Spokane's Novara Energy Alliance, businesses test electric vehicles and Washington's "Green Bank"
We'll talk with Kim Pearman-Gillman and Dale Silha about Spokane's new Novara Energy Institute. Avista and Zero Emissions Northwest give Inl...
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Inland Journal
Inland Journal is a half-hour public affairs program that includes news features and interviews produced by SPR staff, reporters from the Northwest News Network (N3) and others. The program...
Episodes
20 of 40 episodesOvercoming AI hesitancy and a Spokanite leaves his career to follow his AI dream
Paul Takisaki tells us the story of moving on from a tech sales job to learn more about artificial intelligence. Dr. Gleb Tsipursky talks ab...
Smaller housing lots in ID; Bill Wassmuth remembered; WA papers online
We talk with Coeur d'Alene land use attorney Peter Smith about a new Idaho law meant to make housing more affordable. We remember a Northwes...
Detecting lung cancer early and NatGeo teaches students about photography
We learn about a collaboration between a Spokane surgeon and medical student to promote early lung cancer screening. National Geographic tea...
Stories about recovering from wildfires and how big traveling teams fight them
Matthew Kincanon shares his experience of losing his home to the Spokane Complex fires. Dan Trapanese talks about leading the team that's fi...
Inland Journal: Talking AI with Grant Erickson and Bill Kalivas
This is part three of an ongoing series of discussions with Spokane tech figures about artificial intelligence and how we use it.
Life after wildfires; dealing with insurance companies; a reporter hears survivor stories
Jennifer Gray Thompson evacuated her home due to wildfire in 2017, then created an organization to help others who go through the same exper...
Inland Journal: WA 6th District House candidates and Spokane Transit's sales tax
We talk with Julia Payne and Aaron Croft, who hope to succeed Rep. Jenny Graham in the Spokane delegation of the Washington state House of R...
Inland Journal: Four people want to replace Rep. Suzanne Schmidt in Olympia. We talk with three.
Hillary Pham, Trent Maier and Debra Long came to our studio for interviews.
Inland Journal: Who will be Spokane's next Vicky Dalton?
We talk with Spokane County auditor candidates Dale Whitaker, Callie Gee and Michael Cathcart.
Inland Journal: Who will replace Timm Ormsby in the state House? One of these candidates
We'll talk with, in alphabetical order, Democrats Donovan DeLeon, Luc Jasmin III, Pam Kohlmeier and Republican Natalie Poulson.
Inland Journal: Like it or not, AI is here to stay. How shall we use it?
We talk with Grant Erickson from IntelliTect and John Shovic from the University of Idaho-Coeur d'Alene.
Inland Journal: Task Force issues recommendations for 'safe and healthy' Spokane
We have excerpts from a Thursday press conference where task force members offered key points from their report to local elected officials.
Inland Journal: What is AI? How is it evolving? How best to use it?
Grant Erickson from IntelliTect and Graham Morehead from Pangeon and Gonzaga University join us to talk about the basics of artificial intel...
Inland Journal: Gonzaga President Katia Passerini; SNAP prepares to change leadership
We talk with Gonzaga's president as she approaches her one-year anniversary at the Spokane institution. Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners...
Inland Journal: Representing DV survivors, elder mental health and preparing for wildfire
The demand for YWCA Spokane legal services from domestic violence survivors is growing. How can we recognize and treat mental illness in eld...
Inland Journal: Novara, businesses test electric vehicles and Washington's "Green Bank"
We'll talk with Kim Pearman-Gillman and Dale Silha about Spokane's new Novara Energy Institute. Avista and Zero Emissions Northwest give Inl...
Inland Journal: West Plains aquifer protection, PFAS and Providence psychiatric triage
West Plains residents will decide in August whether to tax themselves to protect their underground drinking water. We take stock of PFAS-rel...
Inland Journal: Braver Angels, Spokane County's treasurer and anti-obesity drugs
We talk with a Lincoln County woman who is part of a group trying to lower the temperature of American civic dialogue. Spokane County Treasu...
Inland Journal: Habitat for Humanity, Washington's health exchange and Secret Spokane
We talk with Habitat for Humanity Spokane CEO Michelle Girardot about how the organization will spend $6.5 million from the state. Fewer peo...