Alejandra Marquez Janse
Stories
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Space Force officer reacts after Supreme Court allows transgender military ban
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Bree Fram, a U.S. Space Force officer, about the Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration's ban on trans troops to continue being enacted.
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Author Ocean Vuong on 'the shared bond of survival' and his new novel
Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.
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Here's why Bill Gates is accelerating his plan to donate his billions
After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namessake charity. What's he going to do next?
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America's air traffic control problem
David Grizzle, the Chief Operating Officer and head of air traffic control for the FAA during the Obama administration, talks about current air traffic issues.
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NOAA submersible robots find hand painted mural on 80-year-old shipwreck
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Phil Hartmeyer, is a marine archaeologist at NOAA's Ocean Exploration program, about a mural discovered in the shipwreck of the USS Yorktown, which sunk during WWII.
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Ford Motor CEO 'welcomes' Trump's move to ease tariffs on automakers
President Trump is easing some of his tariffs on the U.S. Auto industry. But what will the overall impact of these economic policies mean for the nation's biggest carmakers. Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks with All Things Considered on how his company is navigating this unprecedented economic time.
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Natalia Lafourcade channels her mystical side in her new album 'Cancionera'
Mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade has a new album out this week called Cancionera. In it, she draws from folk influences and embraces her mystical side.
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Bats fine tune their navigation superpowers to avoid crashes
When bats swarm out of caves in the thousands, they almost never crash into each other. Why?
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'I'm praying to him today': Nancy Pelosi remembers Pope Francis
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Speaker of the House Emerita Nancy Pelosi about her experiences meeting Pope Francis and his legacy.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen on trying to visit wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about his campaign to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Maryland man was illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador.
