Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Football stadium-sized balloons launch in Antarctica for science experiments
Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.
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United Health Care autism treatments
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ProPublica reporter Annie Waldman about her discover that United Healthcare has been strategically denying access to care for families living with autism.
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'Babygirl' writer-director talks about making an erotic thriller from the female gaze
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Halina Rejn, writer and director of the new movie Babygirl, about making an erotic thriller from the female gaze -- and whether that's really possible.
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Timothee Chalamet talks about playing Bob Dylan in the new movie 'A Complete Unknown'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Timothee Chalamet and director James Mangold about their new movie "A Complete Unknown."
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A power blackout in Puerto Rico has left most of the island in the dark
Early Tuesday morning, almost the entire island of Puerto Rico was hit with a blackout, leaving more than a million people without power. Officials are warning it could take days to restore.
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This children's picture book highlights wordless acts of love
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with with Jocelyn Chung, who wrote a children's book called When Love Is More Than Words, about all of the unique ways her family members show their love for her.
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Meet the 24-year-old 'neighborhood hero' who gave early warnings about the Eaton Fire
Edgar McGregor is the leader of the "Altadena Weather and Climate" group on Facebook, where he was posting warnings about the coming windstorm in the days leading up to the Eaton fire.
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The new book 'The Secret History of the Rape Kit' tells an overlooked origin story
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pagan Kennedy about her new book The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, which explains the origin of the rape kit and the woman behind it.
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In 'Unassimilable,' a call to reexamine value of merging with white American culture
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bianca Mabute-Louie about her book Unassimilable – which argues the case against assimilation for the Asian Diaspora and re-imagines where to find community in the U.S.
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What's left of Will Roger's historic ranch after the Palisades fire
The Palisades Fire destroyed more than 2,800 homes and buildings. One of them was the historic ranch house of Will Rogers, the vaudeville entertainer and trick roper.
