Justine Kenin appears in the following:
Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with The New New Deal author Michael Grunwald about President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which addresses climate change, drug prices and taxes.
With new federal funding, scientists rebuild the field of gun violence research
Monday, August 15, 2022
Efforts to understand gun violence have received almost no funding in recent decades, a reality that's due to a specific amendment backed by the National Rifle Association.
Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel explores family, forgiveness in times of change
Friday, August 12, 2022
Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel A Map for the Missing is a story about family, forgiveness and the challenge of grappling with the past while charting a path for the future.
Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication
Friday, August 12, 2022
Lisa Snowden, editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Beat, talks about the return of the Black-led, nonprofit newspaper.
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.
A fossilized tooth may help solve the mystery of the Chincoteague ponies
Thursday, August 11, 2022
After taking a second look at what was thought to be a cow tooth, one scientist has found evidence to help solve the mysterious origin story for these wild ponies.
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.
Children are reportedly spending 23 hours lock in at Texas youth prisons
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jolie McCullough, a criminal justice reporter for The Texas Tribune, about her reporting on the state's juvenile prison system nearing collapse.
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.
Reflecting on Serena Williams' career and legacy as the G.O.A.T retires from tennis
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jessica Luther, co-host of the sports podcast Burn It All Down, about Serena Williams' retirement from the world of tennis.
A fossilized tooth may determine the origin of the Chincoteague ponies
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
A fossilized horse tooth could finally provide an answer to the mystery of how the wild Chincoteague ponies ended up on Maryland and Virginia's Assateague Island.
How NASA's Webb telescope gets its packed schedule
Monday, August 08, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Christine Chen of the Space Telescope Science Institute about choosing and scheduling research projects for NASA's James Webb Telescope.
Matt de la Peña and Hanif Abdurraqib on how basketball feeds their writing
Thursday, August 04, 2022
Children's book writer Matt de la Pena and poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib talk about how basketball feeds their writing.
Why conservative Kansas handed victory to abortion rights
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dave Helling of The Kansas City Star about the historical background of Tuesday night's vote on abortion rights in the state.
Julia Whelan on narrating her romance novel about a narrator who hates romance novels
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer and audiobook narrator Julia Whelan about what it was like bringing her own profession to the pages of her new novel Thank You For Listening.
A teenager's 'I Voted' sticker design hits a nerve, and now everyone wants one
Saturday, July 30, 2022
When 14-year-old Hudson Rowan drew his spider-robot-humanoid character for an "I Voted" sticker competition, he didn't realize just how far the illustration would travel.
A 14-year-old hopes his chaotic 'I Voted' sticker design brings people to the polls
Friday, July 29, 2022
Hudson Rowan, age 14, was doodling away on his iPad when a creature appeared. It's now the winning design of the Ulster County "I Voted" Sticker contest.
Biden adviser Gene Sperling sees U.S. hope and resilience despite shrinking economy
Thursday, July 28, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with White House senior adviser Gene Sperling about Thursday's new GDP numbers and the health of the U.S. economy.
Senate put $50 billion into chips semiconductor research
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana about efforts to build more computer chips in the U.S.
Cleaning a great floating garbage patch the size of Texas
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The Kwai, a 140-foot cargo ship, just made a 45-day round trip from Hawaii and back. It's load? About 96 tons of trash from a floating garbage patch the size of Texas.