Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang appears in the following:

How the race for Republican presidential nominee looks with Trump's criminal charges

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Donald Trump isn't just a former president. He is also currently seeking the Republican nomination for the third time in 2024. That means he has to take his criminal charges out on the campaign trail.

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Presidential historian weighs in the significance of Trump's indictment

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with presidential historian Tim Naftali about the significance of Trump's latest indictment for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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Henrietta Lacks' family settles with a biotech company that used her cells

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with science journalist and author Rebecca Skloot about Henrietta Lacks, whose family just settled with a biotech company that used her cancer cells without consent.

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C.K. Chau's take on 'Pride and Prejudice' takes readers to 2000s New York Chinatown

Monday, July 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.

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How the shutdown of transport company Yellow could have ripple effects for truckers

Monday, July 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.

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What a new study shows about dads who want to do more caretaking, and why they don't

Friday, July 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Taveeshi Gupta of the nonprofit Equimundo, whose latest international survey explores how fathers feel about being more active in caretaking and domestic responsibilities.

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How Jason Aldean's latest controversy highlights current state of country music

Thursday, July 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marcus K. Dowling, country music reporter for The Tennessean, on the controversy surrounding Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town" song and music video.

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How AI could perpetuate racism, sexism and other biases in society

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with scholar Safiya Noble about how advancements in artificial intelligence could further perpetuate biases in society.

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New countries and a changing U.S. team: what to expect for the Women's World Cup

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The FIFA Women's World Cup opens in Australia and New Zealand on Thursday. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with soccer writer Sophie Downey about what to expect in the championship.

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SOUTHCOM commander describes U.S. military readiness in Latin America and Caribbean

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Laura Richardson about U.S. military readiness and cooperation in the Caribbean and Latin America and the challenges posed by China's influence.

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Tour de France heads to the final stages with leader changes and crowd control issues

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford from the Defector about the progress of the Tour de France.

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Extreme heat and flooding worldwide reflect the magnitude of the climate crisis

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.

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Iran's 'morality police' are again enforcing the country's strict dress code

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, about how Iran will resume patrolling the streets and enforcing the strict dress code.

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LA's mayor calls Texas governor's busing of migrants a despicable stunt

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass talks about the 42 migrants that were recently sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to L.A. as part of his push against federal immigration policies.

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Soon after Roe was overturned, one Mississippi woman learned she was pregnant

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bryce Covert about her report on one of the first babies born in a post-Dobbs America and the circumstances his mother is faced with.

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'The Brightest Star' tells Anna May Wong's life story from her imagined perspective

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Gail Tsukiyama about her new novel The Brightest Star, a fictional account of the life of actress Anna May Wong.

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New report details the current state of U.S.-Taiwan relations

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with co-chairs of the Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Taiwan Task Force, Adm. Mike Mullen and Sue Gordon, about the new report on the state of U.S.-Taiwan relations.

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He interviewed his daughter on her birthday for 17 years. This is what he learned

Friday, June 16, 2023

What does a modern childhood and father-daughter relationship look like? One man documented the journey.

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A turning point for Southern Baptists? Convention ousts churches with women pastors

Thursday, June 15, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University associate professor of religious and gender studies, about the Southern Baptist Convention ousting churches with women pastors.

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The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL's newest Champions

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks hockey with Ben Gotz from the Las Vegas Review Journal after the Vegas Golden Knights win their first NHL Championship.

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