Ailsa Chang
Stories
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National
If you don't know basketballer Victor Wembanyama, you will
Some people consider French basketball player Victor Wembanyama the greatest NBA draft pick of all time. Zach Kram of The Ringer talks about what makes Wembanyama so special.
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National
A leader in artificial intelligence is urging Congress to regulate it
The CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, went before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday and called for regulation of artificial intelligence.
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Arts & Life
Eastwind Books, an anchor for the SF Bay Area's Asian community, shuts its doors
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Harvey and Beatrice Dong about the closing of their Berkeley shop Eastwind Books and the decades they've spent promoting Asian-American authors.
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Arts & Life
How martial arts and sisterhood inspired the new movie 'Polite Society'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nida Manzoor, director of the new movie Polite Society, which is about a British-Pakistani high schooler who wants to be a stuntwoman.
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Music
Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela continue to expand their sound on new album
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela about their new album, which features a full orchestra.
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National
With a few 1 seeds, Cinderellas and underdogs left, this Sweet 16 has everything
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with The Athletic senior writer Nicole Auerbach about this weekend's Sweet 16 matchups in men's and women's college basketball tournaments and how Cinderella teams have fared.
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Education
The Los Angeles schools superintendent discusses the labor strike
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, after union workers began a three-day strike.
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Arts & Life
New podcast looks at one of the biggest genres in the world: K-Pop
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music.
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Arts & Life
A new series examines life in U.S. Prisons, and aims to reach people living it
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Inside Story host Lawrence Bartley about the series, created by formerly incarcerated people, for audiences inside and ouside the system.
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Climate
Where Greta Thunberg does (and doesn't) expect to see action on climate change
Greta Thunberg says she has no plans to get into politics as a career, and she thinks she can do more as a climate campaigner on the outside.