receive them. Venezuelans were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador, a number of migrants…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago (138+ words) Part 2 of the'TED Radio Hour'episode Decoding nature's hidden patterns. Computational linguist Jeff Reed figured out how to eavesdrop on wolves in the wild. But he needed help from AI to separate the signal from the noise, and start to decode what each howl means. This segment of the TED Radio Hour was produced by Phoebe Lett and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. You can follow us on Facebook @TEDRadioHour'and email us at'[email protected]. Related TED Talk: Can we learn to talk to sperm whales? Related TED Topic: Biodiversity Related TED Talk: How I imitate nature's voices TED Radio Hour: What are animals saying to each other? AI can help us eavesdrop Short Wave: What is the legacy of Yellowstone wolves 30 years after their reintroduction? TED Radio Hour: Can the insect brain help us develop smarter, faster AI?...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago (536+ words) The Monkey King is having a moment in America " and it's been centuries in the making. Wildly popular across Asia for generations as the focus of hundreds of adaptations on page, stage and screen, the Chinese superhero is also the star of a 2023 Netflix animated film, a blockbuster 2024 video game, and right now, a sold-out new opera at San Francisco Opera. Not bad for a character who made his literary debut in a 16th century Ming Dynasty novel. The Monkey King " known as Sun Wukong in Chinese " first burst fully-formed out of a rock in the classic 1592 novel Journey to the West, widely attributed to the poet Wu Cheng'en. Steeped in Buddhist teachings and symbols, the story follows Sun Wukong's epic journey towards enlightenment. "He wants to be someone," Frank Djeng, a cultural historian who has written about the character, said…...