Emily Kwong

Stories

• 'Inheriting' podcast explores how historic events shape AAPI families

  A new podcast from LAist Studios and the NPR Network explores how events that played out decades ago shape AAPI families today.

  Jun 15, 2024 at 2:28 pm

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• The physics of launching into space -- and crashing back down

  Humans are traveling farther into space than ever before. We look at the physics of launch – how to send something up and how it can come crashing back down.

  Jul 09, 2024 at 2:43 pm

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• Japanese Americans are still trying to grasp the impact of WWII on their families

  NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong, host of the Inheriting podcast, about the far-reaching consequences of the Japanese-American internment during WWII.

  Jul 10, 2024 at 1:49 pm

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• This week in science: swimming lions, the 'glass' skin craze and a rotten egg planet

  NPR's Short Wave brings stories of lion brothers making a record-breaking swim in Uganda, the skincare trend among pre-teens that is worrying dermatologists, and a planet that smells like rotten eggs.

  Jul 11, 2024 at 2:12 pm

  Listen 9 mins