Juana Summers

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Juana Summers appears in the following:

What to expect in Biden's Oval Office address about the debt ceiling deal

Friday, June 02, 2023

President Biden delivers the first Oval Office address of his presidency. It comes a day after Congress passed a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling, narrowly avoiding the deadline.

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Is Nike past its peak? A look at the company's current slump

Friday, June 02, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Chris Burns, footwear analyst and founder of ARCH (Art & Research, Culture-Hype) about Nike's shoe sale slump, inventory excess and colorway reliance.

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Even as overall book sales are declining, romance novels are on the rise

Friday, June 02, 2023

Romance books are on the rise, even as overall book sales are declining. NPR's Juana Summers visited a romance book club at Baltimore's Charm City Books to see what brings readers to the genre.

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An online memorial honors millions of deceased veterans buried in U.S. cemeteries

Monday, May 29, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with James LaPaglia of the Department of Veterans Affairs about the Veterans Legacy Memorial.

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Why one expert says America's fentanyl crisis has geopolitical roots

Monday, May 29, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the geopolitics of fentanyl and the opioid crisis at large.

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Uganda's LGBTQ community faces harsh legislation — including the death penalty

Monday, May 29, 2023

Uganda's president has approved some of the harshest anti LGBTQ legislation in the world, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. What will this mean for Uganda's queer community now?

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Disney rolls out its latest remake, 'The Little Mermaid'

Friday, May 26, 2023

Has Disney done it again? And if they have, should they ... stop? These are some of the questions on our minds as Disney's remake of The Little Mermaid hits theaters.

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How GOP candidates are playing to the evolving conservative base

Friday, May 26, 2023

Time Magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball talks about how the evolution of conservatism is playing out on the Republican campaign trail.

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Chef Hilda Bassey cooks for 100 hours straight in world record attempt

Friday, May 26, 2023

In an attempt to set a new world record, Nigerian Chef Hilda Bassey has cooked for 100 hours nonstop.

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She's trying to archive Black Twitter. It's a delicate and imperfect task

Friday, May 26, 2023

Black Twitter has been a force since the platform started. Now, one woman is seeking to archive it, as Twitter's future appears uncertain.

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Iam Tongi, 18, credits his mom and late dad for his 'American Idol' win

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi's audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.

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40 years ago, NPR had to apologize for airing 'Return of the Jedi' spoilers

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Back in 1983, All Things Considered host Susan Stamberg asked a young moviegoer to give us a "sneak preview" of Return of the Jedi. The flood of complaints from listeners led to on-air apology.

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DC Comics' boss knows the challenges ahead — and the problem superhero films can pose

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Superhero movies transformed the film industry over the last 15 years. But how does the man in charge of some of the most beloved comic book characters chart the years ahead?

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What one author says a post-Roe U.S. reveals about Planned Parenthood

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Writer Eyal Press talks about Planned Parenthood and what a post-Roe U.S. reveals about the organization.

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A year after the Uvalde school massacre, victims' families share their stories

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

It's been one year since a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Three families who lost their children shared their memories with NPR.

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Voice memos from the path of Typhoon Mawar

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

As Typhoon Mawar thrashes Guam with 140-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, two people on the island share eyewitness accounts of what they're seeing.

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Jim Lee talks about his journey from superhero fan to DC Comics president

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Jim Lee, the new president of DC Comics, talks about the history and future of superhero comics.

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'I can't promise we'll be safe:' A Uvalde teacher reflects, a year after the shooting

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Nicole Ogburn no longer tells her students that she promises they are safe. Instead, she has taken to saying: "We're safer than we've ever been."

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What inspired Cameron Fields to move from the newsroom to the classroom

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Cameron Fields, a reporter for Cleveland.com, talks about his career pivot from journalism to teaching.

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Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Colin Kaepernick talks about his book Change the Game, detailing his pivot from baseball to football and how he found himself in the process.

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