Justine Kenin

Justine Kenin appears in the following:

South Korean President Yoon serenades White House with an American rock classic

Thursday, April 27, 2023

South Korean President Yoon serenaded a crowd at the White House with his rendition of Don McLean's classic American Pie.

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Photographer's decade-long, 600,000 mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Matika Wilbur about her new book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America.

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Three generations of trans Americans speak about how times have changed — and haven't

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with three trans people about how trans rights have changed through their generations and how anti-trans legislation is shaping the future of trans rights.

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Dolly Parton talks about her new children's book — and standing up to bullies

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The music star talks about writing for children, standing up to bullies, and why her program to deliver books to children meant so much to her dad.

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Dolly Parton talks about her new kids book and why she's drawn to literature

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with singer-songwriter and American icon Dolly Parton about her new kids book Billy the Kid Makes It Big!

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Jimmy Butler connects over coffee with Bucks fan

Friday, April 21, 2023

Milwaukee local and coffee roaster Ryan Hoban made an unexpected connection with NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler over coffee this week.

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White women in rural America are dying. This memoir examines why

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Monica Potts about her memoir, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America.

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Trailblazer sports reporter Liz Clarke reflects on her 37 years in journalism

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Liz Clarke for an exit interview looking back on her 37 years in journalism — 25 of those as a trailblazing sports reporter at The Washington Post.

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How a writer found healing in the story of her enslaved ancestors

Friday, April 14, 2023

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Dionne Ford about her new book, Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing.

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Texas judge's anti-abortion drug ruling is indefensible, says lawyer

Monday, April 10, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with lawyer Adam Unikowsky about a Texas judge's ruling overturning FDA approval for the abortion pill mifepristone.

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SNAP responds to Maryland AG report on decades of sex abuse by the Catholic church

Friday, April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with David Lorenz, director of the Maryland chapter of the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests, after the report on decades-long sex abuse in the Baltimore Diocese.

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How to celebrate Easter when church isn't your thing

Thursday, April 06, 2023

Author Casper ter Kuile gives tips on how to create new rituals around Easter, when church just isn't your thing.

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Legal expert weighs in on Trump's possible legal defense

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with legal expert Randall Eliason about Trump's possible legal defense strategies.

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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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Father-daughter memoir 'The Kneeling Man' highlights the complex life of a Black spy

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with author Leta McCollough Seletzky about the father-daughter memoir The Kneeling Man, highlighting the complex life of her father's role as a Black spy.

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Keeping that same energy: Why Black women ball players are criticized differently

Monday, April 03, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Bill Rhoden of ESPN's Andscape about the double standards baked into basketball culture and women's sports.

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Everything is bigger as Texas hosts men's and women's NCAA Tournament Championships

Friday, March 31, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, ahead of the Men's and Women's Final Four games happening across Texas this weekend.

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With a few 1 seeds, Cinderellas and underdogs left, this Sweet 16 has everything

Thursday, March 23, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with The Athletic senior writer Nicole Auerbach about this weekend's Sweet 16 matchups in men's and women's college basketball tournaments and how Cinderella teams have fared.

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Coaching culture & longevity: The secret recipe to a Sweet 16 college basketball run

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Graham Honaker about this moment in college basketball in which iconic coaches' retirements coincide with around 21,000 student athletes transferring schools.

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The loneliness of the central character in Esther Yi's 'Y/N' is universal

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Yi about her novel, which features a Korean American woman who finds awakening in her devotion to a K-pop star.

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