Ailsa Chang appears in the following:
'Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul' Is a Celebration of Worship And Satire of Religion
Friday, September 02, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul director Adamma Ebo and producer Adanne Ebo about their new movie — which looks at the attempted comeback of a disgraced megachurch pastor.
The GOP reacts to President Biden's speech condemning "MAGA republican" extremism
Friday, September 02, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former Rep Barbara Comstock, R-Va., about the Republican Party's reaction to President Biden's address, where he called "MAGA Republicans" a threat to American Democracy.
Encore: 'Peach Blossom Spring' interrogates the meaning of home
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
In this encore presentation, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Melissa Fu about her debut novel Peach Blossom Spring, a multigenerational story of war and migration inspired by her father's life.
Former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham on the life of Mikhail Gorbachev
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader.
When is nice too nice? One author explores that question in her new book
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Mia Mercado about her new book She's Nice Though, which explores why women, in particular, feel the need to perform niceness in so many situations.
What the resignation of popular Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr means in the Middle East
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Sarhang Hamasaeed, director of Middle East programs for the United States Institute of Peace, about popular Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's resignation.
Early monsoon rains have wrought devastating flooding throughout Pakistan
Monday, August 29, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.
What to know if you're hoping for student loan cancellation
Friday, August 26, 2022
NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.
A year later, former Afghanistan education minister reflects on her country
Thursday, August 18, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Afghanistan Minster of Education Rangina Hamidi after speaking to her a year ago, as Taliban forces captured city after city in the country.
Megan Thee Stallion gets vulnerable on hot sophomore album 'Traumazine'
Friday, August 12, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sidney Madden from NPR Music about Megan Thee Stallion's sophomore album Traumazine.
Here's what China's show of force could mean for Taiwan
Friday, August 12, 2022
David Finkelstein, former U.S. Army China specialist and director of Asian security affairs at CNA, talks about China's recent military demonstrations and the country's rising tensions with Taiwan.
Why Biden's plan to boost semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. is so critical
Friday, August 12, 2022
The law will allocate more than $50 billion to bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S. and away from its current production hub in East Asia.
Little is free in prison — Here are the various ways incarcerated people make money
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Beyond basic necessities, everything has a price in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marshall Project reporter Beth Schwartzapfel about the prison economy and how incarcerated people make money.
Some podcast guest chairs go to high bidders — without telling listeners
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bloomberg's Ashley Carman's about a growing trend of guests paying podcasts to appear on their shows in order to market themselves or their products new target audiences.
The new CHIPS and Science Act will bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S.
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law Tuesday, which allocates $53 billion dollars in federal funding to manufacture semiconductor chips domestically.
What a decade of Curiosity has taught us about life on Mars
Saturday, August 06, 2022
Ten years ago today, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover successfully commenced its mission to explore the possibility of life on mars. Here's what it has discovered.
New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past
Friday, August 05, 2022
As the people of New Zealand confront their nation's troubled past with colonization, a return to the Maori name of Aotearoa is being presented to a parliamentary committee.
How American Sign Language is evolving with time
Thursday, August 04, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times.
New Zealand MP talks about the movement to change the country's name
Thursday, August 04, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of The Maori Party in the New Zealand parliament, about a push to change the country's name to Aotearoa, a Maori name.
What Curiosity's 10 years on Mars have taught us
Thursday, August 04, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ashwin Vasavada, the head scientist for the Curiosity Mars rover, about the rover's 10 years of exploration.