Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang appears in the following:

Host of the 'Royally Obsessed' podcast reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Thursday, September 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Roberta Fiorito, co-author of Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family and co-host of the Royally Obsessed podcast, about the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Canadian police apprehend suspect in deadly mass stabbing

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Police in Canada say they have apprehended the fugitive suspected of killing 10 people on Sunday. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Canadian Press reporter Bill Graveland about the manhunt.

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California's record heat wave put so much stress on the power grid it nearly broke

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jan Smutny-Jones, CEO of the Independent Energy Producers Association, about how California's record heat wave nearly broke the state's power grid.

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Former judge speaks to the significance of a special master for Mar-a-Lago documents

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with retired federal Judge Vaughn Walker about the unusual nature of a special master who will be assigned to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

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What we know about the failed attempt to assassinate Argentina's vice president

Friday, September 02, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Natalie Alcoba about the failed assassination attempt on Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

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'Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul' Is a Celebration of Worship And Satire of Religion

Friday, September 02, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul director Adamma Ebo and producer Adanne Ebo about their new movie — which looks at the attempted comeback of a disgraced megachurch pastor.

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The GOP reacts to President Biden's speech condemning "MAGA republican" extremism

Friday, September 02, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former Rep Barbara Comstock, R-Va., about the Republican Party's reaction to President Biden's address, where he called "MAGA Republicans" a threat to American Democracy.

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Encore: 'Peach Blossom Spring' interrogates the meaning of home

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

In this encore presentation, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Melissa Fu about her debut novel Peach Blossom Spring, a multigenerational story of war and migration inspired by her father's life.

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Former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham on the life of Mikhail Gorbachev

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader.

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When is nice too nice? One author explores that question in her new book

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Mia Mercado about her new book She's Nice Though, which explores why women, in particular, feel the need to perform niceness in so many situations.

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What the resignation of popular Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr means in the Middle East

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Sarhang Hamasaeed, director of Middle East programs for the United States Institute of Peace, about popular Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's resignation.

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Early monsoon rains have wrought devastating flooding throughout Pakistan

Monday, August 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.

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What to know if you're hoping for student loan cancellation

Friday, August 26, 2022

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.

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A year later, former Afghanistan education minister reflects on her country

Thursday, August 18, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Afghanistan Minster of Education Rangina Hamidi after speaking to her a year ago, as Taliban forces captured city after city in the country.

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Megan Thee Stallion gets vulnerable on hot sophomore album 'Traumazine'

Friday, August 12, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sidney Madden from NPR Music about Megan Thee Stallion's sophomore album Traumazine.

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Here's what China's show of force could mean for Taiwan

Friday, August 12, 2022

David Finkelstein, former U.S. Army China specialist and director of Asian security affairs at CNA, talks about China's recent military demonstrations and the country's rising tensions with Taiwan.

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Why Biden's plan to boost semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. is so critical

Friday, August 12, 2022

The law will allocate more than $50 billion to bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S. and away from its current production hub in East Asia.

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Little is free in prison — Here are the various ways incarcerated people make money

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Beyond basic necessities, everything has a price in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marshall Project reporter Beth Schwartzapfel about the prison economy and how incarcerated people make money.

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Some podcast guest chairs go to high bidders — without telling listeners

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bloomberg's Ashley Carman's about a growing trend of guests paying podcasts to appear on their shows in order to market themselves or their products new target audiences.

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The new CHIPS and Science Act will bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S.

Tuesday, August 09, 2022

President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law Tuesday, which allocates $53 billion dollars in federal funding to manufacture semiconductor chips domestically.

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