Patrick Jarenwattananon appears in the following:
A Black church in Alabama and 32 other sites get a historic preservation lifeline
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers talks with African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund's Brent Leggs and Maxwell Brown Chapel AME Church's Juanda about grants to preserve African-American cultural sites.
The James Webb telescope had 344 'single point failures' before launch. Then, success
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.
Hannah Marks' road trip film follows a familiar path — with a few unexpected exits
Friday, July 15, 2022
Hannah Marks directs John Cho and Mia Isaac in Amazon's new film Don't Make Me Go, a comedic but melancholy story of a father and daughter's road trip across America.
Why is Steve Bannon reversing course and now willing to testify in Jan. 6 hearings?
Friday, July 15, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green on Steve Bannon's new willingness to testify before the House select committee investigating Jan. 6.
The James Webb telescope project manager says the words 'give up' were never used
Thursday, July 14, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope since 2011, on the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.
Why the family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 67-year-old arrest warrant
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.
As wealthy nations push 4th booster shots, Africa is being left behind
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayoade Alakija, co-chair of the Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance, about the ongoing challenges of addressing COVID-19.
There's a vaccine and decades of research against Monkeypox. So why is it spreading?
Monday, July 11, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at UCLA about Monkeypox and measures being taken to mitigate the spread.
Willie Morrow, Black hair care pioneer, has died
Friday, July 08, 2022
William Lee Morrow, a Black hair care pioneer who helped popularize the Afro pick in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at age 82.
One woman dominated the awards at a Virginia county fair. Then the internet went wild
Friday, July 08, 2022
The internet went wild after the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair shared that Linda Skeens dominated the competition. Mason Mousette, a radio host at HOT 93.3 in Dallas, was determined to find her.
Trauma center medical director explains public health implications of guns
Thursday, July 07, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Benjamin, Grady Memorial Hospital's trauma medical director in Atlanta, Ga., about gun violence and its devastating impact on public health.
The internet tracks down a woman who won big at a fair
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
The internet went wild after the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair shared that Linda Skeens dominated the competition. Mason Mousette, a radio host at HOT 93.3 in Dallas, was determined to find her.
Shooting eye witness on the significance of the Highland Park July Fourth parade
Monday, July 04, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Miles Zaremski, an eye witness of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill. At least 6 people died and and dozens are wounded, according to local police.
PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere. Here's what you should know about them
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
PFAS are all around us, so how do we navigate a world filled with harmful chemicals? We speak to an expert who guides us through what PFAS are, why they're a problem, and what can be done about them.
What tiny towns in rural America can teach the cities about adaptation
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
One couple has made it their mission to document buildings and signs across the country. In doing so, they have busted a few myths and maybe even their own misconceptions about modern rural America.
The Texas GOP made extreme declarations while gathered to talk party priorities
Monday, June 20, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with editor in chief of The Texas Tribune Sewell Chan about the Texas GOP's convention over the weekend, which was rife with anger and conspiracy theories.
Sen. Angus King on latest progress on bipartisan talks over gun reform legislation
Thursday, June 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.
As DACA turns 10, some recipients are split between celebration and frustration
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Ten years ago, the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with DACA recipients Diana Pliego and Esder Chong about the past decade.
Yellowstone backpacker on community that sheltered him during flooding
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Brendan Phillips, a backpacker who was stranded due to the flooding that slammed Yellowstone National Park.
Criminal defense lawyers sound the alarm about mass incarceration in a post-Roe U.S.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers executive director Lisa Wayne how her organization is gearing up for the criminalization of abortion.