Julia Furukawa

Concord

Host at All Things Considered

Host at New Hampshire Public Radio

All Things Considered host @nhpr, formerly @TheParisNews, @knkxfm, grad @kuowradioactive, member @aaja - she/her

Articles

To address maternal health disparities, some are focusing on the role of community

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

This is part of a series of stories about people working on solutions to New Hampshire's maternity care challenges. Catch up on more of our coverage here. In New Hampshire, there are many factors that determine the quality of maternal health care and wellbeing. Dr. Trinidad Tellez is a family physician and a health equity practitioner. She’s also a Democratic state representative from Manchester.
Some NH first responders are training for a new kind of emergency: delivering babies

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

This is part of a series of stories about people working on solutions to New Hampshire's maternity care challenges. Catch up on more of our coverage here. In recent years, New Hampshire has seen a rise in so-called "unplanned location births." That means dozens have given birth unexpectedly at home, in a car or en route to a hospital, according to state data.
After losing her sister, she now works to help other moms take care of their mental health

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

This is part of a series of stories about people working to build stronger networks of care for new moms and families across New Hampshire. Read more here. Nearly 16 years ago, Heather Martin lost her sister to suicide. “It happened so fast, about three weeks postpartum,” Martin recalled.
NH News Recap: The push to make NH a haven for crypto businesses

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Mary McIntyre |Julia Furukawa

Gov. Kelly Ayotte recently signed a law making New Hampshire the first state to authorize its treasury to purchase Bitcoin. What’s driving efforts here to make the state more attractive for cryptocurrency businesses? And top House Republicans have accused New Hampshire’s public universities and colleges of admitting undocumented individuals as students at the exclusion of legal New Hampshire residents.
Refresher Course: Does Congress still hold the power of the purse?

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered Host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. Since President Donald Trump took office, he’s tried to freeze federal funding for grants, foreign aid and more, but some of those actions have been challenged in court. Congress is supposed to dictate how the government spends money. So how is the president able to spend or freeze funds?
Before the fall: Stories behind the Old Man of the Mountain, 22 years on

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa

He’s a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. Almost all of us know how he fell, but how was the Old Man created? It's been 22 years since the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain, and we’re revisiting a few stories of where he came from in the first place. Brian Fowler, president of the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund and a structural geologist, says the Old Man’s creation story is a pretty simple one: He was always, slowly, falling apart.
The Big Question: What do you see as NH’s most pressing climate issue right now?

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa |Michelle Liu

This is NHPR’s The Big Question. In this series, we ask you a question about life in New Hampshire, you submit an answer, and your voice may be featured on air or online. From coastal flooding to warmer, wetter winters, climate change is changing the landscape of life in New Hampshire. So, for April’s Big Question, we asked: What do you see as New Hampshire’s most pressing climate issue right now? Here’s what some of you shared.
Refresher Course: Who decides what politicians should say?

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa |Michelle Liu

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered Host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. Behind every political campaign are the consultants who tell candidates what they should say and do. How do they actually run campaigns and how effective are they? Civics 101 host Nick Capodice joined Julia to talk about the nebulous world of political consultants. First off, Nick, who gets to be a political consultant?
NPR’s Emily Feng explores the identity of China and its people in new book

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa

NPR foreign correspondent Emily Feng is out with a new book that recounts her experiences reporting on China during the era of Xi Jinping. In "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom," Feng explores what it means to be Chinese as the country searches for its own identity. She joined NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about the new book. Emily, we as journalists talk to countless people, and you've been a foreign correspondent for years now.
Refresher Course: Why do we have the National Weather Service?

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa |Mary McIntyre

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. Wherever you go to get the latest weather update – be it your phone or here on NHPR – that information comes from the National Weather Service. But like many other federal agencies, the National Weather Service has been the target of deep cuts and significant changes by President Trump’s administration and DOGE.