Justine Kenin

Justine Kenin appears in the following:

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova talks about Wimbledon's ban on Russian players

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with nine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova about why she's upset about Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian tennis players.

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Youth poet Jessica Kim is in for a revolution

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we're introducing listeners to poets competing to be the next National Youth Poet Laureate. The fourth finalist is Jessica Kim representing Los Angeles.

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A Shanghai resident shares her views on the city's lockdown

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with a former nanny from Shanghai about what life has been like since returning to the city during pandemic restrictions.

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Florida is ending Disney's special tax district. Here's what comes next

Friday, April 22, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to reporter Nick Papantonis of WFTV about the effect that revoking Disney's special tax district will have on local taxpayers.

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Dozens still missing in wake of catastrophic South Africa floods

Thursday, April 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Eligon of The New York Times about the catastrophic flooding in Durban, South Africa.

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Meet NYC's Elizabeth Shvarts, one of the Nation Youth Poet Laureate finalists

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we're introducing listeners to poets competing to be the next National Youth Poet Laureate. Today: Elizabeth Shvarts, the New York City Laureate.

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Isabella Ramirez, a finalist for the National Youth Poet Laureate, on her poem 'Mama'

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

To celebrate National Poetry Month we're introducing listeners to poets competing to be the next National Youth Poet Laureate. Today, we meet the South Florida Laureate, Isabella Ramirez.

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What U.S. intelligence got right and wrong about the war in Ukraine

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Fred Kagan of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute about U.S. intelligence in the war in Ukraine.

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Meet 18-year-old Alyssa Gaines, Youth Poet Laureate of Indianapolis

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

To celebrate National Poetry Month we're introducing listeners to poets competing to be the next National Youth Poet Laureate. First up: Alyssa Gaines, who's the Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate.

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Grant Ginder melds political and family dysfunction in 'Let's Not Do That Again'

Friday, April 01, 2022

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Grant Ginder about his new novel, Let's Not Do That Again, drawing inspiration from his time as a speechwriter and exploring political dynamics in families.

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In Barcelona, a record attendance for a women's soccer game

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

It's called El Clásico: Each time Barcelona FC and Real Madrid face one other. On Wednesday, it is a women's game that is breaking an attendance record in Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium.

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A daycare... a test prep... a community center? Kids' book explores what a school is

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talked with John Schu, first picture book writer and long time book advocate, and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison about their new book This is a School.

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Maud Newton couldn't ignore her family's racist history. So she published it

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maud Newton about her book Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation, a memoir that explores her family history of racist violence.

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The U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion

Thursday, March 24, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Krish O'mara Vignarajah, president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, about the efforts to welcome Ukrainian refugees in the U.S.

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Author Ladee Hubbard on love, family and resilience

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Ladee Hubbard, author of the short story collection The Last Suspicious Holdout, talks about love, family, resilience and grief in the Black community.

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How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Low interest rates, high rents and working from home combined to push many young Americans to buy their first home over the last two years. But it's not without challenges.

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How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Working from home, low interest rates and coming of home buying age have pushed millennials into the housing market. What were some of the pitfalls and who was left out of home buying altogether?

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Ukrainian journalist Andriy Kulykov on the latest on the ground in Kyiv

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andriy Kulykov, a Ukrainian radio journalist, about the latest on the ground in Kyiv.

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A new group takes aim at voter rolls — but critics say their methodology is flawed

Thursday, March 10, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ProPublica writer Megan O'Matz about the Voter Reference Foundation, which enlists people to investigate voter roll irregularities. Critics say its methodology is flawed.

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State Department spokesperson on the U.S.' efforts to counter Russia's messaging

Thursday, March 10, 2022

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department, who says Russia is accusing U.S. and Ukraine of preparing biological weapons.

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