Juana Summers

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Juana Summers appears in the following:

Novel 'Romantic Comedy' explores desirability, entertainment and writing as a cure

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Curtis Sittenfeld about her latest novel, Romantic Comedy, about a woman in her 30s working for this weekly comedy sketch show.

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Reflecting on some of the career highlights of Sylvia Poggioli

Monday, April 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with former Italy correspondent Sylvia Poggioli about her time reporting across Europe throughout her 41 years with the network.

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A look back at Gwyneth Paltrow's trial and its viral moments

Friday, March 31, 2023

Gwyneth Paltrow has won her ski crash case. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 'New Yorker' writer Naomi Fry about the trial's viral moments and why celebrity trials tend to capture so much attention.

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Trump's lawyer says the Manhattan grand jury's indictment is 'political persecution'

Friday, March 31, 2023

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty expects his legal team to fight to dismiss the case.

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Former President Trump's lawyer talks about his indictment in the Stormy Daniels case

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty about his indictment in the Stormy Daniels case.

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Teyana Taylor stars in a movie about motherhood and life in a changing New York City

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and singer Teyana Taylor about the new film A Thousand and One, which follows a woman and her son's story for more than a decade.

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Michael Cohen, former Trump lawyer and fixer, reacts to the indictment of Trump

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Cohen, former "fixer" and attorney for Donald Trump, on the news that Trump will be charged with crimes related to a payment to an adult film star.

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Nintendo closed some digital storefronts. Experts say it's bad for video game history

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kelsey Lewin of the Video Game History Foundation about the recent closure of some of Nintendo's digital storefronts.

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Actor Toheeb Jimoh on 'Ted Lasso,' his new show and interrogating masculinity

Friday, March 31, 2023

Actor Toheeb Jimoh talks with NPR's Juana Summers about this big moment in his young acting career, when he has starring roles in Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ and The Power on Prime Video.

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An open letter signed by tech leaders, researchers proposes delaying AI development

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Peter Stone, computer science professor at the University of Texas, on an open letter calling for a temporary halt in development of advanced artificial intelligence.

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By one measure, the U.S. has had a shooting on school grounds almost every day

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Last year, the U.S. saw a record number of school shootings. Gun violence is now the leading cause of adolescent deaths in America. And yet school shootings continue to happen.

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Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'saddest New Year's song ever'

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Fall Out Boy members Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz about their new album So Much (For) Stardust.

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Checking in with families whose loved ones were killed by police

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Samaria Rice and Princess Blanding. Rice and Blanding both lost their loved ones in deadly police interactions several years ago.

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From 'Dreamgirls' to 'Abbot Elementary,' Sheryl Lee Ralph isn't leaving the spotlight

Thursday, March 23, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Abbot Elementary's Sheryl Lee Ralph about her lengthy career and finding a spotlight later in life.

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Paris Hilton was the center of it all. Now she's shedding the 'character' she created

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Before the word "influencer" was a household term, before Instagram and TikTok allowed users to document every moment of their life in real time, Paris Hilton was the woman at the center of it all.

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2023 has already brought plenty of surprises for video game fans

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

It's a good time to be someone who plays video games. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with James Mastromarino, who edits gaming coverage for NPR, to talk about the year so far.

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Former Congressman Barney Frank on Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Monday, March 13, 2023

NPR's Juana summers talks with former Congressman Barney Frank about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the Dodd-Frank rollback of 2018.

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SNAP benefits will drop for millions of Americans as pandemic aid winds down

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Millions of American households will see a sharp cut in SNAP benefits as the government winds down its pandemic assistance. Some experts say the country is about to fall off a "hunger cliff."

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Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Kaepernick's upbringing and teen crucibles are the source of his new graphic novel, titled Change the Game.

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Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on his new coming of age graphic novel

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Colin Kaepernick on his book Change The Game, detailing his pivot from baseball to football and how he found himself in the process.

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