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A screenshot of the Dublin Guitar Quartet's Tiny Desk Concert at NPR. CREDIT TINY DESK CONCERTS / NPR

Tiny Desk Concert Showcases A Guitar Quartet

We know you love guitar music. From Classical Guitar Alive (Sunday mornings at 9), to Inland Folk (Saturdays, 11am-2pm), to the guitar solos and concertos…

The Dallas Street Choir dressed in one of their performing outfits. CREDIT MARK MULLANEY.

The Power Of Storytelling

What stories do you tell? What stories could you be telling? On the occasion of National Public Radio's 45th birthday--celebrated this week--let's honor…

A box of trash overflows near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., this week as some government services have been stopped during a partial government shutdown. CREDIT: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Fallout Grows As Partial Government Shutdown Drags On

There's no end in sight for the spending standoff that has forced the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government. The longer the shutdown continues, the more services will be affected.

In Head, the Monkees made a play for creative and cultural respect. Did it work? No. Was it a strangely great movie? Heck yeah. CREDIT: Moviestore/Shutterstock

Remembering 50 Years Ago When The Monkees Tried To Cut Their Strings With 'Head'

PHOTO: In Head, the Monkees made a play for creative and cultural respect. Did it work? No. Was it a strangely great movie? Heck yeah.CREDIT:…

PHOTO: Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, known as the "Mother" of Hubble, died at 93. Courtesy of NASA

Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died At Age 93

Roman was one of the first female executives at NASA, its first chief of astronomy and she played an instrumental role in making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. She died on Dec. 25.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience circa 1968. Left to right: Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell. CREDIT: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Why Is The Music Of 1968 So Enduring? 'It Was Allowed To Be Art'

Half a century later, 1968 continues to resonate as a landmark year for rock, pop and soul — in part, say musicians who were there in the studio, because artists were trying things no one had before.

Left: the best current image of the planet known as Ultima Thule. Right: an illustration of one possible appearance of the distant object. Its rotation is shown in red. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI; sketch courtesy of James Tuttle Keane

NASA Probe Sends Pictures Of A Tiny Planet 4 Billion Miles From The Sun

The first images of the object, just a few pixels wide, arrived Tuesday morning. Higher-resolution photographs will be sent back to the earth in the coming weeks.

Burrowing owl populations are declining each year at a rate of 2 to 3 percent.CREDIT: NICK FISHER/OPB

Umatilla's Owl Man Is Bringing Burrowing Owls Back From The Brink

A decommissioned chemical weapons depot and a lone biologist might be the last hope for a population of burrowing owls.

Here's What NWPB Music Hosts Are Excited About In 2019

The new year has just begun, and NWPB music hosts are eagerly anticipating a few events, concerts and interviews in 2019.

Don And Marianna Matteson Provide For Musical Future At NWPB

With their donation of $100,000, Pullman-based listeners Donald Matteson and Marianna Merritt Matteson have created a permanent public radio music fund.…

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