Kat Lonsdorf
Stories
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World
Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns
Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too.
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Arts & Life
Cookbook author Grace Young is on a mission to save America's Chinatowns
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with cookbook author and activist Grace Young about her work to save America's Chinatowns.
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National
Ever sing to your dog? One TikTok account shows just how universal it is
One musician on Instagram and TikTok has made a name for themselves off something many of us do in the privacy of our own homes — singing nonsense songs to our dogs.
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National
Pamela Anderson tells her story in her own words with a new memoir
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor and writer Pamela Anderson about her autobiography Love, Pamela.
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National
Author Aubrey Gordon wants to change the way you think — and talk — about fat people
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Aubrey Gordon about her new book "You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People."
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Climate
Qatar made a carbon-neutral World Cup pledge. But is it possible?
NPR's Ari Shaprio speaks with Associated Press reporter Suman Naishadham about Qatar's ambitious carbon-neutral World Cup pledge and whether it's possible.
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National
A far-right extremism expert on the conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with far-right extremism expert Sam Jackson about the conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.
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Live performances from the '80s rock underground resurface in KCRW archive
In the 1980s and early 1990s, a Los Angeles DJ named Deirdre O'Donoghue ran a late-night KCRW show that championed underground musicians, often in live performance. That archive will soon be released.
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Europe
Ukrainian troops keep up their counteroffensives in the country's south and east
As Russia completed its controversial annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army is taking back some of that territory village by village.
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Europe
Russia claims its occupied territories in Ukraine voted to become part of Russia
Final results from so-called referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine indicate overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation. The voting is widely condemned as a sham.