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3 weeks ago | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Tyler Bartlam
On Monday evening, Sen. Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and began a speech criticizing the Trump administration. The 55-year-old Democrat from New Jersey kept talking and talking — through the night and into the next — for 25 hours and 5 minutes. He did not sit. He did not eat. He did not use the restroom. "The body is weary in a lot of places, from my back to my feet and to my legs, I'm just feeling it," Booker told All Things Considered host Juana Summers.
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Mia Venkat |Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro
What happens when a whistleblower claims wrongdoing in the federal government? Who investigates those allegations and who protects those federal employees? The answer is an independent watchdog agency called the Office of Special Counsel. Shortly after taking office, President Trump fired the head of that office — Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. Since then, Dellinger has been locked in a legal fight with the administration. A fight that he gave up on Thursday.
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Brianna Scott
Olympian Jordan Chiles started bawling the first time she set foot in a gymnastics center. When she was 6 years old, her parents signed her up for gymnastics so she could release her boundless energy. Chiles said she used to turn the family's furniture into a jungle gym. So, one day, her parents blindfolded her on their way to see her "surprise" — gymnastics lessons. And when they arrived and removed the blindfold, her eyes filled with tears. "I thought you bought me a puppy!" she cried.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro
Some video games have grand adventures, epic heroes and galactic firefights, but not Stardew Valley. Eric Barone, also known by the online moniker ConcernedApe, says that some fans have called his video game a "chore simulator."And while that might not sound fun, there's a reason that more than 41 million people have played this game that many people say is relaxing. In Stardew Valley,players inherit a small plot of farmland from their grandfather.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |Noah Caldwell |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Sarah Handel
There's a specific feeling behind the new album from FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — a feeling she first encountered at underground raves in Prague, in the summer of 2022. "The feeling that culture was alive," she says. "No one has their phones out, everybody's dancing. You know, if something amazing happens at the night, you don't film it.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Mary Kelly
In the days leading up to election night, news outlets across the country, including NPR, were predicting a historically close race — one that could take days to call. But as Tuesday night progressed, it became clear former President Donald Trump was on a path to victory. And by early Wednesday morning, the result was called. With a race that was expected to be historically tight behind us, the question is: How did Trump win so decisively?
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Jason Fuller
The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976. That's according to recent analysis from the American Institute for Boys and Men, which crunched data from the Department of Education. In fact, Black men now currently account for only 26% of the students at HBCUs — back in 1976, that figure was 38%.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Brianna Scott |Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro
Over the last several decades, emo music has experienced moments of mainstream popularity. Dashboard Confessional won a VMA in 2002, and more recently, Paramore won two Grammys in 2024. But the vast majority of the scene has always existed in a more under-the-radar way, so much so that it can be easy to wonder if it still exists, if it’s still relevant. If you take the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an authority, the answer is a resounding yes.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro |Ashley Brown
When Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson entered the national spotlight, she found praise and also criticism. Much of that criticism stemmed from U.S. senators who grilled her on her judicial philosophy, her career, even her identity. In a new interview with NPR, Jackson called the confirmation process “treacherous.”And two years after that confirmation, she’s sharing more of her story in her new memoir, Lovely One.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Juana Summers |alongside Ailsa Chang |Ari Shapiro
NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. PARIS – It wasn’t great basketball. But it didn’t have to be. It was just enough. The U.S. women’s team beat France on Sunday, 67-66, becoming the first basketball team in Olympic history to win eight straight gold medals. The U.S. has now won 61 games in a row at the Olympics.
