Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu appears in the following:

Rep. Katie Porter is standing up to corporate America — one whiteboard at a time

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rep. Katie Porter about her new memoir, I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan, about what it's like to work on Capitol Hill as a single mom with three young kids.

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Behind one Nebraska lawmaker's filibuster to oppose anti-LGBTQ legislation

Monday, April 10, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, about her weeks-long filibuster over a bill she says is "legislating hate."

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Mimi Sheraton, pioneering NYC restaurant critic, dies after lifetime of good eating

Monday, April 10, 2023

Mimi Sheraton, who chronicled New York's culinary scene, has died at 97. She is being remembered as the New York Times' first female restaurant critic, who enjoyed great food from little-known spots.

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The fate of local news: America's largest newspaper company is creating news deserts

Thursday, April 06, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton, senior writer at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, about Gannett newspaper sales and how news deserts weaken democracy.

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New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern leaves parliament

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Jacinda Ardern stepped down as New Zealand's prime minister earlier this year. Tuesday, she bid farewell to parliament — and politics — completely.

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50 years ago, Martin Cooper made the first cellphone call

Monday, April 03, 2023

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper made the first ever cellphone call on the streets of New York. His invention, a brick-sized device, became the first cellphone available to the general public.

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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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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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Remembering disability rights activist Judith Heumann

Monday, March 06, 2023

Judith Heumann was a disability rights activist and a leader of the disability community. In 1977, she helped to revive legislation that set the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Why the Murdaugh trial has had audiences hooked

Thursday, March 02, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Neal Baer, former executive producer of Law and Order: SVU, about American audiences' fascination with crime stories.

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New podcast looks at one of the biggest genres in the world: K-Pop

Friday, February 24, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music.

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Rep. Ro Khanna on bipartisan visit to Taiwan

Thursday, February 23, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., about his visit to Taiwan with a bipartisan delegation and if the U.S. approach of "strategic ambiguity" is effective in China-Taiwan relations.

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Metal detectorist discovers 'Exquisite' Tudor necklace linked to King Henry VIII

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

In 2019, a metal detectorist from Birmingham, England, found buried treasure: a 500-year-old gold necklace inscribed with the initials of King Henry-the-Eighth and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon.

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Passengers flew 16 hours from Auckland... back to Auckland, after JFK terminal closed

Friday, February 17, 2023

Because of a closed terminal at JFK in New York, a flight from Auckland, New Zealand, had to return to Auckland. The trip was 16 hours from beginning to end — or should we say back to beginning.

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Remembering Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, dead at age 66

Friday, February 17, 2023

Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman has died at 66. Over his career, he developed a specialty helping people publicly come out of the closet, during a time when doing so could jeopardize their careers.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Friday, February 17, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Scriptnotes podcast, Elissa Bassist's Hysterical, and more.

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Super Bowl bound Kelce brothers are a product of Cleveland Heights

Thursday, February 09, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kansas City Star reporter Eric Adler about visiting the town where the Super Bowl-bound Kelce brothers grew up and which molded who they've become.

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As Turkey earthquake death toll grows, so does criticism of the Turkish government

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brookings Institution visiting fellow Asli Aydintasbas about whether policy failures and building shortcuts in Turkey may have contributed to the earthquake's death toll.

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With Grammy win, Viola Davis earns EGOT

Monday, February 06, 2023

Viola Davis won her first Grammy for the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me. With it, she achieves the acclaimed EGOT status.

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Authors explain how and why to apologize the right way

Thursday, January 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with co-authors Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy about their new book Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies.

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