Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:

Congressman Who Served In Afghanistan Discusses Antony Blinken Hearing

Monday, September 13, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Congressman Peter Meijer of Michigan about the hearing of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Thousands Of Afghans Likely Stuck Near Mazir-i-Sharif Airport, Trying To Flee

Monday, September 13, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise talks with a Special Immigration Visa applicant hoping to board a plane out of Afghanistan from the Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport.

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North Korean Missile Was A 'Cleverly Calculated Test'

Monday, September 13, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's testing of cruise missiles and about at how the country is handling COVID-19.

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Nigella Lawson On How To Find Peace While Cooking

Friday, September 10, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with cookbook writer Nigella Lawson about her latest book Cook, Eat, Repeat and how to stop viewing cooking as tedious and, instead, find peace in the kitchen.

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How The Child Tax Credit Is Helping Families In Mississippi

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aisha Nyandoro, CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, which works with Mississippians receiving public assistance, on the impact of the extended child tax credit.

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The Effect 20 Years Of War Had On Women In Rural Afghanistan

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Anand Gopal about his latest piece, The Other Afghan Women, about the impact war had on women in the country.

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A Look At The Haqqani Network Leaders Inside The Taliban's New Government

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Ahmed Rashid about the ministers within the Taliban's new interim government who belong to the Haqqani network, which the FBI says is a terrorist network.

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Hilma Wolitzer On Writing The Short Story That Helped Her Process Her Husband's Death

Tuesday, September 07, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hilma Wolitzer about her collection of short stories, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket, which illuminates the complexity of motherhood and marriage.

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What The Lashkar Gah Hospital Looks Like Since The Last U.S. Planes Left Afghanistan

Tuesday, September 07, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks in with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, to find out how the organization is doing right now.

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As COVID-19 Inundates Hospitals, Staff Is 'Emotionally Pulverized'

Thursday, September 02, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise talk with Dr. Aharon Sareli of Memorial Healthcare System in Florida and Dr. Adriano Goffi of Altus Lumberton Hospital in Texas about how COVID-19 surges are affecting their staffs.

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Jackie MacMullan, Who Paved The Way For Women Sportswriters, Retires After 4 Decades

Thursday, September 02, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jackie MacMullan, who's retiring after covering sports since 1982. Careers that span four decades are rare in sports journalism — even more so for women.

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Abortion Clinics In Texas Are Turning Women Away After SCOTUS Upholds New Law

Thursday, September 02, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Amy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Woman's Health, which provides abortions in Texas and tried to get the Supreme Court to stop the Texas law.

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Storylines Abound At Tokyo Paralympics

Wednesday, September 01, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alex Azzi, editor of the NBC blog On Her Turf, about the Paralympics in Tokyo.

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Paula Hawkins Interrogates Tragedy And Trauma In New Thriller, 'A Slow Fire Burning'

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Paula Hawkins about her new thriller A Slow Fire Burning and how she explored the impact of tragedy and trauma on her characters.

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Kabul Journalist Describes Aftermath Of Deadly Explosions

Friday, August 27, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ali Lafiti, Kabul correspondent for Al Jazeera English, about the aftermath of Thursday's deadly explosions.

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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Set Off A Surge Of COVID Cases In South Dakota

Friday, August 27, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Shankar Kurra, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Rapid City Hospital, on South Dakota's COVID surge following the Sturgis motorcycle rally earlier in August.

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What The Kabul Airport And Nearby Hospitals Look Like

Thursday, August 26, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Al Jazeera English Kabul correspondent Ali Latifi about the scene at the airport and nearby hospitals as victims are transported from Thursday's deadly explosions.

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Reporter In Kabul Describes Airport Explosions

Thursday, August 26, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Matt Aikens in Kabul about Thursday's deadly explosions at the airport as thousands were in line, hoping to evacuate.

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NATO Secretary-General Sees Risk In Staying In Afghanistan Past Deadline

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary-general of NATO, about the ongoing effort to evacuate U.S. and NATO allies from Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan's Fall To The Taliban Has Iraq Nervous

Monday, August 23, 2021

NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with Bilal Wahab, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about how the rapid collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban has Iraq nervous.

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