Sarah Handel appears in the following:
For this Texas State Rep., the immigration law SB4 hits personally
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Texas State Rep. Armando Walle about the potential impact of SB4 on Hispanic communities in the state.
New study shows that pollution in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' may affect births
Monday, March 18, 2024
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.
Actor Michael Imperioli talks 'An enemy of the People' and its modern parallels
Monday, March 18, 2024
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with actor Michael Imperioli about his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People and the relevance of this adaptation of the play, roughly 150 years after the original.
Remembering David Mixner, a 'titan' in the fight for gay rights
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly remembers the life of civil rights leader David Mixner with his friend and mentee, Brian Sims.
New Alabama law protects IVF, but still identifies embryo as a child
Thursday, March 07, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with fertility specialist Dr. Beth Malizia following the new Alabama law that protects IVF.
The internet is obsessed with a woman's TikTok story about marrying a compulsive liar
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim, hosts of the Slate podcast ICYMI, about "Who the F Did I Marry," the TikTok saga that now has tens of millions of views.
The Indigo Girls on how their song ended up in 'Barbie,' which is up for 8 Oscars
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, about their 1989 hit "Closer to Fine" being featured prominently in the Barbie movie, which is up for eight Oscars.
Greta Lee of 'Past Lives' talks about how language and identity are intertwined
Friday, February 23, 2024
Greta Lee stars in the new movie Past Lives. She talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the film and the ways language and identity are intertwined.
Uncertainty looms after Alabama's IVF court ruling
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Alabama's new court ruling that frozen embryos should receive legal protections as "unborn life," leaves fertility clinics and parents-to-be in limbo.
New York rolls out a social-justice oriented weed legalization program
Thursday, February 22, 2024
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about her latest piece, which chronicles the rollout of New York's social justice-oriented weed legalization program.
Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' adds to a long legacy of Black women in country music
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
With Beyoncé on top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music, about the history of Black women in country music.
How safe are other Kremlin critics held in Russia's prison system?
Monday, February 19, 2024
Alexei Navalny's death has shaken the families of other political prisoners in Russia. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Director of film 'Navalny' remembers his friend
Friday, February 16, 2024
Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his time with Alexei Navalny, who was determined to return to Russia despite the risk.
The mayor of Kansas City recounts the shooting at a Super Bowl celebration
Thursday, February 15, 2024
NPR's Juana Summers talks to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the shooting at a Super Bowl celebration Wednesday that killed one person and injured more than 20 others.
The Republican Party has grown much more supportive of Russia in recent years
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, about Russia's continued appeal to the American right.
Empty office buildings litter cities, but real estate expert says expect change soon
Thursday, February 08, 2024
NPR'S Sacha Pfeiffer talks with David Smith, head of Americas Insights at the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, about the empty commercial buildings across several U.S. cities.
Rep. Jim Clyburn frames election as choice between 'loud noise' and 'quiet diplomacy'
Friday, February 02, 2024
NPR's Juana Summers sits down with South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, a storied kingmaker in Democratic politics, to discuss the Biden campaign and the state's new role as the first Democratic primary.
New Brennan Center senior advisor warns of the threat that Trump poses to democracy
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Journalist Barton Gellman has covered national security issues for many years. He now joins the Brennan Center as senior advisor on attacks on democracy around the 2024 election.
Mexico's lawsuit against American gun manufacturers is revived by appeals court
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
An appeals court revived a lawsuit brought by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers, whose guns fueled violence by cartels. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the country's co-counsel, Jonathan Lowy.
Jodie Foster and Kali Reis on the latest season of 'True Detective'
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Juana Summers talks to Jodie Foster and Kali Reis about the new season of True Detective.