Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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Television
Will Tracy, creator of HBO's 'Regime' on the dark comedy about a European autocrat
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Will Tracy, the creator and show runner of HBO's series "The Regime," about an off-kilter autocrat of an unnamed Central European country.
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The first commercial spacecraft to reach the moon is on its side but still functioning
An update on Odysseus, the first commercial spacecraft to reach the moon. It is now on its side but still functioning — for the most part.
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World
3 U.S. troops killed, 25 injured in drone attack near Syrian border
We look at the deadly Saturday night strike on the border of Syria and Jordan. It struck barracks housing U.S. troops.
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Music
Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's latest album 'Saviors'
Green Day has been critical of American society for decades, and its new album, "Saviors" is no exception. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about it.
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Education
Black women in academia face unique challenges on the job
Black women face unique pressures and challenges in academia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with professor Joy Gaston Gayles of NC State University about she's seen this play out in higher education.
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Latin America
Guatemala's presidential inauguration brings an air of hope
There are celebrations and cautious optimism in Guatemala as Bernardo Arevalo Jr. wins the presidency, renewing the country's democratic aspirations and its revolutionary past.
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Food
NPR's Scott Detrow gives the verdict on Korea's green onion cereal, 3 years later
A follow-up to a very important story — okay, it's actually a very silly story — that Weekend Edition did on a special variety of Chex cereal released in South Korea.
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World
British PM Sunak is facing opposition to a controversial immigration policy
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Robert Shrimsley, executive editor of the Financial Times, about the UK's controversial proposed policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Technology
We made ChatGPT write a song for us
We kept hearing that Artificial Intelligence is a threat to the creative arts. So we put ChatGPT to the test to see if it can, indeed, write a decent song.
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Books
Peter Breslow's memoir follows his 40 years around the world as an NPR producer
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former NPR producer Peter Breslow about his new memoir, "Outtakes: Stumbling Around the World for NPR."