Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Lessons on love from 'meet cutes' in New York
Ever see two people and wonder, are they a couple? Aaron Feinberg, a co-creator of Meet Cutes NYC, takes this question head-on in his spontaneous interviews on the streets of New York and new book.
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Museum security expert offers a peek inside art heist investigations
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Anthony Amore, director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, about art heists and what he's noticed about the recent jewelry theft from the Louvre.
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How Philly is solving a lot more homicides
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ellie Rushing, crime reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer, on how a drop in violent crime and new technology is leading to a high homicide clearance rate.
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Clarissa Bitar composes songs of longing on ancient Middle Eastern instrument
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after a long time spent not liking the sound of their voice.
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Sudan Archives shared how synthesizers and tech shaped her new album
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Brittney Denise Sparks of Sudan Archives about her new album The BPM. She talks about how discovering the electric violin in her teens changed things for her.
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A legal analyst weighs in on the federal indictment of John Bolton
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to former top FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann about the federal indictment of John Bolton, the former National Security Adviser under President Trump during his first term.
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Jumper, a wild horse famous for jumping fences in North Carolina, has died
Wild horse manager Meg Puckett remembers the horse "Jumper," a wild horse on North Carolina's Outer Banks famous for jumping fences.
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How GOP officials are responding to leaked racist messages from Young Republicans
Republican leaders are responding to a Politico report that exposed racist messages shared by Young Republican organizations in Kansas, New York, Arizona and Vermont.
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Is the AI boom an AI bubble?
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jared Bernstein, a Stanford University economist who was once chief economic adviser to President Biden, on a potential artificial intelligence bubble in the U.S.
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The latest layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the U.S.
The latest shutdown layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the country. Critics say that'll make it hard to enforce the fair housing laws Congress has passed.