Julia Furukawa

1 day 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?

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks 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?

3 weeks 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.