Ailsa Chang
Stories
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National
Remembering DJ Mister Cee, who changed New York hip-hop
Mister Cee's friend and fellow Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg remembers the longtime hip-hop DJ and radio host who regularly introduced his audience and the record industry to new talent.
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National
Breaking down the NCAA women's championship game and tournament
In Sunday's NCAA final, the Iowa Hawkeyes lost to the South Carolina Gamecocks. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sports journalist Kavitha Davidson about the banner year for women's college basketball.
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Rudy Mancuso's 'Musica' brings viewers inside the sensation of rhythmic synesthesia
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rudy Mancuso about his new movie, Musica. It's his semi-autobiographical film about living with synesthesia and falling in love.
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New images shed light on the supermassive blackhole at the center of the Milky Way
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with astronomer Sara Issaoun about the latest image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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National
The Wizards and Capitols aren't leaving DC anymore. What happened?
D.C.'s pro basketball and hockey teams will stay in their arena in downtown Washington, a reversal of earlier news that they'd move to a brand new arena across the Potomac in Alexandria, Virginia.
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'Worry' is a portrait of sisterly love that is both hilarious and deeply disturbing
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with writer Alexandra Tanner about her debut novel, Worry.
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'Shirley' is a celebratory biopic that doesn't end in triumph
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina King and John Ridley, star and director of the biopic "Shirley" which celebrates Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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National
U.S. Commerce secretary says $8.5B Intel grant is a national security and economy win
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about the CHIPS act and the $8.5 billion grant awarded to Intel to help build semiconductor chip factories.
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World
Female genital mutilation is illegal in The Gambia. But maybe not for much longer
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.
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National
No reprieve for 'Cancer Alley': Louisiana pollution correlates with preterm births
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.