Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang appears in the following:

Deputy national security adviser talks about the risk of Russia waging cyberwar

Friday, April 01, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger, about the risk of a cyberwar and how the U.S. might respond to attacks on the country's infrastructure.

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Daddy Yankee, a reggaeton 'leyenda,' retires

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee has announced his retirement from music at the age of 45. But it's unclear whether that means he'll never perform or release music again.

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The latest controversies surrounding the collapse of global megachurch Hillsong

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Roxanne Stone, managing editor of Religion News Service, about the latest controversies surrounding the downfall of Hillsong megachurch.

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Ralph Lauren honors HBCUs in new collection with Morehouse and Spelman Colleges

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large at The Washington Post, about the significance of Polo Ralph Lauren's collaboration with the HBCUs Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.

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A daycare... a test prep... a community center? Kids' book explores what a school is

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talked with John Schu, first picture book writer and long time book advocate, and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison about their new book This is a School.

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The TV network Black News Channel goes off the air after 2 years

Monday, March 28, 2022

When the TV network Black News Channel launched two years ago, its journalists hoped to cover stories in a new way. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Rodney Ho about why it's shutting down.

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Former tour guide in Lviv starts over in Germany

Monday, March 28, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang follows up with Ivanka Gonak who was a tour guide in Lviv, Ukraine, before the Russian invasion, and has now fled to Germany.

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Operation Lone Star touts big numbers. But are they real?

Monday, March 28, 2022

It's been a year since Texas launched Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's hardline border crackdown on undocumented immigration. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Lomi Kriel about the project.

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How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Low interest rates, high rents and working from home combined to push many young Americans to buy their first home over the last two years. But it's not without challenges.

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Barlow & Bear bring musical theater into the TikTok era

Friday, March 18, 2022

It started with a TikTok post riffing on the the lush drama series. Now, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear have received a Grammy nomination for their project, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.

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Jimmie Allen put his own spin on country music — and is now reaping the rewards

Thursday, March 17, 2022

For Jimmie Allen, what makes a country artist isn't how many fiddles and mandolins they have in a song. It's something more natural than that.

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How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Working from home, low interest rates and coming of home buying age have pushed millennials into the housing market. What were some of the pitfalls and who was left out of home buying altogether?

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The U.S. has shipped 500 million COVID vaccine doses globally, but there's work ahead

Thursday, March 17, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with acting coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response and Health Security, Mary Beth Goodman, about the U.S. shipping 500 million COVID vaccine doses to more than 100 countries.

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Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova leaves Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russian invasion

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018.

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Arooj Aftab considers her Grammy nominations a triumph. But they won't define her

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Arooj Aftab has been nominated for two Grammys for her song "Mohabbat." But the singer and songwriter is wary of defining her work too precisely, or letting accolades tell the whole story.

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'WSJ' reporter describes the looting and killing of civilians in southern Ukraine

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Yaroslav Trofimov about reports of violence against civilians in southern Ukraine.

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Saweetie draws on her roots to make rap that's more personal and intentional

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

The 28-year-old rapper opens up about her two Grammy nominations, and how meditation helps her stay centered amid an increasingly busy career.

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This journalist started owning her identity at work when covering anti-Asian violence

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with CNN journalist Amara Walker about the persistence of violence against Asian American women, a year after the Atlanta area spa shootings.

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Ukrainian journalist Andriy Kulykov on the latest on the ground in Kyiv

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andriy Kulykov, a Ukrainian radio journalist, about the latest on the ground in Kyiv.

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Many African countries are staying neutral on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Aanu Adeoye of think tank Chatham House about African nations' responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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